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BOOTMEN
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Australia
2000 / 35 mm / Color / 95 min.
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Sean and Mitchell Okden, like all the young men in their town, are employed by Steel Works, part of a fading industry. But while Mitchell longs to start his own business, shady or otherwise, Sean has a more more ambitious dream: he can't wait to escape the steel mills and become a professional dancer. Their reclusive father sees no future outside of steel for his boys and he refuses to believe that tap dancing could possibly lead anywhere. Restless, Sean pops in on his former tap dancing teacher for advice. Walter has been like a father to him, and it's not long before Sean's off to Sydney for a small part in a big show. Sean's only problem is leaving before he's had a chance to get better acquainted with Linda, a local girl who's caught his eye. Sean doesn't last long in the big city. He tries playing by the rules but his bold dancing style gets him fired and sent back to Newcastle, to the inevitable I told you so from his father. Frustrated and unwilling to resign his life to the steel mill, Sean decides to form his own tap group. Despite frustrations with Linda, his family and the temptation of Mitchell's newfound entrepreneurial success, Sean rounds up a bunch of the guys and ploughs ahead with his plans. Facing rejection and seemingly insurmountable odds, Sean and the tap dogs resolve that their show will go on. But is the hardened steel town ready for men tap dancing -- in workboots?
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Script: Steve Worland.
Phot.: Steve Mason, Robbie Hunter.
Ed.: Jane Moran, Kirsty Bruce.
Mus.: Cezary Skubiszewski.
Cast: Adam Garcia, Sam Worthington, Sophie Lee, Chris Horsey, Drew Kaluski, Lee MacDonald, Richard Carter, Bill Zappa, Susie Porter, Justine Clarke, Anthony Hayes.
Prod.: Hilary Linstead, Dein Perry, Steve Worland, Hilary Linstead & Associates, 87 Pitt Street, Refern NSW 2016 (Australie), t�l.: (011-612) 9310 49 48.
Sales: Fox Seachlight Pictures, P.O. Box 900, Beverly Hills, CA 90213 (�tats-Unis), t�l.: (310) 369-2077, fax: (310) 369-4422.
Canadian Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures.
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Dein Perry
Newcastle, Australia native Dein Perry began tap dancing at the age of four. At 17 he earned his union papers as an industrial machinist before leaving Newcastle to seek a career as a dancer in Sydney. After seven years in numerous stage shows, he landed his big break -- a lead role in 42nd Street. Not satisfied with traditional tap dancing, he set up his own workshop, which became the inspiration for Tap Brothers. He followed that a year later with Tap Dogs, a show that soon became a worldwide hit. BOOTMEN marks his debut as a film director. |
