Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?
03-08-2008
1h 37m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Elissa Down
Writer:
Elissa Down
Production:
Black Balloon Productions, Icon Entertainment International
Revenue:
$5,000,000
Budget:
$5,000,000
Key Crew
Producer:
Tristram Miall
Continuity:
Melissa Hayward
Production Design:
Nicholas McCallum
Executive Producer:
Toni Collette
Locations and Languages
Country:
AU; US
Filming:
AU
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Rhys Wakefield
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Rhys Wakefield (born 20 November 1988) is an Australian actor. He is best known for portraying Lucas Holden in the long-running TV series Home and Away, portraying the main character Thomas in the 2008 film The Black Balloon, and for the 2011 film Sanctum.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Luke Ford (born 26 March 1981) is a Canadian-Australian actor. Ford was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada but raised in Sydney, Australia. He attended Parramatta Marist High School in Westmead, Sydney, and once worked at the Winston Hills Hotel, and a short stint at Universal Magazines in North Ryde. Ford studied acting at The Actor's Pulse in Sydney, becoming one of the school's earliest graduates. He later returned to teach the Meisner technique when he was between film roles.
Toni Collette Galafassi (November 1, 1972) is an Australian actress, producer, singer, and songwriter. Known for her work in television and independent films, she has received various accolades throughout her career, including a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, and two British Academy Film Awards.
After making her film debut in Spotswood (1992) and being nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, her breakthrough role came in the comedy-drama Muriel's Wedding (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe Award nomination and won her the AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Collette achieved greater international recognition for her role in the psychological thriller film The Sixth Sense (1999), and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She received BAFTA Award nominations for her performances in the romantic comedy About a Boy (2002) and the comedy-drama Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
Collette's films include diverse genres, such as the period comedy Emma (1996), the action thriller Shaft (2000), the period drama The Hours (2002), the romantic drama Japanese Story (2003), the comedies In Her Shoes (2005) and The Way, Way Back (2013), the horror films Krampus (2015) and Hereditary (2018), and the mystery film Knives Out (2019). Her Broadway performances include the lead role in The Wild Party (2000), which earned her a Tony Award nomination. In television, she starred in the Showtime comedy-drama series United States of Tara (2008–2011) and the Netflix drama miniseries Unbelievable (2019). For the former, she won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She has won five AACTA Awards, from eight nominations.
Collette married Dave Galafassi, drummer of the band Gelbison, in January 2003. The couple have two children together. As the lead singer of Toni Collette & the Finish, she wrote all 11 tracks of their sole album, Beautiful Awkward Pictures (2006). The band toured Australia, but have not performed nor released any new material after 2007. In 2017, Collette and Jen Turner co-founded the film production company Vocab Films.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Erik Thomson (born 27 April 1967 in Inverness, Scotland, UK) is an actor known for playing Hades in the television series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Dr. Mitch Stevens in All Saints and Dave Rafter in Packed to the Rafters. He won an Australian Film Institute Award for his performance in the Australian feature film Somersault.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Erik Thomson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gemma Louise Ward (born 3 November 1987) is an Australian model and actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gemma Ward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Sarah Woods was born on August 24, 1961 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is an actress, known for Accidents Happen (2009), Crownies (2011) and Blue Heelers (1994).
Firass Dirani (born 1984) is an Australian film and television actor known for his roles of Nick Russell, the Red Mystic Ranger on Power Rangers Mystic Force, Charlie in the 2009 Australian film The Combination, and as John Ibrahim on the 2010 series Underbelly: The Golden Mile. Since 2012, he has played Justin Baynie in the Australian TV series House Husbands.
Kate Box is an Australian stage, film and television actress, Box was born in Adelaide, South Australia. She is known for her roles as Nicole Vergas in Rake (2010) and as Lou Kelly in Wentworth (2013).
