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Little Fish
Little Fish
	Theatrical poster
Directed by	Rowan Woods
Written by	Jacquelin Perske
Produced by	Vincent Sheehan; Liz Watts; Richard Keddie
Starring	Cate Blanchett; Sam Neill; Hugo Weaving
Edited by	Alexandre de Franceschi; John Scott
Distributed by	Icon Film Distribution
Release date	8 September 2005 (Australia)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Australia
Languages	English, Vietnamese

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Little Fish is a 2005 Australian film directed by Rowan Woods and written by Jacquelin Perske. It was filmed in and around Sydney, in Cabramatta and in Fairfield. The film was developed and produced by Vincent Sheehan and Liz Watts of Porchlight Films, with Cate Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton's production company Dirty Films receiving an Associate Producer credit.^[2]

Little Fish was released on 8 September 2005 in Australia. It received positive reviews from critics.

Plot

Little Fish is about Tracy Heart (Cate Blanchett), a former heroin addict who is desperately trying to escape her past and achieve her goals and dreams. Tracy lives with her mother (Noni Hazlehurst) and brother Ray in the suburb of Cabramatta, Sydney, where heroin is readily available.

She is in need of money to become a partner in the video store that she works in, but her loan applications are repeatedly rejected by finance providers, as a result of her past criminal record, poor repayments of credit card debt, history of drug use and lack of collateral. Tracy lies to both her mother and her boss at the video store, pretending she has received the loan. The casual ways people lie to each other for convenience is one of the recurring themes of the movie.

Tracy is trying to help her drug addicted stepfather and former National Rugby League star Lionel Dawson (Hugo Weaving) to kick his heroin addiction. After a four-year absence in Vancouver, her former boyfriend Jonny Nguyen (Dustin Nguyen), also a former heroin addict, has come back into her life. Jonny, who now dresses in business suits, claims to have employment as a stockbroker at a large firm and suggests he may be able to obtain the money Tracy desires through share trading. The romance between Tracy and Jonny is rekindled.

Upon visiting Jonny's alleged workplace, Tracy discovers Jonny has lied to her and is not in fact employed as a stockbroker. Jonny has become involved in a drug deal with her brother Ray, and Tracy also chooses to become involved in the deal as she sees this as the only means of providing the finance she needs to become a partner in the video store.

Tracy, Ray, and Jonny set out to execute the deal, which ends in tragedy. Tracy's courage and deep love for those she cares about are notable in the climactic scenes of the film.

Cast

Cate Blanchett as Tracy Louise Heart
Hugo Weaving as Lionel Dawson
Sam Neill as Brad "The Jockey" Thompson
Martin Henderson as Ray Heart
Noni Hazlehurst as Janelle Heart
Dustin Nguyen as Jonny Nguyen
Joel Tobeck as Steven Moss
Lisa McCune as Laura
Susie Porter as Jenny Moss
Anh Do as Tran
Frannie Cutrupi as the Local Girl

Release

Reception

Little Fish received positive reviews from critics. The film has an 89% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 27 reviews.^[3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 (out of 100), based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[4] Critics admired the film for its screenplay and the actors' performances. The critic Liz Braun said "Little Fish has beautifully understated performances and a script that emphasizes the mundane and the manipulative in the addict's world."^[5] Owen Gleiberman from Entertainment Weekly praised it mostly for its acting performances, saying "The actors are terrific, especially Weaving, who plays bottoming out as a tragedy spiked with gallows humor, and Blanchett, who digs deep into the booby-trapped nature of recovery. The revelation, however, is Rowan Woods, a major filmmaker in the making."^[6]

Awards

The film was nominated for 13 Australian Film Institute Awards in 2005, and won five awards including Best Actor (Hugo Weaving), Best Actress (Cate Blanchett), Best Supporting Actress (Noni Hazlehurst), and Best Editing.^[7] It also won several Inside Film Awards, including Best Actress (Cate Blanchett) and Best Actor (Hugo Weaving).^[8] Jacquelin Perske's screenplay won the Film Script category at the 2005 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.^[9]

Box office

Little Fish grossed $2,719,751 at the box office in Australia.^[10]

Home media

Little Fish was released on DVD a part of the Dendy Collection by Icon Entertainment. A Blu-ray edition was released in August 2010.

Soundtrack

Cover versions of the Cold Chisel song "Flame Trees" appear more than once during the film and on the soundtrack. One version is sung by The Sacred Heart School Choir from Cabramatta, New South Wales,^[11] the other by singer Sarah Blasko. The soundtrack also features original songs composed by Nathan Larson.

Track listing

"Flame Trees" - Sarah Blasko
"Little Fish Theme"
"A Place in the Sun" - Hoodoo Gurus
"Pool Love"
"Con Mua Ha" - Mylinh Dinh
"Half Speed Love"
"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" - Bic Runga
"I Can't Score For You"
"Flame Trees" - The Sacred Heart School, Cabramatta
"Little Fish Theme" (Redux)
"Ban Toi" - The Enterprise Band featuring Hoang Son
"Lionel Requiem"
"End Credits"
" Tinh Xot Xa Thoi".... Hong Anh Singer ( Le Quang)

References

^ "Little Fish-Australian Box Office". Box Office Mojo.
^ "ANDREW UPTON". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "Little Fish". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "Little Fish Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ Braun, Liz (24 February 2006). "'Little Fish' reels in an exceptional cast". Jam!. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ Gleiberman, Owen (22 February 2006). "Little Fish". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "2005 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "Awards and Festival Selection for FFC - Financed Productions". Screen Australia. December 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ "Little Fish". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 20 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ "Little Film (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
^ Flame Trees

External links

[1] "Little Fish-Australian Box Office". Box Office Mojo.

[2] "ANDREW UPTON". University of Sydney. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[3] "Little Fish". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[4] "Little Fish Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[5] Braun, Liz (24 February 2006). "'Little Fish' reels in an exceptional cast". Jam!. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[6] Gleiberman, Owen (22 February 2006). "Little Fish". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[7] "2005 Winners & Nominees". Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[8] "Awards and Festival Selection for FFC - Financed Productions". Screen Australia. December 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[9] "Little Fish". AustLit: Discover Australian Stories. Retrieved 20 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[10] "Little Film (2006)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2 April 2015.

[11] Flame Trees

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-'''''Little Fish''''' is a 2005 Australian film directed by [[Rowan Woods]] and written by [[Jacquelin Perske]]. It was filmed in and around [[Sydney]], in [[Cabramatta]] and in [[Fairfield, New South Wales|Fairfield]].  The film was developed and produced by Vincent Sheehan and Liz Watts of Porchlight Films, with [[Cate Blanchett]] and her husband [[Andrew Upton]]'s production company Dirty Films receiving an Associate Producer credit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/about/afilliations/bios/upton.shtml|title=Andrew Upton|publisher=[[University of Sydney]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref>
+'''''Little Fish''''' is a 2005 Australian film directed by [[Rowan Woods]] and written by [[Jacquelin Perske]]. It was filmed in and around [[Sydney]], in [[Cabramatta]] and in [[Fairfield, New South Wales|Fairfield]].  The film was developed and produced by Vincent Sheehan and Liz Watts of Porchlight Films, with [[Cate Blanchett]] and her husband [[Andrew Upton]]'s production company Dirty Films receiving an Associate Producer credit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/about/afilliations/bios/upton.shtml|title=ANDREW UPTON|publisher=[[University of Sydney]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref>
 ''Little Fish'' was released on 8 September 2005 in Australia. It received positive reviews from critics.
 ==Plot==
-Tracy Heart is a former [[heroin]] addict who is desperately trying to escape her past and achieve her goals and dreams. Tracy lives with her mother and brother Ray in the suburb of [[Cabramatta, New South Wales|Cabramatta]], Sydney, where heroin is readily available.
+''Little Fish'' is about Tracy Heart ([[Cate Blanchett]]), a former [[heroin]] addict who is desperately trying to escape her past and achieve her goals and dreams. Tracy lives with her mother ([[Noni Hazlehurst]]) and brother Ray in the suburb of [[Cabramatta, New South Wales|Cabramatta]], Sydney, where heroin is readily available.
 She is in need of [[money]] to become a partner in the video store that she works in, but her loan applications are repeatedly rejected by finance providers, as a result of her past criminal record, poor repayments of credit card debt, history of drug use and lack of collateral. Tracy lies to both her mother and her boss at the video store, pretending she has received the loan. The casual ways people lie to each other for convenience is one of the recurring themes of the movie.
-Tracy is trying to help her [[Illicit drug use in Australia|drug addicted]] stepfather and former [[National Rugby League]] star Lionel Dawson to kick his heroin addiction.
+Tracy is trying to help her [[Illicit drug use in Australia|drug addicted]] stepfather and former [[National Rugby League]] star Lionel Dawson ([[Hugo Weaving]]) to kick his heroin addiction.
-After a four-year absence in [[Vancouver]], her former boyfriend Jonny Nguyen, also a former heroin addict, has come back into her life. Jonny, who now dresses in business suits, claims to have employment as a [[stockbroker]] at a large firm and suggests he may be able to obtain the money Tracy desires through [[share trading]]. The romance between Tracy and Jonny is rekindled.
+After a four-year absence in [[Vancouver]], her former boyfriend Jonny Nguyen ([[Dustin Nguyen]]), also a former heroin addict, has come back into her life. Jonny, who now dresses in business suits, claims to have employment as a [[stockbroker]] at a large firm and suggests he may be able to obtain the money Tracy desires through [[share trading]]. The romance between Tracy and Jonny is rekindled.
 Upon visiting Jonny's alleged workplace, Tracy discovers Jonny has lied to her and is not in fact employed as a stockbroker. Jonny has become involved in a drug deal with her brother Ray, and Tracy also chooses to become involved in the deal as she sees this as the only means of providing the finance she needs to become a partner in the video store.
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 ==Cast==
-*[[Cate Blanchett]] as Tracy Louise Heart
+* [[Cate Blanchett]] as Tracy Louise Heart
-*[[Hugo Weaving]] as Lionel Dawson
+* [[Hugo Weaving]] as Lionel Dawson
-*[[Sam Neill]] as Brad "The Jockey" Thompson
+* [[Sam Neill]] as Brad "The Jockey" Thompson
-*[[Martin Henderson]] as Ray Heart
+* [[Martin Henderson]] as Ray Heart
-*[[Noni Hazlehurst]] as Janelle Heart
+* [[Noni Hazlehurst]] as Janelle Heart
-*[[Dustin Nguyen]] as Jonny Nguyen
+* [[Dustin Nguyen]] as Jonny Nguyen
-*[[Joel Tobeck]] as Steven Moss
+* [[Joel Tobeck]] as Steven Moss
-*[[Lisa McCune]] as Laura
+* [[Lisa McCune]] as Laura
-*[[Susie Porter]] as Jenny Moss
+* [[Susie Porter]] as Jenny Moss
-*[[Anh Do]] as Tran
+* [[Anh Do]] as Tran
-*Frannie Cutrupi as the Local Girl
+* [[Frannie Cutrupi]] as the Local Girl
 ==Release==
 ===Reception===
-''Little Fish'' received positive reviews from critics. The film has an 89% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 27 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1157387-little_fish/|title=Little Fish|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 (out of 100), based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/little-fish|title=Little Fish Reviews|website=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> Critics admired the film for its screenplay and the actors' performances. The critic Liz Braun said "''Little Fish'' has beautifully understated performances and a script that emphasizes the mundane and the manipulative in the addict's world."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/L/Little_Fish/2006/02/24/1460042.html|title='Little Fish' reels in an exceptional cast|work=Jam!|author=Braun, Liz|date=24 February 2006|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' praised it mostly for its acting performances, saying "The actors are terrific, especially Weaving, who plays bottoming out as a tragedy spiked with gallows humor, and Blanchett, who digs deep into the booby-trapped nature of recovery. The revelation, however, is Rowan Woods, a major filmmaker in the making."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2006/02/22/little-fish|title=Little Fish|work=Entertainment Weekly|author=Gleiberman, Owen|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|date=22 February 2006}}</ref>
+''Little Fish'' received positive reviews from critics. The film has an 89% rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 27 reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1157387-little_fish/|title=Little Fish |publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] assigned the film a weighted average score of 77 (out of 100), based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/little-fish|title=Little Fish Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> Critics admired the film for its screenplay and the actors' performances. The critic Liz Braun said "''Little Fish'' has beautifully understated performances and a script that emphasizes the mundane and the manipulative in the addict's world."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/Reviews/L/Little_Fish/2006/02/24/1460042.html|title='Little Fish' reels in an exceptional cast|work=Jam!|author=Braun, Liz|date=24 February 2006|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> Owen Gleiberman from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' praised it mostly for its acting performances, saying "The actors are terrific, especially Weaving, who plays bottoming out as a tragedy spiked with gallows humor, and Blanchett, who digs deep into the booby-trapped nature of recovery. The revelation, however, is Rowan Woods, a major filmmaker in the making."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2006/02/22/little-fish|title=Little Fish|work=Entertainment Weekly|author=Gleiberman, Owen|author-link=Owen Gleiberman|date=22 February 2006|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref>
 ===Awards===
-The film was nominated for 13 [[Australian Film Institute Awards]] in 2005, and won five awards including [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]] ([[Hugo Weaving]]), [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]] ([[Cate Blanchett]]), Best Supporting Actress ([[Noni Hazlehurst]]), and [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Editing|Best Editing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2005.aspx|title=2005 Winners & Nominees|publisher=[[Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> It also won several [[Inside Film Awards]], including Best Actress (Cate Blanchett) and Best Actor (Hugo Weaving).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/ffc/newsletter/newsletter_051215/ffc_int_newsletter_awards.asp|title=Awards and Festival Selection for FFC - Financed Productions|publisher=[[Screen Australia]]|date=December 2005|accessdate=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095629/http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/ffc/newsletter/newsletter_051215/ffc_int_newsletter_awards.asp|archivedate=24 September 2015}}</ref> [[Jacquelin Perske]]'s screenplay won the Film Script category at the 2005 [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Little Fish|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C551253|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-20|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories}}</ref>
+The film was nominated for 13 [[Australian Film Institute Awards]] in 2005, and won five awards including [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor]] ([[Hugo Weaving]]), [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Actress]] ([[Cate Blanchett]]), Best Supporting Actress ([[Noni Hazlehurst]]), and [[Australian Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Editing|Best Editing]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aacta.org/winners-nominees/2000-2010/2005.aspx|title=2005 Winners & Nominees|publisher=[[Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts]]|accessdate=2 April 2015}}</ref> It also won several [[Inside Film Awards]], including Best Actress (Cate Blanchett) and Best Actor (Hugo Weaving).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/ffc/newsletter/newsletter_051215/ffc_int_newsletter_awards.asp|title=Awards and Festival Selection for FFC - Financed Productions|publisher=[[Screen Australia]]|date=December 2005|accessdate=2 April 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924095629/http://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/ffc/newsletter/newsletter_051215/ffc_int_newsletter_awards.asp|archivedate=24 September 2015}}</ref> [[Jacquelin Perske]]'s screenplay won the Film Script category at the 2005 [[Queensland Premier's Literary Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=Little Fish|url=https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/C551253|url-status=live|access-date=2021-09-20|website=AustLit: Discover Australian Stories|language=en}}</ref>
 ===Box office===
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 '''Track listing'''
-#"Flame Trees" - [[Sarah Blasko]]
+# "Flame Trees" - [[Sarah Blasko]]
-#"Little Fish Theme"
+# "Little Fish Theme"
-#"A Place in the Sun" - [[Hoodoo Gurus]]
+# "A Place in the Sun" - [[Hoodoo Gurus]]
-#"Pool Love"
+# "Pool Love"
-#"Con Mua Ha" - Mylinh Dinh
+# "Con Mua Ha" - Mylinh Dinh
-#"Half Speed Love"
+# "Half Speed Love"
-#"Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" - [[Bic Runga]]
+# "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart" - [[Bic Runga]]
-#"I Can't Score For You"
+# "I Can't Score For You"
-#"Flame Trees" - The Sacred Heart School, Cabramatta
+# "Flame Trees" - The Sacred Heart School, Cabramatta
-#"Little Fish Theme" (Redux)
+# "Little Fish Theme" (Redux)
-#"Ban Toi" - The Enterprise Band featuring Hoang Son
+# "Ban Toi" - The Enterprise Band featuring Hoang Son
-#"Lionel Requiem"
+# "Lionel Requiem"
-#"End Credits"
+# "End Credits"
-#" Tinh Xot Xa Thoi".... Hong Anh Singer ( Le Quang)
+# " Tinh Xot Xa Thoi".... Hong Anh Singer ( Le Quang)
 ==See also==
-*[[Cinema of Australia]]
+* [[Cinema of Australia]]
 ==References==
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 ==External links==
-*{{IMDb title|0382810}}
+* {{IMDb title|id=0382810|title=Little Fish}}
-*{{Rotten-tomatoes|1157387-little_fish}}
+* {{Rotten-tomatoes|id=1157387-little_fish|title=Little Fish}}
-*[http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A672897;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Little Fish at the National Film and Sound Archive]
+* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A672897;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Little Fish at the National Film and Sound Archive]
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