Prime Mover Opens Big Screen Australian Film Festival In Darwin

26 August 2009


Prime Mover opens Big Screen Australian Film Festival in Darwin
11 13 September 2009

Award-winning writer/director David Caesar and lead actor Michael Dorman will be our special guests
when the Big Screen Australian Film Festival comes to Darwin for the eighth year in September.

David and Michael will introduce the NT premiere of Prime Mover at the opening night screening on
Friday 11 September at 6.30pm, at Deckchair Cinema in Darwin. Prime Mover is a diesel-charged
romance about ambition, pressure, responsibility and the love shared by a man, a woman and his truck.

David has had a diverse career as a director and writer for both film and television. His television credits
include Dangerous, All Saints, Wildside and the award-winning mini-series R.A.N. Four of David's films
have been nominated for AFI awards including Dirty Deeds, Mullet, Idiot Box and Greenkeeping.

Michael first came to prominence on the small screen with his role in the hugely successful Australian
drama series The Secret Life of Us. His film credits have included 50 Ways of Saying Fabulous, Suburban
Mayhem, West and Acolytes. He is a star on the rise and will be seen in the upcoming thriller
Daybreakers opposite Ethan Hawke and Sam Neill and Triangle co-starring Melissa George.

Other festival screenings include:
Wake in Fright, the film had been lost for decades until a chance discovery of the film in America
led to its restoration by the National Film and Sound Archive. Saturday 12 September, 7.30pm at
Deckchair Cinema.
NT premiere screening of Disgrace, starring John Malkovich. Saturday 12 September, 9.30pm at
Deckchair Cinema.
Don't miss the family screening of Storm Boy. Sunday 13 September, 10.00am at BCC Cinemas
Darwin.
Last Ride starring Hugo Weaving in a tough and powerful performance. Sunday 13 September,
7.30pm at Deckchair Cinema.

Big Screen is a traveling film festival presented by the National Film and Sound Archive that brings new
and archival Australian films to audiences across regional and rural Australia. The Big Screen Film Festival
is just one way the NFSA ensures our rich cinematic history is made available to inspire the next
generation of Australian filmmakers and artists.

Don't miss your chance to experience the delights available from the national collection of moving image.

For more details grab a copy of the Big Screen Festival program in town or visit the Big Screen website
www.nfsa.gov.au.

For interviews with director David Caesar and actor Michael Dorman or for more information please
contact Sarah Finney on 02 6248 2173 or email: [email protected] or Helen Copley on 02 6248
2025 or email: [email protected]

See the full Program on the following page.




The Program


Prime Mover is a diesel charged love story about ambition,
pressure, responsibility and the love shared by a man, a woman and
his truck.
Screening Friday 11 September, 6.30pm for 7.30pm at Deckchair
Cinema - Darwin.
Tickets: $20 includes refreshments.




The story of John Grant, a young school teacher, stranded in the outback. Wake in Fright is a
brutal and confronting portrayal of Aussie mateship and the bush. Starring Donald Pleasence,
Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty and a very young Jack Thompson.
Screening Saturday 12 September, 7.30pm at Deckchair Cinema - Darwin.
Tickets: $13*


Based on the Booker Prize winning novel by Nobel Prize winning
author J.M. Coetzee and starring John Malkovich, Disgrace is a
chilling story of a man's life falling apart in post-apartheid South
Africa.
Screening Saturday 12 September, 9.30pm at Deckchair Cinema
Darwin.
Tickets: $13*


Bring all the family to see the classic Storm Boy, about a young boy who rescues a pelican from
hunters.
Screening Sunday 13 September, 10.00am at BCC Cinemas Darwin.
Tickets: $6 children under 12, ADULTS FREE!


Starring Hugo Weaving, Last Ride is a story about a young boy, his
dysfunctional father, the journey they take while on the run from
the law and the price survival demands of love. Award winning
short film Cracker Bag will also screen.
Screening Sunday 13 September, 7.30pm at Deckchair Cinema
Darwin.

Tickets: $13


Big Screen Festival Pass: $40 (all four films at Deckchair Cinema only)
*Tickets for both Wake in Fright and Disgrace = $20