In the frontier town of five rivers tj meets his match in former mad bastard turned local cop. Mad bastards 2010 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mad bastards 2011 the screen guide screen australia. Mad bastards was an official selection at the 2011 sundance film festival. Full of attitude and prone to aggressive outbursts, tj travels over 2000 kilometres to see bullet lucas. Their highestcharting single was the 1993 topten hit get the girl. Jun 10, 2011 watch the clip titled around the fire for the film mad bastards 2011. Mar 03, 2011 tj is a hardedged aboriginal man whos sick of scraping out an existence in the city. Tj is a hardedged aboriginal man whos sick of scraping out an existence in the city. Mad bastards 2011 a police officer wants to make things better for the men in his community as three generations of australians journey toward manhood. Pop will eat itself also known as pwei or the poppies are an english alternative rock band formed in stourbridge in 1986 with members from birmingham, coventry and the black country. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, atmospheric, captivating, disturbing and tense films and tv shows about with australian aboriginal, australian, police, aborigine, australian outback, society, murder, culture clash, racism and desert plots mostly in drama. The mad bastards team all had a great time at sundance where the film premiered.
While comparisons may be made with the brilliant new zealand film once were warriors, mad bastards is not as unrelenting or extreme in its depiction of explosive alcoholfuelled violence in indigenous communities, or as grim in outlook. About onequarter of the final film was completed in the second phase. Based on oral histories of the region, mad bastards is a harsh tale told in a soft voice by brendan fletcher, who uses a full soundtrack to calm our jangling emotions. If i spoke of the musical spine of the film earlier, mad bastards is also something like a filmpoem, rather than a classical narrative driven by action, conflict, and a herothough there is conflict in it, and some people act heroically. That description will cut its boxoffice potential in half, a sad fact. He travels to the tiny frontier town of five rivers in search of his son.
Cutting between three generations, mad bastards is a raw look at the journey to becoming a man and the personal transformation one must make. Mad bastards is an australian film about blackfellas in the kimberley. The title was changed because television advertisers would not play ads for the film with profanity in the title, as well as so that posters could be displayed in movie theaters. Based on beth roberts novel of the same name, it was directed by john honey and was the first feature film to be financed by the shortlived tasmanian film corporation. Mad bastards film actor sentenced to three years for. Jun 30, 2019 tj is a hardedged aboriginal man whos sick of scraping out an existence in the city. I recently completed my red cross senior first aid certificate. On the road across the stunning kimberley, tj encounters. When mad bastards was nominated for the grand jury prize at sundance 2011 it shot brendan into the international spotlight.
May 03, 2011 mad bastards has proven to be the turning point in the career of filmmaker brendan fletcher a longtime documentarian and short film director, who has received praise and won awards for his work on black chicks talking and kulli foot, the prolific fletcher finally makes his feature film debut with the indigenous drama mad bastards. Mad bastards in mad bastards, a fathers search for the son he has never known becomes a longdistance trek towards the real roots. Developed with local aboriginal communities and fueled by a local cast, mad bastards draws from the rich tradition of storytelling inherent in indigenous. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. Upon his arrival, tj is confronted by the equally tough local cop texas and so begins a story about hard men battling to do the right thing by their. Initially known as a grebo act, they changed style to incorporate sampledriven indie and industrial rock. Their parallel paths are the force behind documentary maker brendan fletchers first. The mb trio played several packed gigs, and we meet some great industry leaders from all over the globe.
Mad bastards abc brisbane australian broadcasting corporation. It is fletchers debut film and it premiered at the 2011 sundance film festival. Sep 09, 2011 a father and son whove never met embark on separate journeys across the landscape of northwestern australia. Its a very believable film and earned its place at sundance. He has just completed his second feature dreamland, a digital scifi film. Aacta awards best film winners and nominees 2010s show list info. The awards ceremony is on 16th november at luna park in sydney. His quest to find the son hes never known takes him on a journey across the remote and stunning kimberley landscape, where he questions his life of violence. Jan 26, 2011 mad bastards is a very clear, straight shooting film with great acting all round. Tj dean daleyjones hits the road while thinking about a song around the fire. Good in the face of a stranger and mad bastards trio collaboration 20082011. Mad bastards was one of the best film i have seen about relation between fatherson, a mesmerizing film set in a remote, ghost town in the outback where there is still hope to reform a man and other individuals full of demons, alcohol lack of ambition, loss of cultural value. On september 15, 2017, the film was renamed from bastards to father figures.
Mad bastards is an australian film in every sense of the word. Along the way, he meets various characters and learns to let go of his violence. Slow train alex lloyd and the pigram brothers youtube. Combined with the film craftsmanship so evidently on display and the honest performances, mad bastards is simply australias most impressive film since animal kingdom. Mad bastards featuring legendary broome musicians, the pigram brothers, with alex lloyd will have it world premiere at the sydney festival on january 18 the film has also been accepted into the sundance film festivals world cinema dramatic competition the same category which australias animal kingdom won in 2010. Mad bastards behind the cinematography if magazine. In fact, ultimately its outlook is positive, and appropriately so its narrative is built around a quest. But then few things about indigenous film mad bastards are orthodox. Get up, its time get up, make it snappy dance like a psycho, a sight like nothing on earth keep a wide berth from anyone you might know so no first night. Mad bastards was one of the best film i have seen about relation between. Slow train is featured on the music for mad bastards soundtrack and will be released this friday 15th april on. Le film mad bastards 2010 vostfr admin 20170427t23. Mad bastards is a film directed by brendan fletcher with dean daleyjones, greg tait, lucas yeeda, ngaire pigram, year. Mad bastards is a raw and inspirational film about men.
The film is understated in its redemptive message, much like samson and delilah was, and while it has a few clunky storytelling moments, its an engaging and touching film. The story follows tj, a tough and tortured soul who leaves the city to escape his life of urban chaos and journeys to the remote kimberley region to find the son he left behind many years ago. Mad bastards guarda ora nel cinema presto cinema lycos notizie trova movie commenti. Toronto film festival premiere, miff 2010, chicago international film festival. The list contains the best, new and most relevant australian aboriginal movies ordered by relevance. After being turned away from his mothers house, tj sets off across the country to the kimberly region of northwestern australia to make things right with his son. After being turned away from his mothers house, tj sets off across the country to the kimberly. In january 2017, weeks before the film s planned release, the film was removed from the schedule. A powerful story of transformation, mad bastards brings to life the maverick characters of remote western australia. If you like mad bastards you are looking for sincere, touching and atmospheric movies about with australian, australian aboriginal, crimes, family relations, parents and children, self discovery and starting over themes of drama genre shot in australia. Men who are at a cross roads in their lives and it reveals the power of the kimberley and the spirit of its people to reconnect and transform us.
A mad bastard was the name for the one who is dragging the net in the deep end where all the crocodiles are. Brendan fletcher is the writer and director of mad bastards, a new australian feature film that premiered at the sundance film festival and is set. Years ago, tj dean daleyjones abandoned his wife and son, and as time passes his conscience tells him its time he began facing up to his responsibilities as a father. David jowsey is a producer and casting director, known for sweet country 2017, goldstone 2016. Content is from the sites 20102012 archived pages, as well as other sources. Tj is a mad bastard, and his estranged yearold son bullet is on the fast track to becoming one, too. In mad bastards, a fathers search for the son he has never known becomes a long. Mad bastards, the critically acclaimed and awardwinning australian movie, tells the story of tj who sets out on a journey to the remote kimberley town of five rivers to find yearold bullet. May, 2011 actors lucas yeeda and dean daleyjones in a scene from 2010 film mad bastards picture.
Screen australia, screen nsw, screen west inc, bush turkey films. A solid independent film, mad bastards was an entry into the 2011 sundance festival, and is a great character study. The former star of the affair and fringe talks from home about his new series little fires everywhere, and his powerful costars reese witherspoon and kerry washington. Three generations of men struggle to deal with the violent impulses that have scarred their lives in this drama from. Manganinnie is an afi awardwinning 1980 film which follows the journey of manganinnie, a tasmanian aboriginal woman who searches for her tribe with the company of a young, lost white girl named joanna. Mad bastards is a 2011 australian drama film written and directed by brendan fletcher. Interview with mad bastards director brendan fletcher. The limited edition of the compilation features a second cd of bsides and rarities. David has also produced the features mad bastards by brendan fletcher which. Writer, broadcaster, film critic, public speaker and. Mad bastards film actor sentenced to three years for manslaughter. On the road across the stunning kimberley, tj encounters a host of amazing characters in the search for the. Mad bastards world cinema dramatic competition from the sundance film festival 2011 trailer genre.
Developed with local aboriginal communities and fueled by a local cast, mad bastards draws from the rich tradition of storytelling inherent in indigenous life. Mad bastards is in the running to win the independent spirit if award october 2011. Alex lloyd also released his greatest hits compilation, titled amazing. Tjs quest to find the son hes never known, takes him on a journey across the remote and stunning kimberley landscape. Mad bastards 2011 cast and crew a police officer wants to make things better for the men in his community as three generations of australians journey toward manhood. Dec 21, 2018 mad bastards is brendan fletchers debut feature film and took 9 years to make. Those who survive at its outer limits are harsh, compelling characters. Winners and nominees of the australian academy of cinema and television arts award for best film. Mad bastards is a raw look at the journey to becoming a man and the personal transformation one must make. May 18, 2011 mad bastards is very well crafted, powerful and accessible australian film telling a story of struggle, emotion, domestic violence, family connections and the journey from boyhood to manhood. The film tells the story of a violent estranged father, tj, who goes on a journey to reunite with his son bullet. The film is an innovative truetolife story made in collaboration with the aboriginal people of northwest australia.
They are brave to the point of being mad, says musician stephen pigram. Pop will eat itself dance of the mad bastards lyrics. I have a little man inside of me with an axe, tj dean daleyjones says in the middle of mad bastards, brendan fletchers. It is fletchers debut film and it premiered at the 2011 sundance film. With dean daleyjones, lucas yeeda, greg tait, ngaire pigram. I have a little man inside of me with an axe, tj dean daleyjones says in the middle of mad bastards, brendan fletchers idiosyncratic meditation on male violence and. Brendan fletchers mad bastards, which had its world premiere before heading to sundance film festivals competition next week, is a toughminded and compassionate drama that not only feels. In the frontier town of five rivers tj meets his match in former mad bastard turned local cop texas. The best of alex lloyd, which covers all the singles from the four previous alex lloyd albums. A happy fact is that what we might call blackfella cinema is producing some of our best movies, even if the public is slow to react.
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