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Kennedy Miller Presents A John Duigan Film
Flirting with Noah Taylor
Thandie Newton
Nicole Kidman
Director of Photography Geoff Burton A.C.S.
Production Designer Roger Ford
Casting Liz Mullinar
Editor Robert Gibson
Post Production Marcus D'Arcy
Associate Producer Barbara Gibbs
Producers George Miller Doug Mitchell Terry Hayes
Written and Directed by John Duigan Title: Rural Australia 1965
Narrator (Noah Taylor as Danny):
I remember the smells most, the stale lockers with fruit cakes rubbing in to the wood, crusty shoe polish, damp towels, Quink ink for fountain pens, disinfectant on the floors of the shower block, fresh chalk, mouldy oranges blue with mildew, and on a rainy day, the deep, rank, wild smell of discarded football boots.
(flash white intercuts of a caning, with sound effects)
And I remember pain, but only vaguely.
(the sounds of the caning continue, as we come across boys lined up outside the headmaster’s office waiting their turn)
I had a thick eye by then. They'd sent me to boarding school so I, I wouldn't become a delinquent …
‘Backa’ Bourke (Josh Picker, turning to Danny and mocking his stutter): Don't w w w wet yourself Embling)
Danny: For some reason … (headmaster’s voice off: Next!) …this caused the letters 'h' as in 'h h heaven' and 'w' as in... (Danny’s friend ‘Gilby’ Fryer emerges from the headmaster’s office and murmurs ‘Psychopath’ to Danny as he passes) … and 'w' as in 'w w women' to sometimes be unsayable …
(Danny then goes into the headmaster’s office, the opening voice over ends, and a caning scene follows)