The Finder (film)

The Finder
Written byPhillip Avalon
Directed byFrank Shields
StarringPaul Mecurio
Simon Westaway
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerPhillip Avalon
Production companyAvalon Films
DistributorBeyond International
Budget$650,000[1]
Release
Original release18 July 2001 (2001-07-18)

The Finder is a 2001 Australian film.

Plot

An ex-cop sets himself up as "a finder" and gets involved in a mysterious kidnapping.

Production

The film was an idea of producer-writer Phil Avalon's. It was shot in 2000 with privately raised finance.

Reception

The film was finished by December 2000. It was sold to Israel, China, Russia and the CIR and was screened at the American Film Market in February 2001.[2] It had a one off screening at Avalon's own bar in Sydney before being released on DVD.[3]

The critic for Screen Daily said that:

Unable to unlock the potential of their sun/surf/sleuth concept, Avalon and veteran director Frank Shields instead deliver a compendium of overfamiliar situations, characters and dialogue, with an occasional ill-judged sequence of 'comic relief'. A committed bunch of talented actors do their best to energise an otherwise limp affair whose true home may well prove to be off-peak cable television.[4]

References
  1. Avalon, Phil (2015). From Steel City to Hollywood. New Holland. pp. 242–248.
  2. Andrew L. Urban, "The Finder: Preview Premiere", Urban Cinefile accessed 9 November 2012
  3. "The Finder in Zambezi", Urban Cinefile, 12 July 2001 accessed 14 March 2013
  4. Frank Hatherley, "The Finder", Screen Daily, 26 February 2001 accessed 14 March 2013


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