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The Cut
The Cut - takes a shot at sports management
The Cut, a new six-part ABC TV drama exploring the sometimes murky world of sports management commenced filming today with Gold Logie award-winning actor John Wood starring as rogue sports agent, Bill Telford.
While managing a stable of sporting superstars some of Bill Telford's
dodgy deals begin to unravel when he is injured in a terrorism attack
overseas.
Written by one of Australia's most highly regarded writers, John Misto,
(Heroes Mountain, Day of the Roses, The Damnation of Harvey
McHugh), The Cut takes a mordant look at professional sports
management - the players, their agents, the middlemen and the media
hype and reality.
The 6x55 minute series is produced by Tom Blacket and directed by
Mandy Smith and Karl Zwicky, The Cut is a Blacket Television
production for ABC Television, with financial support from the Film
Finance Corporation Australia and the New South Wales Film and
Television Office. The Cut is being distributed internationally by Target
Entertainment.
Executive Producer for ABC TV Amanda Higgs said: "John Misto has
written some terrifically funny and cheeky roles for this very fine cast,
headed by the incomparable John Wood. The Cut is certainly tapping
into the zeitgeist of the current sporting climate."
Producer Tom Blacket said The Cut is a great script from one of
Australia's leading writers. "The Cut takes a wry look at the world of
professional sport, with stories told with a lot of humour."
The Cut stars:
John Wood (Blue Heelers, Flying Doctors, Rafferty's Rules) as Bill
Matt Passmore (McLeod's Daughters, The Alice, Last Man Standing,
Blue Heelers) as Bill's hapless son, Andrew
Julieanne Newbould (White Collar Blue, Home and Away, All Saints) as
Bill's wife, Roz Telford
Ben Oxenbould (The Surgeon, Hey Dad!, GP) as Danny
The Cut will be filmed predominantly on location at sportsgrounds and
watering holes around Sydney.
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