Toni Collette has joined Levi Miller, Aaron McGrath and Angourie Rice on the cast of Rachel Perkins' Australian feature film Jasper Jones..
Jasper Jones is the film adaptation of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey.
Collette will play the role of Ruth Bucktin, mother to Charlie Bucktin (Miller)..
The film is set over one eventful summer in 1965 when Charlie, lured by adventure and mystery, experiences the trials of teenage love and discovers what it means to be truly courageous..
Aaaron McGrath has been cast as the titular character Jasper Jones and Rice as the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
Producer, Vincent Sheehan said Toni Collette was, quite simply, one of the greatest actors of her generation.
"The depth and insight she will bring to the unique role of Ruth Bucktin and having her work alongside...
Jasper Jones is the film adaptation of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey.
Collette will play the role of Ruth Bucktin, mother to Charlie Bucktin (Miller)..
The film is set over one eventful summer in 1965 when Charlie, lured by adventure and mystery, experiences the trials of teenage love and discovers what it means to be truly courageous..
Aaaron McGrath has been cast as the titular character Jasper Jones and Rice as the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
Producer, Vincent Sheehan said Toni Collette was, quite simply, one of the greatest actors of her generation.
"The depth and insight she will bring to the unique role of Ruth Bucktin and having her work alongside...
- 9/28/2015
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Kelli Cross has been named director's attachment on Rachel Perkins' Jasper Jones.
The Australian Directors Guild and Screen Australia announced Cross as an indigenous feature film attachment for 2015.
The attachment is part of the Director.s Attachment Scheme, an industry incentive program funded by Screen Australia and managed by the Adg for emerging feature film directors.
The film is an adaption of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey..
Principal photography is set to commence in October in the south west of Western Australia..
The cast will include Levi Miller (Terra Nova, upcoming Pan, Blue Dog), Angourie Rice (These Final Hours, upcoming The Nice Guys) and Aaron McGrath (Glitch)..
Cross said she was absolutely thrilled and honoured to be attached to Perkins..
"This is a fantastic opportunity with an experienced director of great sensibility and attention to detail to absorb and learn from," she said.
The Australian Directors Guild and Screen Australia announced Cross as an indigenous feature film attachment for 2015.
The attachment is part of the Director.s Attachment Scheme, an industry incentive program funded by Screen Australia and managed by the Adg for emerging feature film directors.
The film is an adaption of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey..
Principal photography is set to commence in October in the south west of Western Australia..
The cast will include Levi Miller (Terra Nova, upcoming Pan, Blue Dog), Angourie Rice (These Final Hours, upcoming The Nice Guys) and Aaron McGrath (Glitch)..
Cross said she was absolutely thrilled and honoured to be attached to Perkins..
"This is a fantastic opportunity with an experienced director of great sensibility and attention to detail to absorb and learn from," she said.
- 9/7/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Porchlight Films and Bunya Productions have revealed the cast for feature film Jasper Jones, which is set to start filming in Western Australia on October 26.
The cast will include Levi Miller (Terra Nova, upcoming Pan, Blue Dog), Angourie Rice (These Final Hours, upcoming The Nice Guys) and Aaron McGrath (Glitch)..
The film is an adaption of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey..
Principal photography is set to commence in October in the south west of Western Australia.
Jasper Jones will be directed by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae, Radiance, One Night the Moon).
Miller will play bookish 14-year-old, Charlie Bucktin, who over one eventful summer in 1965 navigates small-town racism, hypocrisy and the trials of teenage love.
McGrath has been cast as the titular character, Jasper Jones, while will play the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
.Perkins...
The cast will include Levi Miller (Terra Nova, upcoming Pan, Blue Dog), Angourie Rice (These Final Hours, upcoming The Nice Guys) and Aaron McGrath (Glitch)..
The film is an adaption of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey..
Principal photography is set to commence in October in the south west of Western Australia.
Jasper Jones will be directed by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae, Radiance, One Night the Moon).
Miller will play bookish 14-year-old, Charlie Bucktin, who over one eventful summer in 1965 navigates small-town racism, hypocrisy and the trials of teenage love.
McGrath has been cast as the titular character, Jasper Jones, while will play the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
.Perkins...
- 8/28/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
Porchlight Films and Bunya Productions have revealed the cast for feature film Jasper Jones, which is set to start filming in Western Australia on October 26.
The cast will include Levi Miller (Terra Nova, upcoming Pan, Blue Dog), Angourie Rice (These Final Hours, upcoming The Nice Guys) and Aaron McGrath (Glitch)..
The film is an adaption of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey..
Principal photography is set to commence in October in the south west of Western Australia.
Jasper Jones will be directed by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae, Radiance, One Night the Moon).
Miller will play bookish 14-year-old, Charlie Bucktin, who over one eventful summer in 1965 navigates small-town racism, hypocrisy and the trials of teenage love.
McGrath has been cast as the titular character, Jasper Jones, while will play the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
.Perkins...
The cast will include Levi Miller (Terra Nova, upcoming Pan, Blue Dog), Angourie Rice (These Final Hours, upcoming The Nice Guys) and Aaron McGrath (Glitch)..
The film is an adaption of the award winning coming of age mystery novel by Craig Silvey..
Principal photography is set to commence in October in the south west of Western Australia.
Jasper Jones will be directed by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Dae, Radiance, One Night the Moon).
Miller will play bookish 14-year-old, Charlie Bucktin, who over one eventful summer in 1965 navigates small-town racism, hypocrisy and the trials of teenage love.
McGrath has been cast as the titular character, Jasper Jones, while will play the intelligent and mysterious Eliza Wishart, who is also the object of Charlie.s affections.
.Perkins...
- 8/28/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
The ABC and HBO Asia have collaborated on a new series Serangoon Road to feature a string of Australian actors Don Hany, Maeve Dermody, Rachael Blake and Michael Dorman.
The series is created by Paul Barron and his Peter Andrikidis and Tony Tilse will direct the 10×1 hour series produced by Great Western Entertainment and Singapore’s Infinite Studios.
As well as the ABC and HBO Asia, ScreenWest and international distributors Conten Media Corporation are finance partners.
Cameras have begun to roll in Singapore.
The announcement:
In a major collaboration between ABC TV and HBO Asia the cameras are currently rolling in Singapore on Serangoon Road, an Australia/Singapore prime-time drama co-production.
The co-production companies participating in this 10 x 1hr series are Perth’s Great Western Entertainment and Singapore’s Infinite Studios. The financing partners include ScreenWest, ABC TV and ABC Commercial, HBO Asia and international distributors Content Media Corporation.
Serangoon...
The series is created by Paul Barron and his Peter Andrikidis and Tony Tilse will direct the 10×1 hour series produced by Great Western Entertainment and Singapore’s Infinite Studios.
As well as the ABC and HBO Asia, ScreenWest and international distributors Conten Media Corporation are finance partners.
Cameras have begun to roll in Singapore.
The announcement:
In a major collaboration between ABC TV and HBO Asia the cameras are currently rolling in Singapore on Serangoon Road, an Australia/Singapore prime-time drama co-production.
The co-production companies participating in this 10 x 1hr series are Perth’s Great Western Entertainment and Singapore’s Infinite Studios. The financing partners include ScreenWest, ABC TV and ABC Commercial, HBO Asia and international distributors Content Media Corporation.
Serangoon...
- 9/10/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
It seems controversy leads to awards. The two big winners at last night.s inaugural Aacta Awards were thriller feature film Snowtown and TV drama series The Slap. Both renowned for their controversial nature, the film and TV series netted four and five gongs respectively.
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
Snowtown, about Australian serial killer John Bunting who befriends a 16-year-old, was honoured in the Best Direction (Justin Kurzel), Best Adapted Screenplay (Shaun Grant), Best Actor (Daniel Henshall) and Best Supporting Actress (Louise Harris) categories.
The last two awards were particularly impressive as neither actor had appeared in a feature film before. While Henshall had previously acted in such shows as Out of the Blue, it was Harris. first ever acting role.
The four gongs awarded last night at the Sydney Opera House brings the film.s tally to an impressive six Aacta Awards after receiving Best Editing (Veronika Jenet Ase) and Best Sound (Frank Lipson Mpse,...
- 1/31/2012
- by Sam Dallas
- IF.com.au
Australian cinematographer Don McAlpine (Acs/Asc) received two standing ovations after tributes from longtime colleagues Jack Thompson and Bruce Beresford at the inaugural Australian Academy Cinema Television Arts (Aacta) awards yesteryday.
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
McAlpine was awarded the coveted Raymond Longford Award for a lifetime achievement in cinema. McAlpine’s career spans over 50 films including Moulin Rouge and William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet, Breaker Morant and most recently Mental.
The ceremony, hosted by Sigrid Thornton, was the first for the newly formed academy. The ceremony also included the announcement of the Australian academy’s international awards to recognise excellence in film. The announcements were made during a live cross to actress Jackie Weaver at the G’Day USA Gala in Los Angeles.
Further awards for both Australian cinema and TV and the international awards will be presented on January 31 at the Opera House.
The Winners
Raymond Longford Award
Don McAlpine
Byron Kennedy Award...
- 1/15/2012
- by Brooke Hemphill
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Production Design Guild has announced the shortlist for its inaugural awards.
Across 13 categories, the awards recognise outstanding design talent in the screen and theatre industry.
The Apdg Awards will be held at Nida on the 21st September.
Apdg Awards Shortlist
The Docklands Studios Melbourne Apdg award for design on a feature film
The Tree - Steve Jones-Evans; production designer Daybreakers – George Liddle; production designer Beneath Hill 60 – Clayton Jauncey; production designer
The Encore Apdg award for design on a short film
The Cartographer – Jane Shadbolt; designer/director The Missing Key - Jonathan Nix; designer/director, Shane Ingram; 3D designer The Telegram Man – David McKay; production designer
The Matchbox Pictures Apdg award for design on a television drama
Hawke - Carrie Kennedy; production designer, Ben Morieson; production designer Cloudstreet - Herbert Pinter; production designer Paper Giants – Jon Rohde; production designer, Scott Bird; art director
The Next Printing Apdg award...
Across 13 categories, the awards recognise outstanding design talent in the screen and theatre industry.
The Apdg Awards will be held at Nida on the 21st September.
Apdg Awards Shortlist
The Docklands Studios Melbourne Apdg award for design on a feature film
The Tree - Steve Jones-Evans; production designer Daybreakers – George Liddle; production designer Beneath Hill 60 – Clayton Jauncey; production designer
The Encore Apdg award for design on a short film
The Cartographer – Jane Shadbolt; designer/director The Missing Key - Jonathan Nix; designer/director, Shane Ingram; 3D designer The Telegram Man – David McKay; production designer
The Matchbox Pictures Apdg award for design on a television drama
Hawke - Carrie Kennedy; production designer, Ben Morieson; production designer Cloudstreet - Herbert Pinter; production designer Paper Giants – Jon Rohde; production designer, Scott Bird; art director
The Next Printing Apdg award...
- 9/2/2011
- by Georgina Pearson
- Encore Magazine
Tim Winton’s much-loved Australian novel Cloudstreet has been adapted for the small screen two decades after
it was first published. Laine Lister visited the West Australian set to document the ride.
When the screen rights to Cloudstreet returned to Australian ownership, Tim Winton devotees celebrated the great coup; the quintessential Australian story was finally coming home.
Years earlier, Hollywood producers had snapped up the Cloudscreet screen rights after hearing of its broad commercial appeal. The novel has been translated into 25 languages and gained literary acclaim through the Miles Franklin and NBC Awards. It has even found its way into the hearts and imaginations of thousands of Aussie kids after it was added to the senior secondary English curricula in many states.
Despite this, the story sat idle in the Us until a holding deal matured. It was then that Australian patriot Des Monahan of Screentime swooped in and brought it home.
it was first published. Laine Lister visited the West Australian set to document the ride.
When the screen rights to Cloudstreet returned to Australian ownership, Tim Winton devotees celebrated the great coup; the quintessential Australian story was finally coming home.
Years earlier, Hollywood producers had snapped up the Cloudscreet screen rights after hearing of its broad commercial appeal. The novel has been translated into 25 languages and gained literary acclaim through the Miles Franklin and NBC Awards. It has even found its way into the hearts and imaginations of thousands of Aussie kids after it was added to the senior secondary English curricula in many states.
Despite this, the story sat idle in the Us until a holding deal matured. It was then that Australian patriot Des Monahan of Screentime swooped in and brought it home.
- 5/17/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
Filmmaker Bruce Beresford is one of those people who seems to profit during wartime.
After a series of recent screen missteps, the Academy Award-nominated director of "Breaker Morant" (set against the backdrop of the Boer War) has regained his footing with the masterful "Paradise Road", a quietly accomplished work that takes its cue from the real-life exploits of a highly diverse group of women interred in a Japanese prison camp during World War II.
Powerfully executed in every aspect and boasting an exceptional all-female ensemble anchored by a remarkable performance by Glenn Close, this moving portrait of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity deserves, with a little TLC from Fox Searchlight, an audience beyond the specialty arena. Hopefully its many merits won't be forgotten come Oscar time.
Beresford wastes little time before immersing the viewer in the experience. The film begins in the ballroom of Singapore's famed Raffles Hotel during the idyllic moments leading up to the mortar fire signaling Japanese occupation. The viewer is right alongside Englishwoman Adrienne Pargiter as she hastily boards a ship full of women and children that is subsequently bombed by enemy fighter planes, forcing her and others to dive into the open sea and swim to the shores of Sumatra.
Of course, their welcome is less than cordial as they are herded along with hundreds of other Europeans, Australians and Americans from all walks of life into a prisoner-of-war camp, where their Japanese hosts have very definite ideas of how women, especially enemy Western women, are supposed to behave.
Among those assembled are a spirited missionary (Pauline Collins), an American (Julianna Margulies) and a matter-of-fact German-Jewish doctor (Frances McDormand). As their survival instincts become worn down over time, Pargiter and missionary Margaret "Daisy" Drummond decide to form a vocal orchestra, reconstructing by memory complex arrangements of classical works by composers such as Dvorak and Ravel.
Practicing in small groups so as not to arouse the suspicions of their captors, the women's voices are ultimately brought together, creating a spine-tingling, ethereally uplifting sound that holds their hope aloft in the face of bleak uncertainty.
Despite the potentially oppressive nature of the material, Beresford takes advantage of the ample opportunities for humor, given the various ethnic and social differences of the prisoners. Those diverse attributes are expertly conveyed by this wonderful cast.
Close turns in one of the finest performances of her career as the choir's conductor and the group's unofficial spiritual leader. It's a portrayal that radiates tremendous pride, fearlessness, warmth and vulnerability. Also terrific is Collins, doing her best big screen work since "Shirley Valentine", as well as McDormand (despite an occasionally shaky German accent that sounds as if it came from studying Marlene Dietrich recordings) as the stoically ironic Dr. Verstak.
Behind-the-scenes work is just as impressive, including the vivid lenswork of frequent Beresford collaborator Peter James ("Driving Miss Daisy") and production designer Herbert Pinter (Beresford's "Black Robe"). While Ross Edwards' score is similarly effective, it's understandably overshadowed by those remarkable vocal orchestrations, which have been recreated from the original handwritten notes smuggled out of the camps. It's a sound that remains long after the images fade.
PARADISE ROAD
Fox Searchlight Pictures
A Village Roadshow Pictures/YTC Pictures production
in association with Planet Pictures
Director-screenwriter:Bruce Beresford
Producers:Sue Milliken, Greg Coote
Executive producers:Andrew Yap and Graham Burke
Based on a story by:David Giles and Martin Meader
Director of photography:Peter James
Production designer:Herbert Pinter
Editor:Timothy Wellburn
Costume designer:Terry Ryan
Music:Ross Edwards
Color/stereo
Cast:
Adrienne Pargiter:Glenn Close
Margaret Drummond:Pauline Collins
Susan Macarthy:Cate Blanchett
Dr. Verstak:Frances McDormand
Topsy Merritt:Julianna Margulies
Rosemary Leighton-Jones:Jennifer Ehle
Mrs. Roberts:Elizabeth Spriggs
Sister Wilhelminia:Joanna Ter Steege
Mrs. Dickson:Wendy Hughes
Running time -- 123 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
After a series of recent screen missteps, the Academy Award-nominated director of "Breaker Morant" (set against the backdrop of the Boer War) has regained his footing with the masterful "Paradise Road", a quietly accomplished work that takes its cue from the real-life exploits of a highly diverse group of women interred in a Japanese prison camp during World War II.
Powerfully executed in every aspect and boasting an exceptional all-female ensemble anchored by a remarkable performance by Glenn Close, this moving portrait of the triumph of the human spirit over adversity deserves, with a little TLC from Fox Searchlight, an audience beyond the specialty arena. Hopefully its many merits won't be forgotten come Oscar time.
Beresford wastes little time before immersing the viewer in the experience. The film begins in the ballroom of Singapore's famed Raffles Hotel during the idyllic moments leading up to the mortar fire signaling Japanese occupation. The viewer is right alongside Englishwoman Adrienne Pargiter as she hastily boards a ship full of women and children that is subsequently bombed by enemy fighter planes, forcing her and others to dive into the open sea and swim to the shores of Sumatra.
Of course, their welcome is less than cordial as they are herded along with hundreds of other Europeans, Australians and Americans from all walks of life into a prisoner-of-war camp, where their Japanese hosts have very definite ideas of how women, especially enemy Western women, are supposed to behave.
Among those assembled are a spirited missionary (Pauline Collins), an American (Julianna Margulies) and a matter-of-fact German-Jewish doctor (Frances McDormand). As their survival instincts become worn down over time, Pargiter and missionary Margaret "Daisy" Drummond decide to form a vocal orchestra, reconstructing by memory complex arrangements of classical works by composers such as Dvorak and Ravel.
Practicing in small groups so as not to arouse the suspicions of their captors, the women's voices are ultimately brought together, creating a spine-tingling, ethereally uplifting sound that holds their hope aloft in the face of bleak uncertainty.
Despite the potentially oppressive nature of the material, Beresford takes advantage of the ample opportunities for humor, given the various ethnic and social differences of the prisoners. Those diverse attributes are expertly conveyed by this wonderful cast.
Close turns in one of the finest performances of her career as the choir's conductor and the group's unofficial spiritual leader. It's a portrayal that radiates tremendous pride, fearlessness, warmth and vulnerability. Also terrific is Collins, doing her best big screen work since "Shirley Valentine", as well as McDormand (despite an occasionally shaky German accent that sounds as if it came from studying Marlene Dietrich recordings) as the stoically ironic Dr. Verstak.
Behind-the-scenes work is just as impressive, including the vivid lenswork of frequent Beresford collaborator Peter James ("Driving Miss Daisy") and production designer Herbert Pinter (Beresford's "Black Robe"). While Ross Edwards' score is similarly effective, it's understandably overshadowed by those remarkable vocal orchestrations, which have been recreated from the original handwritten notes smuggled out of the camps. It's a sound that remains long after the images fade.
PARADISE ROAD
Fox Searchlight Pictures
A Village Roadshow Pictures/YTC Pictures production
in association with Planet Pictures
Director-screenwriter:Bruce Beresford
Producers:Sue Milliken, Greg Coote
Executive producers:Andrew Yap and Graham Burke
Based on a story by:David Giles and Martin Meader
Director of photography:Peter James
Production designer:Herbert Pinter
Editor:Timothy Wellburn
Costume designer:Terry Ryan
Music:Ross Edwards
Color/stereo
Cast:
Adrienne Pargiter:Glenn Close
Margaret Drummond:Pauline Collins
Susan Macarthy:Cate Blanchett
Dr. Verstak:Frances McDormand
Topsy Merritt:Julianna Margulies
Rosemary Leighton-Jones:Jennifer Ehle
Mrs. Roberts:Elizabeth Spriggs
Sister Wilhelminia:Joanna Ter Steege
Mrs. Dickson:Wendy Hughes
Running time -- 123 minutes
MPAA rating: R...
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