Directed by:
Colin EgglestonScreenplay:
John D. LamondComposer:
Brian MayCast:
John Hargreaves, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter, Alex Scott, Hugo Weaving, Alex Menglet, Adrian Wright, Simon Chilvers, Tommy Dysart, Victor KazanPlots(1)
In the wake of the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, maverick Ozploitation auteurs John D. Lamond and Colin Eggleston joined forces on this breezy, tongue-in-cheek, thrill-a-minute, big screen epic inspired by their love of Republic Pictures’ cliffhanger serials. John Hargreaves is Flight Lt. Harris - a wisecracking pilot with an addiction for adventure. He teams up with the feisty daughter of a kidnapped clergyman and they hotfoot it across the globe to rescue her father and locate the separated pieces of a powerful, mystical tablet. In pursuit is arch villain Savage (Max Phipps) hell-bent on getting his mitts on “the ultimate power”. Boasting exotic location work (including a climactic showdown filmed on Easter Island) and an action-packed, genre-bending plot that includes time warps, UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle and the Philadelphia Experiment - not to mention an aerial dogfight and a Raiders-style truck chase - Sky Pirates is the ultimate old fashioned, fast-moving, two-fisted, pulpy B-movie experience! What’s not to like? (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
John Hargreaves
Australia
Best movies:
Cry Freedom (1987)
Comrades (1986)
Hotel Sorrento (1995)
Max Phipps
Australia
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Road Warrior (1981)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Bill Hunter
Australia
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Red Dog (2011)
Alex Scott
Australia
Best movies:
Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
Romper Stomper (1992)
Next of Kin (1982)
Hugo Weaving
Nigeria
Best movies:
Alex Menglet
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Anzacs (1985) (series)
He Died with a Felafel In His Hand (2001)
Celia: Child of Terror (1989)
Adrian Wright
UK
Best movies:
All the Rivers Run (1983) (series)
The Lighthorsemen (1987)
Sky Pirates (1986)
Simon Chilvers
UK
Best movies:
A Test of Love (1984)
The Shiralee (1987) (TV movie)
Sky Pirates (1986)
Tommy Dysart
UK
Best movies:
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
Next of Kin (1982)
Sky Pirates (1986)
Victor Kazan
Best movies:
Sky Pirates (1986)