Lake Disappointment single work   drama  
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 Lake Disappointment
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'Kane and I were both rising stars. I was rising to the top of the hand-modelling world and Kane was doing his plays. Kane got his first action film and I became his double. We clicked. Everyone said so. It’s there on screen.

Kane is now one of the world’s hottest movie stars. His body double has been there from the start sharing more than just looks with his famous counterpart. But just how intertwined are their lives?

'In Lake Disappointment, the body double (played by Luke Mullins) is devoted to his star counter Kane. Their last film Briefcase Bomb was such a hit that they are moving out of art-house film into more mainstream blockbusters. Before they head to Paris to shoot the biggest budget action film of all time, they are to work on Lake Disappointment - an obscure small budget film with a shoot in a remote mountain town. The double is sent to the set of Lake Disappointment early to save Kane time. On arriving the double notices that there is something peculiar about this town with its silvery lake.

'The film’s content and ambition also confuse the body double. Kane’s character spends a huge amount of time searching for a lake but can never actually find it. On set the body double makes friends with Kane’s strange co-star Linda Hunt. Linda plays the guest house owner in the film but also seems to be doing that job in real life. Linda asks the double questions which provoke him to start looking at this world and himself in a very different way. Kane’s arrival keeps being postponed. The shoot becomes increasingly difficult for the double. Worryingly, whenever he finds himself near water…. he starts having thoughts.' (Production summary)

Production Details

  • World premiere at Carriageworks, Redfern, New South Wales : 20-23 April 2016.

    Director: Janice Muller.

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Works about this Work

Modern Narcissus Sees Double in Must-see Show Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 April 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Lake Disappointment Lachlan Philpott , Luke Mullins , 2016 single work drama
Reflection of an Existential Chasm John McCallum , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 April 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Lake Disappointment Lachlan Philpott , Luke Mullins , 2016 single work drama
Double or Nothing in the Reel World Elissa Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 April 2016; (p. 13)

— Review of Lake Disappointment Lachlan Philpott , Luke Mullins , 2016 single work drama
Double or Nothing in the Reel World Elissa Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 April 2016; (p. 13)

— Review of Lake Disappointment Lachlan Philpott , Luke Mullins , 2016 single work drama
Reflection of an Existential Chasm John McCallum , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian , 22 April 2016; (p. 14)

— Review of Lake Disappointment Lachlan Philpott , Luke Mullins , 2016 single work drama
Modern Narcissus Sees Double in Must-see Show Jason Blake , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 April 2016; (p. 15)

— Review of Lake Disappointment Lachlan Philpott , Luke Mullins , 2016 single work drama
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