The Efficiency Expert
1991 · Movie · 95 min · ★ 5.4 · 62% critics
Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.
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Details
- Original title
- Spotswood
- Years
- 1991
- Release date
- 1992-01-23
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 62/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.4/10 (37 votes)
Themes
- factory worker
- australia
- family relationships
- big business
- downsizing
- 1960s
Awards & recognition
- AACTA Award — Best Costume Design · 1991
- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1991
- AACTA Award — Best Film · 1991 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Editing · 1991 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Costume Design · 1991 · nominated
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- AACTA Award — Best Production Design · 1991 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Cinematography · 1991 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Actor in a Leading Role · 1991 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Actress in a Supporting Role · 1991 · nominated
- AACTA Award — Best Actor in a Supporting Role · 1991 · nominated
- Australian Film Institute Award — Best Screenplay · 1991 · nominated
Cast & crew
Anthony Hopkins
as Errol Wallace
Ben Mendelsohn
as Carey
Alwyn Kurts
as Mr. Ball
Bruno Lawrence
as Robert, Carey's Father
John Walton
as Jerry Finn
Rebecca Rigg
as Cheryl Ball
Toni Collette
as Wendy Robinson
Russell Crowe
as Kim Barry
Angela Punch McGregor
as Caroline Wallace
Dan Wyllie
as Frank Fletcher
Directed by Mark Joffe