Odd jobs

Australia, 1993

Film

Two Boy Scouts, intent on earning money by doing odd jobs, stumble upon a spooky old house and its macabre owner. He looks forward to scaring them with his “house of horrors” - but young boys today aren’t so easily frightened.

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Collection

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Previously on display

22 April 2019

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Credits

director

Daniel Nettheim

producer

Jonathon Green

production company

AFTRS

writer

Andrew Ryan

Daniel Nettheim

Duration

00:07:53:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1993

Appears in

Group of items

AFTRS top 100 films. Compile 11

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1006917

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

MPEG-2 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam; Master

Digital Betacam; Sub-master

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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