“An instant classic”
— Kendal Coombs, Film Blerg
“Well made play-to-the-bleacher-seats entertainment”
— Luke Buckmaster, The Guardian
“Fuses low-brow comedy with the high, hilariously”
— Simon Miraudo, Student Edge
WHEN A FORMER AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL STAR TURNED
SOCIAL JUSTICE CAMPAIGNER RETURNS TO HIS HOME TOWN,
HE’S TALKED INTO COACHING THEIR STRUGGLING FOOTY CLUB IN AN ACCLAIMED NEW COMEDY FROM DOWN UNDER!
THE MERGER
Street Date: January 28, 2020
DVD/Digital: $24.95
Star Damian Callinan, one of Australia’s Most Popular Comedians, Adapted
His Entertaining, Award-Winning and Topical Stage Play for the Big Screen;
Aside from DVD and Digital, THE MERGER Will Also Be Available Via
Streaming Platform IndiePix Unlimited on Amazon Channels
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
A former star footballer turned social justice campaigner returns to his home town and is persuaded into coaching the town’s struggling Australian Rules Football team in THE MERGER, called “an instant classic [1]” and a “bloody ripper of an Australian sports movie![2]” IndiePix Films delivers this hilarious and topical comedy from Down Under, a People’s Choice Award Nominee at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Bodgy Creek is a struggling town. The drought won’t let up, jobs are scarce after the mill was shut down, and the footy team looks like it will have to merge with another club or fold. Living a hermit-like existence on the town’s fringe, former football star turned ‘Town Killer’ Troy Carrington (Damian Callinan), is coaxed into rescuing the team after striking up an unlikely friendship with young Neil (Raffety Grierson) who is struggling with the recent loss of his father.
Teaming up with Neil’s mother, Angie (Kate Mulvany, The Great Gatsby) who runs a nearby refugee support center, they unite to recruit the new arrivals to save the team and take the community on a journey of change. But for some Bodgy Creekers, like Neil’s grandfather and Club President, Bull (John Howard, SeaChange) and ‘star’ player Carpet Burn (Angus McLaren, Hotel Mumbai), it’s more change than they’re willing to take.
With a winning cast including Penny Cook (A Country Practice), Nick Cody (Please Like Me), Zenia Starr (Hotel Mumbai), Aaron Gocs, Sahil Saluja (Tomorrow, When the War Began), Ben Knight (The Warriors), Stephen Hunter (The Hobbit) and Fayssal Bazzi (Peter Rabbit), THE MERGER is a hilarious and heart-felt comedy you’ll not soon forget!
