Gibson told Deadline at Venice Film Festival how they: “got some good breaks because it was a totally Australian film, and a good rebate.”
“They had a very good plan there. Filmed in New South Wales. Screen Australia and all that stuff. The exchange rate for the U.S. dollar was good at the time, and I think we locked in at about 72 cents on the dollar and took a $27 million budget and turned it into a $40 million budget,” Gibson added.