Broken Hill (film)
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 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Dagen Merrill |
| Produced by |
Chris Wyatt Julie Ryan |
| Written by | Dagen Merrill |
| Starring |
Alexa Vega Timothy Hutton |
| Release dates |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Broken Hill is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Dagen Merrill, and stars Luke Arnold, Alexa Vega, and, in a supporting role, Timothy Hutton.
Synopsis
Tommy (Arnold), a gifted teenage composer, dreams of being accepted into the famous Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Unfortunately, a good band is hard to find in the middle of the Australian Outback - until an incident involving flying watermelons leads him to a group of talented prison inmates. He meets Kat (Vega), his love interest, as part of the story.
Cast
- Luke Arnold as Tommy McAlpine
- Alexa Vega as Kat Rogers
- Timothy Hutton as George McAlpine
- Rhys Wakefield as Scott Price
- Andy McPhee as Bear
- 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).[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
Awards
Broken Hill took 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.[5] The Giffoni Film Festival website describes Broken Hill as "halfway between Sister Act and the Italian movie La musica nel Cuore.[6]
The 2010 International Family Film Festival awarded Broken Hill the “Director’s Gold Spirit Award”, the top jury prize awarded by the Festival.[7]
Home Media
The DVD was released in the US on May 17th, 2011.[8]
References
- ↑ Broken Hill - Release Dates
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Hill-Alexa-Vega/dp/B004ODLUIK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1375755521&sr=8-1&keywords=Broken+Hill+dvd
External links
- Broken Hill at the Internet Movie Database
- Broken Hill at Rotten Tomatoes
- Broken Hill - The trailer