The Finder (film)

The Finder
Written by	Phillip Avalon
Directed by	Frank Shields
Starring	Paul Mecurio Simon Westaway
Country of origin	Australia
Original language(s)	English
Production
Producer(s)	Phillip Avalon
Production company(s)	Avalon Films
Distributor	Beyond International
Release
Original release	18 July 2001

The Finder is a 2001 Australian film.

Plot

An ex-cop sets himself up as "a finder" and gets involved in a mysterious kidnapping.

Production

The film was an idea of producer-writer Phil Avalon's. It was shot in 2000 with privately raised finance.

Reception

The film was finished by December 2000. It was sold to Israel, China, Russia and the CIR and was screened at the American Film Market in February 2001.^[1] It had a one off screening at Avalon's own bar in Sydney before being released on DVD.^[2]

The critic for Screen Daily said that:

Unable to unlock the potential of their sun/surf/sleuth concept, Avalon and veteran director Frank Shields instead deliver a compendium of overfamiliar situations, characters and dialogue, with an occasional ill-judged sequence of 'comic relief'. A committed bunch of talented actors do their best to energise an otherwise limp affair whose true home may well prove to be off-peak cable television.^[3]

References

1. Andrew L. Urban, "The Finder: Preview Premiere", Urban Cinefile accessed 9 November 2012
2. "The Finder in Zambezi", Urban Cinefile, 12 July 2001 accessed 14 March 2013
3. Frank Hatherley, "The Finder", Screen Daily, 26 February 2001 accessed 14 March 2013

External links

• The Finder at the Internet Movie Database
• The Finder at Screen Australia
• The Film Finder at thefilmfinder