I just got a update on Broken Hill from it’s production company, Audience Alliance. Here’s what they’re saying :)

TO THE MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE ALLIANCE

NEWS UPDATE

Thank you for being part of this alliance to change the world of
motion pictures for good.

Two years ago we selected Broken Hill, with your help, as the first
production in our program for developing young filmmakers. This
project ranked well above all the others in online polling. Broken
Hill is now complete and ready for distribution to a worldwide audience.

Being an Australian production, the world premiere of Broken Hill will
be held in Melbourne, Australia, on the 24th of August 2009. It will
then commence its theatrical run in the USA on September 11, 2009 and
will be back in theaters in Australia in early 2010. The opening dates
for other markets are yet to be finalized but it will progressively
roll out during the remainder of 2009 and throughout 2010.

The trailer for the film can be viewed at the new Broken Hill website:
www.brokenhillthemovie.com

We launched Audience Alliance with a commitment to trust the audience
and serve the audience. The release of the feature film Broken Hill is
a kind of a down payment on that promise. It was selected by our
audience; it is consistent with the values and virtues statement on
our website; we believe it is the kind of inspiring film the majority
of moviegoers want to see. Now is the time to help us get the word out
to the widest possible audience. As part of our world promotion for
Broken Hill we will soon be holding a poster competition. The posters
will be available on the website where you can vote for your favorite
and invite others to do the same.

Broken Hill is now on Facebook, so become a fan at
www.facebook.com/brokenhill and also on Twitter. Follow us on
http://twitter.com/brokenhillmovie. Help spread the word! This is the
first in what we expect will be a long line of quality films made with
the audience in mind.

Kind Regards,

The Audience Alliance Team

Aussie star earns Mel Gibson comparisons
12th August 2009, 13:00 WST
Source: The West Australian

With his rugged Aussie good looks and charm, actor Luke Arnold has been compared to Heath Ledger and a young Mel Gibson.

His first feature film, Broken Hill, is a joint Australian/American production about a teenager who dreams of being a classical composer while he’s busy working on his dad’s sheep station in western NSW.

The film was a hit at the recent Giffoni Film Festival in Italy, Europe’s largest youth film festival, where it won three awards including best film in its age category.

The young jury and audiences likened Arnold to the two iconic Australian stars – comparisons the 25-year-old brushes off modestly.

“They’re both two big favourite actors of mine, and legends and people I look up to, so while comparisons are great and flattering really it’s about the work you do,” said Arnold, who trained at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

After a few guest appearances in TV shows like McLeod’s Daughters and The Strip, Arnold said he was doing the “struggling unpaid actor thing” in Melbourne when he got the Broken Hill audition.

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Hi everyone :) I just found a new still from Broken Hill in pretty good quality!

Gallery link
Broken Hill » Stills (1x HQ)

I was browsing the web, and came across this rather interesting website: Broken Hill The Movie. It has some information about the upcoming film, and also a whole page dedicated to Rhys! Hopefully Rhyswakefield.net will have some more news on Broken Hill, soon!

This is kind of old news, but I thought I’d post it anyway. Broken Hill was swon at the Giffoni Film Festival in Italy in late July, and won three awards in the generation 13+ section. They are as follows:

Best Film

The Special CGS Awards (Social-cultural Cineclubs for Young People)
Reasons: For the originality used by the director to address important topics related to young people, such as the communicative power of music and love and the depth of the relationship between parents and sons. The use of a creative and teenage-friendly film language also proved to be very fascinating

Arca Cinemagiovani Award
Reasons: For having told, through a boy’s dream, how creativity and music can overcome the limits of a narrow-minded society, whose sight is blurred by prejudice. For having shown that if you believe in yourself and in your potential and you cultivate your own passions, without giving up when faced to obstacles or letting be disheartened, you can make your dreams come true

Hi all – sorry for the lack of posts from myself lately, it’s been a tad hectic. Meanwhile, I will be keeping my eye out for release dates of Broken Hill on DVD. The theatrical release is not that far away, and DVD release dates should start appearing soon. As soon as I know, I will most defanatly let you guys know!