Stir (1980 film)

Stir
Australian film poster
Directed by	Stephen Wallace
Screenplay by	Bob Jewson
Produced by	Richard Brennan
Starring	Bryan Brown Max Phipps Dennis Miller Michael Gow Phil Motherwell Gary Waddell Ray Marshall
Cinematography	Geoff Burton
Edited by	Henry Dangar
Music by	Cameron Allan
Production companies	New South Wales Film Corporation Marda Enterprises Atlab Australia Smiley Films
Distributed by	Hoyts Distribution
Release date	23 October 1980 (1980-10-23)
Running time	101 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AU$485,000[1]

Stir is a 1980 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace in his feature directorial debut. The prison film was written by Bob Jewson, based upon his own experience, while incarcerated, of the 1974 prison riot at Bathurst Correctional Complex and the subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.^[2] The film was shot in Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. It premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]