- Echo of Thunder
Infobox_Film
name = The echo of thunder
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writer =Libby Hathorn (novel)
H. Haden Yelin (teleplay)
screenplay =
starring =Lauren Hewett
Jamey Sheridan
Judy Davis
Chelsea Yates
Emily Browning
Ben Hanson
James Hanson
director =Simon Wincer
producer =
music =
cinematography =
editing =
country =australia
distributor =
released =19 April 1998,USA
runtime = 98 min.
language = English
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0150435
budget ="The Echo of Thunder" is an
Australian familydrama movie, released for television in1998 . It is based on the novel "Thunderwith" by Australian children's authorLibby Hathorn .The movie is a story of a man Larry Ritchie, who lives with his second wife and three kids on an
Australian farm in the Wallingat Forest NSW. He learns about fatal illness of his first wife which leaves his eldest daughter, Lara,alone in the world. Larry decides to take the girl into his home, but his new family doesn't like the idea. The mother Gladwyn ispossessive of Larry and their three children,Pearl ,Opal andJasper . Lara seeks solace with a mysterious dog she names Thunderwith that appears from time to time on theproperty . The dog seems to the girl to be a link to her beloved mother and an important companion. The story concentrates on therelationship between mother Gladwyn and stepdaughter, as Lara is slowly accepted into the family.The movie was shot in
Mount Beauty, Victoria and directed bySimon Wincer .Hallmark Hall of fame produced the movie and the story undertook several changes for example the four Ritchie children became only three on the set.Judy Davis , who played the mother Gladwyn was nominated for anEmmy for her performance in the movie.tarring
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Jamey Sheridan as Larry Ritchie
*Judy Davis as Gladwyn Ritchie
*Lauren Hewett as Lara Ritchie
*Chelsea Yates as Pearl Ritchie
*Emily Browning as Opal Ritchie
*Ben and James Hanson as Jasper RitchieExternal links
*imdb title|id=0150435|title=The Echo of Thunder
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