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HAL
Australian, ruggedly handsome and charming, Hal Thorne continued his world explorations after his breakup with the young Rose. He became a world famous travel writer, whose books Rose always refuses to review--evidence to Nathan that Rose has never gotten over that relationship. Now 25 years later, Hal is coming to town on a book tour and looks up Rose, his "first true love." |
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Bryan Brown became not only an Australian star, but also an international name with the successes of "Breaker Morant" and the TV series "A Town Like Alice" in the early eighties. Over the past twenty years a stream of well known Australian hits and Hollywood productions followed: "The Thorn Birds," "Gorillas in the Mist," "FX," "Newsfront," "The Shiralee," "Cocktail," "Blood Oath," "Risk" and "Two Hands" in 1999, for which he won his second Australian Film Institute Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 1999 he starred with his wife Rachel Ward in the Golden Globe nominated telemovie "On The Beach," which won an Australian Film Institute Award. 2004 saw the release of the box office smash "Along Came Polly" in which he had a major supporting role.
In the nineties, Brown also began producing film and television through his company New Town Films. "Dead Heart," an Aboriginal-themed film, was seen as a very powerful contemporary drama while his twelve part series "Twisted Tales," featuring some of Australia's most highly profiled actors and promising new directors, has been seen in over 100 countries.
New Town Films produced three short films: "Blindman's Bluff," the 2000 AFI award winning "The Big House" and the fifty-minute drama "Martha's New Coat," which won Australian Film Critic's Circle Award for best short drama. "The Animated Leunig" together with 50x1 minute animations based on the cartoons of Michael Leunig, were completed in 2001. The feature "Dirty Deeds," which Brown starred in and produced was released throughout Australia in 2002 and was a major box office success.
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