drowning her in the surf. Davey attempts to fight Hando several times and successfully disrupts each attempt on Gabrielle's life, but he is quickly fought off and beaten down each time. Eventually, Hando attempts to smother Gabrielle in the sand, before Davey, desperate to save Gabrielle, stabs Hando in the neck with his Hitler Youth knife, who staggers away before finally collapsing. As a busload of Japanese tourists looks on, a weeping Davey attempts to comfort a petrified Gabrielle as Hando's corpse gazes lifelessly out at the ocean. Cast Russell Crowe as Hando Daniel Pollock as Davey Jacqueline McKenzie as Gabrielle Tony Le-Nguyen (credited as Tony Lee) as Tiger Alex Scott as Martin Leigh Russell as Sonny Jim Dan Wyllie as Cackles James McKenna as Bubs Eric Mueck as Champ Frank Magree as Brent Christopher McLean as Luke John Brumpton as Magoo Colin Chin as Japanese Extra 1 Origin Geoffrey Wright's script was inspired by the highly publicised crimes of leading Melbourne Neo-Nazi Dane Sweetman. Wright contacted Sweetman via mail in 1991 to request an interview; Sweetman was at that time in the process of serving a life sentence in Pentridge Prison for murder. The interview could not be arranged in a timely manner due to prison regulations, so the two men commenced correspondence, and Sweetman furnished Wright with a transcript of his murder trial, from which Wright drew influence. This influence is most clearly seen in the line delivered by Hando when scaring off squatters from the warehouse: "I'll chop your legs off". It is a direct reference to Sweetman's having cut off the legs of his victim. That was one of many aspects of the film that mirrored Sweetman's life. A further example is that the characters Gabrielle, Davey, and the punk girls were all based on associates of Sweetman. Sweetman's name was conspicuously absent in the end credits, however. This issue was raised in the Australian media during the publicity phase of promoting the film. Russell Crowe acknowledged the origin of his character during an interview on Tonight Live with Steve Vizard in 1992. Wright has also cited Sweetman as an inspiration for the film's characters. The film was financed by the Australian Film Commission with Film Victoria. Soundtrack The film's score was released by Picture This Records. It included the orchestral music and the energetic punk rock music similar to the Oi! genre (recorded by studio