Quigley Down Under
The West was never this far west.
Quigley Down Under (1990)
Timing:
1:59 (119 min)
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Country
Production
Genre
Western
Budget
$2 147 483 647
Revenue
$21 413 845
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Stanley O'Toole, Alexandra Rose
Operator
David Eggby
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Peter Burgess
All team (23)
All team (23)
Short description
American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film was intended to be a sequel to "The Hunter" with Steve McQueen, but the actor soon fell ill, and the project was cancelled. Throughout the 1980s, the project was revived several times with different stars. Harrison Ford was offered the lead role, but he turned it down because he found the character too similar to Indiana Jones. In 1985, the role of Quigley was first offered to Tom Selleck, but he had to decline due to a busy schedule filming the series "Magnum, P.I." When the series ended in 1988, Selleck inquired whether the role of Quigley was still available, and then accepted it.
- Alan Rickman agreed to star in the film because filming took place in Australia, and he had always wanted to visit there.
- Three rifles were created for the film, one for shooting, another as a club, and the last – in case something happened to one of the first two. After filming ended, Tom Selleck asked permission to keep the weapons for himself. Many years later, he sold two of the rifles at auction for charity, and donated the third, along with its leather case and knife, to a museum.
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