Danny's Daydream ( Danny Deckchair (Danny's Day dream) ) ( Larry Lawnchair )

Danny's Daydream (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Danny Deckchair (Danny's Day dream)
Alternate Title: Larry Lawnchair
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Jeff Balsmeyer

Written By:
Jeff Balsmeyer
Lizzie Bryant

Actors:
Rhys Ifans ..... Danny Morgan
Miranda Otto ..... Glenda Lake
Justine Clarke ..... Trudy Dunphy
Rhys Muldoon ..... Sandy Upman
John Batchelor ..... Pete
Alan Flower ..... Ray Vitali
Julie Sobotta ..... Kate
Brian Langsworth ..... Real Estate Agent
Steve Rassios ..... Real Estate Agent
Madeleine James ..... Real Estate Woman
Jane Ruggiero ..... Donna
Gina Bortolin ..... Helen Costas
Duncan Young ..... Phil Stubbs
Garrie Scott ..... Party Shop Assistant
Richard Johnson ..... Passerby

Synopsis:

Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soulmate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy--now a tabloid celebrity--comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth. Saying farewell to Trudy, Danny makes a dynamic re-entry to the town of Clarence--determined to win Glenda back again and embrace his newfound zest for life.

The blond, sleepy-eyed hero of this Australian comedy lives out a fantasy entertained by every child who has ever watched a helium balloon float into the sky and developed a lump in the throat as it disappeared. What would it be like to go along for the ride, drifting over the landscape to a destination determined by the whims of the wind? The movie joins that fantasy to a pleasantly sappy fable of new beginnings that suggests a Frank Capra film sweetened with an extra layer of sugar glaze. Danny Morgan, a cement truck driver in Sydney, inflates a cluster of giant balloons attached to a lawn chair and sails off into the wild blue yonder where he starts a new life and meets his true love.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 22 January, 2012.

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