Horseplay is a 2003 Australian Comedy drama film, written & directed by Stavros Kazantzidis and co-written & produced by Allanah Zitserman, starring Abbie Cornish and Marcus Graham. The film is set around the famous Melbourne Cup horse race, in Melbourne, Australia.^[2] The film was released on 22 May 2003.

Plot

Lovable rogue Max Mackendrick dreams about winning big on the Melbourne Cup. Set in the colourful world of horseracing, Horseplay follows the chaotic life of a wannabe horse trainer as he deals with the turf, the ladies and everyone else out to get him.

Production

The filmmakers said they were inspired by Jacobean theatre and Ealing comedies of the 1950s. Shooting began on 5 November 2001 and finished seven weeks later.^[3]

Soundtrack

1. "Would I Lie to You" – Deborah Conway
2. "Every 1's a Winner" – Kate Ceberano
3. "The Thrill Is Gone – Renee Geyer
4. "Everybody" – Abi Tucker
5. "The Payback – James Brown
6. "Now That We've Found Love" – Third World
7. "I See You Baby" – Groove Armada
8. "I Just Wanna Be Loved" – Etherfo
9. "You Took All I Had" – Etherfo
10. "Watch My Lips" – Nigel Westlake
11. "Relax Max" – Nigel Westlake
12. "Would You Kill For It" – Nigel Westlake
13. "Race Fixing" – Nigel Westlake
14. "Till Death Us Do Part" – Nigel Westlake
15. "Torpedo" – Nigel Westlake
16. "The Train Ride to Hell" – Nigel Westlake
17. "Don't Move" – Nigel Westlake
18. "Just Drive" – Nigel Westlake
19. "Horny Ed" – Nigel Westlake
20. "Ecstasy" – Nigel Westlake
21. "He's The Guy" – Nigel Westlake
22. "Case Dismissed" – Nigel Westlake