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Blackrock: The Screenplay
Blackrock: The Screenplay
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Last Copy!
Author: Nick Enright Introduction by: Steve Vidler Publisher: Currency Press Format: Softcover # of Pages: 103 Pub. Date: 197 ISBN-10: 0868195316 ISBN-13: 9780868195315
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About the Book:
HARD TO FIND BOOK, only a very limited number of
copies are still available.
Blackrock is adapted by
Nick Enright (a
popular Australian playwright who shared an Oscar nomination for
co-writing the screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil) from
his successful stage
plays, A Property of the Clan and Blackrock. This
book contains the full
script with stills from the film and
introductions by Nick Enright
and Australian actor-turned-director, Steve Vidler.
Blackrock is a suburb of an Australian industrial coastal city
where surfing is a way of life, especially for seventeen year old
Jared, who lives with his mother Diane. He is in his second last year
at high school, has his first serious girlfriend, Rachel, and his
best mate Ricko, a local legend, has arrived back in town after a
year 'up north'.
Jared throws a welcome home party for Ricko at the local surf club
– the event of the year that gets out of control. The next morning,
a fifteen year old local girl, Tracy, is found dead on the rocky
beach and the entire community is shocked to learn she was raped and
murdered. The national media descends on the town like vultures and
Diane, fighting her own fears, battles with Jared's stubborn silence
as he refuses to talk about the fateful night. As the police close
in, Jared learns of the darker truth behind what happened to Tracy.
When you're seventeen, scared and alone, how do you choose between
loyalty and truth? Blackrock is an intimate and strongly
shaped human drama which examines the social forces behind the
impulse to violence in individual lives.
What people say:
"Steve
Vidler's gutsy debut feature surfaces as a powerhouse of a movie ...
A majestic achievement: honest, emotional and joltingly relevant."
— Sundance Film Festival About the Author:
Nick Enright (1950-2003) was
one of Australia's most significant and prolific playwrights, and was
a major influence on Australian theatre for over twenty-five years,
as a writer, teacher and as an artist. He wrote and adapted over
fifty works for theatre, film, television and radio. Among his
best-known works was Blackrock, a work that keeps its currency
because it's been performed in many high schools. He also wrote
for film and television, including co-writing with George Miller the
screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil
which was nominated for an Oscar and a WGA award.
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