My Brother Jack - DaaVeeDee

My Brother Jack (DVD) (*)

~~$20.99~~ $17.98

Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
182 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Ken Cameron

Written By:
John Alsop
George Johnston (novel)

Actors:
Matt Day ..... David Meredith
Simon Lyndon ..... Jack Meredith
Claudia Karvan ..... Cressida Morley
William McInnes ..... Mr. Meredith
Angie Milliken ..... Minnie Meredith
Ellouise Rothwell ..... Helen Midgeley
Robert Menzies ..... Gavin Turley
Raelee Hill ..... Sheila
Felix Williamson ..... Sam Burlington
Jack Thompson ..... Bernard Brewster
Lucy Taylor ..... Jessica
Ross Thompson ..... Old Joe Denton
Petru Gheorghiu ..... Paul Klein
Jonathan Oldham ..... Bert
Sullivan Stapleton ..... Young Joe

Synopsis:

The award winning Australian miniseries based on George Johnston's classic novel, My Brother Jack, is the story of two brothers, David and Jack Meredith, set between the two World Wars. David Meredith (Matt Day) lives on the Greek Island of Hydra isolated from his emotional and physical past. Through reminiscence we witness the experiences of a young boy growing up in post war inner suburban Melbourne, in a home torn by his father's violence and memories of war. Providing insight into social and political issues relevant to the time we follow David from boy to man as he follows his ambition to become a writer and resolve his own personal battles.

A boy looks up to his big brother, Jack, who is his hero and is someone that he is not - brave, noble and has the courage to stand up to their father. When their father returns from the battlefields of France to his family, he sends his younger son to an apprenticeship in a jam factory designing the labels. There, his boss sends him off to art school, but his real passion is writing. He began to send small stories into the newspaper. While the boy cannot draw, he discovers that he has a talent for writing. The depression sets in. The older son, Jack, who had escaped to the country returns with a girl suffering double pneumonia. Worst of all she is a Catholic and the father hates Catholics. The phrase Susso kids: the outbreak of World war II. Brother Jack rushes to enlist and his brother was unable/not allowed because he was a key reporter for the newspapers. They need him for propaganda.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

Customers who bought this product also purchased

Itaker - Italians Not Allowed (DVD)	Louis, the Child King (DVD)	Two Hands ( 1999 ) (Blu-Ray)
Miss Violence (DVD)	We of the Never Never (DVD)	Dangerous Parking (DVD)