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form y separately published work icon Last Ride single work   film/TV   thriller   crime  
Adaptation of The Last Ride Denise Young , 2004 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Last Ride
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Film Details - Talk Films ; Last Ride , 2009

Producers:

Ricci Swart (executive producer).
Antonia Barnard and Nicholas Cole (producers).
Mason Curtis, Jane Liscombe, and Anthony Maras (associate producers).

Production Companies:

Talk Films and Last Ride.

Finance Organisations:

Australian Film Finance Corporation, Film Victoria, and South Australian Feature Film Company.

Director of Photography:

Greig Fraser.

Editors:

Jack Hutchings.

Production Designers:

Josephine [Jo] Ford.

Music:

Paul Charlier.

Cast:

Hugo Weaving (Kev), Tom Russell (Chook), Anita Hegh (Maryanne), John Brumpton (Max), Kelton Pell (Lyall), Sonya Suares (Zareena Khan), Loren Horsley (Girl in Pub), Adam Morgan (Man in Roadhouse), Chrissie Page (Storekeeper), Michael Allen (Local #1 in Pub), Chris Weir (Local #2 in Pub), Beau Hurren (Local #3 in Pub), Mick Coulthard (Uncle Mick), Lucy Russell (Girl in the Chicken Shop), Jane Liscombe (News Reporter), Mark Taylor (Police Sergeant), Kate Portus (Mother on Bus), Rachel Francis (Girl Feeding Chooks), Lucas Mackay Smith (Boy on the Bus), James Cavanaugh (Old Man in the Store), Reg (Mr Right), and Levine Ngatokorua (Fleur).

Release Dates:

2 July 2009 (Australia).

Location:

  • Filmed in the Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

Awards:

  • Black Pearl Award, Middle East International Film Festival Awards, 2009.
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