![]() Ltd.ģ5mm Eastmancolor - according to Frank Howson the black and white flashbacks were shot with real black and white stock, rather than adjusted in the lab. Video release: RCA-Columbia Pictures-Hoyts Video Pty. If Frank Howson’s DVD commentary track is a guide, the film was completed just in time for presentation in the marketplace at the American Film Market in LA, which began late February 1988 - as a result the first screening was with an American audience. Theatrical release: the film was released in its home town of Melbourne on 13th October 1988 in three Hoyts cinemas, including the city, and the Balwyn it opened the same day in Sydney at Hoyts city and suburbs. The March 1988 edition lists the start of principal photography as August 1987. Locations: Melbourne, Los Angeles, small shoot in New York - see this site's 'about the movie' section for more details.įilmed: the film is listed as being in production in the September and November 1987 Cinema Papers’ production surveys and in post-production in the January and March 1988 editions. Perhaps 10BA fees and expenses made up the difference. Cinema Papers listed the budget at $1.9 million. ![]() However, in the DVD commentary track, producer/writer Frank Howson puts the budget at about A$1.1 million, including LA and New York shoots, and expensive music rights. Production company: A Boulevard Films Production copyrighted to Boulevard Films Pty Ltd.īudget: David Stratton in The Avocado Plantation put the budget at $2 million, adding that music rights cost the production some $15,000 (for the acquisition of songs by Tom Waits and Buddy Holly). (For a more detailed synopsis, with cast details and spoilers, see the bottom of this site's 'about the movie' section) By letting through his own sensitivities, bravely, screenwriter Frank Howson shows us our own in this internationally acclaimed film. A recovering alcoholic, Tom begs his ex-wife Helen (Penelope Stewart) for a second chance after nearly a decade’s absence and attempts to reinstate himself in the life of their confused young daughter Jessie (Jacinta Stapleton).īuoyed by the support of struggling writer and long-lost friend Ian McKenzie (Kim Gyngell in an AFI Award winning performance) and the newfound attention of actress Suzy Daniels (Nicki Paull), Tom’s attempts to reconcile his past is a journey fraught with the heartache of success, the passion of conviction and the underlying sense of self. But Tom has other ideas and sets out on a rocky road to redemption. Seizing the opportunity, local theatre producer Geoff Bormann (Kevin Miles) welcomes his return with open arms, angling for Tom to promote his latest play, ‘The Human Heart’ and truly celebrate the return of the prodigal son. When Aussie expatriate Tom Garfield (John Waters in an AFI Award-winning performance) walks away from a lucrative Hollywood writing assignment, he heads back home to Melbourne to explore the scattered fragments of his past. The Umbrella DVD release tried a little harder by pitching the film as “The dark side of success,” and noting the two AFI Awards on the front cover, while on the rear cover featuring a quote from Movies “Drama at its best … powerful performances … excellent results,” together with a longer synopsis: Awards and is ably supported by Kim Gyngell (The Comedy Company) who also received an A.F.I. ![]() John Waters puts in an outstanding performance that won him Best Actor in the 1988 A.F.I. Fuelled by the overwhelming desire to be reunited with his family, Tom returns to Melbourne to try and regain control of his life and win back the woman he loves. Tom Garfield (John Waters), a brilliant Australian writer has at last achieved success in Los Angeles - but not without sacrifice his wife has left him their daughter is growing up without him and the years have blurred together in an alcoholic haze. The domestic VHS release of the film settled for a short synopsis to pitch the film:
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