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Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 Backtrack
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Senior clinical psychologist, Peter Bower’s life is in turmoil when he discovers that all his patients are actually ghosts. Upon further investigation he discovers they all died on the same day. In a spine tingling, supernatural thriller, in the vein of The Sixth Sense and What Lies Beneath, Peter travels back to his past to confront a secret he has kept for 20 years.'

(Source: Screen Australia)

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Backtrack Review : Adrien Brody Stars in Classy Australian Thriller Luke Buckmaster , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 June 2016;
— Review of Backtrack Michael Petroni , 2014 single work film/TV 'Brody does very a good Australian accent in thoughtful story hinged on psyche-destroying effects of a repressed memory.'
Adrien Brody : Working Down Under in Backtrack Cara Nash (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: FilmInk , 3 August 2016; Oscar winning American actor, Adrien Brody, heads down under to play an Australian psychiatrist mourning the loss of his child in Michael Petroni’s locally shot supernatural thriller, Backtrack.
Lingering Spectres Laurence Barber , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Spring no. 190 2016; (p. 20-25) 'Despite its masterful use of haunting imagery and the affecting performance by Hollywood star Adrien Brody, the ambitious Backtrack underwhelms because of its heavy reliance on exposition and concomitant failure to build suspense. Moreover, writes Laurence Barber, it exemplifies the difficult position occupied by horror films trying to find an appreciative audience in Australia.' (Publication abstract)
Five in Running for $100,000 Film Prize Michael Bodey , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 July 2015; (p. 15)
Backtrack Review : Adrien Brody Stars in Classy Australian Thriller Luke Buckmaster , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 June 2016;
— Review of Backtrack Michael Petroni , 2014 single work film/TV 'Brody does very a good Australian accent in thoughtful story hinged on psyche-destroying effects of a repressed memory.'
Five in Running for $100,000 Film Prize Michael Bodey , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 July 2015; (p. 15)
Lingering Spectres Laurence Barber , 2016 single work criticism
— Appears in: Metro Magazine , Spring no. 190 2016; (p. 20-25) 'Despite its masterful use of haunting imagery and the affecting performance by Hollywood star Adrien Brody, the ambitious Backtrack underwhelms because of its heavy reliance on exposition and concomitant failure to build suspense. Moreover, writes Laurence Barber, it exemplifies the difficult position occupied by horror films trying to find an appreciative audience in Australia.' (Publication abstract)
Adrien Brody : Working Down Under in Backtrack Cara Nash (interviewer), 2016 single work interview
— Appears in: FilmInk , 3 August 2016; Oscar winning American actor, Adrien Brody, heads down under to play an Australian psychiatrist mourning the loss of his child in Michael Petroni’s locally shot supernatural thriller, Backtrack.
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