Wenzil
Search results
Ghosts... of the Civil Dead is a 1988 Australian drama-suspense film directed by John Hillcoat. It was written by Hillcoat, Evan English, Gene Conkie, Nick Cave and Hugo Race. It is partly based on the true story of Jack Henry Abbott.
Jun 1, 1989 · Ghosts... of the Civil Dead: Directed by John Hillcoat. With David Field, Mike Bishop, Chris DeRose, Kevin Mackey. Prisoners and guards clash in a high-tech security jail where there are no rules.
Mar 15, 2021 · Theatrical trailer of "Ghosts... of the Civil Dead" by John Hillcoat. Starring David Field, Mike Bishop, Chris DeRose, Kevin Mackey, Dave Mason, Nick Cave, B...
GHOSTS... OF THE CIVIL DEAD is the story of a modem Maximum Security Prison. It has been extensively researched and is firmly based on actual events that have occurred in prisons in America and Australia in recent years.
Oct 9, 2013 · “A brilliantly and authentically shocking film … nothing I have seen compares with Ghosts in the power of its ideas and the intensity of their treatment.” – THE AUSTRALIAN “Combining structural daring with thumping emotional power, this film is the best news from Australian Cinema since the hey-day of the Aussie New Wave.”
Years before The Proposition, there was Ghosts...of the Civil Dead, a too bleak for words semi-documentarian look into events leading up to the pro-longued lockdown of a high security prison in the Australian outback in the 80s, as told through the testimony of a former prison warder.
Ghosts…Of The Civil Dead was the first feature by John Hillcoat. Central Industrial Prison is set in the middle of the desert. It’s the future of maximum-security containment and it’s on lock down after an explosion of violence.
