Gary Brun

A celebrated composer facing death, his working-class neighbour facing jail, and a sharp New York writer form an unlikely alliance over one charged weekend in Far North Queensland.

Desperate to make the film that will crown him the next Tarantino, debut filmmaker Kurt Michael travels 8000 miles to the outback of Tasmania.

When a small time crook clocks out after a freak accident in a Sydney pub, it's left to his two sons to pick up his debt to the mob. They have six weeks to cough up a 100 grand or they'll find themselves without their favourite appendages.