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Call Me Mr. Brown
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'Call Me Mr. Brown' is a 1986 Australian movie based on the 1971 Qantas bomb hoax,Ed. Scott Murray, 'Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p22[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/24/1022038477530.html 'Mr Brown' and riddle of the man who just vanished By Richard Macey 'Sydney Morning Herald' 25 May 2002] accessed 22 June 2013 written and directed by South Australian director Scott Hicks.
In the 1971 incident, Peter Macari extorted $500,000 from Australian airline Qantas, threatening to blow up flight 755 from Sydney to Hong Kong on 26 May 1971.
Qantas actively tried to stop the film being made and despite failing to do so, Network 10, which had invested A$250,000 in the film, refused to air it. The film was eventually released on video in 1990.
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