A Man's Gotta Do is a 2004

2004 in film

The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol...

 Australian award

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 winning film from Australia

Australia

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n director

Film director

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, Chris Kennedy

Chris Kennedy

Chris Kennedy is an Australian AFI Award winning film director, writer and producer. He owns the film studio, Oilrag Productions. Kennedy is a three-time Australian Film Institute Awards nominee and is an Australian Writer's Guild Award winner. As of 2006, he is one of Australia's most prominent...

. The film stars John Howard

John Howard (Australian actor)

John Howard is an Australian stage and screen actor. Howard is best known for his appearances in the film The Club, and the television series SeaChange, Always Greener, All Saints and Packed To The Rafters.-Film:Howard's first role was in 1978's My Boys Are Good Boys, in a minor role...

.

Tagline

• Most men hold their head high, put their backs to the wall and do what they must do to give their family what they want.

Plot

In A Man's Gotta Do, Eddy, (John Howard), lives with his wife, Yvonne, (Rebecca Frith

Rebecca Frith

Rebecca Frith is an Australian actress-Biography:Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987, Frith has appeared in a diversity of TV shows...

), and their daughter, Chantelle, (Alyssa McClelland

Alyssa McClelland

Alyssa McClelland is an Australian actress and filmmaker. McClelland was educated at Newtown High School of the Performing Arts in Sydney and holds a BA Communications in Media Arts and Production from the University of Technology Sydney...

), in a new suburb in the Illawarra

Illawarra

Illawarra is a region in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is a coastal region situated immediately south of Sydney and north of the Shoalhaven or South Coast region. It encompasses the cities of Wollongong, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven and the town of Kiama. The central region contains Lake...

 part, south of Sydney

Sydney

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.

Eddy is a fisherman

Fisherman

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 by day, but by night he works as a standover man, literally a toe-cutter. Dominic, (Gyton Grantley

Gyton Grantley

Gyton Grantley is a Logie Award and AFI Award-winning Australian actor, best known for his portrayal of convicted murderer and drug trafficker Carl Williams in the hit Australian television show Underbelly, for which he was nominated for both Most Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series and Most...

), is his new offsider.

Chantelle is upset because her fiancé, Rudi, a Russia

Russia

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n air conditioning specialist, has disappeared. Did her Dad have something to do with it?

The frustrated Yvonne begins flirting with Paul, the plumber, (Rohan Nicol). Eddy encourages Dominic to read his daughter's diary thinking that's the way to get a better understanding of her needs.

Reviews

The film received good reviews. The Australian reviewing show At the Movies gave it a three and three and a half star mark.

Awards

The film wasn't nominated for many awards but did win the only award it was nominated for, a Golden Zenith for the Best film from Oceania

Oceania

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 at the Montreal Film Festival.