Frauds (film)

Frauds
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Stephan Elliott
Produced by Andrena Finlay
Stuart Quin
Written by Stephan Elliott
Starring Phil Collins
Music by Guy Gross
Cinematography Geoff Burton
Edited by Brian Kavanagh
Release date
  • 4 June 1993 (1993-06-04) (UK)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country Australia
Language English
Box office A$29,740 (Australia)

Frauds is a 1993 Australian black comedy film starring Genesis drummer/singer Phil Collins. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Plot

The film tells the story of insurance investigator Roland Copping and how he interferes with and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks. Eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple who make an unusual insurance claim.[2][3]

Cast

Production

The film was made in collaboration with Latent Image, a production company formed by Rebel Penfold-Russell, Andrena Finlay and Stuart Quin at the end of the 10BA period in Australian filmmaking. Stephan Elliot wanted to use Phil Collins after seeing him in an episode of Miami Vice and contacted him through Finlay's husband, Al Clark, who used to work for Virgin Films.[4] "It's a great little film," Collins recalled, "and I was better in it (than in Buster)."[5]

Soundtrack

A soundtrack was issued by Picture This Records which features Guy Gross's score for the film, orchestrated and conducted by Derek Williams[6]. The album[7] is long out of print and difficult to obtain today.

Gross, Guy; Hines, Marcia; Bob Coassin's Big Band (1992), Frauds : original motion picture soundtrack, Mushroom Music, retrieved 15 September 2017 

| Composer       = Guy Gross
| Orchestrator   = Derek Williams
| Conductor      = Derek Williams
| Format         = CD
| EAN            = 9398601009920

Box office

Frauds grossed $29,740 at the box office in Australia.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Festival de Cannes: Frauds". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  2. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106963/
  3. ↑ "FRAUDS - Film Database - Movie Database".
  4. ↑ Lani Hannah, "Frauds", Cinema Papers, October 1992 p45-49
  5. ↑ White, Terri (December 2014). "Cash for questions". Q: 32.
  6. ↑ Derek Williams
  7. ↑ Gross, Guy (1992). Frauds (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Australia)
  8. ↑ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
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