Breath (2017 film)
| Breath | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Simon Baker |
| Produced by |
Simon Baker Jamie Hilton Mark Johnson |
| Screenplay by |
Simon Baker Gerard Lee |
| Based on |
Breath (novel) by Tim Winton |
| Starring |
Elizabeth Debicki Simon Baker Richard Roxburgh |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
| Cinematography |
Marden Dean Rick Rifici |
| Edited by | Dany Cooper |
Release date | 2017 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Breath an upcoming film adaptation of Australian multi award winning author Tim Winton's novel Breath.
Plot
The film is set in the 1970s and two teenage boys form a connection with an older surfer.[1] The boys Pikelet and Loonie have grown up in a small town and through surfing met up with Sando who challenges to take greater and more dangerous risks.[2]
Cast
Includes:[3]
- Simon Baker - Sando
- Elizabeth Debicki - Eva
- Richard Roxburgh - Mr Pike
- Rachael Blake - Mrs Pike
- Samson Coulter - Pikelet
- Ben Spence - Loonie
Themes
Producer Mark Johnson said, "It's got universal themes - about being desperately afraid that you're ordinary, about being afraid as a young man that there's nothing exceptional about you - and I think that has great application in a universal way, but this is also a specifically Western Australian story".[1] Simon Baker view is that, "Tim's book viscerally captures the restless curiosity and yearning for identity that often defines our coming of age,"[4]
Production
The film is the directorial debut of Simon Baker. He will act in the film and produce it[3] with Mark Johnson and Australian Jamie Hilton. Johnson met Tim Winton in America where he was on a book tour and obtained an option on the book. Winton wrote the first screenplay with the final script by Gerard Lee, Peter Duncan and Winton [1][4] Finance was provided by, "the Australian art councils and ... from Screen Australia to ScreenWest",[1] Great Southern Development Commission and Autumn Productions.[5] The West Australian State Government contributed $2.3 million dollars in a bid to promote Western Australia as a premier filming location.[6]
Filming
The Western Australian coastal town of Denmark, part of the Great Southern region, is the location for filming.[6] For Tim Winton this was an ideal location, "The Great Southern region has had an enormous impact on my life and work so I'm very pleased this film is being shot on the beaches and streets and forests that inspired the book," [4]
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Breath producer on Simon Baker tears and Tim Winton's "extraordinary" novel 24 March 2016". IF. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ↑ "Wanna be a movie star? Tim Winton's Breath needs actors 1 October 2010". Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Simon Baker to produce and direct film adaptation of Tim Winton’s novel Breath 12 April 2016". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- 1 2 3 "Elizabeth Debicki, Richard Roxburgh join cast of Simon Baker's film Breath 12 April 2016". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
- ↑ "Breath". Palace Films. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- 1 2 "Simon Baker to film Tim Winton’s Breath in Denmark, WA 10 July 2017". Cinema Australia. Retrieved 8 February 2017.