Gate | Karen Radyzner | 2000 | ACMI collection | ACMI: Your museum of screen culture

Over the duration of a smoko, 3 sheep station workers (Joel Edgerton, Tony Ryan and Brett Wood) deliberate over which one of them left the gate open and allowed 800 sheep to escape. With remarkable ingenuity and careful questioning, they get to the bottom of the matter.

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Collection

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Credits

director

Peter Carstairs

creator

Peter Carstairs

producer

Karen Radyzner

Duration

00:15:00:00

Production dates

2000

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1003608

Subject category

Short films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

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