Film

Rats in the Ranks

1996 · 1h 33m · Documentary · History · TV Movie

IMDb

8.1

Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.

• Robin AndersonDirector · Producer · Writer
• Bob ConnollyDirector · Writer · Producer · Director of Photography
• Dasha RossExecutive Producer
• Chris OliverExecutive Producer
• Ray ThomasEditor

Release date

September 5, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

M

Revenue

$200,000

Genres

Documentary, History, TV Movie

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