A 12-minute Aussie fever dream where Ian Chappell's statue fights cyborg punks in 2112.
Sydney, 2112 A.D. - Children scavenging among the rubble of their city accidentally discover a long sealed Hall of Ages, containing the tools of an arcane art.
Practical Effects
Glorious homemade costumes that scream 1984 Sydney.
Production
Somehow convinced actual cricketer Ian Chappell to be a statue.
Director
Gary L. Keady
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Gary L. Keady spent five years trying to expand this into a feature called 'Sons of Steel'—it finally happened in 1988 with even more cricketer cameos.
Ian Chappell was Australia's cricket captain in the 70s; his casting as a literal monument to himself is either genius ego or perfect accidental comedy.
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