Struck by Lightning

1990

Struck by Lightning is a 1990 Australian film directed by Jerzy Domaradzki. The film was nominated in 4 AFI Award categories, including Best Director and Best Film. It won the film award at the Human Rights Medal and Awards in 1990.[2]

Garry McDonald plays Ollie, a grumpy alcoholic workshop supervisor at a shelter called Saltmarsh. He hires Pat (Brian Vriends), a school teacher, to develop an experimental fitness program for the intellectually disabled young adults in the shelter. Pat teaches P.E and decides to try to get them involved in soccer, with some interesting results. Jill is Ollie's social worker, whom Ollie calls 'the bitch'.

In February 1989 Jerzy Domaradzki was working with writer Trevor Farrant on another script when Farrant gave him the screenplay for Struck by Lightning. The director loved it, Terry Charatsis applied for funding to the Film Finance Corporation and managed to get the film up.[3] It was shot in November 1989 in Adelaide.[1][4]

Critics' reception was generally positive to glowing ("charming and exhilarating black comedy, marvellously acted by the whole cast."[5]), but the Australian audience stayed away, perhaps deterred by its "improving" nature, and abetted by low-key promotion and hesitant distribution. It has been played on free-to-air TV a few times. There was a limited VHS, but to date no DVD, release.

Quelle: Wikipedia(englisch)
Kinostart:1990
weitere Titel:
Struck by Lightning ast
Independents amb dignitat
Lära för livet
Genre:Filmdrama
Herstellungsland:Australien
Originalsprache:Englisch
IMDB: 143
Regie:Jerzy Domaradzki
Musik:Paul Smyth
Darsteller:Garry McDonald
Brian Vriends
Catherine McClements
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1990
Australian Writers' Guild
Awgie Award
Feature Film - Original
Gewinner
1990
Australian Film Institute
AFI Award
Best Film
Nominiert
1990
Australian Film Institute
AFI Award
Best Director
Nominiert
1990
Australian Film Institute
AFI Award
Best Screenplay, Original or Adapted
Nominiert
1990
Australian Film Institute
AFI Award
Best Original Music Score
Nominiert
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