Breakaway (1990 film)

Breakaway (also known as Escape from Madness) is a 1990 Australian thriller film [1] starring Bruce Boxleitner, Bruce Myles and Deborah Unger. It is directed by Don McLennan.

Breakaway
Directed byDon McLennan
Produced byDon McLennan
Jane Ballantyne
Les Lithgow
Written byJan Sardi
StarringBruce Boxleitner
Bruce Myles
Deborah Unger
Toni Scanlan
Terry Gill
Music byPeter Sullivan
CinematographyZbigniew Friedrich
Edited byNicolas Lee
Production
company
Breakaway Films
Distributed bySmart Egg Pictures
Release date
1 August 1990 (Netherlands)
October 1990 (Australia)
Running time
85 mins
CountryAustralia
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

An escaped prisoner abducts an accountant as he tracks a rodeo fair which is sheltering his wife.

Production

Filming took place in Victoria, Australia from 31 July – 9 September 1989.

Release

The film was released on video on a dubbed VHS in Germany by Highlight Video, on a Dutch-Subtitled VHS in the Netherlands by Excalibur Benelux and in Canada on NTSC VHS by Alliance Releasing. In the United Kingdom, it was released on video as Escape from Madness.

The film has never been released on any format in the United States.

References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p20


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