Unit title: Australian Cinema (MED 231) Name: Mohd Hafiz Shah Student no: 30355053 Unit title: Australian Cinema (MED 231)

Part 1:Film Information Rating: G Genre: Drama/romance Love’s Brother Part 1:Film Information Rating: G Genre: Drama/romance

Credits Director/Script writer: Jan Sardi Producers: Jane Scott Sarah Radclyffe Cinematography: Andrew Lesnie Production Designer: Paul Heath Editor: Veronica Jenet Costume Designer: Anna Borghesi Original music: Stephen Warbeck Casting: Nina Gold Sharon Howard Kelly O’Shea

U.S.A 5 February 2004 (Santa Barbara Film Festival) Release Dates U.S.A 5 February 2004 (Santa Barbara Film Festival) Australia 1 April 2004 Germany 29 July 2004 Switzerland 29 July 2004 (German speaking region) Austria 30 July 2004

Awards 37th World Fest HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2004: -Best Feature Film - Best Director (Jan Sardi) Best Cinematography (Andrew Lesnie) 13th Annual HEARTLAND FILM FESTIVAL 2004: Grand Prize Award winner and 50,000 cash.

Nominations Nominations for LEXUS IF AWARDS 2004: -Best Sound (Andre Schmidt and Bernard O Reilly) Best Production Design (Paul Heath) Nominations for AFI Awards: - Best Film - Best Direction (Jan Sardi) - Best Original Screenplay (Jan Sardi) - Best Cinematography (Andrew Lesnie) - Best Production Design (Paul Heath) - Best Costume Design (Anna Borghesi)

Interview Details Interview with Jan Sardi: Interview by Genuine Unsworth: “Love’s Brother through the eyes of director Jan Sardi” (Monday, 28 June 2004) at: http://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa/stories/s1142351.htm Interview by Julie Copeland: “At the movies: Jan Sardi” (10.45 Sunday, 21 September 2004) at: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/arts/sunmorn/stories/s950934.htm Interview with Adam Garcia: Question and Answer online on Adam Garcia’s home page on movie, Love’s Brother (2003) at: http://www.adamgarcia.com/prev_q_and_a.html Interview with Amelia Warner: Amelia Warner Interviewed by fans on home page (March 24, 2003) at: http://www.ameliawarner.com/amelia_interviewed_by_you.htm

Review Details 1 Review by Sandra Hall (April 1, 2004) ‘Review: Love’s Brother’, Sydney Morning Herald: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/31/1080544543606.html?oneclick=true Review by Andrew L. Urban and Louis Keller (Copyright © 2005 Optus Administration Pty Ltd) ‘Review: Love’s Brother’, Optus Movie Reviews: http://www.optusnet.com.au/movies/reviews/urban/8616 Review by Margaret Pomeranz (© 2002 Special Broadcasting Service) ‘The Movie Show, Cinema Review: Love’s Brother’, SBS Movie Show: http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/index.php3?action=review&id=1309 Review by Mark Teasdale (Copyright 2005 HWW Limited) ‘Movie info, what we say: Love’s Brother’, Your Movies: http://www.yourmovies.com.au/index.cfm?action=movie_info&title_id=12803

Review Details 2 Review by Vince Leo (©2004 Vince Leo) ‘Review: Love’s Brother (2004)’, Qwipster Movie Reviews: http://qwipster.net/lovesbrother.htm Review by Clint Morris (Copyright © 1995-2005 WebWombat Pty Ltd) ‘Review: Love’s Brother’, WebWombat: http://www.webwombat.com.au/entertainment/movies/lovesbrother.htm Review by ‘Author: toxiemite from Melbourne, Australia’ (1 Apr, 2004) ‘Love’s Brother: User Comments’, IMDB Movie Reviews: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0301563/

Films Online Presence When searching for online content on the movie: Love’s Brother, there were many aspects of which I found quite disappointing in terms of content and information of this movie on the net. Firstly, there were no box office figures or numbers noted on the web in relevance to the amount of money spent or generated in making, producing and airing this movie. This was a major setback as it eliminated any chance I had of comparing numbers and figures in context of discussing the impact the movie had on Australian Cinema from a financial point of view. Secondly, the interviews I found online were rather meek except for two from ABC which featured Jan Sardi. It was disappointing as the interviews on Andrew Lesnie focused mainly on his cinematography of Lord of The Rings and none on Love’s brother. However, it did help in giving me an understanding of how some of the shots were taken in Love’s Brother. Also, to my dismay, there were no interviews of the co-producers: Jane Scott and Sarah Radclyffe in relation to this movie. Another disappointment was that the interviews on Giovanni Ribissi (Angelo Donnini) were all from other movies in which he played 2nd and 3rd roles but none from Love’s Brother In which he played a lead role.

Credits: Actors/Actresses Angelo Donnini: Giovani Ribissi Gino Donnini: Adam Garcia Rosetta: Amelia Warner Connie: Silvia De Santis Zio Luigi: Joe Petruzzi Guido: Rodney Afif Paolo: Bruno Lucia Zia Norma: Dina Panozzo Father Alfredo: Barry Otto Gypsy Artist: Reg Mombassa Nona: Paola Dionisotti