Year: 2009
Director: Dagen Merill
Writer: Dagen Merill
Genre: Family drama
Producer: Chris Wyatt
Filming: April to May 2008
Status: Complete
World premiere: 24th August 2009 (Melbourne, Australia)
Release: 11th September 2009 (USA), September 2010 (Australia)
Estimated budget: §2,500 000

Tommy, a gifted teenager composer, dreams of being accepted into the famous Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Unfortunately, a good band is hard to find in the middle of Outback Australia – until a strange incident involving flying watermelons leads him to a group of talented prison inmates.

Cast

Luke Arnold … Tommy McAlpine
Alexa Vega … Kat Rogers
Rhys Wakefield … Scott Price
Timothy Hutton … George McAlpine
Andy McPhee … Bear

Release dates

USA – 11th September 2009
Australia – September 2010

Trivia

• First it was named Broken Hill, then it was changed to Songlines, before they eventually changed it back to Broken Hill.
• In the film, Rhys’ character sit in a weelchair.

Quotes

Chris Wyatt (producer): «Again, Scott is a character that has a lot of depth, even thought he injects many of the lighter moments into the picture. Ultimately, he is let down by Tommy’s duplicity and the bond he thinks they have shard for so many years is really challenged. There was a palpable intensity in Rhys’ audition, and we look forward to seeing that in his portrayal of Scott.»

Alexa Vega (plays Kat): «I was also able to work with some really cool cast members. We have Rhys Wakefield to play Scott, who I was able to get really close to and we became really good friends. And he’s actually comming up to visit me in Los Angeles. That should be a really fun summer. We’re gonna introduce him to crazy LA. But.. Now, he plays Scott. And Scotts character is in a wheel chair so the entire movie. So you know, you’re gonna see him having to definately test different kinds of skills and use different, you know, emotions for kind of a teenager who struggles with trying to be normal and trying to fit in while he is in a wheel chair. And he plays Tommy’s bestfriend, and Tommy is played by Luke Arnold.»

Links

Official Website
IMDB

Trailer