Last Cab to Darwin (film)

Last Cab to Darwin
Australian theatrical release poster
Directed byJeremy Sims
Written byReg Cribb
Jeremy Sims
Based onLast Cab to Darwin by
Reg Cribb
Produced byLisa Duff
Greg Duffy
Jeremy Sims
StarringMichael Caton
Ningali Lawford
Mark Coles Smith
Emma Hamilton
Jacki Weaver
CinematographySteve Arnold
Edited byMarcus D'Arcy
Music byEd Kuepper
Release date
  • 6 June 2015 (2015-06-06) (Sydney Film Festival)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box officeA$8 million[1]

Last Cab to Darwin is a 2015 Australian film directed by Jeremy Sims and written by Sims and Reg Cribb. Based on Cribb's 2003 play of the same name, it stars Michael Caton, Ningali Lawford, Mark Coles Smith, Emma Hamilton and Jacki Weaver, who was in the original cast of the play. Like the play, the film was inspired by the true story of Max Bell, a taxi driver who traveled from Broken Hill to Darwin to seek euthanasia after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. The film received positive reviews and was nominated for nine AACTA Awards, winning Best Actor for Caton and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sims and Cribb.

  1. ^ "An Aussie box office success?". Radio National. 27 November 2015.