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1980 · directed by Bruce Beresford · 107 min
22,503 feet · Prominence
1,986th of 24,106 films scored
Not coveredNo Rewatchables episode on file.

How this film scores

Draw46

Lifetime worldwide gross $8m, re-releases included; about $33m in 2026 money.

Rank5,082 of 11,051In 198059 of 84

How Draw works

Inflation-adjusted worldwide box office, on one global curve, and nothing else. It does not know whether a film was good.

Praise87

Awards claim half the headroom above the critics' score.

Critics87 baseAwards12 signal → +1 lift

Oscars1 nominated Adapted Screenplay
How Praise works

Critics set the score; a tiered award record, Picture and Directing carrying the most weight, claims half the headroom above it. Praise is the verdict at the time; Legacy is the verdict since. This film is near critically unanimous and barely registers on awards, so there is little headroom for awards to claim. The score is the critics' verdict, nearly untouched.

Legacy35

Judged directly: Australian courtroom classic, narrow international reach.

Verdict35 of 100IMDb7.8 from 15kWikipedia6k views a monthAge46 years

On the listsCriterion Collectionevidence, not an input to the score
Scored beside it · 2,079 of 4,039 films judged

If it does not belong in this company, the number is wrong.

How Legacy works

Legacy is a judgment, not a formula. A film can be adored by critics and culturally quiet, or lightly reviewed and permanently lodged in the culture, and no arithmetic over IMDb numbers tells the difference. Every signal behind it keeps updating.

draw 46 praise 87 legacy 35averages 56, placing it at22,503 ft
How the three become one number

Added, not multiplied, so a film transcendent on one pillar and weak on another is not zeroed out. A compression curve then squeezes the top, because the seven greatest films ever made should not be four thousand feet apart.

Whose apex this is

▲ Jack Thompson

In these careers — elevation for this film

Edward Woodward19,086 ftJack Thompson18,894 ftBryan Brown18,517 ft