Rats in the Ranks

1996 | 93 minutes | 7.0 ★ (3)

Rats in the Ranks
  • Overview

    Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.

  • Release Date

    05 September 1996

  • DirectingBob Connolly
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $200,000.00

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