Last Ride (film)
Last Ride is a 2009 Australian drama film directed by Glendyn Ivin. It is based on the novel The Last Ride by Denise Young. The film follows a young boy (Tom Russell) accompanying his father (Hugo Weaving), who is wanted by the police, across Australia.
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Directed by | Glendyn Ivin |
Produced by | Antonia Barnard Nicholas Cole Anthony Maras |
Screenplay by | Mac Gudgeon |
Based on | The Last Ride by Denise Young |
Starring | Hugo Weaving Tom Russell |
Music by | Paul Charlier |
Cinematography | Greig Fraser |
Edited by | Jack Hutchings |
Distributed by | Madman Entertainment |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | $3,000,000 |
Box office | A$388,722 (Australia)[1] |
The film was given a limited release across Australia on 2 July 2009, and in the United States on 29 June 2012.
Cast
- Hugo Weaving as Kev
- Tom Russell as Chook
- Kelton Pell as Lyle
- Anita Hegh as Maryanne
Reception
The film received universal acclaim from film critics. It currently holds a 93% approval rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 29 reviews.[2] Last Ride received four and four and a half stars from Margaret Pomeranz and David Stratton respectively on At The Movies.[3] Roger Ebert also gave it the maximum four stars.[4] He later went on to name it as one of the best films of 2012.[5]
Music for end credits
- 'Home' by The Burning Leaves
See also
References
- "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria Archived 9 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 13 November 2012
- "Last Ride (2009)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 9 March 2015.
- Pomeranz, Margaret (1 July 2009). "Last Ride review". At the Movies. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Last Ride.
- Ebert, Roger. "Review: Last Ride". Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- Ebert, Roger. "Ebert's Top Movies of 2012". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.