Awards

The film was nominated for nine Australian Film Institute Awards

Australian Film Institute Awards

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...

. It won Best Achievement in Sound, Best Actor in a Lead Role

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role is an award in the annual AACTA Awards, presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts...

 and Best Original Music Score

Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score

The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Original Music Score is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards.-Previous winners:*1974/5 – Bruce Smeaton *1976 – Not awarded....

.

Box office and Reception

Romper Stomper grossed $3,165,034 at the box office in Australia,. The film was well-received by critics, with an approval rating of 80% on Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes

Rotten Tomatoes is a website devoted to reviews, information, and news of films—widely known as a film review aggregator. Its name derives from the cliché of audiences throwing tomatoes and other vegetables at a poor stage performance...

.

Controversy

The film was highly controversial because of its violent content. In March 2000, British prisoner Robert Stewart

Robert Stewart

Robert Stewart may refer to:* Robert II of Scotland , King of Scots* Robert III of Scotland , King of Scots, son of the above* Robert Stewart, Duke of Albany , Scottish royal, regent to three Scottish monarchs...

, bludgeoned his cellmate, Zahid Mubarek

Zahid Mubarek

Zahid Mubarek was a British Asian teenager who was brutally murdered by his cellmate on March 21, 2000, at the Feltham Young Offenders' Institution in southwest London. He was already inside Feltham when his killer, 20-year-old Robert Stewart - was transferred to his cell.-Family...

 to death with a wooden table leg at the Feltham Young Offenders' Institution

Feltham Young Offenders' Institution

HM Prison Feltham is a prison for male juveniles and Young Offenders Institution, located near Feltham town in the London Borough of Hounslow, in southwest London, England...

. In 2004, Stewart was found guilty of the racially motivated murder of Mubarek and was jailed for life. Stewart compared himself to Hando in Romper Stomper as well as Alex DeLarge in A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange (film)

A Clockwork Orange is a 1971 film adaptation of Anthony Burgess's 1962 novel of the same name. It was written, directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick...

. An inquiry heard that Stewart had watched Romper Stomper two days before the killing. A member of the inquiry team said he was a prolific letter writer, and much of his correspondence contained racist and violent content: "He sees himself in the correspondence starring in the film Romper Stomper as a racist thug attacking gook

Gook

Gook is a derogatory term for East Asians which came to prominence in reference to enemy soldiers. U.S. Marines serving in the Philippines in the early 20th century used the word to refer to Filipinos. The term continued to be used by American soldiers stationed around the world to refer to...

s," the inquiry was told. The Anti-Nazi League

Anti-Nazi League

The Anti-Nazi League was an organisation set up in 1977 on the initiative of the Socialist Workers Party with sponsorship from some trade unions and the endorsement of a list of prominent people to oppose the rise of far-right groups in the United Kingdom. It was wound down in 1981...

protested the film's London premiere.

External links

• Romper Stomper at the National Film and Sound Archive