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Riot

A group of people are stuck in a fight against the law who has paused the decision to decriminalize homosexuality. They decide to protest against the authority and bring in a change.

Director

Jeffrey Walker

Year

Genre

drama, history, romance

Box Office

N/A

Production

Werner Film Productions

Awards

6 wins & 11 nominations total

Homepage

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/riot/

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So I'm arm-in-arm
with these doe-eyed - Riot

So I'm arm-in-arm with these doe-eyed

Yeah, and I'm 27,
you know, and never been... - Riot

Yeah, and I'm 27, you know, and never been...

Right. So then I went to America - Riot

Right. So then I went to America

Hey, if I can survive
working at Quarantine - Riot

Hey, if I can survive working at Quarantine

- Nice to meet you, Ron.
- Nice to meet you too, Lance. - Riot

- Nice to meet you, Ron. - Nice to meet you too, Lance.

Yeah, so Gay Liberation
are your anarchists and agitators. - Riot

Yeah, so Gay Liberation are your anarchists and agitators.

And this is CAMP.
The Campaign Against Moral Persecution. - Riot

And this is CAMP. The Campaign Against Moral Persecution.

Everyone's a bit more polite
and well-behaved. - Riot

Everyone's a bit more polite and well-behaved.

And if you want to chair a meeting,
you sit there, or we sit around the table. - Riot

And if you want to chair a meeting, you sit there, or we sit...

The ABC are doing a program
about a homosexual couple. - Riot

The ABC are doing a program about a homosexual couple.

Oh, spare me. If the bloody ABC's
the hope of the left, we're in trouble. - Riot

Oh, spare me. If the bloody ABC's the hope of the left,...

And what's that? A stable,
committed homosexual couple - Riot

And what's that? A stable, committed homosexual couple

Yeah, playing happy families
to reassure straights we don't threaten - Riot

Yeah, playing happy families to reassure straights we don�...

Oh, well, I'm glad you spoke.
Now I can tell - Riot

Oh, well, I'm glad you spoke. Now I can tell

And Martin Luther King
stood there on the steps - Riot

And Martin Luther King stood there on the steps

Hey, I don't want you to think that this
is the entire movement, Marg. - Riot

Hey, I don't want you to think that this is the entire ...

Oh, well, you know I'm quite partial - Riot

Oh, well, you know I'm quite partial

But there's many ways
to smash a patriarchy, Lance, - Riot

But there's many ways to smash a patriarchy, Lance,

Well, if you're not
prepared to lose it all, - Riot

Well, if you're not prepared to lose it all,

Hey, Sue has invited us - Riot

Hey, Sue has invited us

You have a interesting interpretation
of Saint Paul. - Riot

You have a interesting interpretation of Saint Paul.

On the ABC? How wonderful! - Riot

On the ABC? How wonderful!

Mmm. Jenny, I'd watch
Marcia Hines sing the phone book. - Riot

Mmm. Jenny, I'd watch Marcia Hines sing the phone book.

You'll need a uterus. - Riot

You'll need a uterus.

- I mean, you haven't done...
- Joan. - Riot

- I mean, you haven't done... - Joan.

Well, peace in Palestine, - Riot

Well, peace in Palestine,

But, you know, I'll settle for dinner. - Riot

But, you know, I'll settle for dinner.

You know, I was in Washington
when they had - Riot

You know, I was in Washington when they had

"I can see the black children of Alabama - Riot

"I can see the black children of Alabama

Rich, white men oppress
the poor, women, gays, - Riot

Rich, white men oppress the poor, women, gays,

And if I were to run my - Riot

And if I were to run my

And if I were to take you back
to my place, - Riot

And if I were to take you back to my place,

I find it sort of terribly difficult
to put it in words. - Riot

I find it sort of terribly difficult to put it in words.

Um, I just felt - Riot

Um, I just felt

One of the phrases
that CAMP members use a lot - Riot

One of the phrases that CAMP members use a lot

I mean, I think it...
It means having the courage, - Riot

I mean, I think it... It means having the courage,

I mean, there's nothing whatsoever - Riot

I mean, there's nothing whatsoever

How do you have a satisfactory - Riot

How do you have a satisfactory

- You're slouching there.
- Well, there are lots of different ways - Riot

- You're slouching there. - Well, there are lots of dif...

But women who are butch
and tough, and prickly with men... - Riot

But women who are butch and tough, and prickly with men...

They made me...
I look like a sullen teenager. - Riot

They made me... I look like a sullen teenager.

Well, we met in the staff room, - Riot

Well, we met in the staff room,

How come they didn't ask you about - Riot

How come they didn't ask you about

I keep thinking about all those wives - Riot

I keep thinking about all those wives

While their husbands sit beside them - Riot

While their husbands sit beside them

I keep thinking about all those wives
sitting there while their husbands - Riot

I keep thinking about all those wives sitting there while th...

Most importantly, - Riot

Most importantly,

Ho-ho-homosexual! Ho-ho-homosexual! - Riot

Ho-ho-homosexual! Ho-ho-homosexual!

One, two... One, two, three!
Down with church hypocrisy! - Riot

One, two... One, two, three! Down with church hypocrisy!

So what, we just stand outside - Riot

So what, we just stand outside

Ron! Marg McMann, - Riot

Ron! Marg McMann,

Excuse me. I hear you have a vacancy
for church secretary. I'd like to apply. - Riot

Excuse me. I hear you have a vacancy for church secretary. I...

Well, you're entitled
to your expression of freedom, - Riot

Well, you're entitled to your expression of freedom,

Yes, yes, right between my sound machine - Riot

Yes, yes, right between my sound machine

Like, I didn't realize how...
How many isolated people are out there - Riot

Like, I didn't realize how... How many isolated people ...

There's a gay group in Sweden, - Riot

There's a gay group in Sweden,

I think we... I think we...
I think we also need - Riot

I think we... I think we... I think we also need

All these people energized by a protest
and you want to form committees. - Riot

All these people energized by a protest and you want to form...

No, we should be... We should be - Riot

No, we should be... We should be

We should be running
openly gay candidates in elections. - Riot

We should be running openly gay candidates in elections.

Okay, all right, well, what about
an actions group? - Riot

Okay, all right, well, what about an actions group?

So Lance and his comrades can
organize their protests and demos - Riot

So Lance and his comrades can organize their protests and de...

Now, now, now, the boys next door
have made a $5 bet on Darren - Riot

Now, now, now, the boys next door have made a $5 bet on Darr...

I propose, I propose that we give you $10
if you go back to the station with a kiss. - Riot

I propose, I propose that we give you $10 if you go back to ...

And monogamy, Jim Walker, - Riot

And monogamy, Jim Walker,

You can admit you're wrong - Riot

You can admit you're wrong

Well, how about I'm right
about the theory, - Riot

Well, how about I'm right about the theory,

Run, run, run - Riot

For one moment this is a draft
of what could go into the Crimes Act - Riot

For one moment this is a draft of what could go into the Cri...

Well, Jim has put
a lot of work into this proposal, - Riot

Well, Jim has put a lot of work into this proposal,

Don't use a woman's right to her body - Riot

Don't use a woman's right to her body

There is way too much to do to waste time
educating poofs about women's rights. - Riot

There is way too much to do to waste time educating poofs ab...

I know that...
I know that this is painful, - Riot

I know that... I know that this is painful,

If I wanted to pick up shit - Riot

If I wanted to pick up shit

So, Lance, this is your hotbed of student
radicals ripe for recruitment, huh? - Riot

So, Lance, this is your hotbed of student radicals ripe for ...

- Yes, quite keen on whales.
- And you don't like uranium. - Riot

- Yes, quite keen on whales. - And you don't like urani...

So basically you're into every left issue,
except gay rights. - Riot

So basically you're into every left issue, except gay r...

No. No, I'm into everything. - Riot

No. No, I'm into everything.

There's a women's poetry comp
in the theater, - Riot

There's a women's poetry comp in the theater,

"I don't sway my tail - Riot

"I don't sway my tail

"The lap, lap, lap
of a hot, pink tongue..." - Riot

"The lap, lap, lap of a hot, pink tongue..."

"Never tractable. I arch my back to bull." - Riot

"Never tractable. I arch my back to bull."

Oi! Lay off the Old Spice, poof. - Riot

Oi! Lay off the Old Spice, poof.

Nobody knows - Riot

Lighten up, Lance,
at least you've got a room - Riot

Lighten up, Lance, at least you've got a room

In here?
This place is one big closet, Ron. - Riot

In here? This place is one big closet, Ron.

They're only gay till they get off, - Riot

They're only gay till they get off,

Boys, if you're looking
for somewhere to sit, - Riot

Boys, if you're looking for somewhere to sit,

And let me tell you, it's been crying out
to get into a centerfold, it's amazing. - Riot

And let me tell you, it's been crying out to get into a...

I see we have some girls in the house.
Hey, girls. How are you? - Riot

I see we have some girls in the house. Hey, girls. How are y...

Riot poster

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A group of people are stuck in a fight against the law who has paused the decision to decriminalize homosexuality. They decide to protest against the authority and bring in a change.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Jeffrey Walker

Writer: Greg Waters, Carrie Anderson

Production: Werner Film Productions

Genre: drama, history, romance

Year: 2018

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 25 Feb 2018

Awards: 6 wins & 11 nominations total

Homepage: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/riot/