Ron Howard’s Thirteen Lives, based on the Thai caves rescue, is the latest in a string of international projects coming to Australia, due to shoot in the Gold Coast from March.
The Federal Government has splashed $13 million to lure the Imagine Entertainment/MGM project via the Location Incentive Program, with the expectation it will inject $90 million into the economy and create 435 jobs for cast and crew, as well as 3,400 extras. The Queensland government has also provided support via its production attraction program.
Penned by the Oscar-nominated writer William Nicholson (Gladiator), Thirteen Lives will depict the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team, trapped in a cave by heavy rain and flooding.
After the team was stuck for days with no supplies and falling oxygen levels, a group from all over the world came together to to save the boys, including expert divers from Australia and the UK.
The Federal Government has splashed $13 million to lure the Imagine Entertainment/MGM project via the Location Incentive Program, with the expectation it will inject $90 million into the economy and create 435 jobs for cast and crew, as well as 3,400 extras. The Queensland government has also provided support via its production attraction program.
Penned by the Oscar-nominated writer William Nicholson (Gladiator), Thirteen Lives will depict the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team, trapped in a cave by heavy rain and flooding.
After the team was stuck for days with no supplies and falling oxygen levels, a group from all over the world came together to to save the boys, including expert divers from Australia and the UK.
- 11/27/2020
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Imagine Entertainment and MGM will roll cameras on Ron Howard’s upcoming drama Thirteen Lives, based on the 2018 Thai caves rescue incident, in Australia next March. The Australian government is injecting Aud $13 million into the project, which will use Queensland’s Gold Coast to double for Thailand.
Thirteen Lives is based on the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team, who were trapped for days with no supplies and decreasing oxygen levels. A group of divers from all over the world came together to retrieve them.
Producers are Brian Grazer, P.J. van Sandwijk, Gabrielle Tana and Karen Lunder.
Paul Fletcher, Australian Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, said the production is expected to inject more than Aud $96 million into the economy, directly creating around 435 jobs for cast and crew, as well as an equivalent 3,400 background extra days.
“Over the years, I’ve...
Thirteen Lives is based on the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team, who were trapped for days with no supplies and decreasing oxygen levels. A group of divers from all over the world came together to retrieve them.
Producers are Brian Grazer, P.J. van Sandwijk, Gabrielle Tana and Karen Lunder.
Paul Fletcher, Australian Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts, said the production is expected to inject more than Aud $96 million into the economy, directly creating around 435 jobs for cast and crew, as well as an equivalent 3,400 background extra days.
“Over the years, I’ve...
- 11/27/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard’s “Thirteen Lives,” based on the 2018 Thai caves rescue mission, will start filming in March in Queensland, Australia.
Australia will provide A$13 million ($9.6 million) to MGM and Imagine Entertainment towards the production, with Queenland’s Gold Coast hinterland doubling up for Thailand.
Produced by Oscar-winner Brian Grazer, P.J. van Sandwijk, Gabrielle Tana and Karen Lunder, “Thirteen Lives” follows the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team, trapped in a cave by heavy rain and flooding. After the team was stuck for days with no supplies and falling oxygen levels, a group from all over the world came together to work with the people of Thailand to save the boys. Among those experts were a group of divers from the U.K. and Australia.
“Over the years, I’ve both enjoyed and creatively benefitted from collaborations with Australian artists and technicians...
Australia will provide A$13 million ($9.6 million) to MGM and Imagine Entertainment towards the production, with Queenland’s Gold Coast hinterland doubling up for Thailand.
Produced by Oscar-winner Brian Grazer, P.J. van Sandwijk, Gabrielle Tana and Karen Lunder, “Thirteen Lives” follows the true story of the 2018 Tham Laung cave rescue of a boys’ soccer team, trapped in a cave by heavy rain and flooding. After the team was stuck for days with no supplies and falling oxygen levels, a group from all over the world came together to work with the people of Thailand to save the boys. Among those experts were a group of divers from the U.K. and Australia.
“Over the years, I’ve both enjoyed and creatively benefitted from collaborations with Australian artists and technicians...
- 11/27/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Guardian Australia’s film critic tries to avoid red carpets at all costs. We made him sit through this one
Lambs of God and The Nightingale were among the big winners at this year’s Aacta awards – the Australian screen industry’s celebration of film and television.
The former – a brooding four-part Foxtel drama about creepy nuns living on a far-flung island – scored a total of eight awards in the TV categories, including best miniseries, best direction (for Jeffrey Walker) and best cinematography (for the veteran sharp eye Donald McAlpine).
Lambs of God and The Nightingale were among the big winners at this year’s Aacta awards – the Australian screen industry’s celebration of film and television.
The former – a brooding four-part Foxtel drama about creepy nuns living on a far-flung island – scored a total of eight awards in the TV categories, including best miniseries, best direction (for Jeffrey Walker) and best cinematography (for the veteran sharp eye Donald McAlpine).
- 12/4/2019
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Stars: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Peter Whitford | Written by Eleanor Whitcombe | Directed by Gillian Armstrong
In the 19th century, on a remote Australian farm, teenager Sybylla (Judy Davis) dreams of a life of culture. Definitely a dreamer rather than a doer, she is shipped around various pockets of her extended family, mostly with a view to finding a matriarch who can curtail her “godless” behaviour. Everyone fails; and when she meets Harry (Sam Neill), she finds a muse for her mischievous energy. The obvious next step is marriage, particularly when you consider that the moneyed Harry is willing to wait years for Sybylla’s hand. But marriage is not Sybylla’s way. She is a young firebrand who is fiercely defensive of her independence. The push and pull between duty and independence is the basis for what becomes a very nuanced and involving character study.
It...
In the 19th century, on a remote Australian farm, teenager Sybylla (Judy Davis) dreams of a life of culture. Definitely a dreamer rather than a doer, she is shipped around various pockets of her extended family, mostly with a view to finding a matriarch who can curtail her “godless” behaviour. Everyone fails; and when she meets Harry (Sam Neill), she finds a muse for her mischievous energy. The obvious next step is marriage, particularly when you consider that the moneyed Harry is willing to wait years for Sybylla’s hand. But marriage is not Sybylla’s way. She is a young firebrand who is fiercely defensive of her independence. The push and pull between duty and independence is the basis for what becomes a very nuanced and involving character study.
It...
- 5/27/2019
- by Rupert Harvey
- Nerdly
Gill(ian) Armstrong’s breakthrough feature does a leapfrog over stories like Little Women, with heroines that prevail even when adhering to the Meek Sex role of their time. Judy Davis’s Sybylla Melvin knows that she’s a freckle-faced pain in the neck: despite being proud that she’s attracted the local male catch, her every sinew is committed to her goal of artistic expression and self-fulfillment. The setting is the turn-of-the-century Australian Outback but the story is universal. Sam Neill suffers through the best ‘thankless’ romantic role ever.
My Brilliant Career
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 973
1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 100 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date April 30, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Aileen Britton, Patricia Kennedy.
Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi
Film Editor: Nicholas Beauman
Original Music: Nathan Waks
Written by Eleanor Witcombe from the novel by Miles Franklin
Produced by Margaret Fink...
My Brilliant Career
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 973
1979 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 100 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date April 30, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Aileen Britton, Patricia Kennedy.
Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Production Designer: Luciana Arrighi
Film Editor: Nicholas Beauman
Original Music: Nathan Waks
Written by Eleanor Witcombe from the novel by Miles Franklin
Produced by Margaret Fink...
- 4/30/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Stanley & Iris
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1990 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date January 17, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross, Jamey Sheridan, Feodor Chaliapin.
Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Original Music: John Williams
Written by: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr. based on a novel Union Street by Pat Barker
Produced by: Arlene Sellers, Alex Winitsky
Directed by Martin Ritt
There ought to be a place on a screen for every kind of film story. True, old movies fronted a mostly false consensus picture of the world, claiming that there was a ‘normal’ baseline for our lives. The reality of most social issues was ignored in favor of pleasant fairy tales where all conflicts could be solved on a personal level. After all, movies were considered entertainment first, and carriers of vital social truths maybe about 97th. But then and now, there...
Blu-ray
Twilight Time
1990 / Color / 2:35 widescreen / 104 min. / Street Date January 17, 2017 / Available from the Twilight Time Movies Store 29.95
Starring: Jane Fonda, Robert De Niro, Swoosie Kurtz, Martha Plimpton, Harley Cross, Jamey Sheridan, Feodor Chaliapin.
Cinematography: Donald McAlpine
Original Music: John Williams
Written by: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank, Jr. based on a novel Union Street by Pat Barker
Produced by: Arlene Sellers, Alex Winitsky
Directed by Martin Ritt
There ought to be a place on a screen for every kind of film story. True, old movies fronted a mostly false consensus picture of the world, claiming that there was a ‘normal’ baseline for our lives. The reality of most social issues was ignored in favor of pleasant fairy tales where all conflicts could be solved on a personal level. After all, movies were considered entertainment first, and carriers of vital social truths maybe about 97th. But then and now, there...
- 1/21/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Did you know that Baz Luhrmann has an instagram account? He's currently using it to celebrate Romeo + Juliet's 20th anniversary with behind the scenes photos and anecdotes (Best Lol: he feels the need to explain what a collage and inspiration boards are for young fans -- ah the days before Photoshop and "mashups".)
This has been a Public Service Announcement.
It was Don McAlpine, the brilliant Director of Photography who came up with the extraordinary solution. I wanted the camera to track around the lovers inside of an elevator, as we do this, a half-dozen grips lift each panel as the camera whirs around. It was an extremely complicated logistical job, but indeed we got the shot. #romeoandjuliet #RJat20
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This has been a Public Service Announcement.
It was Don McAlpine, the brilliant Director of Photography who came up with the extraordinary solution. I wanted the camera to track around the lovers inside of an elevator, as we do this, a half-dozen grips lift each panel as the camera whirs around. It was an extremely complicated logistical job, but indeed we got the shot. #romeoandjuliet #RJat20
A photo posted by Baz Luhrmann (@bazluhrmann) on Oct 31, 2016 at 8:30am Pdt
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- 11/5/2016
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
George Miller and David Stratton pore over 'Fury Road' storyboards in Stratton's new ABC series.
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others. Transmission Films are planning a theatrical release (at feature doc length) prior to the series going to air.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken..
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday.
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others. Transmission Films are planning a theatrical release (at feature doc length) prior to the series going to air.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken..
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday.
- 10/26/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
George Miller and David Stratton pore over 'Fury Road' storyboards in Stratton's new ABC series.
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken.
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday..
Knight will also appear in conversation, discussing his long list of credits. They include.Seachange,...
Fred Schepisi will host David Stratton in a special in-conversation event at the Adelaide Film Festival this Saturday October 29.
Stratton is in Adelaide to present a work-in-progress screening of his series David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema, set to premiere on the ABC next year.
Featured in the three-part series are George Miller, Schepisi himself, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush and many, many others.
Stratton and Schepisi will be joined on the red carpet by series producer Jo Anne McGowan and director Sally Aitken.
Also world premiering in Adelaide is Jeffrey Walker's Ali's Wedding, written by and starring Osamah Sami. Sami co-wrote the script with Hacksaw Ridge's Andrew Knight.—.the pair won an Awgie Award for the film on Friday..
Knight will also appear in conversation, discussing his long list of credits. They include.Seachange,...
- 10/26/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Shiny.
Daniel Campos and Spencer Susser (Hesher) were the winners at Tropfest last night with stop-motion animation Shiny.
Judges Mel Gibson, Simon Baker, Rebecca Gibney, Don McAlpine, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Maya Newell awarded first prize to Shiny despite it running for less than four minutes (Tropfest allows seven). It also won two Tropfest Craft Awards for Sound Design and VFX.
Nick Baker and Tristan Klein won second prize for the animated Postcards to Ulay, while third prize went to Rick Donald for The Atm.
A $3,000 prize donated by Nicole Kidman for best male actor went to Rick Donald for his role as Frankie in The Atm, and to Natalie Bassingthwaighte as best actress for her performance as Sarah in Why Would I Lie?
Andrew Kennedy and Tim Chatfield's.Jeff Harding,.a documentary about Australia.s first World Light Heavyweight Champion, won the Nikon Dslr Film category..
John Polson said: ..I...
Daniel Campos and Spencer Susser (Hesher) were the winners at Tropfest last night with stop-motion animation Shiny.
Judges Mel Gibson, Simon Baker, Rebecca Gibney, Don McAlpine, Jocelyn Moorhouse and Maya Newell awarded first prize to Shiny despite it running for less than four minutes (Tropfest allows seven). It also won two Tropfest Craft Awards for Sound Design and VFX.
Nick Baker and Tristan Klein won second prize for the animated Postcards to Ulay, while third prize went to Rick Donald for The Atm.
A $3,000 prize donated by Nicole Kidman for best male actor went to Rick Donald for his role as Frankie in The Atm, and to Natalie Bassingthwaighte as best actress for her performance as Sarah in Why Would I Lie?
Andrew Kennedy and Tim Chatfield's.Jeff Harding,.a documentary about Australia.s first World Light Heavyweight Champion, won the Nikon Dslr Film category..
John Polson said: ..I...
- 2/14/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Mel Gibson in Mad Max 2.
Mel Gibson will join Simon Baker, Rebecca Gibney, Don McAlpine and Jocelyn Moorhouse as a judge at this Sunday's Tropfest.
.I.m really thrilled to be in Sydney, and to have been invited to judge Tropfest,. said Gibson. .
"I know what it.s like to be starting out in this industry, in Australia, and what a big difference a break can make to a career".
"Tropfest has been doing an incredible job over the last 23 years as a platform for young filmmakers, and I.m absolutely delighted to support the great work Tropfest is doing..
Gibson is currently in Sydney doing post on Hacksaw Ridge, which shot at Bringelly and Fox Studios last year.
.This is an enormous honour., John Polson said..
.Mel is one of Australia.s most prolific and talented actors, as well as an Academy Award winning director. It doesn.t get better than this.
Mel Gibson will join Simon Baker, Rebecca Gibney, Don McAlpine and Jocelyn Moorhouse as a judge at this Sunday's Tropfest.
.I.m really thrilled to be in Sydney, and to have been invited to judge Tropfest,. said Gibson. .
"I know what it.s like to be starting out in this industry, in Australia, and what a big difference a break can make to a career".
"Tropfest has been doing an incredible job over the last 23 years as a platform for young filmmakers, and I.m absolutely delighted to support the great work Tropfest is doing..
Gibson is currently in Sydney doing post on Hacksaw Ridge, which shot at Bringelly and Fox Studios last year.
.This is an enormous honour., John Polson said..
.Mel is one of Australia.s most prolific and talented actors, as well as an Academy Award winning director. It doesn.t get better than this.
- 2/10/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Simon Baker.
Simon Baker and Rebecca Gibney have signed on to judge this year's Tropfest.
Cinematographer Don McAlpine (Moulin Rouge, The Dressmaker) and Jocelyn Moorhouse (The Dressmaker), will also join the judging panel..
These judges, with more to be announced in the coming days, will decide who of the 16 Tropfest finalist filmmakers will take home the coveted fruity trophy, $10,000 cash, a trip to Los Angeles for a week of meetings with industry execs, a Hyundai Tuscon for a year, and a Nikon D800 plus $2,000 of lenses and accessories.
Thanks to Cgu Insurance stepping at the eleventh hour as major sponsors, Tropfest is again staging a free celebration of short film at Centennial Parklands, culminating in the world premiere of 16 spectacular short films incorporating this year.s Tropfest Signature Item.
The festival fun starts from 11am when gates open for Trop Jr, the world.s largest short film festival — for kids...
Simon Baker and Rebecca Gibney have signed on to judge this year's Tropfest.
Cinematographer Don McAlpine (Moulin Rouge, The Dressmaker) and Jocelyn Moorhouse (The Dressmaker), will also join the judging panel..
These judges, with more to be announced in the coming days, will decide who of the 16 Tropfest finalist filmmakers will take home the coveted fruity trophy, $10,000 cash, a trip to Los Angeles for a week of meetings with industry execs, a Hyundai Tuscon for a year, and a Nikon D800 plus $2,000 of lenses and accessories.
Thanks to Cgu Insurance stepping at the eleventh hour as major sponsors, Tropfest is again staging a free celebration of short film at Centennial Parklands, culminating in the world premiere of 16 spectacular short films incorporating this year.s Tropfest Signature Item.
The festival fun starts from 11am when gates open for Trop Jr, the world.s largest short film festival — for kids...
- 2/5/2016
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
This is the first Criterion Close-Up double feature. Mark and Aaron take a close look at two films from Bruce Beresford, released theatrically a decade apart and just recently as part of The Criterion Collection. We look at Breaker Morant and how it reconciled British Colonialism on both its subjects and enemies, and how it dispensed justice. We then look at Mister Johnson, which deals with colonial issues such as commerce and civilization.
About the films:
At the turn of the twentieth century, three Australian army lieutenants are court-martialed for alleged war crimes committed while fighting in South Africa. With no time to prepare, an Australian major, appointed as defense attorney, must prove that they were just following orders and are being made into political pawns by the British imperial command. Director Bruce Beresford garnered international acclaim for this riveting drama set during a dark period in his country’s colonial history,...
About the films:
At the turn of the twentieth century, three Australian army lieutenants are court-martialed for alleged war crimes committed while fighting in South Africa. With no time to prepare, an Australian major, appointed as defense attorney, must prove that they were just following orders and are being made into political pawns by the British imperial command. Director Bruce Beresford garnered international acclaim for this riveting drama set during a dark period in his country’s colonial history,...
- 1/11/2016
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
In the UK some reviews for The Dressmaker were so bitchy and churlish, it.s almost as if the critics were watching a different movie from the one that one million Aussies have enjoyed and appreciated.
The condescending and at times derisive tone smacks of cultural snobbery and an inability to grasp that director Jocelyn Moorhouse and her co-writer P. J. Hogan did a splendid job in adapting Rosalie Ham.s novel.
Tellingly, almost all the naysayers are male. While most Aussie critics hailed Judy Davis. superbly pitched performance, some of their Pommy counterparts were disdainful.
While it.s hard to quantify the impact of reviews on ticket sales, The Dressmaker opened on 202 screens in the UK, generating a modest £236,000 ($A496,000) in its first three days, according to Rentrak.
Producer Sue Maslin tells If, .There were strong reactions for and against in the UK. That says something about a film...
The condescending and at times derisive tone smacks of cultural snobbery and an inability to grasp that director Jocelyn Moorhouse and her co-writer P. J. Hogan did a splendid job in adapting Rosalie Ham.s novel.
Tellingly, almost all the naysayers are male. While most Aussie critics hailed Judy Davis. superbly pitched performance, some of their Pommy counterparts were disdainful.
While it.s hard to quantify the impact of reviews on ticket sales, The Dressmaker opened on 202 screens in the UK, generating a modest £236,000 ($A496,000) in its first three days, according to Rentrak.
Producer Sue Maslin tells If, .There were strong reactions for and against in the UK. That says something about a film...
- 11/22/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
When Jeffrey Walker was offered the chance to direct his first feature, Ali.s Wedding, he hesitated initially, feeling intimidated by the milieu of a Muslim immigrant who is torn between his upbringing and the Australian way of life. But as he got deeper into the screenplay by Osamah Sami and his frequent collaborator Andrew Knight, he saw a universal theme in the romantic comedy based on Sami.s experiences. .I got a real feel for the characters and their journey,. says Walker, who started shooting in Melbourne today with a cast of familiar and new faces. Sami plays Ali, the affable son of a Muslim cleric (Don Hany) who had migrated to Australia from Iraq. In an attempt to live up to the expectations of his community and his father, Ali tells a series of well-intentioned lies, which result in him pretending to be a medical student based on forged exam marks.
- 11/8/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Jocelyn Moorhouse.s The Dressmaker rules the Australian B.O. after earning $560,000 on Thursday plus $416,000 in previews and the Adelaide Film Festival screening.
The dramedy starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Sarah Snook is well placed to collect upwards of $2.5 million in its first four days.
The opening day was bigger than those of Mao.s Last Dancer ($514,000), Saving Mr Banks ($494,000 in school holidays), Bran Nue Dae ($403,000) and The Sapphires ($323,000).
Given good word-of-mouth, the Universal Pictures release will easily surpass $10 million as it is faces no serious competition until Spectre (November 12) and the final edition of The Hunger Games (November 19).
As If had reported, next week The Dressmaker will catapult Australian films. total grosses this year past $70 million, an all-time record in dollars, beating the previous high of $63.4 million in 2001.
This week the film received 12 nominations at the Aacta Awards including best film (producer Sue Maslin), best director,...
The dramedy starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Sarah Snook is well placed to collect upwards of $2.5 million in its first four days.
The opening day was bigger than those of Mao.s Last Dancer ($514,000), Saving Mr Banks ($494,000 in school holidays), Bran Nue Dae ($403,000) and The Sapphires ($323,000).
Given good word-of-mouth, the Universal Pictures release will easily surpass $10 million as it is faces no serious competition until Spectre (November 12) and the final edition of The Hunger Games (November 19).
As If had reported, next week The Dressmaker will catapult Australian films. total grosses this year past $70 million, an all-time record in dollars, beating the previous high of $63.4 million in 2001.
This week the film received 12 nominations at the Aacta Awards including best film (producer Sue Maslin), best director,...
- 10/30/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Dungatar locals look at Molly Dunnage's house on the hill in The Dressmaker.
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Colourist Trish Cahill has revealed the key post production processes in the making of new Australian film The Dressmaker ahead of its October 29 release.
Based on the book by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker takes place in the 1950s and follows Myrtle .Tilly. Dunnage (Kate Winslet) as she returns to her hometown to take care of her ill mother, Molly (Judy Davis)..
She left the town at the age of ten because of accusations of murder..
Tilly, now an expert dressmaker, transforms the locals with her couture and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who betrayed her all those years ago.
The film is produced by Sue Maslin, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and also stars Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Sarah Snook.
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The Dressmaker was graded using DaVinci Resolve Studio by Cahill in Melbourne and Sydney at post production facility Soundfirm.
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Colourist Trish Cahill has revealed the key post production processes in the making of new Australian film The Dressmaker ahead of its October 29 release.
Based on the book by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker takes place in the 1950s and follows Myrtle .Tilly. Dunnage (Kate Winslet) as she returns to her hometown to take care of her ill mother, Molly (Judy Davis)..
She left the town at the age of ten because of accusations of murder..
Tilly, now an expert dressmaker, transforms the locals with her couture and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who betrayed her all those years ago.
The film is produced by Sue Maslin, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and also stars Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Sarah Snook.
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The Dressmaker was graded using DaVinci Resolve Studio by Cahill in Melbourne and Sydney at post production facility Soundfirm.
- 10/9/2015
- by Brian Karlovsky
- IF.com.au
Following the mid-70s wave of critically acclaimed Australian cinema, thanks to names like Peter Weir, Fred Schepisi and Gillian Armstrong, director Bruce Beresford would score his first of several iconic moments in cinematic history with 1980’s Breaker Morant, based on the play by Kenneth G. Ross. The film premiered at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival, and was awarded a Best Supporting Acting accolade for Jack Thompson (a category that no longer officially exists), and began a prolific decade for Beresford, which closed with a controversial Best Picture win at the 1989 Academy Awards with Driving Miss Daisy. Documenting a particularly heinous miscarriage of justice from the country’s military history, Beresford’s title helped established a legacy of commemorative reenactments from his native country and showcases a trio of excellent performances.
Set during the Boer War at the turn of the century in South Africa, a trio of three Australian lieutenants,...
Set during the Boer War at the turn of the century in South Africa, a trio of three Australian lieutenants,...
- 9/29/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Bruce Beresford says that by 1980 most Australians had forgotten that their countrymen had fought in the Boer War, and this scathing condemnation of England's scapegoating of commonwealth volunteers had a big impact. Stars Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown front a protest from the past, in one of the most respected Aussie Renaissance features of the late '70s. 'Breaker' Morant Blu-ray The Criterion Collection 773 1980 / Color / 1:78 anamorphic widescreen / 107 min. / Street Date September 22, 2015 / 39.95 Starring Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Lewis Fitz-Gerald Cinematography Don McAlpine Production Design David Copping Film Editor William S. Anderson <Written by Bruce Beresford, Jonathan Hardy, David Stevens from a play by Kenneth Ross Produced by Matt Carroll Directed by Bruce Beresford
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Bruce Beresford's 'Breaker' Morant is one of the stronger entries in the late '70s -- early '80s upsurge of quality movies from Australia and New Zealand.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Bruce Beresford's 'Breaker' Morant is one of the stronger entries in the late '70s -- early '80s upsurge of quality movies from Australia and New Zealand.
- 9/15/2015
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Andrew Lesnie was remembered as one of Australia.s finest cinematographers and a warm and generous bloke at a celebration of his life and career on Sunday.
Dozens of collaborators and friends including Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Cate Blanchett, George Miller, Chris Noonan, Bill Bennett, Craig Monahan, Jack Thompson and Andrew Mason gathered to pay tribute to Lesnie, who died in April after a heart attack, aged 59.
Ray Martin hosted the event, Remembering Andrew, staged by the Australian Cinematographers Society at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction.
Video tributes from Russell Crowe, Bruce Beresford, Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Barrie Osborne, Don McAlpine, Richard Roxburgh, Dean Semler and Peter Menzies Jnr, among others, were screened.
Among the clips of his work shown were The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (for which he won an Oscar) and other Jackson-directed films, The Water Diviner, Babe, Healing and Two If By Sea.
Dozens of collaborators and friends including Sir Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Cate Blanchett, George Miller, Chris Noonan, Bill Bennett, Craig Monahan, Jack Thompson and Andrew Mason gathered to pay tribute to Lesnie, who died in April after a heart attack, aged 59.
Ray Martin hosted the event, Remembering Andrew, staged by the Australian Cinematographers Society at Event Cinemas Bondi Junction.
Video tributes from Russell Crowe, Bruce Beresford, Martin Freeman, Sir Ian McKellen, Barrie Osborne, Don McAlpine, Richard Roxburgh, Dean Semler and Peter Menzies Jnr, among others, were screened.
Among the clips of his work shown were The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (for which he won an Oscar) and other Jackson-directed films, The Water Diviner, Babe, Healing and Two If By Sea.
- 7/12/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts is calling for recommendations for the Aacta Longford Lyell Award, the Academy.s highest honour for an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the Australian screen industry and culture.
Known as the AFI | Aacta Raymond Longford Award since its inception in 1968, the name was changed this year to recognise Lottie Lyell, film pioneer. Longford.s partner in filmmaking and life.
Screenwriter/producer Andrew Knight was the first recipient at the 4th Aacta Awards in January..
Those who wish to submit a recommendation should provide a letter detailing the prospective candidate's achievements, including a CV or brief filmography, and outlining why he or she should be considered for the award.
Recommendations should be emailed to awards manager Chloe Boulton by 5pm on Wednesday June 24.
In the first three years since the launch of Aacta in 2011, the award went to Don McAlpine,...
Known as the AFI | Aacta Raymond Longford Award since its inception in 1968, the name was changed this year to recognise Lottie Lyell, film pioneer. Longford.s partner in filmmaking and life.
Screenwriter/producer Andrew Knight was the first recipient at the 4th Aacta Awards in January..
Those who wish to submit a recommendation should provide a letter detailing the prospective candidate's achievements, including a CV or brief filmography, and outlining why he or she should be considered for the award.
Recommendations should be emailed to awards manager Chloe Boulton by 5pm on Wednesday June 24.
In the first three years since the launch of Aacta in 2011, the award went to Don McAlpine,...
- 6/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Oscar-winner, who worked with Peter Jackson on the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit trilogies, most recently collaborated with Russell Crowe on The Water Diviner.
The unexpected death of Australian cinematographer Andrew Lesnie has sparked an outpouring of touching sentiment about his skills behind the camera, his huge contribution to his own and New Zealand cinema and also, from those who knew him, his decency and goodwill.
“After 17 years and eight movies together, the loss of Andrew is very hard to bear,” said Peter Jackson in a Facebook post this evening. He described him as “one of the great cinematographers of our time” and “an irreplaceable part of my family” who “always had my back”.
Jackson sought him out for the fantasy/adventure The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring because of the quality of his work on the Australian fairytale Babe. The New Zealand-based collaboration earned Lesnie the 2002 Academy Award for his cinematography...
The unexpected death of Australian cinematographer Andrew Lesnie has sparked an outpouring of touching sentiment about his skills behind the camera, his huge contribution to his own and New Zealand cinema and also, from those who knew him, his decency and goodwill.
“After 17 years and eight movies together, the loss of Andrew is very hard to bear,” said Peter Jackson in a Facebook post this evening. He described him as “one of the great cinematographers of our time” and “an irreplaceable part of my family” who “always had my back”.
Jackson sought him out for the fantasy/adventure The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring because of the quality of his work on the Australian fairytale Babe. The New Zealand-based collaboration earned Lesnie the 2002 Academy Award for his cinematography...
- 4/28/2015
- by Sandy.George@me.com (Sandy George)
- ScreenDaily
Kate Winslet in The Dressmaker..
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse has wrapped production on feature film The Dressmaker, which has been shooting at Docklands Studio Melbourne and various locations in Victoria for the past eight weeks.
Set in the 1950s, the movie follows Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage (Kate Winslet) who returns to her hometown in the Australian countryside to take care of her sick mother (Judy Davis), after being exiled when she was ten years old because of false accusations of murder. Having since become an expert dressmaker in Paris, Tilly transforms the town members with her couture creations and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who wrongly accused her of murder all those years ago.
The film also stars Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving, as well as featuring Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox , Caroline Goodall, Gyton Grantley, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Sarah Snook and Barry Otto.
.Working with Kate, Judy, Liam and Hugo was wonderful,...
Director Jocelyn Moorhouse has wrapped production on feature film The Dressmaker, which has been shooting at Docklands Studio Melbourne and various locations in Victoria for the past eight weeks.
Set in the 1950s, the movie follows Myrtle "Tilly" Dunnage (Kate Winslet) who returns to her hometown in the Australian countryside to take care of her sick mother (Judy Davis), after being exiled when she was ten years old because of false accusations of murder. Having since become an expert dressmaker in Paris, Tilly transforms the town members with her couture creations and in the process, exacts revenge on the people who wrongly accused her of murder all those years ago.
The film also stars Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving, as well as featuring Rebecca Gibney, Kerry Fox , Caroline Goodall, Gyton Grantley, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Sarah Snook and Barry Otto.
.Working with Kate, Judy, Liam and Hugo was wonderful,...
- 12/17/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Kate Winslet and Judy Davis lead cast of the new film from director Jocelyn Moorhouse.
Production has begun on The Dressmaker at Docklands Studios Melbourne, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, A Thousand Acres).
As previously announced, the cast includes Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving.
Joining the cast are Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is described as “a bittersweet comedy”, set in 1950s Australia.
Winslet plays Tilly Dunnage, who returns to her rural home town after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses. She reconciles with her ailing mother Molly, played by Davis, and goes about transforming the women of the town to get revenge on those who did her wrong.
The Dressmaker is set to release in Australia on Oct 1, 2015.
“I’ve waited years to...
Production has begun on The Dressmaker at Docklands Studios Melbourne, directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse (Proof, A Thousand Acres).
As previously announced, the cast includes Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving.
Joining the cast are Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is described as “a bittersweet comedy”, set in 1950s Australia.
Winslet plays Tilly Dunnage, who returns to her rural home town after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses. She reconciles with her ailing mother Molly, played by Davis, and goes about transforming the women of the town to get revenge on those who did her wrong.
The Dressmaker is set to release in Australia on Oct 1, 2015.
“I’ve waited years to...
- 10/21/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Liam Hemsworth and Hugo Weaving star in The Dressmaker, a tale of love, revenge and haute couture now shooting at Docklands Studios..
The ensemble cast includes Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
There have been two changes in the cast since it was first anounced in Cannes. Elizabeth Debicki dropped out to play the lead in the Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident, replaced by Sacha Horler. And Isla Fisher dropped out and Sarah Snook took her role. .
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet comedy set in 1950s Australia.
Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) is a beautiful and talented misfit who after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses returns home to Dungatar - a fictional rural town - to right some wrongs of the past.
The ensemble cast includes Caroline Goodall, Shane Bourne, Kerry Fox, Rebecca Gibney, Sacha Horler, Shane Jacobson, Alison Whyte, Genevieve Lemon and Sarah Snook.
There have been two changes in the cast since it was first anounced in Cannes. Elizabeth Debicki dropped out to play the lead in the Foxtel drama The Kettering Incident, replaced by Sacha Horler. And Isla Fisher dropped out and Sarah Snook took her role. .
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse and based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet comedy set in 1950s Australia.
Tilly Dunnage (Winslet) is a beautiful and talented misfit who after many years working as a dressmaker in Parisian fashion houses returns home to Dungatar - a fictional rural town - to right some wrongs of the past.
- 10/21/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Aacta.s Raymond Longford Award almost certainly will be renamed the Longford Lyell Award in recognition of Lottie Lyell, the Australian film pioneer.s partner in life and filmmaking. Producer Tony Buckley has been lobbying for the change for two years, a campaign that has been widely supported. Now Aacta is putting the proposal to its members, seeking feedback by October 10. .We think it.s a really good suggestion,. AFI | Aacta CEO Damian Trewhella told If today. .Informally we have had a lot of support and no one has objected. Unless there are strong alternative views there is a strong chance we will adopt the new name.. First presented in 1968, the award is the highest accolade the Australian Academy can bestow upon an individual who has made a truly outstanding contribution to the enrichment of Australia's screen environment and culture. Previous recipients include Peter Weir, Geoffrey Rush, Fred Schepisi, Ken G. Hall,...
- 9/25/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Humankind’s collision with otherworldly life forms can make for unforgettable cinema.
This article will highlight the best of live-action human vs. alien films. The creatures may be from other planets or may be non-demonic entities from other dimensions.
Excluded from consideration were giant monster films as the diakaiju genre would make a great subject for separate articles.
Readers looking for “friendly alien” films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the comically overrated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are advised to keep watching the skies because they won’t find them here.
Film writing being the game of knowledge filtered through personal taste that it is, some readers’ subgenre favorites might not have made the list such as War of the Worlds (1953) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957).
Now let’s take a chronological look at the cinema’s best battles between Us and Them.
This article will highlight the best of live-action human vs. alien films. The creatures may be from other planets or may be non-demonic entities from other dimensions.
Excluded from consideration were giant monster films as the diakaiju genre would make a great subject for separate articles.
Readers looking for “friendly alien” films such as The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), It Came from Outer Space (1953) and the comically overrated Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) are advised to keep watching the skies because they won’t find them here.
Film writing being the game of knowledge filtered through personal taste that it is, some readers’ subgenre favorites might not have made the list such as War of the Worlds (1953) and 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957).
Now let’s take a chronological look at the cinema’s best battles between Us and Them.
- 7/13/2014
- by Terek Puckett
- SoundOnSight
Liam Hemsworth, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Debicki will join Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in The Dressmaker, Jocelyn Moorhouse.s 1950s-set comic drama that.s due to shoot in Victoria in October.
The casting was announced at the Cannes Film Market where the UK.s Embankment Films is pitching the project to international buyers and co-representing the Us rights with CAA.
Adapted by Moorhouse from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.
Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child.
She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
Hemsworth, who stars in The Hunger Games franchise,...
The casting was announced at the Cannes Film Market where the UK.s Embankment Films is pitching the project to international buyers and co-representing the Us rights with CAA.
Adapted by Moorhouse from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.
Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child.
She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
Hemsworth, who stars in The Hunger Games franchise,...
- 5/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Liam Hemsworth, Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki, Kate Winslet and Judy Davis are all set to join "Proof" director Jocelyn Moorhouse's romantic drama "The Dressmaker".
Winslet's character returns home to the remote country town from which she fled as a child after being accused of murder. Trying to make amends with her eccentric mother.
Initially ostracised, she soon liberates and empowers the town's women with her quick wit and beautiful clothing - unexpectedly finding love and exacting sweet revenge on those who wronged her.
Also onboard are director of photography Don McAlpine ("Moulin Rouge"), costume designer Tim Chappel ("The Adventures of Priscilla"), production designer Roger Ford ("Babe") and editor Jill Bilcock ("Elizabeth: The Golden Age").
Sue Maslin produces and filming begins in Victoria, Australia in October.
Source: Screen...
Winslet's character returns home to the remote country town from which she fled as a child after being accused of murder. Trying to make amends with her eccentric mother.
Initially ostracised, she soon liberates and empowers the town's women with her quick wit and beautiful clothing - unexpectedly finding love and exacting sweet revenge on those who wronged her.
Also onboard are director of photography Don McAlpine ("Moulin Rouge"), costume designer Tim Chappel ("The Adventures of Priscilla"), production designer Roger Ford ("Babe") and editor Jill Bilcock ("Elizabeth: The Golden Age").
Sue Maslin produces and filming begins in Victoria, Australia in October.
Source: Screen...
- 5/9/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Isla Fisher, Elizabeth Debicki also board drama readying for October shoot.
The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth, Now You See Me star Isla Fisher and rising talent Elizabeth Debicki are set to join Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s romantic drama The Dressmaker, which Embankment Films will be shopping in Cannes.
Principal photography is due to get underway in Victoria, Australia on October 13, 2014. Embankment co-reps Us rights with CAA.
Winslet will play an avenging angel who returns home to the remote country town from which she fled as a child after being accused of murder, to make amends with her eccentric mother.
Although ostracised, as an exponent of the most stunning 1950’s haute couture inspired by Madame Vionnet and Balenciaga, she liberates and empowers the town’s women with her quick wit and beautiful clothing. She unexpectedly finds love and ultimately exacts sweet revenge on those who wronged her.
Jocelyn Moorhouse ([link...
The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth, Now You See Me star Isla Fisher and rising talent Elizabeth Debicki are set to join Kate Winslet and Judy Davis in Jocelyn Moorhouse’s romantic drama The Dressmaker, which Embankment Films will be shopping in Cannes.
Principal photography is due to get underway in Victoria, Australia on October 13, 2014. Embankment co-reps Us rights with CAA.
Winslet will play an avenging angel who returns home to the remote country town from which she fled as a child after being accused of murder, to make amends with her eccentric mother.
Although ostracised, as an exponent of the most stunning 1950’s haute couture inspired by Madame Vionnet and Balenciaga, she liberates and empowers the town’s women with her quick wit and beautiful clothing. She unexpectedly finds love and ultimately exacts sweet revenge on those who wronged her.
Jocelyn Moorhouse ([link...
- 5/9/2014
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Goalpost Pictures, Matchbox Pictures. Penny Chapman, Jungleboys, Top of the Lake and Lore won key awards at the Screen Producers Australia awards on Wednesday night. Julie Zemiro hosted the free-wheeling ceremony at the Crown Palladium with an appealing mixture of humour, self-deprecating satire and due respect for the recipients. Goalpost was named Production Business of the Year, its principals Ben Grant and Rosemary Blight noting they have been in the industry for 23 years. Chapman received the Maura Fay Award for Services to the Industry in recognition for her work on programs such as The Slap, The Straits, Old School and Devil.s Playground. Jungleboys took the award for Breakthrough Business of the Year, co-founder Jason Burrows paying tribute to his partners Phil Lloyd and Trent O.Donnell. Burrows also expressed gratitude to Screen Australia, the ABC and Centrelink for .financing. the first nine months of Jungleboys. existence. See-Saw Films. Top of the Lake...
- 11/21/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Shooting Mako - Island of Secrets.
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When veteran cinematographer Don McAlpine gave his Raymond Longford Award acceptance speech at the 2012 Aacta luncheon he couldn.t have known that his remarks would spur producer Jonathan M. Shiff to make the leap into digital acquisition.
.I sat in the audience and saw this great master .Jedi. and when he talked about his excitement of shooting Mental on digital and all of the excitement of entering an industry at this point... I just thought if this guy is so excited about digital formats, then we should make the jump..
The then-temporary closure of the Village Roadshow Film Lab while shooting upcoming Ten series Reef Doctors (on 35mm film stock) also encouraged the producer to go digital on H20 spin-off series, Mako . Island of Secrets. After a range of camera tests, the Arri Alexa was selected.
.It produced really good on-screen results: it handled...
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When veteran cinematographer Don McAlpine gave his Raymond Longford Award acceptance speech at the 2012 Aacta luncheon he couldn.t have known that his remarks would spur producer Jonathan M. Shiff to make the leap into digital acquisition.
.I sat in the audience and saw this great master .Jedi. and when he talked about his excitement of shooting Mental on digital and all of the excitement of entering an industry at this point... I just thought if this guy is so excited about digital formats, then we should make the jump..
The then-temporary closure of the Village Roadshow Film Lab while shooting upcoming Ten series Reef Doctors (on 35mm film stock) also encouraged the producer to go digital on H20 spin-off series, Mako . Island of Secrets. After a range of camera tests, the Arri Alexa was selected.
.It produced really good on-screen results: it handled...
- 9/17/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Films directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, Michael Rowe and Ben Chessell received a total of $4.4 million in funding at Screen Australia.s board meeting on Wednesday.
The agency said the three features will generate almost $25 million in production investment. The casts include Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Melissa George and Canadian Roy Dupuis.
Winslet and Davis will star in writer/director Moorhouse and producer Sue Maslin.s comic drama The Dressmaker.. Adapted from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.. Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child. She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
The agency said the three features will generate almost $25 million in production investment. The casts include Kate Winslet, Judy Davis, Melissa George and Canadian Roy Dupuis.
Winslet and Davis will star in writer/director Moorhouse and producer Sue Maslin.s comic drama The Dressmaker.. Adapted from Rosalie Ham.s novel, it.s described as a Gothic tale of love, revenge and haute couture.. Winslet will play Tilly, a glamorous young woman who returns after many years in Europe to her small home town in rural Australia aiming to right some wrongs from the past as she was accused of murder when she was a child. She also falls unexpectedly in love, which leads to her greatest loss and her most destructive deed. Davis will play her eccentric mother.
- 8/7/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Pj Hogan, the Australian writer-director, must be drawn to his homeland's female misfits. In his breakthrough Muriel's Wedding, Toni Collette was a pudgy naïf who just didn't fit in; now in his semi-autobiographical (his mom's breakdown) Mental, Colette is Shaz, a wildass, highly energetic drifter packing an impressive knife, instructing her young girl charges "I'll be the judge of that" when they tell her they are mentally ill—better that than being unpopular. Her alternative view liberates the fresh-faced, adorably unruly but emotionally stranded girls and even, eventually, their mum (Rebecca Gibney). Don McAlpine's camera spins around the lush green hills of the imaginary seaside town of Dolphin Heads, segueing to Mental's most memorable scene: Gibney...
- 3/29/2013
- Village Voice
Cinematographer Don McAlpine says production on X-Men Origins: Wolverine became a .political minefield. between director Gavin Hood and 20th Century Fox.
Wolverine was plagued by rumours of problems, centred on disagreements between Hood and studio boss Tom Rothman, during its Sydney-based shoot in 2008. An unfinished print of the Hugh Jackman-vehicle was also leaked although the official Wolverine theatrical release went on to gross a respectable $US370 million worldwide.
McAlpine, who recently finished his second feature with Hood, sci-fi drama Ender.s Game, said he first formed a tight friendship with the South African director on the set of Wolverine.
.And I think basically one of my main functions on that film was to help Gavin through the political minefield that he.d found himself in the midst of,. he told AC Magazine (Issue #56 December 2012). .You know, a first-time director at any of the major studios is just considered .game...
Wolverine was plagued by rumours of problems, centred on disagreements between Hood and studio boss Tom Rothman, during its Sydney-based shoot in 2008. An unfinished print of the Hugh Jackman-vehicle was also leaked although the official Wolverine theatrical release went on to gross a respectable $US370 million worldwide.
McAlpine, who recently finished his second feature with Hood, sci-fi drama Ender.s Game, said he first formed a tight friendship with the South African director on the set of Wolverine.
.And I think basically one of my main functions on that film was to help Gavin through the political minefield that he.d found himself in the midst of,. he told AC Magazine (Issue #56 December 2012). .You know, a first-time director at any of the major studios is just considered .game...
- 2/12/2013
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
Acclaimed Australian producer Al Clark speaks to Mumbrella’s sister title Encore after receiving the Aacta Raymond Longford Award, acknowledging his 30-year service in the Australian film industry. His catalogue of films includes The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, Chopper and 1984.
What was it like watching the tributes at the awards? Was it quite emotional?
At certain moments, unexpectedly so. The great thing about emotions is that they can’t be legislated. They can only be felt, and they arose at improbable moments, but pleasurably so.
Don McAlpine, last year’s Raymond Longford recipient, is turning 80 next year and shows no signs of slowing down. Are you much the same?
I’m not going to take to my bed with my award. I have a film planned with a writer/director with whom I haven’t worked with before, and another with a director that I have worked with before – twice in fact.
What was it like watching the tributes at the awards? Was it quite emotional?
At certain moments, unexpectedly so. The great thing about emotions is that they can’t be legislated. They can only be felt, and they arose at improbable moments, but pleasurably so.
Don McAlpine, last year’s Raymond Longford recipient, is turning 80 next year and shows no signs of slowing down. Are you much the same?
I’m not going to take to my bed with my award. I have a film planned with a writer/director with whom I haven’t worked with before, and another with a director that I have worked with before – twice in fact.
- 2/5/2013
- by mumbrellahouse
- Encore Magazine
In this roundup from the Encore and Mumbrella Annual, we look back at the year in film.
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With George Miller’s Happy Feet Two opening on Boxing Day, Mumbles the penguin and his friends are still doing a roaring trade at the box office throughout January, taking $11.08m in total.
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Hollywood director James Cameron opens an Australian office of his company Cameron Pace Group in mid-January to be run by managing director Andrew Wight, producer of Sanctum. Wight sadly dies in a helicopter crash in early February with ocean cinematographer Mike deGruy.
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The Australian Film Institute launches the new-look Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards with Red Dog winning best film. Justin Kurzel picks up a gong for best direction for Snowtown. Legendary cinematographer Don McAlpine receives the Raymond Longford award for lifetime achievement.
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Director Alex Proyas’s Paradise Lost, due to shoot at Fox Studios, is scrapped due to a budgetary dispute.
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With George Miller’s Happy Feet Two opening on Boxing Day, Mumbles the penguin and his friends are still doing a roaring trade at the box office throughout January, taking $11.08m in total.
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Hollywood director James Cameron opens an Australian office of his company Cameron Pace Group in mid-January to be run by managing director Andrew Wight, producer of Sanctum. Wight sadly dies in a helicopter crash in early February with ocean cinematographer Mike deGruy.
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The Australian Film Institute launches the new-look Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards with Red Dog winning best film. Justin Kurzel picks up a gong for best direction for Snowtown. Legendary cinematographer Don McAlpine receives the Raymond Longford award for lifetime achievement.
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Director Alex Proyas’s Paradise Lost, due to shoot at Fox Studios, is scrapped due to a budgetary dispute.
- 12/24/2012
- by Luke
- Encore Magazine
Cockatoo Island Film Festival battles to recover reputation after disastrous opening as 7 Boxes wins
A Paraguayan feature film has won the inaugural Golden Feather Award at the Cockatoo Island Film Festival, marking the end of the festival’s troubled first year.
7 Boxes, directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori, was described by the festival’s jury as ‘rollicking and compelling’.
The awards cap off a festival which began in a PR disaster as around 200 festival-goers were turned away from the gates on opening night’s screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master.
The festival’s Facebook page was hit with complaints from visitors and participating film-makers about overselling tickets, bad signage and confusing programming. Over the rest of the weekend there were further complaints from festival goers over films being screened at the wrong time.
Nobody from the festival was available to comment to Mumbrella today. So far it has not issued a formal apology to visitors on its Facebook page, although...
7 Boxes, directed by Juan Carlos Maneglia and Tana Schembori, was described by the festival’s jury as ‘rollicking and compelling’.
The awards cap off a festival which began in a PR disaster as around 200 festival-goers were turned away from the gates on opening night’s screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master.
The festival’s Facebook page was hit with complaints from visitors and participating film-makers about overselling tickets, bad signage and confusing programming. Over the rest of the weekend there were further complaints from festival goers over films being screened at the wrong time.
Nobody from the festival was available to comment to Mumbrella today. So far it has not issued a formal apology to visitors on its Facebook page, although...
- 10/29/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Cinematographer Don McAlpine, documentary director Jennifer Peedom, producer Helen Bowden and actor/director Damian Walshe-Howling are among the members of the jury announced for the Cockatoo Island Film Festival.
The announcement:
A number of Australia’s award-winning movie heavyweights have been confirmed for the three juries of the Cockatoo Island International Film Festival starting next week.
The juries will be for the Dramatic Feature competition, Documentary section and for Short Films.
The Golden Feather Awards, in six categories, will be presented at a major red carpet event on the island on Saturday night, 27 October. The Festival opens with acclaimed Us film The Master, on Wednesday 24 October.
Veteran cinematographer, Don McAlpine (Predator, Wolverine, Moulin Rouge) will chair the feature jury, award winning documentary film-maker Jennifer Peedom (Miracle on Everest and Solo) the documentary section and actor/director/producer Jeremy Hartley Sims will head the Shorts jury.
Other members of the juries...
The announcement:
A number of Australia’s award-winning movie heavyweights have been confirmed for the three juries of the Cockatoo Island International Film Festival starting next week.
The juries will be for the Dramatic Feature competition, Documentary section and for Short Films.
The Golden Feather Awards, in six categories, will be presented at a major red carpet event on the island on Saturday night, 27 October. The Festival opens with acclaimed Us film The Master, on Wednesday 24 October.
Veteran cinematographer, Don McAlpine (Predator, Wolverine, Moulin Rouge) will chair the feature jury, award winning documentary film-maker Jennifer Peedom (Miracle on Everest and Solo) the documentary section and actor/director/producer Jeremy Hartley Sims will head the Shorts jury.
Other members of the juries...
- 10/16/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
A must-see for any cinephile this year is Christopher Kenneally‘s documentary on digital vs. film, Side by Side. Led by Keanu Reeves, in our review we called it extraordinary, in that its not only required viewing for those interested in film, but also wonderfully entertaining. The documentary sees Reeves interview top Hollywood pioneers including James Cameron, George Lucas, Danny Boyle, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan and as per usual in the genre, there was lots of left-over footage.
In a daily video series, Tribeca Films is releasing some extra clips from the films which featuring conversations that didn’t make the cut. There’s David Lynch discussing digital theatrical delivery, the Wachowskis on actors performances and editing, Martin Scorsese on celluloid, Wally Pfister on story, Steven Soderbergh on doing things different and much more. It’s great to hear the opinions of these tastemakers in Hollywood, including both sides of the coin.
In a daily video series, Tribeca Films is releasing some extra clips from the films which featuring conversations that didn’t make the cut. There’s David Lynch discussing digital theatrical delivery, the Wachowskis on actors performances and editing, Martin Scorsese on celluloid, Wally Pfister on story, Steven Soderbergh on doing things different and much more. It’s great to hear the opinions of these tastemakers in Hollywood, including both sides of the coin.
- 8/8/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
This article was originally published in If Magazine #132 (June 2010).
Bruce Beresford When I was going to do Driving Miss Daisy, I offered it to Don McAlpine, but he turned it down. And then I offered it to Russell Boyd but he was doing something else. And then I remembered Peter and I thought .Hang on, I like that bloke Peter James. and said .Do you want to come over here and shoot this low-budget film?. And he did. That was the first.
I did enjoy working with him but we never thought it was anything special. In fact, when we finished the film they were planning not to release it.
We had very similar ideas on lighting and he had tremendously good taste . his lighting was always exqusite. Also, the thing I liked about him (and for that matter Don McAlpine) was that he would vary his style to suit the subject matter,...
Bruce Beresford When I was going to do Driving Miss Daisy, I offered it to Don McAlpine, but he turned it down. And then I offered it to Russell Boyd but he was doing something else. And then I remembered Peter and I thought .Hang on, I like that bloke Peter James. and said .Do you want to come over here and shoot this low-budget film?. And he did. That was the first.
I did enjoy working with him but we never thought it was anything special. In fact, when we finished the film they were planning not to release it.
We had very similar ideas on lighting and he had tremendously good taste . his lighting was always exqusite. Also, the thing I liked about him (and for that matter Don McAlpine) was that he would vary his style to suit the subject matter,...
- 7/23/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) held an industry event last week to celebrate the launch of its book The Shadowcatchers.
The event, held at Balmain Town Hall, included a discussion featuring Oscar-winning filmmaker and cartoonist Bruce Petty, filmmaker and Shadowcatchers author Martha Ansara, and documentarian Curtis Levy.
Levy said many of Australia's top cinematographers, such as Dean Semler, Don McAlpine and Geoff Burton (who was also in the audience), started their careers in the news department of the ABC..
"I think that's got something to do with why so many of the top Australian cinematographers are so sought after in Hollywood because they're able to work in available light and work quickly and have a physicality that came from that ability to move the subject and not worry too much about having big crews and lights."
Australia has produced a number of Oscar-winning cinematographers including Semler, John Seale (who is...
The event, held at Balmain Town Hall, included a discussion featuring Oscar-winning filmmaker and cartoonist Bruce Petty, filmmaker and Shadowcatchers author Martha Ansara, and documentarian Curtis Levy.
Levy said many of Australia's top cinematographers, such as Dean Semler, Don McAlpine and Geoff Burton (who was also in the audience), started their careers in the news department of the ABC..
"I think that's got something to do with why so many of the top Australian cinematographers are so sought after in Hollywood because they're able to work in available light and work quickly and have a physicality that came from that ability to move the subject and not worry too much about having big crews and lights."
Australia has produced a number of Oscar-winning cinematographers including Semler, John Seale (who is...
- 7/1/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
On June 12th, 1987, audiences around the country got their first look at that (to borrow one of the more quotable bits from the movie) ugly motherfucker that is "Predator." It heralded a number of promising new stars – most notably Arnold Schwarzenegger finally getting a bona fide blockbuster after sleeper hits like "The Terminator" and "Conan The Barbarian" – and director John McTiernan would emerge as one of the freshest, most stylish voices in action filmmaking since John Ford. The movie, which was produced by action luminary Joel Silver, and featured a platoon of hardened bad-asses on a clandestine mission in the jungles of South America, who come across something way more threatening than drug runners or Soviets, is a classic of the action sci-fi genre, a runaway train of a movie that has held up remarkably well in the 25 (!) years since its release. The film would go on to spawn two...
- 6/12/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
More than 200 people last night saw director Bruce Beresford launch a much-anticipated history of cinematography in Australia, written and compiled by filmmaker Martha Ansara.
The Shadowcatchers; A History of Cinematography in Australia is nearly 300 pages in length and includes nearly 400 photographs of working cinematographers taken on films sets from 1901 to the present day. It includes carefully researched text, biographies of significant Australian cinematographers, and personal anecdotes.
Ansara, Ron Johanson, national president of the Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) and Calvin Gardiner, chair of the Acs book committee, all spoke at the event, held at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School. Committee members helped on every aspect of the book.s development, writing, picture selection and production.
Many stills photographers, cinematographers, directors, producers, archivists and others also contributed to the massive effort which was published by the Acs and designed by Armedia.
Video messages from Dean Semler and Don McAlpine were shown,...
The Shadowcatchers; A History of Cinematography in Australia is nearly 300 pages in length and includes nearly 400 photographs of working cinematographers taken on films sets from 1901 to the present day. It includes carefully researched text, biographies of significant Australian cinematographers, and personal anecdotes.
Ansara, Ron Johanson, national president of the Australian Cinematographers Society (Acs) and Calvin Gardiner, chair of the Acs book committee, all spoke at the event, held at the Australian Film, Television & Radio School. Committee members helped on every aspect of the book.s development, writing, picture selection and production.
Many stills photographers, cinematographers, directors, producers, archivists and others also contributed to the massive effort which was published by the Acs and designed by Armedia.
Video messages from Dean Semler and Don McAlpine were shown,...
- 6/1/2012
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
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 Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) has.unveiled the first round of its revamped awards at a Sydney luncheon. Presenters at the event, which was hosted by actor Sigrid Thornton, included actors such as Radha Mitchell, Rebecca Gibney and Susie Porter, as well as directors Bruce Beresford, Fred Schepisi and Adam Elliot. Australian cinematographer Donald McAlpine Acs Asc picked up the Aacta's highest accolade, the Raymond Longford Award, while.filmmaker Ivan Sen.received the Byron Kennedy Award, which recognises innovation and the pursuit of excellence. Sen, whose latest film Toomelah screened at last year's Cannes Film Festival,.was chosen for .his unique artistic vision and for showing, by his resourceful multidisciplinary...
- 1/15/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) has.unveiled the first round of its revamped awards at a Sydney luncheon. Presenters at the event, which was hosted by actor Sigrid Thornton, included actors such as Radha Mitchell, Rebecca Gibney and Susie Porter, as well as directors Bruce Beresford, Fred Schepisi and Adam Elliot. Australian cinematographer Donald McAlpine Acs Asc picked up the Aacta's highest accolade, the Raymond Longford Award, while.filmmaker Ivan Sen.received the Byron Kennedy Award, which recognises innovation and the pursuit of excellence. Sen, whose latest film Toomelah screened at last year's Cannes Film Festival,.was chosen for .his unique artistic vision and for showing, by his resourceful multidisciplinary...
- 1/15/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) has.unveiled the first round of its revamped awards at a Sydney luncheon. Presenters at the event, which was hosted by actor Sigrid Thornton, included actors such as Radha Mitchell, Rebecca Gibney and Susie Porter, as well as directors Bruce Beresford, Fred Schepisi and Adam Elliot. Australian cinematographer Donald McAlpine Acs Asc picked up the Aacta's highest accolade, the Raymond Longford Award, while.filmmaker Ivan Sen.received the Byron Kennedy Award, which recognises innovation and the pursuit of excellence. Sen, whose latest film Toomelah screened at last year's Cannes Film Festival,.was chosen for .his unique artistic vision and for showing, by his resourceful multidisciplinary...
- 1/15/2012
- by Brendan Swift
- IF.com.au
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