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Fracture (2004 film)

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Fracture
Fracture film poster
Directed byLarry Parr
Written byLarry Parr
Based onCrime Story
by Maurice Gee
Produced byCharlie McClellan
StarringKate Elliott
Jared Turner
John Noble
Edited byJonathan Woodford-Robinson
Distributed byNew Zealand Film Commission
Release date
  • September 2004 (2004-09)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million

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 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.[1]

Plot

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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.

Cast

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Actor Role
Kate Elliott Leanne Rosser
Jared Turner Brent Rosser
John Noble Howard Peet
Tim Lee Clyde Rosser
Miranda Harcourt Irene Rosser
Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki Olivia Peet
Tammy Davis Detective Peters
Jed Brophy Tony Dorio
Dane McMahon Sione Ta'ala
Jennifer Ward-Lealand Ulla Peet

Tagline

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A single crack can shatter everything.

Production

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The film had originally been set for a 2003 release but was delayed during production by the dissolution of director Larry Parr's production company Kahukura Productions.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Eggen, Charles. "Fracture". nzvideos.org. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006. Retrieved 1 February 2007.
  2. ^ "Fracture". NZ On Screen. Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
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