▁bug ger ed ▁him ▁[ John ▁D ight on ] ▁- ▁and ▁me ▁- ▁was ▁cutting ▁out ▁the ▁Australian ness ▁and ▁giving ▁it ▁a ▁more ▁up be at ▁ending . ▁It ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁best ▁plays ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁seen , ▁but ▁I ▁can ' t ▁say ▁I ' m ▁happy ▁with ▁the ▁film ." ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁was ▁critic ised ▁by ▁some ▁fans ▁of ▁the ▁play , ▁whose ▁compla ints ▁were ▁root ed ▁in ▁three ▁essential ▁critic isms : ▁The ▁" American ization " ▁of ▁the ▁text , ▁in ▁particular ▁the ▁casting ▁of ▁American ▁actor ▁Borg n ine , ▁who ▁played ▁his ▁character ▁( R oo ) ▁with ▁an ▁American ▁acc ent . ▁O thers ▁have ▁thought ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁a ▁rec ruit ing ▁film ▁for ▁migr ants ▁with ▁the ▁English man ▁John ▁M ills ▁as ▁Bar ney ▁and ▁Alan ▁Gar cia ▁as ▁D ino , ▁an ▁Italian ▁friend ▁and ▁fellow ▁can e ▁cut ter ▁who ▁does ▁not ▁feature ▁in ▁the ▁play . ▁The ▁female ▁leads ▁are ▁played ▁by ▁Anne ▁B ax ter ▁and ▁Ang ela ▁L ans bury , ▁though ▁the ▁film ▁features ▁many ▁Australian ▁actors . ▁The ▁change ▁of ▁location ▁from ▁Melbourne ▁to ▁Sydney . ▁The ▁film ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁Sydney ▁and ▁shows ▁the ▁characters ▁enjo ying ▁themselves ▁against ▁the ▁gl am orous ▁back drop ▁of ▁Bond i ▁Beach ▁and ▁L una ▁Park ▁Sydney ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁rather ▁more ▁sub du ed ▁action ▁within ▁the ▁conf ines ▁of ▁the ▁then ▁working - class ▁Melbourne ▁sub urb ▁of ▁Carl ton