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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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Oh, did you hear what the blind man said
when he walked past the fish market? - Riot

Oh, did you hear what the blind man said when he walked past...

"Evening, ladies." - Riot

"Evening, ladies."

Well, maybe, but I'm not trying
to fuck a 19-year-old, am I? - Riot

Well, maybe, but I'm not trying to fuck a 19-year-old, ...

Everything's gonna be all right - Riot

Everything's gonna be all right

So I get called into
the principal's office and - Riot

So I get called into the principal's office and

And then she says, she says to me, - Riot

And then she says, she says to me,

- The fuss. The fuss.
- "The fuss dies..." - Riot

- The fuss. The fuss. - "The fuss dies..."

Or if you want to stay
on the line while I talk, - Riot

Or if you want to stay on the line while I talk,

We did our best to discourage
his interests, - Riot

We did our best to discourage his interests,

- Once it takes hold...
- So, you knew he was depressed. - Riot

- Once it takes hold... - So, you knew he was depressed.

They've got no right
to kick me out. - Riot

They've got no right to kick me out.

Yeah, it's to silence you. - Riot

Yeah, it's to silence you.

Expel you and everyone else
will feel scared and ashamed. - Riot

Expel you and everyone else will feel scared and ashamed.

Comrade, I have lost
nearly every scrap I have been in. - Riot

Comrade, I have lost nearly every scrap I have been in.

If we only fight the battles
that we're gonna win, - Riot

If we only fight the battles that we're gonna win,

- What have you tried so far?
- Ah, nothing that's worked. - Riot

- What have you tried so far? - Ah, nothing that's work...

The university said
it has nothing to do with them, - Riot

The university said it has nothing to do with them,

He's still a cantankerous old Commie
with a chip on his shoulder. How's Judy? - Riot

He's still a cantankerous old Commie with a chip on his...

Yeah, she still works
twice as hard as I do - Riot

Yeah, she still works twice as hard as I do

Look, mate, RMC at Macquarie - Riot

Look, mate, RMC at Macquarie

Now the college is only half built - Riot

Now the college is only half built

You want my workers to down tools
and forego wages - Riot

You want my workers to down tools and forego wages

Mate, you can be
the first union in the world - Riot

Mate, you can be the first union in the world

Students united
will never be defeated! - Riot

Students united will never be defeated!

Students united will never be
defeated! Students... - Riot

Students united will never be defeated! Students...

We are not moving! - Riot

We are not moving!

Until every single gay and lesbian student - Riot

Until every single gay and lesbian student

Our vice chancellor
thinks that he can silence us... - Riot

Our vice chancellor thinks that he can silence us...

- Cut him off.
- He is going to listen! - Riot

- Cut him off. - He is going to listen!

Come out, VC! Come out, VC! - Riot

Come out, VC! Come out, VC!

Come out, VC!
Come out, VC! Come out, VC... - Riot

Come out, VC! Come out, VC! Come out, VC...

Christopher, if you push Geoffrey
in the water again, you'll get a smack! - Riot

Christopher, if you push Geoffrey in the water again, you�...

I don't want either of you
getting on the train - Riot

I don't want either of you getting on the train

3:00. Oh, my back is stuffed. - Riot

3:00. Oh, my back is stuffed.

Actually, she's decided she's gonna go
with him this time, just for a term. - Riot

Actually, she's decided she's gonna go with him th...

I'm sure she'll convince him
to move back with her - Riot

I'm sure she'll convince him to move back with her

"Dear Commissioners, we present - Riot

"Dear Commissioners, we present

"What is necessary
is a redefinition of family." - Riot

"What is necessary is a redefinition of family."

You know, if Whitlam
simply abolished marriage, - Riot

You know, if Whitlam simply abolished marriage,

I'm buggered.
I don't need a barney with you. - Riot

I'm buggered. I don't need a barney with you.

He's just, he's such a cruel,
authoritarian old bastard. - Riot

He's just, he's such a cruel, authoritarian old ba...

If an oncologist wants
your father to stay in town, - Riot

If an oncologist wants your father to stay in town,

I don't want to take them
camping a couple of weeks a year, - Riot

I don't want to take them camping a couple of weeks a y...

We'd turn up in Albury
with a lesbian lawyer - Riot

We'd turn up in Albury with a lesbian lawyer

You hypocrite. I was beaten as a kid
'cause my father was a communist. - Riot

You hypocrite. I was beaten as a kid 'cause my father w...

I should just tell them
that we're work colleagues - Riot

I should just tell them that we're work colleagues

Well, Virginia told me about a couple - Riot

Well, Virginia told me about a couple

Let's face it, a judge is just
gonna take one look at me - Riot

Let's face it, a judge is just gonna take one look at m...

If we go to court and we lie, - Riot

If we go to court and we lie,

Our submission is one of 500
that went to the Royal Commission. - Riot

Our submission is one of 500 that went to the Royal Commissi...

So how do we turn that exposure
into some action? - Riot

So how do we turn that exposure into some action?

Bunch of class traitors,
too lazy to be revolutionaries. - Riot

Bunch of class traitors, too lazy to be revolutionaries.

And listen to Miss Pollyanna
dreaming of getting reform from Labor? - Riot

And listen to Miss Pollyanna dreaming of getting reform from...

You've made a bit
of a mess there, haven't you? - Riot

You've made a bit of a mess there, haven't you?

There we go, there we go. All right. - Riot

There we go, there we go. All right.

Miss Plaister,
according to our documents, - Riot

Miss Plaister, according to our documents,

And when Mrs. McMann's children
visited in the past, - Riot

And when Mrs. McMann's children visited in the past,

And did this other room
have a double bed, - Riot

And did this other room have a double bed,

So, you and Mrs. McMann
share a double bed, - Riot

So, you and Mrs. McMann share a double bed,

Happy birthday to you - Riot

Happy birthday to you

No, but kids now have a say - Riot

No, but kids now have a say

Yeah, there'll soon be court decisions
to help us prepare tactics. - Riot

Yeah, there'll soon be court decisions to help us prepa...

Well, overthrowing the patriarchy
just got a new deadline. - Riot

Well, overthrowing the patriarchy just got a new deadline.

Happy birthday, dear Nessie - Riot

Happy birthday, dear Nessie

I don't think they're gonna want
a reformist Premier in New South Wales. - Riot

I don't think they're gonna want a reformist Premi...

Well, you're always driving
the kids up here, - Riot

Well, you're always driving the kids up here,

I look at my three
beautiful children - Riot

I look at my three beautiful children

Shirts is bound to fit, so I'll just... - Riot

Shirts is bound to fit, so I'll just...

Now, we need to present an agreed position - Riot

Now, we need to present an agreed position

Well, the fact that these buggers
are still criminals - Riot

Well, the fact that these buggers are still criminals

Okay, so Walker's bill
outlaws discrimination - Riot

Okay, so Walker's bill outlaws discrimination

We know custody is complicated,
but some small changes - Riot

We know custody is complicated, but some small changes

If there's anything
that upsets the straights - Riot

If there's anything that upsets the straights

Listen! The number one issue
should be the police. - Riot

Listen! The number one issue should be the police.

If Wran let us protest, - Riot

If Wran let us protest,

Youth suicide and homelessness,
violence prevention, - Riot

Youth suicide and homelessness, violence prevention,

For gay men, amending
the Crimes Act is the priority, - Riot

For gay men, amending the Crimes Act is the priority,

Psychiatrists "curing" homosexuals
with shock treatment. - Riot

Psychiatrists "curing" homosexuals with shock trea...

Active, visible, engaged members
who would change their vote on this issue. - Riot

Active, visible, engaged members who would change their vote...

All the people I will lose,
if I'm for gay and lesbians? - Riot

All the people I will lose, if I'm for gay and lesbians...

But you need to demonstrate
that the wider community supports change. - Riot

But you need to demonstrate that the wider community support...

Well, how are we supposed to get
the wider community behind us - Riot

Well, how are we supposed to get the wider community behind ...

Well, you are the Premier
and the Police Minister, aren't you? - Riot

Well, you are the Premier and the Police Minister, aren'...

Every time we march for rights, - Riot

Every time we march for rights,

A Labor government should
sort out these violent, corrupt bastards. - Riot

A Labor government should sort out these violent, corrupt ba...

At least he respected us enough
to tell us the truth... - Riot

At least he respected us enough to tell us the truth...

Oh, my God, I am bored already. - Riot

Oh, my God, I am bored already.

We've got nothing.
Not a bloody sniff of hope. - Riot

We've got nothing. Not a bloody sniff of hope.

I mean, how gutless
and hypocritical is that, - Riot

I mean, how gutless and hypocritical is that,

If we cannot get
our own community on board, - Riot

If we cannot get our own community on board,

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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/