Fracture (2004 film)

Fracture is a 2004 New Zealand film written and directed by Larry Parr and based on the novel by Maurice Gee. The film is set in Wellington and stars Kate Elliott, Jared Turner and John Noble. The film was met with positive reviews and was the second highest grossing local film at the New Zealand box office in 2004 behind In My Father's Den.[1]

Fracture
Fracture film poster
Directed byLarry Parr
Written byLarry Parr
Based onCrime Story
by Maurice Gee
Produced byCharlie McClellan
StarringKate Elliott
Jared Turner
John Noble
Edited byJonathan Woodford-Robinson
Distributed byNew Zealand Film Commission
Release date
  • September 2004 (2004-09)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1 million

Plot

A young solo mother (Elliott) loves her son and his needs are foremost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother (Turner), even as her fundamentalist mother cruelly rejects her. But when the brother is responsible for a woman's broken neck, during his burglary of her house, families are changed as crisis amplifies and at times the young mother seems to be the only adult.

Cast
ActorRole
Kate ElliottLeanne Rosser
Jared TurnerBrent Rosser
John NobleHoward Peet
Tim LeeClyde Rosser
Miranda HarcourtIrene Rosser
Alicia Fulford-WierzbickiOlivia Peet
Tammy DavisDetective Peters
Jed BrophyTony Dorio
Dane McMahonSione Ta'ala

Tagline

A single crack can shatter everything.

Production

The film had originally been set for a 2003 release but was delayed during production by the dissolution of director Larry Parr's production company Kahukura Productions.[2]

References
  1. Eggen, Charles. "Fracture". nzvideos.org.
  2. "Fracture". NZ On Screen. Retrieved 5 August 2014.


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