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The Cars That Ate Paris

Name: The Cars That Ate Paris
Director: Peter Weir
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Released: 1974
Rating: 5.6
Cast: John Meillon, Terry Camilleri, Kevin Miles, Rick Scully, Max Gillies

After surviving a car accident, a young man finds himself trapped in the isolated town of Paris, where the local economy depends on deliberately causing crashes and salvaging the wreckage. As he becomes entangled in the town’s routines, tensions between its residents and a rebellious group of youths begin to surface.

1974 · Directed by Peter Weir · 91 min · Comedy · Horror · 10 frames

Tagline

148 people live in the township of Paris and every one of them is a murderer.

Crew

Screenplay: Peter Weir
Cinematography: John R. McLean
Edited by: Wayne LeClos
Music: Bruce Smeaton
Produced by: Jim McElroy, Hal McElroy

Cast

John Meillon as Mayor
Terry Camilleri as Arthur
Kevin Miles as The Doctor
Rick Scully as George
Max Gillies as Metcalf
Danny Adcock as Policeman
Bruce Spence as Charlie
Kevin Golsby as Insurance Man
Chris Haywood as Darryl
Peter Armstrong as Gorman

Production

Country: Australia
Language: English
Studios: Royce Smeal Film Productions, Salt-Pan
Budget: $250,000
Themes: australia, small town, experiment, tourist, dark comedy, murder, hospital, car accident, crash

More by Peter Weir

Fearless — 1993
Picnic at Hanging Rock — 1975
The Mosquito Coast — 1986
The Year of Living Dangerously — 1982
Gallipoli — 1981
Green Card — 1990
Dead Poets Society — 1989
The Truman Show — 1998
The Way Back — 2010
The Last Wave — 1977
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — 2003
Witness — 1985

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