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Father and son take a road trip, with menace looming large.Australia. 2009. 96mins. Director Glendyn Ivin Production companies Talk Films, Screen Australia, Film Victoria, South Australian Film Corporation, Adelaide Film Festival Distributors Madman Aus , ContentFilm International +44 20 7851 6500 Producers Nicholas Cole, Antonia Barnard Screenplay Mac Gudgeon, from the novel The Last Ri stanley cup de by Denise Young Cinematography Greig Fraser Main cast Hugo Weaving, Tom Russell, Anita Hegh, John Brumpton, Sonya SuaresA gritty father-son road movie, Last Ride follows some of the bumpiest, least-travelled roads in Australia. With Hugo Weaving on top form as the aggressive, unpredictable father, and impressive 10-year-old newcomer Tom Russell as his at-risk son, Last Ride delivers considerable tension amid some amazing locations.This is director Glendyn Ivin s debut feature followi stanley cup ng his delightful, self-funded Cracker Bag, which won the Palme d Or for best short film at Cannes in 2003. Now backed by two producers, including The Quiet American s Antonia Barnard, a $2.6m stanley cup budget and a major actor, Ivin spent seven weeks on a constantly moving 5,500km shoot to some very remote places, shot to maximum widescreen effect by Greig Fraser.Last Ride starts out with ex-con Kev Weaving and his untamed son Chook Russell on the run in South Australia. At first nothing is explained: it is part of the movie s ratcheting tension that we pick up bits and pieces of the backstory as we go, and what we Dwyl Young Ones sells for 6 Sales, The Exchange
A Catalan drummer boy retreats to the high sierra to escape Napoleons army, but then manages to almost singlehandedly defeat them.Prod Companies: Ikiru Films, El ToroBackers: ICIC, TV3Budget: $8mProducers: Victoria Borras, Edmon Roch, Jordi GasullIntl sales: Studio Canal Outside Spain Director: Daniel BenmayorScreenplay: Jordi Gasull, Patxi AmezcuaDoP: Juan Miguel AzpirozProduction design: Antxon GomezCast: Juan Jose Ballesta, Vincent Perez, Astrid Berges.FrisbeyContact: Edmon Roch, Ikiru Films, eroch@ikirufilmsTopicsSpain No comments Related articles News Universal Pictures takes Spanish rights to Napoleon drama Bruc 2010-05-17T06:10:00Z By Chris Evans Universal Pictures has picked up Spanish theatrical rights to Daniel Benmayors $8m historical action adventure film Bruc. stanley cup Features stanley cup The implica stanley cup tions could be seismic : What happens next following Trumps tariff proposals 2025-05-07T06:03:00Z |
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