Call me Mr. Brown

Movie
Original title	Call me Mr. Brown
Country of production	Australia
original language	English
Publishing year	1986
length	94 minutes
Age rating	FSK "15+ Recommended for Mature Audiences 15 years and over"
Rod
Director	Scott Hicks
script	Scott Hicks, Terry Jennings
production	The Kino Film Co. Ltd.
music	Cameron Allan
camera	Geoffrey Simpson
cut	Andrew Prowse
occupation
Chris Haywood : Peter Macari Vincent Ball : Captain Richie John Frawley : Captain Howson Russell Kiefel : Ray (moon) Poynting Bill Hunter : Det. Sgt. 'Jim' Jack McNeill John Polson : Brian Day Edwin Hodgeman : Bill Harding Patrick Frost : Qantas Official 1 Brenton Whittle : Qantas Official 2 John Noble : Geoff Fraser Max Cullen : Fiberglass Factory Foreman Leo Taylor : Major Morrison Stuart McCreery : Captain Ralfe Ken Goodlet : Captain Selwyn Philip Hazel : Reporter III

Call Me Mr. Brown is a 1986 Australian television film. The subject of the film is a 1971 Qantas Flight 755 .

action

The film is based on the story of an airplane extortion from 1971.

→ Qantas Flight_755

background

• The real-life Mr. Brown or Peter Macari claimed to have been inspired by the 1966 film The Flight of Terror .

• Filming locations were Adelaide , New South Wales , South Australia , Sydney : Bondi Beach , Glebe, Kingsford Smith International Airport , Long Bay Gaol .
• The reward offered for the arrest of “Mr. Brown ”was 50,000 Australian dollars (AUD).
• the film budget was estimated at $ 935,000 or $ 977,750. Shooting started in November 1985 and post-production in January 1986.
• $ 500,000 was equivalent to approximately A $ 560,000 in 1971 and just over $ 3.15 million in 2020, adjusted for inflation.
• Of the $ 500,000 looted, 137,000 or 138,000 were found under a fireplace in an apartment in Annandale, New South Wales , about 112,000 were spent and about 250,000 or 261,387 are missing
• Qantas raised $ 17,500 from sales of the vehicles (two Morris Cooper Ss, an E-Type Jaguar, a Ford Falcon 351 GT, a Chevrolet Camaro and a van) and the two briefcases with which the money was presented for $ 40.
• Poynting was sentenced to seven years in prison, Macari to 15 years (maximum sentence). After nine years in prison, Macari was deported to his home country on a Qantas flight. On his return he opened a fish and chip bistro in the south of England .

Awards

• AFI Award 1987: nominated in the category "Best Telefeature"

Web links

• Call Me Mr. Brown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Call Me Mr. Brown on OZ movies

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Call Me Mr. Brown. In: IMDB. Retrieved June 18, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Call Me Mr. Brown (1990) - locations. In: IMDb. Retrieved June 18, 2020 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} The true story of the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax - one of Australia's most audacious heists. In: Australian Broadcasting Corporation. February 22, 2019, accessed June 18, 2020 (Australian English). 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Call Me Mr. Brown - Review - Photos. In: Ozmovies. Retrieved June 18, 2020 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Matthew Schulz, Alysha Aitken: The Qantas 'doomsday flight'. In: Herald Sun . January 2, 2014, accessed June 18, 2020 . 
6. ^ 'Mr Brown' and riddle of the man who just vanished. In: The Sydney Morning Herald. May 25, 2002, accessed June 18, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Malcolm Brown: Selwyn, William (1922-2010). In: Obituaries Australia. Retrieved June 18, 2020 .