Global Haywire DVD

Starring Barry Otto & Robyn Nevin
Written, directed and animated by Bruce Petty
Featuring commentary from Noam Chomsky, Gore Vidal, Tariq Ali & Robert Fisk
Rating: M
Running time: 80 mins

Written, directed and animated by Academy Award®-winning filmmaker and cartoonist Bruce Petty, Global Haywire is a wholly original approach to one of the most important questions of our time. Why have we have reached the present crisis point between East and West?

Petty gathers a committee of real and animated figures to investigate. Evidence is heard from students and luminaries such as Gore Vidal, Noam Chomsky, Tariq Ali and Robert Fisk. A wealth of archival footage and issues from globalisation to diminishing oil reserves and terrorism are thrown into this animated mixing pot. Petty's brilliant satirical creation suggests that madness is indeed at the heart of our global situation, and takes just a touch of visual mayhem to put the point across.

Bruce Petty is one of Australias best-known political satirists and cartoonists and he is the only Australian to have won an Academy Award for animation. Petty's work as an illustrative journalist has taken him to many of the world's trouble spots such as Vietnam, Timor and Pakistan, as well as to the United States for regular first-hand coverage of the elections. His work has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The Mirror, The Australian, Punch and The Age and on the ABC and his previous film work includes the short films Leisure and Human Contraptions. Global Haywire marks Bruce Pettys feature film debut.

Bruce Petty is one of Australias best-known political satirists and cartoonists and he is the only Australian to have won an Academy Award for animation. Petty's work as an illustrative journalist has taken him to many of the world's trouble spots such as Vietnam, Timor and Pakistan, as well as to the United States for regular first-hand coverage of the elections. His work has appeared in the pages of The New Yorker, The Mirror, The Australian, Punch and The Age and on the ABC and his previous film work includes the short films Leisure and Human Contraptions. Global Haywire marks Bruce Pettys feature film debut.

DVD Extras:
Petty's 1971 short film Australian History, 5 short animated political cartoons, audio commentary with Bruce and Sam Petty.

RRP: $29.95