Fracture (2004 film)
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Fracture is a 2004 New Zealand film written and directed by Larry Parr
and based on the novel by Maurice Gee
. The film is set in Wellington
and stars Kate Elliott
, Jared Turner and Australian John Noble
. The film was met with positive reviews and was the second highest grossing local film at the New Zealand
box office in 2004
behind In My Father's Den
.
Tagline: A single crack can shatter everything.
Larry Parr (director)
Larry Parr is a New Zealand producer, writer and director of films and TV, He has been a major part of the New Zealand film industry since the 1970s when his first film Sleeping Dogs with Roger Donaldson) was released. Since then he has worked on many movies, producing Came a Hot Friday, writing...
and based on the novel by Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee
Maurice Gee is a New Zealand novelist.-Awards and honors:Gee was awarded the 1978 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his novel Plumb...
. The film is set in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
and stars Kate Elliott
Kate Elliott (actress)
Kate Elliott is an actress.She was born in and currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She has acted in television series and films since she was about 14 as well as numerous advertisements on New Zealand television....
, Jared Turner and Australian John Noble
John Noble
John Noble is an Australian film and television actor, and theater director of more than 80 plays. He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia and is currently starring as scientist Walter Bishop in the J. J. Abrams television series Fringe.He made occasional appearances on the...
. The film was met with positive reviews and was the second highest grossing local film at the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
box office in 2004
2004 in New Zealand
-Regal and Vice Regal:*Head of State - Queen Elizabeth II*Governor-General - The Hon. Dame Silvia Cartwright PCNZM, DBE, QSO-Government:The 47th New Zealand Parliament continued...
behind In My Father's Den
In My Father's Den (film)
In My Father's Den is a 2004 New Zealand film written and directed by Brad McGann and starring Matthew Macfadyen and Emily Barclay. It is based on the novel of the same title by Maurice Gee...
.
Plot
A young solo mother (Elliott) loves her son and his needs are foremost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother (Turner), even as her fundamentalist mother cruelly rejects her. But when the brother is responsible for a woman's broken neck, during his burglary of her house, families are changed as crisis amplifies and at times the young mother seems to be the only adult.Tagline: A single crack can shatter everything.
Cast
Actor | Role |
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Kate Elliott Kate Elliott (actress) Kate Elliott is an actress.She was born in and currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand. She has acted in television series and films since she was about 14 as well as numerous advertisements on New Zealand television.... |
Leanne Rosser |
Jared Turner | Brent Rosser |
John Noble John Noble John Noble is an Australian film and television actor, and theater director of more than 80 plays. He was born in Port Pirie, South Australia, Australia and is currently starring as scientist Walter Bishop in the J. J. Abrams television series Fringe.He made occasional appearances on the... |
Howard Peet |
Tim Lee | Clyde Rosser |
Miranda Harcourt Miranda Harcourt Miranda Catherine Millais Harcourt, ONZM is a New Zealand actress and acting coach. She is best known for her role as "Gemma" in the 1980s TV drama series Gloss, and has appeared in such films as For Good in 2003 and Fracture in 2004. Her mother is actress Dame Kate Harcourt... |
Irene Rosser |
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki is a New Zealand actress. Her debut performance was in the critically acclaimed film Rain.The Seattle PI newspaper has described the film as "an exquisitely mixed and applied palette of color and hue to help her story. Rain is gorgeously evocative visually and draws us in... |
Olivia Peet |
Tammy Davis | Detective Peters |
Jed Brophy Jed Brophy Jed Brophy is a film actor from New Zealand. He has appeared in several of Peter Jackson's films, including Braindead, Heavenly Creatures, The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, King Kong, and will also appear as the dwarf Nori in The Hobbit films.-Filmography:-External links:... |
Tony Dorio |
Dane McMahon | Sione Ta'ala |