Rats and Cats
Never meet your heroes.
Genres
Overview
Rats and cats is a dark, satirical comedy about a fallen star and broken dreams. It is about fame and our culture of obsession. Actor Darren McWarren (Jason Gann) starred in soap, mini-series and film before destroying his career with a series of indiscretions. Now McWarren is out of the industry and living in a small town in Western Victoria he can do whatever he wants. When a journalist decides to write a "Where are they now" profile on McWarren, he finds the former star has become a modern day Errol Flynn. The local girls want to fornicate with him and their fellas want to fight him. He mightn't have found love - but it's the next best thing.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
88 min
Release Date
2007-05-29
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
3
Jason Gann
Darren McWarren
Adam Zwar
Ben
Anya Beyersdorf
Cindy
Paul Denny
Bruce
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