- Somersault (film)
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name = Somersault
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director =Cate Shortland
producer =Anthony Anderson Jan Chapman
writer =Cate Shortland
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starring =Abbie Cornish ,Sam Worthington Erik Thomson Anne Louise Lambert Leah Purcell
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editing = Scott Gray
distributor =Magnolia Pictures (USA)
released = 17 May 2004
runtime = 106 min
country = AUS
language = English
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imdb_id = 0381429"Somersault" is an Australian independent movie, written and directed by
Cate Shortland and released in September 2004. The movie was selected for the2004 Cannes Film Festival . It also swept the field, winning every single feature film award - thirteen in total - at the 2004Australian Film Institute Awards .Exploring the themes of teenage sexuality and emotion, "Somersault" is about a fairly uninhibited and irresistible sixteen-year-old blonde girl called Heidi (played by
Abbie Cornish ) who runs away from home for a short time to the ski fields of Jindabyne inNew South Wales . There she meets Joe (played bySam Worthington ), the son of a local farmer, and tries to form a relationship with him, despite his difficulty in expressing his emotions. He also seems to be troubled by being somewhat sexually confused with regards to straight preference, while having better than average luck meeting girls.The soundtrack is written and performed by Australian band
Decoder Ring .Awards
In the 2004 AFI Awards held on 29 October at Regent Theatre,
Melbourne , "Somersault" made history by winning a record 13 awards, out of its 15 nominations. The film picked up the following awards: Best Feature Film - producer, Anthony Anderson; Best Direction - Cate Shortland; Best Original Screenplay - Cate Shortland; Best Actress in a Leading Role - Abbie Cornish; Best Actor in a Leading Role - Sam Worthington; Best Actress in a Supporting Role - Lynette Curran; Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Erik Thomson; Best Editing - Scott Gray; Best Cinematography - Robert Humphreys A.C.S.; Best Sound - Mark Blackwell, Peter Smith and Sam Petty; Best Original Music Score - Decoder Ring; Best Production Design - Melinda Doring; Best Costume Design - Emily Seresin."Somersault" was also a big winner at the 2004 Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) Annual Awards where it picked up five awards: Best Film; Best Director (Cate Shortland); Best Actress (Abbie Cornish); Best Cinematography (Robert Humphreys); Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Lynette Curran).
The film also dominated the publicly voted Lexus IF Awards, taking out six of its eight nominations. It won awards in the following categories: Best Director (Cate Shortland), Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Script, Best Feature Film and Best Actress for Abbie Cornish.
References
* Film Critics Circle of Australia (November, 2004). " [http://www.fcca.com.au/?page=awards FCCA Annual Awards for Australian Film] ". Press Release.
External links
*imdb title|id=0381429|title=Somersault
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