Breakaway (1990 film)

Breakaway
Directed byDon McLennan
Written byJan Sardi
Produced byDon McLennan
Jane Ballantyne
Les Lithgow
StarringBruce Boxleitner
Bruce Myles
Deborah Unger
Toni Scanlan
Terry Gill
CinematographyZbigniew Friedrich
Edited byNicolas Lee
Music byPeter Sullivan
Production
company
Breakaway Films
Distributed bySmart Egg Pictures
Release dates
  • 1 August 1990 (1990-08-01) (Netherlands)
  • October 1990 (1990-10) (Australia)
Running time
85 mins
CountriesAustralia
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Breakaway (also known as Escape from Madness) is a 1990 Australian thriller film[1] starring Bruce Boxleitner, Bruce Myles and Deborah Unger. It is directed by Don McLennan.

Plot

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An escaped prisoner abducts an accountant as he tracks a rodeo fair which is sheltering his wife.

Cast

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Production

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Filming took place in Victoria, Australia from 31 July – 9 September 1989.

Release

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The film was released on video on a dubbed VHS in Germany by Highlight Video, on a Dutch-Subtitled VHS in the Netherlands by Excalibur Benelux and in Canada on NTSC VHS by Alliance Releasing. In the United Kingdom, it was released on video as Escape from Madness.

The film has never been released on any format in the United States.

References

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  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p20
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