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The Backwater Gospel
Why this pick
Its macabre, hand-crafted animation and plague-shadowed frontier atmosphere echo Jasper Morello’s Gothic steampunk world, delivering a compact, wordless-feeling descent into dread.
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MOVIE2005 0h 26m AUS
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tommy Dysart
Captain Griswald (voice)
Jude Beaumont
Amelia (voice)
Joel Edgerton
Jasper Morello (voice)