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Writers:
Raymond Carver (short story "So Much Water So Close to Home")
Beatrix Christian (written by)
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Release Date:
20 July 2006 (Australia) more
Tagline:
Under the surface of every life lies a mystery more
Plot:
Stewart Kane, an Irishman living in the Australian town of Jindabyne, is on a fishing trip in isolated... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
11 wins & 19 nominations more
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(11 articles)
Australia Day
 (From FilmExperience. 25 January 2010, 5:15 PM, PST)

Film Festival Goes Walkabout
 (From FilmInk.com.au. 16 June 2009, 12:26 AM, PDT)

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"Too lazy to walk up to the road?" more (102 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Chris Haywood ... Gregory
Tatea Reilly ... Susan

Laura Linney ... Claire
Sean Rees-Wemyss ... Tom

Gabriel Byrne ... Stewart Kane
Deborra-Lee Furness ... Jude
John Howard ... Carl
Eva Lazzaro ... Caylin-Calandria
Maya Daniels ... Caylin-Calandria's Mother
Bob Baines ... Doctor #1
Max Cullen ... Terry
Stelios Yiakmis ... Rocco

Simon Stone ... Billy 'The Kid'
Victoria Allen ... Girl at Garage
Leah Purcell ... Carmel
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Fonos ex' ameleias (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Jindabyne - Irgendwo in Australien (Germany) [de]
Jindabyne, Australie (France) [fr]
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MPAA:
Rated R for disturbing images, language and some nudity.
Runtime:
USA:123 min | France:123 min (Cannes Film Festival) | Norway:118 min (DVD censored version)
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The screenplay is based on the short story "So much water so close to home" by American writer Raymond Carver. The song "Everything's Turning to White" by Australian singer-songwriter Paul Kelly was also inspired by Carver's story. more
Goofs:
Errors in geography: The telephone number on the door of Gregory's, the electrician, Land Rover starts with '70'. This cannot be a Jindabyne telephone number as they start with '64' in that part of N.S.W., Australia. (Note that the code ‘70’ is a special prefix for movie use. It is issued by the Australian Media and Communications Aurtority). more
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13 out of 18 people found the following review useful.
"Too lazy to walk up to the road?", 28 April 2007
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Author: screenwriter-14 from United States

A fishing trip gone bad is one way of looking at JINDABYNE, but then you would miss the whole mystery of this film and how it examines the lives of others in a small Australian town, which on the surface may seem perfect. But in JINDABYNE you soon learn that beneath the ripples of the lake lie other factors which swirl to the surface and create a fascinating film and story. The wind whipping through the trees and the power lines that dot the hills make for a perfect background for this film.

Laura Linney, once and again, and Gabriel Byrne are two superb actors that make JINDABYNE come alive with strong performances, as well as from a seasoned cast. JINDABYNE offers us a film of human tragedy, as seen from both sides of the racial coin, and is a very timely film with all the evils that go on within today's global stage. In Ms. Linney, her face always mirrors a million emotions, and Mr. Byrne is the perfect foil for a marriage with issues. The final scenes are powerful and leave you with a question of, "what now might Jindabyne be in the near future?" However, with that said, I felt the film could have been edited a bit more tightly, and not taken so long with the development of characters and the build up to the final conclusion. But in watching the face of Laura Linney and her inner expressions, along with the writing, one can forgive the length of the film.

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