The Finder is a 2001 Australian mystery-thriller film.
Cast Paul Mercurio as Leo Natoli Simon Westaway as Les Kearney Anja Coleby as Rebecca Castaldi Alan Lovell as Ace Mulroney Allison Cratchley as Michelle Reed Dieter Brummer as Rick Davidson Rowena Wallace as Irene Davidson Rob Carlton as Wheels Gerard Maguire as Sgt Jack Matthews Vic Rooney as Jim Davidson Callan Mulvey as Sam Natoli Caz Lederman as Judy Wheelen Barry Langrishe as Bob Castaldi Lani Tupu as Lyle Riskin
Plot Les Kearney (Simon Westaway) is an ex-cop who specialises in finding missing persons. When he is hired to locate the kidnapped daughter (Anja Coleby) of construction tycoon Bob Castaldi (Barry Langrishe), he encounters numerous murder suspects along the way, as the deadline looms.
Production The film was an idea of producer-writer Phil Avalon's. It was shot in 2000 with privately raised finance.
Reception The film was finished by December 2000. It was sold to Israel, China, Russia and the CIR and was screened at the American Film Market in February 2001.Andrew L. Urban, "The Finder: Preview Premiere", Urban Cinefile. Retrieved 9 November 2012 It had a one off screening at Avalon's own bar in Sydney before being released on DVD."The Finder in Zambezi", Urban Cinefile, 12 July 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2013
The critic for Screen Daily said that: Unable to unlock the potential of their sun/surf/sleuth concept, Avalon and veteran director Frank Shields instead deliver a compendium of overfamiliar situations, characters and dialogue, with an occasional ill-judged sequence of 'comic relief'. A committed bunch of talented actors do their best to energise an otherwise limp affair whose true home may well prove to be off-peak cable television.Frank Hatherley, "The Finder", Screen Daily, 26 February 2001. Retrieved 14 March 2013
See also Cinema of Australia
References
External links
The Finder at Screen Australia