Rats and Cats
“Never meet your heroes.”
Rats and cats is a dark, satirical comedy about a fallen star and broken dreams. It is about fame and our culture of obsession. Actor Darren McWarren (Jason Gann) starred in soap, mini-series and film before destroying his career with a series of indiscretions. Now McWarren is out of the industry and living in a small town in Western Victoria he can do whatever he wants. When a journalist decides to write a "Where are they now" profile on McWarren, he finds the former star has become a modern day Errol Flynn. The local girls want to fornicate with him and their fellas want to fight him. He mightn't have found love - but it's the next best thing.
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Cast
21 people
Jason Gann
Darren McWarren
Known for
Wilfred
Adam Zwar
Ben
Known for
Emo: The Musical
Tony Rogers
Peter Bain-Hogg
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Anya Beyersdorf
Cindy
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Black & White & Sex
Little Tornadoes
Jason Byrne
Paul Denny
Bruce
Also in
Tunnel Vision
Joe Connor
Ken Connor
Alexis Porter
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Jenny Livingston
Jess Beazley
Mia
Tony Rogers Director · Jason Gann Writer Adam Zwar Writer
Budget $1.4M · First release August 3, 2006 · Produced in Australia
Box office
Budget
$1,400,000
Production
Complete Post
Production
The Difference Engine
Production
Renegade Films
Production
Australia
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · August 3, 2006
Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
Australia · May 15, 2008
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
October 8, 2008 · Physical
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