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48 shades - Richard Wilson, Emma Lung, Robin McLeavy, Daniel Lapaine

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Movie propaganda

Romeo and Juliet... beer... brown birds... postcards... and sex... It was the very best time of their lives. They just didn't know it yet.

A few months ago 16-year-old Dan (Richard Wilson) had to make a choice. Go to Geneva with his parents for a year, board at school or move into a house with his uni student bass-playing aunt, Jacq (Robin McLeavy), and her friend, Naomi (Emma Lung). He picked Jacq's place.

Now he's doing his last year at school and trying not to spin out. Trying to be cool. Trying to pick up a few skills for surviving in the adult world. Problem is, he falls for Naomi, and things become much, much more confusing.

As Dan fumbles through the process of forming a relationship with someone of the opposite sex, he also learns about making pesto, interpreting the fish tank scene from Romeo and Juliet, why almost all birds are one of the 48 shades of brown, and why his best course of action is just to be himself.

Based on the award-winning novel by Nick Earls.

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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

Film Australia drama Brisbane share housing family romance comedy flat high school teen adolescence

Persons of interest

Richard Wilson .... Dan
Emma Lung .... Naomi
Robin McLeavy .... Jacq
Nicholas Donaldson .... Chris Burns
Victoria Thaine .... Imogen
Eleanor Logan .... Lisa
Paul Bishop .... Mr Wilkes
Michael Booth .... Phil
Nick Earls .... Author: 48 shades of brown
Daniel Lapaine .... Screenwriter
Daniel Lapaine .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

48 shades official movie site
48 shades film production notes
48 shades QuickTime movie trailers
Awards and film festivals:

Australian Film Institute (AFI) Film Festival 2006: Screening
Brisbane International Film Festival 2006: World première
if Awards 2006: Nominated: Best Music (Adam Lang, Justin Hunter), Best Production Design (Michelle Sotheren)

See also Rushmore, Tadpole, The rage in Placid Lake
Studios and distributors:

Buena Vista International

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

48 shades is a bright and undaunted Australian coming-of-age movie for the new millennium. It captures perfectly the time when a boy starts discovering the man he will become. It's innocence, it's optimism, it's evaluation, it's choices, it's understanding, it's love, it's infatuation, it's hope, it's challenges, it's revelation, it's sunshine, it's summer, it's sex, it's contentment, it's growth, it's virginity, it's friendship, it's family, it's finding that the world is a bigger place than you realised, it's finding that life is a lot more complex than you realised, it's taking that first step on the road to discovery. It makes you want to be young all over again.