The Final Winter
Encyclopedia
The Final Winter is an Australia
n drama film
released in 2007. It was directed by Brian Andrews and Jane Forrest and produced by Anthony Coffee, and Michelle Russell, while independently produced it is being distributed by Paramount Pictures
. It was written by Matthew Nable
who also starred as the lead role 'Grub' Henderson. The film, which earned praise from critics, focuses around Grub who is the captain of the Newtown Jets
football
team in the early 1980s and his determination to stand for what rugby league traditionally stood for while dealing with his own identity crisis.
The film also features cameo appearances from Tom Raudonikis, Roy Masters, Thomas Keneally
, Jack Elsegood
, Max Krilich
, Phil Sigsworth
, Noel "Ned" Kelly
and Australian Wrestling Federation ring announcer
'The Duke of Wrestling' Kieran Burns
.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n drama film
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
released in 2007. It was directed by Brian Andrews and Jane Forrest and produced by Anthony Coffee, and Michelle Russell, while independently produced it is being distributed by Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...
. It was written by Matthew Nable
Matthew Nable
Matthew Nable is an Australian television and film writer, actor, author and former professional rugby league footballer. After playing in the Winfield Cup Premiership for the Manly-Warringah and South Sydney clubs during the 1990s, he wrote and starred in the rugby league-centred drama The Final...
who also starred as the lead role 'Grub' Henderson. The film, which earned praise from critics, focuses around Grub who is the captain of the Newtown Jets
Newtown Jets
The Newtown Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Newtown, a suburb of Sydney's inner west. They currently compete in the NSWRL Premier League competition, having left the top grade after the 1983 NSWRFL season...
football
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
team in the early 1980s and his determination to stand for what rugby league traditionally stood for while dealing with his own identity crisis.
Plot
The movie explores the way in which business tore up the loyalty that was between Grub's club and family. Essentially this is a metaphor for the way in which business began to imprint the game of Rugby League during the 1980s, and saw the rise of commercialism in the game. Consequently Grub must battle with an administration that wanted him gone and additionally his brother and coach's betrayal. The film also deals with the domestic issues between Grub and his wife and his children, as their husband and father has been transformed from who he was to he has become.Cast
- Matt Nable - Mick "Grub" Henderson
- Bob BainesBob Baines (actor)Bob Baines born 1952 is an Australian actor. Recently he has joined Australian soap opera Home and Away, as Summer Bay High Principal, Martin Bartlett. He has a three year contract with the show...
- Neddy - Conrad ColebyConrad ColebyConrad Julius Coleby is an Australian actor.-Biography:Coleby is the son of actor Robert Coleby and brother of actress Anja Coleby. He attended Somerset College on the Gold Coast, graduating in 1996. In the same year, he played the role of Colonel Juan Perón in the school's production of Evita...
- Billy - Nathaniel DeanNathaniel DeanNathaniel Dean is an Australian actor and NIDA graduate, with a range of television credits that include: Home and Away , Always Greener , Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars , All Saints , Rain Shadow , Underbelly and Rush .He plays NickScandlon in WildboysDean is also an Australian movie actor, with...
- Trent - Damian De MontemasDamian De MontemasDamian De Montemas is an Australian actor who plays Brian Alexander on Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities and Jason Kennedy in the first two series of The Secret Life Of Us....
- Max - Kevin Golsby - Chairman
- Raelee HillRaelee HillRaelee Hill is an Australian actress best known for her roles in some of her country's most successful television series...
- Emma - John JarrattJohn Jarratt-Early life:Jarratt was born and grew up in Wongawilli, a small rural town near Wollongong, New South Wales and later in the Snowy Mountains area. Jarratt's father was a coal miner and later concreter, who worked on the Snowy Mountains hydroelectric scheme. Both his parents were of Irish origin....
- Colgate - Matthew JohnsMatthew JohnsMatthew Johns is an Australian rugby league football commentator and former professional player...
- Jack Cooper - Michelle LangstoneMichelle LangstoneMichelle Langstone is a New Zealand actress who has been in many films and television series over the years in both New Zealand, and in Australia. She starred as Dr. Katherine "Kat" Manx in the hit-television series Power Rangers: S.P.D., and later appeared as Master Guin in Power Rangers: Jungle...
- Mia - Scott Lowe - Muddy
- Kate Mulvaney - Kate
The film also features cameo appearances from Tom Raudonikis, Roy Masters, Thomas Keneally
Thomas Keneally
Thomas Michael Keneally, AO is an Australian novelist, playwright and author of non-fiction. He is best known for writing Schindler's Ark, the Booker Prize-winning novel of 1982 which was inspired by the efforts of Poldek Pfefferberg, a Holocaust survivor...
, Jack Elsegood
Jack Elsegood
Jack Elsegood, December 22, 1973 in Sydney Australia, is a former Australian Rugby League player and now race driver. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles from 1993 - 1996 then moved across town to the Sydney Roosters from 1997 - 2000. After retiring from football at the end of the 2000...
, Max Krilich
Max Krilich
Max Krilich is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. He was a hooker for the Australia national team, playing in 13 Tests from 1978 to 1983 and as captain on 10 consecutive occasions in 1982 and 1983...
, Phil Sigsworth
Phil Sigsworth
Phil Sigsworth is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. He played primarily in the fullback position.-Playing career:...
, Noel "Ned" Kelly
Noel Kelly (rugby league)
Noel Kelly is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach, who played at club, state and national level. He has been named amongst the country's finest footballers of the 20th century...
and Australian Wrestling Federation ring announcer
Ring announcer
A ring announcer is a paid in-ring employee for a boxing, professional wrestling, or mixed martial arts event or promotion...
'The Duke of Wrestling' Kieran Burns
Kieran Burns
Kieran Burns is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Clydebank in the Scottish Junior Football Association, West Region.- Club career :Burns came through the youth system at Glasgow's Partick Thistle...
.