With all of Australia watching the latest reality show Big Brother 2, obsessing about how the various housemates relate, it is a perfect time to watch what is sure to become a classic Australian movie, He Died With a Felafel in His Hand, with its focus on the house-mate-from-hell scenario.

Danny (played by Noah Taylor) has just moved in to his forty seventh shared house, this time in Brisbane. His flat mates are, to put it mildly, a little different. One lives in a closet, another in a tent in the living room. Before Danny leaves the house and flees to Melbourne, he will have experienced satanic worship, skinheads, and cane toads. When he does leave for Melbourne, he embarks again on the shared house experience – same scenario, different location.

Starring Taylor, Sophie Lee, Emily Hamilton and Romane Bohringer, and directed by Richard Lowenstein (Dogs in Space), the film will appeal to all who have been through the life-experience of sharing with relative strangers.

Although some may find the film a little disjointed in places, the film is fairly true to the book on which it is based, by acclaimed novelist John Birmingham.

He Died With a Felafel in His Hand features widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital 5.1 audio and English language subtitles for the hearing impaired. Other features of the DVD version include the theatrical trailer and scene selection. It is also available to rent or own on video.

He Died With a Felafel in His Hand runs for 103 minutes and is rated MA 15+ , with medium level coarse language and adult themes.

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand, Roadshow Entertainment.

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