A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
May 1, 1997
Original Title:
Blackrock
Genres:
Drama | Thriller
Production Companies:
Australian Film Finance Corporation
Palm Beach Pictures
Production Countries:
Australia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.
Art Department Coordinator:
Sandra Oosterman
Art Direction:
Samuel Rickard
Associate Producer:
Catherine Knapman
Author:
Nick Enright
Casting:
Christine King
Clapper Loader:
Rebecca Steele
Co-Producer:
Nick Enright
Continuity:
Carmel Torcasio
Costume Design:
David McKay
Costume Supervisor:
Jackline Sassine
Dialogue Editor:
Brent Burge
Karin Whittington
Director:
Steven Vidler
Director of Photography:
Martin McGrath
Editor:
Frans Vandenburg
First Assistant "A" Camera:
Katrina Crook
First Assistant Director:
Charles Rotherham
First Assistant Editor:
Peter Skarratt
Focus Puller:
Frank Flick
Hair Supervisor:
Ziggy Golden
Hairstylist:
Bec Taylor
Makeup Artist:
Bec Taylor
Makeup Supervisor:
Ziggy Golden
Music Supervisor:
Gary Seeger
Roger Grierson
Original Music Composer:
Steve Kilbey
Producer:
David Elfick
Production Accountant:
Belle Eder
Production Coordinator:
Libby Sharpe
Production Design:
David McKay
Production Manager:
Catherine Knapman
Screenplay:
Nick Enright
Script Editor:
Steven Vidler
Second Assistant Director:
Karen Mahood
Second Unit Director:
David Elfick
Second Unit Director of Photography:
Calum McFarlane
Set Decoration:
Glen W. Johnson
Sound Designer:
Andrew Plain
Sound Effects Editor:
Jane Paterson
Brent Burge
Sound Recordist:
Guntis Sics
Still Photographer:
Elise Lockwood
Stunt Coordinator:
Douglas 'Rocky' McDonald
Title Designer:
Deborah McNamara
Underwater Camera:
George Greenough
Unit Manager:
Aubrey Tredget
Vehicles Coordinator:
Tim Parry
Visual Effects:
Simon Carr
Roger Cowland
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