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'How are you supposed to celebrate when you can’t drink or take drugs? It’s bullshit.” So complains actor and alcoholic Chris Flint (Steve Le Marquand) in the unconventional Australian festive season movie Christmess, written and directed by Heath Davis.'
Many Australians know Bryan Brown as an actor. When a book hits the shelves with his name taking up nearly half the cover, some will stop to take a closer look. Perhaps it’s curiosity about whether he can actually write?