Broken Highway

{{Infobox film

| name = Broken Highway

| image =

| caption =

| director = Laurie McInnes

| producer = Richard Mason

| writer = Laurie McInnes

| starring = Aden Young

| music =

| cinematography = Steve Mason

| editing = Gary Hillberg

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1993|5}}

| runtime = 98 minutes

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget = A$1.35 million"Production Survey", Cinema Papers, August 1992 p. 73

| gross = A$18,300 (Australia)

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Broken Highway is a 1993 Australian drama film directed by Laurie McInnes.{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/147724/Broken-Highway/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110101141927/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/147724/Broken-Highway/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 January 2011 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Clarke Fountain |date=2011 |title=NY Times: Broken Highway |access-date=13 April 2010}} It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2576/year/1993.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Broken Highway |access-date=17 August 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}

Cast

Aden Young as Angel
David Field as Tatts
Bill Hunter as Wilson
Claudia Karvan as Catherine
Norman Kaye as Elias Kidd
William McInnes as Roger
Stephen Davis as Jack
Dennis Miller as Max O'Donnell
Kris McQuade as Woman

Production

Laurie McInnes made the short film Palisade which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes. She got development money from the Australian Film Commission to write a script.Lani Hannah, "Broken Highway", Cinema Papers, May 1993 pp. 12–17, 58 The film was shot from 25 May to 10 July 1992.

Box office

Broken Highway grossed $18,300 at the box office in Australia.{{Cite web |url=http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |title=Film Victoria – Australian Films at the Australian Box Office |access-date=24 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218045303/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}