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form y separately published work icon Last Ride single work   film/TV   thriller   crime  
Adaptation of The Last Ride Denise Young , 2004 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Last Ride
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'A desperate father and his 10 year old son are on the run from the law. Their journey into the ravishing beauty of the desert and the human heart pit them against the elements and each other.'

Source: Screen Australia

Notes

  • The promotional trailer for this film is available to view via YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7GAUdLFJHM (Sighted: 14/11/2012)

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Works about this Work

The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium Erin Free , Dov Kornits , Travis Johnson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016;
All in the Family : Three Australian Female Directors Brian McFarlane , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 82-88) 'By any standards, apart perhaps from box-office takings, 2009 was a banner year for Australian films. There were Balibo and Samson and Delilah, Disgrace and Last Ride, but what is really impressive is that three of the most memorable entries in this memorable year were directed by women, in an industry where direction has long been dominated by men.' (p82)
Top Five Oz Road Films Gillian Cumming , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 20 December 2009; (p. 12)
Nowhere Near Hollywood Louis Nowra , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , December no. 52 2009; (p. 44-52) There is a special sort of loneliness about sitting in a cinema on your own. Over the past year, I have frequently found myself watching an Australian movie as the sole member of an audience and, on three occasions, with only one other person in the cinema. Once the lights go down, it can be an uncomfortable, even spooky, feeling of detachment. Movie-going should be a communal activity of human smells, the eating of food, united laughter and tears. It heightens our pleasure to be able to share common experience in a dark cave, entranced by what is happening on the giant screen filled with light. Unfortunately that didn't happen to me very often, and the solitude probably made some dark films even grimmer.
Resisting Tarantino Brian McFarlane , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2009 - January 2010 no. 317 2009; (p. 45-47)
Script Hooks Ivin and Adelaide Gets a Road Trip Paul Kalina , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 3 March 2009; (p. 14)
— Review of Last Ride Mac Gudgeon , 2009 single work film/TV ; Lucky Country Andy Cox , 2009 single work film/TV ; Closed for Winter James Bogle , 2008 single work film/TV
On the Run from Sorrow Paul Byrnes , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 4-5 July 2009; (p. 17)
— Review of Last Ride Mac Gudgeon , 2009 single work film/TV
Film of the Week Tom Ryan , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 5 July 2009; (p. 24) The Sun-Herald , 5 July 2009; (p. 13)
— Review of Last Ride Mac Gudgeon , 2009 single work film/TV
A Rocky Road Trip Fenella Kernebone , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: Limelight , July 2009; (p. 71)
— Review of Last Ride Mac Gudgeon , 2009 single work film/TV
In the Name of the Father Michael Bodey , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 1 July 2009; (p. 10)
Sins of the Father Kylie Northover , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 3 July 2009; (p. 9) The Age , 3 July 2009; (p. 4)
[Review] Samson and Delilah Michael Bodey , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 16 September 2009; (p. 17)
Resisting Tarantino Brian McFarlane , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December 2009 - January 2010 no. 317 2009; (p. 45-47)
Nowhere Near Hollywood Louis Nowra , 2009 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Monthly , December no. 52 2009; (p. 44-52) There is a special sort of loneliness about sitting in a cinema on your own. Over the past year, I have frequently found myself watching an Australian movie as the sole member of an audience and, on three occasions, with only one other person in the cinema. Once the lights go down, it can be an uncomfortable, even spooky, feeling of detachment. Movie-going should be a communal activity of human smells, the eating of food, united laughter and tears. It heightens our pleasure to be able to share common experience in a dark cave, entranced by what is happening on the giant screen filled with light. Unfortunately that didn't happen to me very often, and the solitude probably made some dark films even grimmer.
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Awards

2009 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards — Best Film Script
2009 nominated AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Feature Film Adaptation
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