THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE
'A feel-good movie with some enjoyably deranged turns.' Jim Slotek
'Polished and dark, but upbeat' Hollywood Reporter
Feature Film
2002
35mm colour
90 mins
english
Director
Tony McNamara
Screenplay
Tony McNamara
Adapted from his play of the same name
Producer
Marian Macgowan
Cast
Ben Lee
Rose Byrne
Miranda Richardson Garry McDonald
Placid Lake’s life has never been normal, from his early years when his mother sent him to school in a dress to challenge the other 5 year old children’s ‘preconceived notions of sexuality’ he should have guessed that fitting in was not going to be easy. Fortunately for Placid, Gemma, the crayon gobbling scientific genius in awe of no one but her father is also having a few ‘blending in’ issues. They develop a firm friendship through the years during which their own peculiar parents attempt to drag them up and hurl them into adulthood, and they both discover the binding passion between them is a desperate bid for the elusive … ‘Normal life’.
Festivals
Edinburgh 2003, Melbourne International Film Festival 2003, Brisbane International Film Festival 2003, American Film Institute, Los Angeles 2003
AWARDS
AWGIE Gold Award for best script THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE, Tony McNamara. Melbourne International Film Festival Audience Award for THE RAGE IN PLACID LAKE. Film Critics Circle of Australia nomination for Best Script, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Miranda Richardson, and Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Garry McDonald. Lexus IF Awards nomination for Best Script, Best Production Design and Best Sound. AFI Awards nomination for Best Film, Best Actress Best Supporting Actress, Best Adaptation AFI Award, Best Adapted Screenplay
Distributor
Palace Films 233 Whitehorse Rd Balwyn VIC 3103 Australia
Phone: +61 3 9817 6421 Email: palace@palace.net.au www.placefilms.com.au
Sales
Moviehouse Entertainment
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United Kingdom
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