The Year My Voice Broke (1987)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

John Duigan

Writer:

John Duigan (written by)

Release Date:

17 October 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

It was incredible. It was the year that changed everything. Forever.

Plot:

During the year 1962, a young prepubescent boy in rural Austrailia watches painfully as his best friend and first love...

Plot Keywords:

First Love | Nostalgic | Adolescent | Small Town | Discrimination

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Noah Taylor	...	Danny Embling
Loene Carmen	...	Freya Olson
Ben Mendelsohn	...	Trevor Leishman
Graeme Blundell	...	Nils Olson
Lynette Curran	...	Anne Olson
Malcolm Robertson	...	Bruce Embling
Judi Farr	...	Sheila Embling
Tim Robertson	...	Bob Leishman
Bruce Spence	...	Jonah
Harold Hopkins	...	Tom Alcock
Nick Tate	...	Sergeant Pierce
Vincent Ball	...	Headmaster
Anja Coleby	...	Gail Olson
Kylie Ostara	...	Alison
Kelly Dingwall	...	Barry
Dorothy St. Heaps	...	Mrs. Beal
Colleen Clifford	...	Gran Olson
Kevin Manser	...	Mr. Keith
Mary Regan	...	Miss McColl
Queenie Ashton	...	Mrs. O'Neil
Helen Lomas	...	Sally
Emma Lyle	...	Lisa
Louise Birgan	...	Lyn
Allan Penney	...	Martin
Rob Carlton	...	Pierdon
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Malcolm Kennard	...	School Kid

Directed by
John Duigan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Duigan		written by

Produced by
Barbara Gibbs	....	associate producer
Terry Hayes	....	producer
George Miller	....	producer
Doug Mitchell	....	producer

Original Music by
Christine Woodruff

Cinematography by
Geoff Burton

Film Editing by
Neil Thumpston

Production Design by
Roger Ford

Costume Design by
Lyn Askew
Roger Ford
Fiona Nicolls

Production Management
Dixie Betts	....	production manager
Marcus D'Arcy	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Rotherham	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jonas Juhanson	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Julius Chan	....	adr engineer
Phil Judd	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karin Whittington	....	dialogue editor

Stunts
Danny Baldwin	....	stunts

Other crew
Robyn Moase	....	choreographer

Production Companies

• Kennedy Miller Productions

Distributors

• Avenue Pictures Productions (1988) (USA)

Other Companies

• Spectrum Films International  post-production facilities

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Kennedy Miller Productions

Trivia:

Phar Lap was a noted Australian racehorse of the late 1920s and early 1930s. He is renowned for his win in the Melbourne Cup. A film, Phar Lap (1983), has been made about him.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Danny and Freya stand on the line watching the train pass, the crew's image is reflected in the shiny side of the train carriages.

Movie Connections:

References The Leech Woman (1960)

Soundtrack:

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

This is a great film!

The Year My Voice Broke is the finest film to come from Australia.

The acting is wonderful, the scenery is glorious, the cinematography superb, and everything clicks to make for a very moving story. This is one of my all-time favorities of all movies every made. The young actors are very natural in their approach to acting and one feels they are very real people who are going through this strange change in life through which all must pass. Kudos to the director and the producers.