The King Is Dead! is a 2012 Australian comedy drama thriller film directed by Rolf de Heer about a young couple who are tormented by the neighbour from hell.

Plot

Max (Dan Wyllie) and Therese (Bojana Novakovic) have just moved into a new house, unfortunately they are now next door to a strange man named King (Gary Waddell). At first, things seem to go smoothly until King and his friends become trouble with Max and Therese and they both suspect he may be a drug dealer, so Max and Therese concoct a plan to have King move out of their neighbourhood.

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Cast

Dan Wyllie as Max

Bojana Novakovic as Therese

Gary Waddell as King

Luke Ford as Shrek

Anthony Hayes as Escobar

Production

Forty percent of the budget came from Screen Australia with additional investment from the South Australian Film Corp, Pinnacle, the sales agent Fandango Portobello International, and Chinese investor Bruno Wu's Locus Global Entertainment.

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Accolades

References

External links

The King Is Dead at At the Movies

Review at The Hollywood Reporter

Australian thriller films

Films directed by Rolf de Heer

2012 films

2010s English-language films

Australian comedy-drama films

2010s Australian films

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