{"id":1201,"date":"2010-09-20T10:15:45","date_gmt":"2010-09-20T18:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/MovieM\/?p=1201"},"modified":"2021-07-16T20:22:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-17T03:22:32","slug":"yay-its-a-bran-nue-dae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/mm\/?p=1201","title":{"rendered":"Yay! It’s A “Bran Nue Dae”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greetings Movie Fans!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Australian writer\/director Rachel Perkins<\/a> (Radiance<\/a>, One Night the Moon<\/a>), Robyn Kershaw Productions<\/a> and Roadshow Films<\/a> have brought us Bran Nue Dae<\/a>, a film adaptation of the stage musical by Jimmy Chi<\/a>.\u00a0 Set in Broome and Perth, Australia in 1969, Bran Nue Dae is the story of an aboriginal boy named Willie, and his journey home after running away from a Catholic boarding school.\u00a0 This lighthearted, joyful film\u00a0took Best Feature and Peoples Choice awards at\u00a0the Melbourne and Toronto International Film Festivals, respectively, and is currently in limited release in the U.S.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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What follows are my own thoughts about the movie. I have made an effort to keep from revealing any major spoilers, but if it is really important to you to see a film without any hint of what is to come, please stop here, go see the movie, then come right back and check your opinions against mine. I welcome and appreciate all of your comments, whether you agree with me or not.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Broome, Australia\u00a0native Rocky McKenzie<\/a> makes his acting debut as high school-aged Willie, a really nice boy who loves his life in Broome but is packed off to boarding school to study for the priesthood. <\/span><\/span>Willie has a huge crush on Rosie, played by former Australian Idol<\/a> contestant Jessica Mauboy<\/a>, also making her acting debut in this film.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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When Willie runs away from school, he meets “Uncle” Tadpole (Ernie Dingo<\/a>) who promises to take him home to Broome.\u00a0 They hitch a ride–sort of–with a couple of hippies but the school’s Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush<\/a>) is in hot pursuit, determined to drag\u00a0Willie back to Perth.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Also turning out\u00a0highly entertaining\u00a0performances were Tom Budge<\/a>\u00a0(Slippery), \u00a0Missy Higgins<\/a>\u00a0(Slippery’s girlfriend Annie),\u00a0Deborah Mailman<\/a>\u00a0(Roxanne), Magda Szubanski<\/a>\u00a0(Roadhouse Betty), Ningali Lawford-Wolf<\/a> (Willie’s mom, Theresa), and\u00a0Dan Sultan<\/a> (Willie’s rival for Rosie’s affections).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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There was only one scene in this movie that I found a little disappointing, and that was the musical number at the boarding school.\u00a0 It is pretty obvious that most (if not all) of the boys are not really dancing, and shooting a song-and-dance number from the waist up does little to hide the lack of actual dancing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That one criticism aside, I really enjoyed this movie.\u00a0 I also enjoyed the opportunity to see this part of the Australian landscape.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

My recommendation:<\/strong> See it<\/span>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Greetings Movie Fans! Australian writer\/director Rachel Perkins (Radiance, One Night the Moon), Robyn Kershaw Productions and Roadshow Films have brought us Bran Nue Dae, a film adaptation of the stage musical by Jimmy Chi.\u00a0 Set in Broome and Perth, Australia in 1969, Bran Nue Dae is the story of an aboriginal boy named Willie, and…<\/p>\n

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