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Tomorrow, When the War Began ()


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When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight unlikely teenagers band together to fight.

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Ellie Linton
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Corrie Mackenzie
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Kevin Holmes
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Homer Yannos
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Fiona Maxwell
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Lee Takkam
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Robyn Mathers
Andrew Ryan ...
Chris Lang (as Andy Ryan)
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Dr. Clements
Don Halbert ...
Mr. Linton
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Mrs. Linton
Stephen Bourke ...
Police Officer
Kelly Butler ...
Mrs. Maxwell
Julia Yon ...
Mrs. Takkam
Dane Carson ...
Mr. Mathers
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Mr. Coles
Gary Quay ...
Senior Soldier
Michael Camilleri ...
Tanker Driver
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Extra: Wirrawee Resident (uncredited)
Rhian Kate Glossop ...
Extra (uncredited)
Warner Leung ...
Soldier (uncredited)
Andrew Liam Pringle ...
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Tanker (uncredited)
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Extra: Sergeant (uncredited)

Directed by

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Stuart Beattie

Written by

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John Marsden ... (novel)
 
Stuart Beattie ... (written by)

Produced by

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Michael Boughen ... producer
Anne Bruning ... line producer
Peter D. Graves ... executive producer (as Peter Graves)
Christopher Mapp ... executive producer
Andrew Mason ... producer (produced by)
Matthew Street ... executive producer
David Whealy ... executive producer

Music by

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Reinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek

Cinematography by

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Ben Nott ... director of photography

Editing by

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Marcus D'Arcy

Editorial Department

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Ceinwen Berry ... additional editing / first assistant editor
Christine Cheung ... second assistant editor
Al Hansen ... digital intermediate colorist / head of digital intermediate
Jayne Herrmann ... digital intermediate coordinator
Steve McKay ... digital intermediate coordinator
Rachel McKellar ... DI film recording liaison (as Rachel McKellar-Harding)
Adam Smith ... second assistant editor

Casting By

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Anousha Zarkesh

Production Design by

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Robert Webb

Art Direction by

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Damien Drew
Michelle McGahey ... supervising art director

Set Decoration by

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Beverley Dunn

Costume Design by

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Terry Ryan

Makeup Department

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Hayley Atherton ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Paul Pattison ... makeup supervisor
Zeljka Stanin ... makeup artist
Kreso Stipic ... assistant makeup artist
Shane Thomas ... hair stylist / makeup artist

Production Management

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Colleen Clarke ... post-production supervisor
Simon Lucas ... unit manager
Fiona Pakes ... production manager: second unit
Nathaniel Purdon ... assistant unit manager (as Nat Purdon)
Libby Sharpe ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jesse Allan ... additional assistant director
Guy Campbell ... second assistant director: second unit
Jamie Crooks ... first assistant director: miniature photography
Chris Evans ... second assistant director: miniature photography / third assistant director: second unit
Betty Fotofili ... second assistant director
Phil Jones ... first assistant director
Charles Rotherham ... first assistant director: additional photography
Hamish Roxburgh ... second assistant director: additional photography
Kham Soukseun ... third assistant director
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn ... second unit director (as Ian Thorburn)

Art Department

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Kristen Anderson ... assistant art director
Matt Baldwin ... assistant construction manager / construction foreman (as Matthew Baldwin)
Parihaka Beazley ... trade assistant
Martin Bruveris ... head scenic artist
Amanda Clarke ... set designer
Loretta Cosgrove ... cnc construction
Daniel James Cox ... storyboard artist
Tania Einberg ... buyer/dresser
Anna Faigen ... art department coordinator
Ben Foley ... leading hand
Bill Goodes ... set dresser
Erik Haase ... construction runner
Greg Hajdu ... construction manager
Mark Iliffe ... leading hand
William Kensell ... paint foreman
Robert John King ... set builder
Tim Latch ... set builder
Erminio Lauri ... digital artist
Martin L. Mercer ... storyboard artist
Geoff Naylor ... action vehicles coordinator
Brian Nickless ... concept illustrator
Martin O'Neill ... art director: extra photography
Mark Panucci ... set builder
Katie Sharrock ... property master
Joel Simpson ... set finisher
Gary Vickers ... lead stagehand
Ben Walker ... second unit stand-by prop
Tony Watt ... carpenter
Christian Winberg ... art assistant
Robert Wood ... senior set dresser
Andre Zdroykowski ... head plasterer
Harry Zettel ... standby props

Sound Department

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Di Adams ... loop group performer
Emma Barham ... cable person (as Emmma Barham)
Christopher Barratt-Hill ... loop group performer
Glenn Butler ... re-recording engineer
Emma Buzo ... loop group performer
Natalie Choo ... foley walker
Anthony Cogin ... loop group performer
Adam Connelly ... foley editor
Rachael Coopes ... loop group performer
Gethin Creagh ... re-recording mixer
Kieran Darcy-Smith ... loop group performer
Alan Dukes ... loop group performer
Jared Dwyer ... additional sound effects editor
James Evans ... loop group performer
Cameron Grant ... assistant sound editor / sound effects editor
Sam Hayward ... re-recording engineer
Leah Katz ... adr editor
Angela Kennedy ... loop group performer
Nick Kray ... adr mixer
David Lee ... sound mixer
Michael McMenomy ... additional sound effects editor / adr engineer
Catherine Moore ... loop group performer
Bronwyn Murphy ... dialogue editor
Gerry Nucifora ... boom operator
Andrew Plain ... supervising sound editor
Peter Purcell ... additional sound re-recording mixer
Angus Robertson ... head of sound: StageOne Sound
John Simpson ... additional foley artist
Blair Slater ... foley editor
Robert Sullivan ... re-recording mixer
George Turnure ... foley artist
Mario Vaccaro ... foley artist
William Ward ... sound effects editor (as Will Ward)
Megan Wedge ... atmos editor
Charles Harwood ... assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Lisa Simpson ... additional foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Billy Aziz ... special effects buyer / special effects logistics
Herman Bron ... special effects senior technician
Rodney Burke ... special effects technician: miniature photography / special effects workshop supervisor
Gerard Collins ... special effects set technician
Eric Cotton ... special effects technician
Aaron Cox ... special effects set technician
Thomas Eucla Davies ... special effects set technician: second unit (as Eucla Davies)
Tom Davies ... pyrotechnician
Jabin Dickins ... special effects set supervisor / special effects technician: miniature photography
Carl Erickson ... special effects set technician
Lloyd Finnemore ... special effects assistant supervisor / special effects supervisor: miniature photography
Tristan Fitzgerald ... special effects set technician: second unit
Leo Henry ... pyrotechnician / special effects technician: miniature photographyspecial effects technician: miniature photography / special effects: pyro miniatures
Doug Meacham ... special effects set technician
Orlando Murray ... special effects technician / special effects technician: miniature photography
Thomas O'Reilly ... special effects buyer (as Tommy O'Reilly) / special effects technician (as Tommy O'Reilly)
Dan Oliver ... special effects supervisor
Robina Osborne ... special effects office coordinator
Jessica Power ... special effects assistant
Tim Riach ... special effects senior technician: second unit / special effects set pyrotechnician / special effects technician: miniature photography
Arthur Spink Jr. ... special effects workshop supervisor (as Arthur Spink)
Lou Stefanel ... senior pyrotechnician
Taj Trengove ... on set supervisor / special effects senior set technician / special effects set supervisor: second unit
John Van Der Pool ... special effects senior technician: second unit
Dick Weight ... special effects foreman: breakaways (as Richard Weight)

Visual Effects by

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Brent Armfield ... on-set data wrangler
Nicole Ashford ... camera tracker: Fuel VFX
Kate Auld ... digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Shamus Baker ... cg modeler
Daniel Bavell ... creative lead vfx: titles designer
Simon Bethune ... model maker
Chris Betteridge ... senior compositor: Iloura
Magdalena Bisogni ... visual effects producer: Iloura
Tess Boughton ... effects animator: Fuel VFX / modeler: Fuel VFX / visual effects artist
Ben Bryan ... senior animator: Iloura
Luke Bubb ... digital matte painter: Fuel VFX
Romain Buignet ... effects animator: Fuel VFX
Raytheon Buna ... model maker
Hannah Chapman ... matchmove artist: Fuel VFX
Andrew Clarke ... matte artist: Iloura
Luke Cole ... pipeline engineer: Fuel VFX
Sam Cole ... compositing TD: Fuel VFX
Tony Cole ... visual effects supervisor
Felix Crawshaw ... visual effects producer: Fuel VFX
Tom Davies ... miniature build supervisor
Zelko Dejanovic ... digital compositor
Alana Douglas ... matchmove artist: Fuel VFX / visual effects artist
Clinton Downs ... computer graphics supervisor: The Lab Sydney
Laura Dubsky ... digital compositor: Iloura
Sigi Eimutis ... visual effects supervisor: Iloura
Bryn Farrelly ... digital compositor: the LaB Sydney
Dean Finnigan ... previsualization artist: Fuel VFX
Prue Fletcher ... visual effects producer: the lab sydney
Chris French ... computer graphics coordinator: Fuel VFX
Scott Geersen ... title sequence director
Chris Godfrey ... visual effects supervisor
Mark Guffogg ... senior model maker
Mathew Harrington ... visual effects producer (as Mat Harrington)
Matthew Hermans ... effects animator: Fuel VFX
Jayne Herrmann ... visual effects producer: The Lab
Florentin Ionita ... compositor: Fuel VFX (as Florentin Onita)
Morgan Jones ... digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Joseph Kim ... previsualization artist: Fuel VFX
John Kitching ... digital compositor
Kate Knott ... matchmove artist: Fuel VFX
Peter Kober ... cg artist
Mathew Krentz ... digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Chris Leaver ... compositor: The Lab Sydney
Claudia Lecaros ... visual effects coordinator: Fuel VFX
Jarett Lee ... digital artist: Iloura / rotoscope artist: Iloura
Peter Livesey ... miniature buyer / miniature runner
Owen Longstaff ... digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Demis Lyall-Wilson ... digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Damien Mahoney ... computer graphics artist: The Lab Sydney
Roy Malhi ... vfx td
Chris McHugh ... data wrangler: The Lab Sydney
Madeleine Milasas ... compositor: The Lab Sydney (as Maddi Milasas)
Nathan Mitchell ... senior animator: Iloura (as Nathan Mitchel)
Carlo Monaghan ... compositor: Fuel VFX
Dave Morley ... visual effects supervisor: Fuel VFX
Thierry Muller ... digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Norah Mulroney ... digital compositor
Ashley Nagy ... modeler: Fuel VFX
Simon Nix ... data wrangler: Iloura / visual effects assistant: Iloura
Greg O'Connor ... digital artist: modeling and texturing
Rodney O'Sullivan ... tech support: Fuel VFX
Pawel Olas ... computer graphics lead: Fuel VFX / lighting technical director
Chris Olsen ... lead animator: Fuel VFX
Dylan Penhale ... it manager: Fuel VFX
Kanin Phemayothin ... computer graphics artist: The Lab Sydney
Bertrand Polivka ... digital compositor
Kurtis Richmond ... matte painting supervisor
Simone Riginelli ... digital compositor
Simon Rosenthal ... visual effects executive producer: Iloura
Amy Ryan Gunson ... 3D production manager: Fuel VFX (as Amy Gunson)
Matt Ryan ... model maker
Eric Schaechter ... compositor: The Lab Sydney
Cameron Sharp ... visual effects editorial: Fuel VFX
Evan Shipard ... digital matte painter: theLab
Richard Skelton ... matchmove artist: Fuel VFX
Troy Smith ... junior model maker
Peter Spinaze ... revisualization artist: The Lab Sydney (as Pete Spinaze)
Alastair Stephen ... visual effects producer
Bernard Stock ... layout supervisor: Fuel VFX / matchmove supervisor: Fuel VFX
Max Stummer ... digital compositor: fuelvfx
Nick Tabet ... compositor: The Lab Sydney
Ferry Taswin ... computer graphics artist: The Lab Sydney
Alexandra Taussig ... visual effects producer (as Alex Taussig)
Emily Tucker ... layout supervisor: Fuel VFX / matchmove supervisor: Fuel VFX
Mark van den Bergen ... compositor: The Lab Sydney
Gerard Van Ommen Kloeke ... character animator and rigger / motion capture supervisor: Fuel VFX
Tim Walker ... digital compositor: Fuel VFX
Ian Watson ... pipeline developer: The LaB Sydney
Peter Webb ... visual effects supervisor: Iloura
Ben Weller ... animator: Iloura / cg modeler: Iloura
Matthew Wynne ... compositor

Stunts

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Shea Adams ... stunt performer
Lee Adamson ... stunt assistant / stunt performer / stunt rigger
Chris Anderson ... stunt coordinator / stunt performer
Ray Anthony ... assistant stunt coordinator
Yasushi Asaya ... stunt performer
Renee Bowen ... stunt performer
Igor Breakenback ... stunt performer
Raelene Chapman ... stunt assistant / stunt performer / stunt rigger
Rea Corcoran ... stunt performer
Mitch Deans ... fire coordinator
Nicole Downs ... stunt assistant (as Nicole Downes) / stunt performer (as Nicole Downes) / stunt rigger (as Nicole Downes)
Fil Gray ... stunt assistant / stunt rigger
Chan Griffin ... stunt performer
Nigel Harbach ... stunt assistant (as a different name) / stunt rigger (as a different name)
Shinji Ikefuji ... stunt performer
Greg Jones ... stunt assistant / stunt performer / stunt rigger
Baz Karbouris ... stunts
Shaun Kim ... stunt performer
Ingrid Kleinig ... stunt assistant / stunt performer / stunt rigger
Ri-Jie Kwok ... stunt performer
Tony Lynch ... additional stunt coordinator
Scott McLean ... stunt assistant / stunt rigger
Tomoki Miyamoto ... stunt assistant / stunt performer / stunt rigger
Gulliver Page ... stunt assistant / stunt rigger
Philip Partridge ... stunt assistant (as Phil Partridge) / stunt rigger (as Phil Partridge)
Marco Sinigaglia ... stunt department coordinator
Leo Stripp ... stunt assistant (as Leon Stripp) / stunt double: Lincoln Lewis (as Leon Stripp) / stunt rigger (as Leon Stripp)
Glenn Suter ... stunt coordinator (as Glenn Sutor)
Andy Trieu ... stunts (as Andy Minh Trieu)
Annette Van Moorsel ... stunt performer
Mick Van Moorsel ... stunt driver
Koichi Waki ... stunt performer
Masa Yamaguchi ... stunt assistant / stunt rigger
Lee Adamson ... stunt driver (uncredited)
Igor Breakenback ... stunt double: Homer (uncredited)
Ingrid Kleinig ... stunt double: Rachel Hurd Wood (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Colin Bishop ... grip
Simon Cardwell ... still photographer
Ashleigh Carter ... camera operator
Simon Cooke ... second unit
David Elmes ... first assistant camera "a" camera
Chris Follett ... lighting assistant
Jamie Garside ... lighting technician
Reg Garside ... gaffer
Damon Girbon ... digital assist operator
Mark Goellnicht ... additional director of photography: second unit
Jason Hansford ... on-set grip
Mark Harris ... rigging gaffer
Christian Luxton ... additional first assistant camera
Chris Maljers ... libra head technician
Richard Mason ... rigging best boy
Jack Mayo ... film loader
Darren McAngus ... grip
David Nichols ... key grip
Ben Nott ... camera operator: miniature photography / director of photography: miniature photography
Brook Rushton ... still photographer: Preview Stills
Ricky Schamburg ... first assistant camera: "a" camera / focus puller: "b" camera
Adam Signorelli ... video split assistant
Henry Smith ... digital assist operator / video assist operator
Marc Spicer ... camera operator: "a" camera / steadicam operator
Matthew Spowart ... second assistant camera "b" camera: main unit
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn ... cinematographer: second unit (as Ian Thorburn)
Viliami Topui ... grip
Helen Ward ... loader: "a" camera
Thomas Watson ... libra head technician: aerials
Grant Wilson ... best boy

Animation Department

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Dean Finnigan ... animator
Chris Olsen ... senior animator

Casting Department

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Gary Davy ... casting: UK
Alanna Perry ... extras casting coordinator
Jennifer L. Smith ... casting: US
Tricia Wood ... casting: US

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Julie Barton ... costumer: second unit
Natalie Bracher ... costume art finisher
Chris Harris ... costume runner
Charlotte Haywood ... costume buyer
Anthony McNeil ... costume runner
Christine Mutton ... machinist
Fiona Nichols ... stand-by costume (as Fiona Nicolls)
Paula Ryan ... costume supervisor
Phillip Toole ... sewer
India Witzand ... costume trainee

Location Management

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Mary Barltrop ... location manager
Ed Donovan ... additional location manager
Peter Hicks ... additional location manager

Music Department

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Daniel Baker ... orchestrator
Alana Balagot ... music programmer (as Jordan Balagot) / orchestrator (as Jordan Balagot)
Craig Beckett ... assistant music engineer / music editor / score recordist
Elaine Beckett ... score coordinator
Laura Bishop ... music preparation
Dan Brown ... score engineer / score mix engineer / score mixer / score recordist
Jonathan Dreyfus ... studio floor assistant
James Ezra ... music playback operator / music stage manager
Geri Green ... music preparation
Reinhold Heil ... score mixer
Alex Henery ... orchestra contractor
Brett Kelly ... conductor
James K. Lee ... orchestrator
Lochlan Mackenzie-Spencer ... orchestrator
Ewan Mitchell ... music stage manager
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey ... musician: guitar / original score performed, arranged and programmed by / score mixer
Angus O'Sullivan ... orchestrator
Norman Parkhill ... music supervisor
Tim Ryan ... supervising music editor
Jonathan Levi Shanes ... composer: additional music / music arranger / music programmer / orchestrator
Jessica Wells ... orchestrator (as Jessica Welles)
Bruce Winter ... score mixer
Brendan Zacharias ... studio floor assistant
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey ... composer: additional music (uncredited)
Jonathan Levi Shanes ... music performer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Kristin Voumard ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Brian Carpenter ... unit assistant
Al Coleman ... unit assistant
Greg Hall ... driver: cast
Mike Horvath ... driver: cast
Luke Mulhall ... additional driver: cast
Simon von Oorde ... unit assistant

Additional Crew

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Rajesh Aggarwal ... accounts manager
Robert Allen ... assistant animal wrangler
Jeremy Atcliffe ... production accountant
Daniel Balzer ... title design
Tim Barlow ... second unit production assistant
Daniel Bavell ... title design
Matthew Boughen ... epk director / epk offline editor
James Bramley ... post production accountant
Melissa Bruder ... dramaturg
Bruce Chesson ... assistant animal wrangler
Evanne Chesson ... animal wrangler / wrangler (as Evanne Cheesom)
John Fox ... armorer
Scott Geersen ... title designer: The Lab Sydney
Bruce Gleeson ... assistant animal wrangler
Manisha Goyal ... legal counsel & business affairs
Mathew Harrington ... assistant production coordinator
Katie Harris ... unit nurse: minature unit
Samantha Hately ... pr
Meredith Hussey ... travel coordinator
Julia Jackson ... producer's assistant
Garry Jacques ... creative director: titles, The Lab Sydney
Tu Nhi Lam ... accounts clerk
Mark Lehmann ... assistant armorer
Rowan Maher ... assistant: Mr Beattie
Hamish Mason ... production assistant
Stephen McGillen ... payroll accountant
Reza Mokhtar ... caterer
Nicola Moore ... community developer / community manager / epk producer / social media strategist
Jessica Morgan ... title artist: The Lab Sydney
Kylie Muller ... first assistant accountant
Fiona Nix ... unit publicist
Anthony Purdy ... assistant armorer
Susannah Reed ... legal & business affairs assistant
Morten Rowley ... title design
Stephen Rutter ... travel manager
Robert Simper ... safety officer: second unit
Nathan Smith ... lab liaison
Corrie Soeterboek ... completion guarantor
Sotiri Sotiropoulos ... safety officer / safety officer: additional photography
Anna Steel ... production coordinator
Blake Ternacz ... production runner
Julia Watt ... unit nurse
Rebecca Wong ... production secretary
Jason Mack ... on-set security (uncredited)

Thanks

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Scott Meek ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In a small Australian town, seven teenage friends go on a camping trip to be with nature. During their trip, they see military aircraft fly overhead. What they don't know is that their country is being invaded. Returning home, they discover that they are at war. With no training, they band together to fight the enemy. Written by Douglas Young (the-movie-guy)

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Taglines Where Were You When Everything Changed? See more »
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Also Known As
  • Aussie Red Dawn (Australia)
  • Underdog Soldier (Asia, English title)
  • Demain, quand la guerre a commencé (France)
  • Mañana, cuando la guerra empiece (Spain)
  • Guerreiros do Amanhã (Brazil)
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Runtime
  • 104 min
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Box Office

Budget AUD25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend Australia AUD3,862,193, 05 Sep 2010
Cumulative Worldwide Gross $16,525,360, 28 Dec 2011

Did You Know?

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Trivia The language spoken by the invaders in the film is a totally made up language, sampled from many languages worldwide and then scrambled. See more »
Goofs When Lee is getting worked on by the doctor his pant leg is cut off, but later as he climbs into the dump bucket he has a full length pant leg again. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Episode #1.274 (2010). See more »
Soundtracks Steer See more »
Quotes Ellie Linton: Good book?
Corrie Mackenzie: Better than the movie.
Ellie Linton: Yeah, books usually are.
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