The Cars That Ate Paris

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The Cars That Ate Paris is a 1974 Australian cult horror-comedy film directed by Peter Weir, known for its darkly satirical take on small-town life and car culture.

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The Cars That Ate Paris canonical 6
The Cars That Eat People 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn original screenplay
castMember Bruce Spence
Chris Haywood
John Meillon
Terry Camilleri
cinematographyBy John McLean
colorProcess color
countryOfFilming Australia
countryOfFirstRelease Australia
countryOfOrigin Australia
depicts car accidents
economic exploitation
medical experimentation
director Peter Weir
distributor Roadshow Film Distributors
editedBy Michael Carson
filmingLocation New South Wales, Australia
linked to: New South Wales
genre comedy
horror
satire
hasAlternativeTitle The Cars That Eat People
hasCultFollowing true
hasInfluenceOn Australian cult cinema
language English
leadActor Terry Camilleri
medium feature film
musicBy Bruce Smeaton
narrativeForm fiction
notableElement spiked Volkswagen Beetle car design
notableFor darkly satirical depiction of rural Australian town
modified and weaponized cars
partOf Australian New Wave cinema
productionCompany Australian Film Development Corporation
Max Films
releaseDate 1974-08-09
releaseYear 1974
runtimeMinutes 91
screenwriter Peter Weir
setting fictional town of Paris, Australia
targetAudience adults
theme car culture
dark satire
small-town life
title The Cars That Ate Paris

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Geoff Burton notableWork The Cars That Ate Paris
Bruce Smeaton notableWork The Cars That Ate Paris
Ray Barrett notableWork The Cars That Ate Paris
The Cars That Ate Paris title The Cars That Ate Paris
The Cars That Ate Paris hasAlternativeTitle The Cars That Eat People
linked to: The Cars That Ate Paris
Chris Haywood notableWork The Cars That Ate Paris
John Meillon workedOn The Cars That Ate Paris