The Cars that ate Paris

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The Cars That Ate Paris ★★★ The Cars That Eat People (PG)

Parasitic town in the Parisian (Australia) outback preys on car and body parts generated by deliberate accidents inflicted by wreck-driving wreckless youths. Weir's first film released internationally, about a small Australian town that survives economically via deliberately contriving car accidents and selling the wrecks' scrap parts. A broad, bitter black comedy with some horror touches. 91m/C VHS, DVD . AU Terry Camillieri, Kevin Miles, John Meillon, Melissa Jaffer; D: Peter Weir; W: Peter Weir; M: Bruce Smeaton.

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