The Club

1980
PG
1h 36m

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Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.Boardroom and dressing-room intrigues spill on to the field at the Australian Rules football club.

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6.9/10

1.2K

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Awards
- 7 nominations total

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Trivia
Former Collingwood Football Club captain and footy commentator Lou Richards, who appears in this film, once said of this movie: "'The Club' is about the hangers-on, the end of loyalty, the coming of professionalism, big business, and transfer fees. It's about each and every club in the Victorian Football League - and about rugby, soccer, and baseball, too."

Goofs
In the movie's end credits, Bob Davis is misspelt as 'Bob David'

Quotes
Jock: [referring to Geoff] He's been up his mum and his legless sister and he thinks he's killed his old man!

Connections
Featured in The Club: Complete ABC Radio Adaptation (1985)

Soundtracks
Up There Cazaly
(uncredited)
Composed by Mike Brady
Performed by The Two-Man Band (Mike Brady and Peter Sullivan)

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9/10

Hayward? He's hopeless!

Every time I watch this film I marvel at how well written and acted this film is. It is an excellent analysis of the manouvering and back-stabbing that goes on at a football club but avoids the pitfalls of being overly serious and is also very funny.

There are so many memorable characters one could mention but that the one that stands out for me is the character of Gerry, the club administrator. In every scene he's in, you see how, whenever he has something serious to say to someone, he uses terms like 'we' or 'the committee' - he never uses the term 'I' so that he slyly absolves himself of responsibility of any of the hard decisions that are made. As Laurie says, he is an oily weasel. Sadly, he's the type of person you would find on the AFL Commission these days.

Finally, to correct a previous reviewer, the song is 'Up there Cazaly', named after the footballer Roy Cazaly.