Animal Kingdom
2010 Australian film by David Michôd · Released 2010
Animal Kingdom is a 2010 Australian crime drama film written and directed by David Michôd in his feature directorial debut. It stars Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, and Sullivan Stapleton. The screenplay was inspired by several crimes allegedly committed by the Pettingill family of Melbourne, particularly one involving brothers Trevor Pettingill and Victor Peirce, and two other men, Anthony Leigh Farrell and Peter David McEvoy, all of whom were acquitted in 1988 of murdering two police officers in the Walsh Street police shootings. Animal Kingdom premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2010, where it won the World Cinema Jury Prize.
Cast ages at release (2010)
- Ben Mendelsohn, as Andrew 'Pope' Cody: 40–41
- Joel Edgerton, as Barry 'Baz' Brown: 35–36
- Guy Pearce, as Detective Nathan Leckie: 42–43
- Luke Ford, as Darren Cody: 28–29
- Jacki Weaver, as Janine 'Smurf' Cody: 62–63
- Sullivan Stapleton, as Craig Cody: 32–33
- James Frecheville, as Joshua 'J' Daniel Cody: 18–19
- Anna Lise Phillips, as Justine Hopper: 34–35
- David Michôd: 37–38
- Anthony Hayes, as Detective Justin Norris: 32–33
- Daniel Wyllie, as Ezra White: 39–40
- Clayton Jacobson, as Gus Emery: 46–47
- Justin Rosniak, as Detective Randall Roache: 32–33
- Kieran Darcy-Smith, as John Harrop: 44–45
- Laura Wheelwright, as Nicole 'Nicky' Henry: 19–20