Rats in the Ranks

Rats in the Ranks

 

(7 from 3 users)

1h 33m 1996 HD

Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.


Related Movies

  • 2019
    How Every Film You Watch Tells You To Love The Rich and What To Do About It

    How Every Film You Watch Tells You To Love The Rich and What To Do About It

    How Every Film You Watch Tells You To Love The Rich and What To Do About It

    02019HD

    "How Every Film You Watch Tells You To Love The Rich and What To Do About It" explores the representations of wealth in cinema. It looks into how...

    How Every Film You Watch Tells You To Love The Rich and What To Do About It
  • 2019
    The Seer and the Unseen

    The Seer and the Unseen

    The Seer and the Unseen

    7.72019HD

    A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a...

    The Seer and the Unseen
  • 2024
    El Equipo del Pueblo

    El Equipo del Pueblo

    El Equipo del Pueblo

    02024HD

    Documentary tells the story of the Chilean football club Colo-Colo, exploring its profound impact on popular culture and the everyday lives of its...

    El Equipo del Pueblo
  • 2000
    The Dish

    The Dish

    The Dish

    6.72000HD

    A group of maverick scientists on a remote Australian sheep farm are the globe's only hope for obtaining the epic images of man's first steps on the...

    The Dish
  • 2008
    The Anarchist's Wife

    The Anarchist's Wife

    The Anarchist's Wife

    5.62008HD

    "The Anarchist's Wife" is the story of Manuela who is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists during...

    The Anarchist's Wife
  • 2009
    Amelia

    Amelia

    Amelia

    5.72009HD

    A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a...

    Amelia
  • 1977
    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes

    The Police Tapes

    71977HD

    The Police Tapes is a 1977 documentary about a New York City police precinct in the South Bronx. The original ran ninety minutes and was produced for...

    The Police Tapes
  • 2013
    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth

    62013HD

    The compelling story of an extraordinary woman's journey from her birth in a paper thin shack in the cotton fields of Georgia to her recognition as a...

    Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth
  • 2008
    Boris Ryzhy

    Boris Ryzhy

    Boris Ryzhy

    7.22008HD

    Russian Poet Boris Ryzhy was handsome, talented and famous. So why did he end his own life at the age of 26? A quest to find the answer takes the...

    Boris Ryzhy
  • 2012
    Tiempos de Dictadura, Tiempos de Marcos Pérez Jiménez

    Tiempos de Dictadura, Tiempos de Marcos Pérez Jiménez

    Tiempos de Dictadura, Tiempos de Marcos Pérez Jiménez

    4.62012HD

    Told through animations, testimonials and pictures, a controversial and dramatic past Venezuelan time.

    Tiempos de Dictadura, Tiempos de Marcos Pérez Jiménez
  • 1974
    Aerial

    Aerial

    Aerial

    6.21974HD

    "Touches on elemental images; air, water, (and snow), earth and fire (and smoke) all come into it." - MT

    Aerial
  • 2010
    1912, Breaking the Silence

    1912, Breaking the Silence

    1912, Breaking the Silence

    02010HD

    Afro-Cubans played a leading role in the fight to free Cuba from Spanish domination; as part of that struggle, slavery was abolished. Nevertheless,...

    1912, Breaking the Silence