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This coming-of-age comedy is directed and scripted by actor Daniel Lapaine (Muriel’s Wedding, Brokedown Palace) in his directorial debut, and produced by Rob Marsala.

Distributed by Buena Vista International (Australia & New Zealand), 48 Shades premiered on 10 August at Hoyts Regent in Brisbane as part of the Brisbane International Film Festival and opened in Australia on 31 August, 2006. 48 Shades was also selected to screen at the Montreal World Film Festival, the Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale film festivals, and the London Festival of Australian Films.

More information on the film is available at www.48shadesmovie.com.au and the soundtrack is available through Universal.

48 Shades is now available on DVD in Australia. High Point Films has taken on world sales for the movie.

Shot entirely on location in Brisbane, 48 Shades features a talented young cast of fresh faces including Richard Wilson (The Proposition, Deck Dogz) as Dan, with newcomer and recent NIDA graduate Robin McLeavy as Jacq and Emma Lung (Peaches) as Naomi.

Buena Vista International Managing Director and Vice President Alan Finney comments: “We have been looking for a really exciting Australian film project for some time and this is a story we believe a large and broad Audience will find intriguing and incredibly satisfying. The film-makers have brought a cinematic charm and vitality to a novel already appreciated as a very special story of growing up and confronting true life experience”.

The short film The House of Names (based on the short story The Goatflap Brothers and the House of Names from Headgames) screened as part of the 2003 Melbourne International Film Festival.

The House of Names was written and directed by Charlotte George, and stars Samuel Johnson as Cleveland and Kim Gyngell as Eleanor.

"Most people can't stop themselves beating the hell out of something when they adapt it, but Cleveland and Eleanor have come through the process with their charm intact. More than that, there's a freshness to the script as well."
Nick Earls on the screenplay of 'The House of Names'

Bachelor Kisses is currently being developed into a telemovie/series pilot by the Nine Network Australia and Chapman Pictures.

Nick Earls is writing the screenplay, and the telemovie will be shot in Queensland, with Penny Chapman signed to produce.

Sarah Neal, a Queensland filmmaker, is currently developing the script for the movie version of Zigzag Street. Nick Earls is also working on the screenplay.

Zigzag Street will be produced by David Parker and Nadia Tass, with Sarah Neal as director.

A few key roles have been cast and it is rumoured that Robert Forster from The Go-Betweens will be making a special guest appearance as the shoe repairer.

No news as yet on production.

Nick Earls and Sarah Neal photo courtesy of the University of the Sunshine Coast Library, May 1998, and is used with permission.

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