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A gifted teenage composer (Tommy), dreams of being accepted into the famous Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Unfortunately, a good band is hard to find in the middle of Outback Australia - until a strange incident involving flying watermelons leads him to a group of talented prison inmates. |
A gifted teenage composer (Tommy), dreams of being accepted into the famous [[Sydney Conservatorium of Music]]. Unfortunately, a good band is hard to find in the middle of Outback Australia - until a strange incident involving flying watermelons leads him to a group of talented prison inmates. |
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The 2010 [http://iffilmfest.org/2011/ International Family Film Festival] awarded ''Broken Hill'' the “Director’s Gold Spirit Award”, the top jury prize awarded by the Festival.<ref>[http://www.audiencealliance.com/broken-hill-awarded-top-jury-prize/ Broken Hill awarded Top Jury Prize] - Audience Alliance Pictures, March 18, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.</ref> |
The 2010 [http://iffilmfest.org/2011/ International Family Film Festival] awarded ''Broken Hill'' the “Director’s Gold Spirit Award”, the top jury prize awarded by the Festival.<ref>[http://www.audiencealliance.com/broken-hill-awarded-top-jury-prize/ Broken Hill awarded Top Jury Prize] - Audience Alliance Pictures, March 18, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.</ref> |
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* [[Cinema of the United States]] |
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*[http://www.hollywoodpreviews.com/broken-hill-movie.html Broken Hill] - The trailer |
*[http://www.hollywoodpreviews.com/broken-hill-movie.html Broken Hill] - The trailer |
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Revision as of 07:08, 21 January 2012
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| Directed by | Dagen Merrill |
| Written by | Dagen Merrill |
| Produced by | Chris Wyatt Julie Ryan |
| Starring | Alexa Vega Timothy Hutton |
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| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
Broken Hill is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Dagen Merrill and starring Alexa Vega and Timothy Hutton.
Plot
A gifted teenage composer (Tommy), dreams of being accepted into the famous Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Unfortunately, a good band is hard to find in the middle of Outback Australia - until a strange incident involving flying watermelons leads him to a group of talented prison inmates.
Release
June announcement: "Broken Hill will launch in the first week of September in Broken Hill and will be in approximately 300 venues around Australia during September... After extensive negotiations, Broken Hill has been selected as the inaugural film for a major new national educational initiative in Australia aimed at schools, families and communities. The details of the initiative have not been made public yet, the formal announcement will happen July 23 in Sydney, so we will hold further details until then. But count on September... A major video distributor will be releasing Broken Hill on DVD in the USA in October 2010, along with a number of national US television appointments, and distribution deals in other international markets ramping up too. The DVD will be released in Australia to coincide with the theatrical release."[2]
Eone Entertainment has announced that the US home video version of the film will be released on May 17th, 2011.[3]
Cast
- Alexa Vega as Kat Rogers
- Timothy Hutton as George McAlpine
- Rhys Wakefield as Scott Price
- Andy McPhee as Bear
- Luke Arnold as Tommy, a teenager gifted composer
- The Fishbowl Boys as themselves
- Klayton Stainer as Watermelon Thief
Reception
Roger Moore of the Orlando Sentinel found the sight of the lead character conducting an imaginary orchestra a little challenging, and gave the movie 2 stars (out of five).[4]
Cary Darling of the Dallas Morning News objected to the "hardened" prisoners seeming as threatening "as Hogan's Heroes", but gave the film 3½ stars out of five.[5]
Jeff Vice of the Deseret News praises the "gorgeous Australian settings" and the cast of "mostly fresh-faced actors," sums it up as an "entertaining feel-good tale", before awarding the film 2½ stars out of four.[6]
Awards
Broken Hill took out the ‘Best Feature Film - Audience Choice’ Award at the TriMedia Film Festival held in Fort Collins, Colorado (USA) and won a Best Film award at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy.[7] The Giffoni Film Festival website describes Broken Hill as "halfway between Sister Act and the Italian movie La musica nel Cuore.[8]
The 2010 International Family Film Festival awarded Broken Hill the “Director’s Gold Spirit Award”, the top jury prize awarded by the Festival.[9]
References
- ^ Broken Hill - Release Dates
- ^ Broken Hill Australian release announced - Audience Alliance Pictures, June 15, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ [1] Eone Entertainment, retrieved March 4th, 2011.
- ^ Movie review: Broken Hill - Orlando Sentinel, September 18, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Broken Hill - Dallas Morning News, September 10, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Broken Hill - Deseret News, Sept. 11, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Broken Hill - Christian Answers. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Broken Hill - Giffoni Film Festival, July 21, 2009. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
- ^ Broken Hill awarded Top Jury Prize - Audience Alliance Pictures, March 18, 2010. Retrieved December 3, 2010.
External links
- Broken Hill at IMDb
- Broken Hill at Rotten Tomatoes
- Broken Hill - The trailer