Freedom is a 1982 Australian feature film directed by Scott Hicks, starring Jon Blake and Jad Capelja.
The following morning, Ron leaves a sleeping Sally and draws the police away from a nearby roadblock, but damages the Porsche's engine in the process.
Noticing the incoming police, Ron pushes the Porsche into the ravine and escapes by hitchhiking back to retrieve Sally.
On the one hand, it was heady and exciting and intoxicating to be making your first feature film but, on the other, there were difficulties in the way the production was organised.
In retrospect this was a huge blunder because the film was never totally focused in its vision, and I think that's reflected a little in the sort of schizophrenic nature of the film.Freedom was unsuccessful at the Australian box office and failed to generate attention internationally, aside from a run at the D. W. Griffith theatre in New York City on 14 February 1985.
Neil Jillett in The Age wrote one of the few positive reviews, stating that the film is about "the fantasies and fears of the young and unemployed", and called it "whimsical and intriguing".
[citation needed] The film featured music by Cold Chisel's Don Walker and vocals by the lead singer of INXS, Michael Hutchence, backed by Liz Watters and Jason Currie.