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Newcastle (2008)

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Tragedy befalls one of three brothers while on an outback surfing outing with friends.

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Dan Castle

Writer:

Dan Castle
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Cast overview, first billed only:
Lachlan Buchanan ... Jesse
Xavier Samuel ... Fergus
Reshad Strik Reshad Strik ... Victor
Kirk Jenkins Kirk Jenkins ... Andy
Israel Cannan Israel Cannan ... Scotty
Ben Milliken ... Nathan
Debra Ades ... Debra
Rebecca Breeds ... Leah
Gigi Edgley ... Sandra
Joy Smithers ... Flora
Jaymes Triglone Jaymes Triglone ... Billy
Woody Naismith ... Jake
Zac Garred ... Kurt (as Zachary Garred)
Scott Campbell Scott Campbell ... Ripley
Anthony Hayes ... Danny
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'Newcastle' is a coming-of-age/family drama/surfing movie. 17-year old Jesse lives in the shadow of his older brother Victor's failure to become surfing's Next Big Thing. Even when he's in his natural habitat of magnificent surf breaks, his blue-collar future is brought home by the coal barges that constantly line his horizon. Jesse has the natural skills to surf his way out of this reality and onto the international circuit but can he overcome his equally natural ability to sabotage himself? A momentous weekend away with his mates that includes first love and tragedy leads him to discover what's really important, and also to the performance of a lifetime. Written by Anonymous

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You're only young forever once.

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Drama | Romance | Sport

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Fergus: [dropping trou] It's not a boner. It's just big, but you wouldn't know anything about that, would you, Scotty?
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Featured in At the Movies: Episode #5.39 (2008) See more »

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Natas Worship
Written by Chris Nelius
Performed by Ben Milliken & Chris Nelius
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lots of unlikable louts
1 September 2009 | by jim-314See all my reviews

I really wanted to like this movie. I generally like coming-of-age movies, and surf movies, and growing-up-gay movies. But I found the characters in this movie (with a couple of exceptions) a bunch of unlikable louts who spend much of the movie in testosterone-driven chest-butting, and I just couldn't care about them. The loutishness leads to a certain predictable amount of melodrama, and some psychologically simplistic soul-searching on the way to tying up ends. The only likable characters were the protagonist's younger brother (the gay one, who takes a lot of psychological abuse for his gayness), and the sympathetic grandfather (the only guy in the family who seems to show any affection for the younger brother). These are secondary characters. The young brother's coming to terms with his sexuality and tentative romantic exploration with one of the surfers is a minor subplot of the film. On the up side, the young guys (and gals) in the film look great, and the surfing footage is really nice, especially some of the underwater footage. But by the end of the movie, I was not sorry to leave the company of a group of characters that I mostly found unpleasant and unsympathetic.


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Release Date:

7 June 2008 (Japan) See more »

Also Known As:

Blue Blue Blue See more »

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Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$260,657
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