Jack Brown Genius

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Jack Brown Genius
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Directed by	Tony Hiles
Produced by	Peter Jackson
Written by	Tony Hiles Peter Jackson Fran Walsh
Starring	Timothy Balme Nicola Murphy Marton Csokas Stuart Devenie Edward Campbell Lisa Chappell
Music by	Michelle Scullion
Cinematography	Allen Guilford
Editing by	Jamie Selkirk
Distributed by	Senator Film
Release dates	11 July 1996
Running time	85 min.
Country	New Zealand
Language	English

Jack Brown Genius is a New Zealand romantic fantasy film directed by Tony Hiles and written by Hiles, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. Actor Tim Balme, who had earlier starred in Jackson's movie Braindead, plays the title role.

Synopsis

The brain of inventor Jack Brown is possessed by the soul of a medieval monk who thinks he knows the secret of how to fly.

The film won three awards at the 1996 New Zealand Film and Television Awards:^[1]

It was also nominated for the best Film award at Fantasporto

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Films directed	Bad Taste (1987) Meet the Feebles (1989) Braindead (1992) Heavenly Creatures (1994) The Frighteners (1996) The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) King Kong (2005) The Lovely Bones (2009) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)

Other films	The Valley (1976) Forgotten Silver (1995) Crossing the Line (2008)

Produced only	Valley of the Stereos (1992) Jack Brown Genius (1997, also writer) District 9 (2009) The Adventures of Tintin (2011) West of Memphis (2012)

Companies	Weta Workshop Weta Digital Park Road Post

Related	Fran Walsh Phillipa Boyens The Lord of the Rings (film series) The Hobbit (film series)

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Films written	Meet the Feebles (1989) Braindead (1992) Heavenly Creatures (1994) Jack Brown Genius (1996) The Frighteners (1996)

Films written and produced	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) King Kong (2005) The Lovely Bones (2009) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2014)

Short films produced	Crossing the Line (2008)

Television series written	Worzel Gummidge Down Under (1989-1990) Shark in the Park (1990)

Songs written	"In Dreams" "Into the West"

Other films	Forgotten Silver (1995, script consultant and supervisor) The Price of Milk (2000, script supervisor)

Related	Peter Jackson Philippa Boyens

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