Chicago – With a mixture of brooding unease and morbid fascination, the camera in Justin Kurzel’s fact-based thriller has a tendency to follow characters from behind as they enter a new realm of darkness. It’s the darkness residing outside the dingy walls of a hazardous home in South Australia that draws a damaged young man like a moth to a flame. He’s seeking a father figure, but what he finds is something unspeakable.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The young man, Jamie (Lucas Pittaway), is an enigma from the get-go. At age 16, he’s old enough to know that the nude photographs taken of him by his mother’s boyfriend are more than a little inappropriate. Yet he waits for his dangerously clueless mother, Elizabeth (Louise Harris), to discover the news, which prompts her to cross the street (in the first of many memorable tracking shots) and beat the pedophile senseless, just like Ray Liotta in “GoodFellas.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
The young man, Jamie (Lucas Pittaway), is an enigma from the get-go. At age 16, he’s old enough to know that the nude photographs taken of him by his mother’s boyfriend are more than a little inappropriate. Yet he waits for his dangerously clueless mother, Elizabeth (Louise Harris), to discover the news, which prompts her to cross the street (in the first of many memorable tracking shots) and beat the pedophile senseless, just like Ray Liotta in “GoodFellas.
- 3/2/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Snowtown has been awing audiences around the globe in its film festival travels, amassing awards along the way, including (twelve, to be precise). IFC has picked up the indie darling, and has announced a March 2 Us release date for the Australian-lensed shocker, changed the name to The Snowtown Murders, and has just released a powerful trailer to get the point across.
The Snowtown Murders is from director Justin Kurzel, and stars Lucas Pittaway, Bob Adraens, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard, and Anthony Groves. The story is an adaptation of the book by Andrew McGarry.
Synopsis (courtesy IFC):
“When 16 year-old Jamie is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins. As the relationship grows so does Jamie’s suspicions, until he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of his newfound father figure, John Bunting: Australia’s most notorious serial killer.”...
The Snowtown Murders is from director Justin Kurzel, and stars Lucas Pittaway, Bob Adraens, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard, and Anthony Groves. The story is an adaptation of the book by Andrew McGarry.
Synopsis (courtesy IFC):
“When 16 year-old Jamie is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins. As the relationship grows so does Jamie’s suspicions, until he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of his newfound father figure, John Bunting: Australia’s most notorious serial killer.”...
- 2/17/2012
- by Justin
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Catch the trailer for Snowtown, also known as The Snow Town Murders, starring Daniel Henshall and Lucas Pittaway. IFC Midnight distributes the thriller which opens March 2nd in limited areas, and includes Craig Coyne, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard and Anthony Groves. Justin Kurzel directs the winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival's Fipresci Prize (Special Mention) from the script by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw. Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris) is raising her three boys in Adelaide's poor northern suburbs. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies, she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead winds up welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass among a circle of friends who hold self-appointed neighborhood watch meetings at the kitchen table. Fueled by cigarettes and beer they cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists...
- 2/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Catch the trailer for Snowtown, also known as The Snow Town Murders, starring Daniel Henshall and Lucas Pittaway. IFC Midnight distributes the thriller which opens March 2nd in limited areas, and includes Craig Coyne, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard and Anthony Groves. Justin Kurzel directs the winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival's Fipresci Prize (Special Mention) from the script by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw. Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris) is raising her three boys in Adelaide's poor northern suburbs. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies, she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead winds up welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass among a circle of friends who hold self-appointed neighborhood watch meetings at the kitchen table. Fueled by cigarettes and beer they cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists...
- 2/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Catch the trailer for Snowtown, also known as The Snow Town Murders, starring Daniel Henshall and Lucas Pittaway. IFC Midnight distributes the thriller which opens March 2nd in limited areas, and includes Craig Coyne, Louise Harris, Frank Cwiertniak, Matthew Howard, Marcus Howard and Anthony Groves. Justin Kurzel directs the winner of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival's Fipresci Prize (Special Mention) from the script by Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw. Elizabeth Harvey (Louise Harris) is raising her three boys in Adelaide's poor northern suburbs. After her latest boyfriend displays pedophilic tendencies, she takes up with a new man, hoping for security but instead winds up welcoming an even more vicious predator into her home. John Bunting (Daniel Henshall) is the moral compass among a circle of friends who hold self-appointed neighborhood watch meetings at the kitchen table. Fueled by cigarettes and beer they cast judgments on those living around them. Bunting enlists...
- 2/16/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Revolver Entertainment have acquired the UK distribution rights to Australian crime-drama Snowtown.
Directed by Justin Kurzel (Blue Tongue), Snowtown stars Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Craig Coyne, Richard Green, Louise Harris, Anthony Groves, Brendan Rock, Bob Adriaens and Keiran Schwerdt.
When sixteen-year-old Jamie (Pittaway) is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins. As the relationship grows so do Jamie’s suspicions, until he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of, his newfound father-figure John Bunting (Henshall), Australia’s most notorious serial killer.
Snowtown premiered at the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival earlier this month to rave reviews, even earning a Special Mention from the jury president at the announcement of the Grand Prix winner for the Critics’ Week section.
Revolver Entertainment will release Snowtown later this year.
Source: Variety...
Directed by Justin Kurzel (Blue Tongue), Snowtown stars Daniel Henshall, Lucas Pittaway, Craig Coyne, Richard Green, Louise Harris, Anthony Groves, Brendan Rock, Bob Adriaens and Keiran Schwerdt.
When sixteen-year-old Jamie (Pittaway) is introduced to a charismatic man, a friendship begins. As the relationship grows so do Jamie’s suspicions, until he finds his world threatened by both his loyalty for, and fear of, his newfound father-figure John Bunting (Henshall), Australia’s most notorious serial killer.
Snowtown premiered at the 64th annual Cannes Film Festival earlier this month to rave reviews, even earning a Special Mention from the jury president at the announcement of the Grand Prix winner for the Critics’ Week section.
Revolver Entertainment will release Snowtown later this year.
Source: Variety...
- 5/27/2011
- by Jamie Neish
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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