''Kick'' is an Australian film produced and directed by Lynda Heys. It stars

Russell Page Montague Russell Page OBE (1 November 1906 – 4 January 1985) was a British gardener, garden designer and landscape architecture, landscape architect. He worked in the UK, western Europe and the United States of America. Biography Montague ...

, Rebecca Yates, Martin Henderson, Radha Mitchell,

Paul Mercurio Paul Joseph Mercurio (born 31 March 1963) is an Australian actor, choreographer, dancer, TV presenter and politician. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in the 1992 film ''Strictly Ballroom'' and his role as a judge on TV series ''Danci ...

and

George Spartels George Bernard Spartels (born 25 April 1954) is an Australian actor, presenter, director, playwright and children's musician of Greek descent on his father's ancestry, and English and Irish on his mother's. He remains best known for his role ...

. It was released on 14 December 1999 in Australia.

Plot

Matt Grant (Russell Page) is a champion rugby player at a private Sydney boys school. However he secretly wants to be a ballet dancer. Seizing an opportunity to audition for a local company's presentation of ''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'', he nonetheless fears what will happen to his reputation if the other kids in his school find out. Adding the rehearsals to his already burgeoning schedule quickly starts to create problems with his friends, his girlfriend Tamara ( Radha Mitchell), his teachers, his coach, the play director (

), and his ballet partner Claire (Rebecca Yates).

Cast

as Matt Grant * Rebecca Yates as Claire Andrews * Martin Henderson as Tom Bradshaw * Radha Mitchell as Tamara Spencer *

as David Knight *

as Jack Grant * Philip Holder as Mr Power * Peter Gwynne as Dr Derrick * Zoe Bertram as Sonia Quaid * Laurence Breuls as Steve * Jason Clarke as Nicholas Ratcliff * Kip Gamblin as Roland * Brendan Cowell as Macca * Chris Sadrinna as Smithy * Sebastian Goldspink as Gazza * Cecily Polson as Mrs Derrick * Kevin Taumata as Samoan Fullback * Les Foxcroft as Old Groundsman *

Production

Producer Steve Turnbull later revealed the distributor took the director's original 115-minute cut and reduced it to 85 minutes.Don Groves, "New film aims to correct a 15-year-old botch", ''If Magazine'' 3 July 2014
Retrieved 4 July 2014 The film was shot in Sydney, with filming locations including Knox Grammar School, Luna Park and the

Sydney Opera House The Sydney Opera House is a multi-venue Performing arts center, performing arts centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Located on the foreshore of Sydney Harbour, it is widely regarded as one of the world's most famous and distinctive b ...

Remake

In 2014 Turnbull and Heys announced plans to remake the film.

References

External links