Roadshow - October 2011 Releases

BILLY

STUDIO:                  TVNZ
RELEASE DATE:       21 September  2011
DIRECTOR:              Peter Burger
PRODUCERS:              Tony Holden and Judith Trye
STARRING:              Tainui Tukiwaho
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:                $29.99

BILLY is a personal story of New Zealand’s most loved entertainer, Billy T James. This feature length drama goes beyond the public façade to reveal the man behind the chuckle.

Based on the biography “Billy T” written by Matt Elliott, award-winning producer Tony Holden brings a fresh vision and understanding to who Billy was. BILLY is a love story set in the changing culture of New Zealand in the seventies and eighties. It also portrays the journey of a shy, loyal and musically gifted boy who married his first love and went on to achieve extraordinary success. A Maori boy who, within a few short years, lost everything, including his life.

Produced for TV ONE’s prestigious Sunday Theatre drama slot by Comedia Pictures.

Starring:

• Tainui Tukiwaho as Billy T James

• Morgana O’Reilly as Lynn Matthews

• Kelson Henderson as Peter Rowley

• Celia Nicholson as Elaine Hegan

• Jarod Rawiri as Ike Metekingi

• Amber Curreen as Christine

• Luciane Buchanan as Cherie

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TRUST

STUDIO:                  Reel
RELEASE DATE:       12 October 2011
DIRECTOR:              David Schwimmer
STARRING:              Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, Liana Liberato
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:                $39.99

Clive Owen and Catherine Keener star in this dark drama about the damaging effects an online sexual predator has on a family.

Safe and sound in their suburban home, Will and Lynn Cameron used to sleep well at night, trusting their children were protected. Will in particular was comforted by the fact that he and Lynn raised three bright children and once the doors were lock and the alarm was set nothing, absolutely nothing was going to harm his family.

When his 14 year old daughter, Annie, made a new friend on-line – a 16 year old boy named Charlie whom she met in a volleyball chat room – Will and Lynn didn’t think much of it. They discussed his friendship with her, assuming that this is normal with teenagers who connect via the internet.

After weeks of communication online, Annie becomes enraptured by Charles and finds herself drawn to him more and more. Slowly she learns he is not who he claims to be, yet Annie remains intrigued by Charlie even as the truth about him is uncovered. The devastating revelation reverberates through her entire family, setting in motion a chain of events that will forever change their lives in ways that no one would have ever predicted.

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THE YELLOW HANKERCHIEF

STUDIO:                  Roadshow
RELEASE DATE:       5 October 2011
DIRECTOR:              Udayan Prasad
STARRING:              William Hurt, Kristen Stewart, Maria Bello
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:                $29.99

A love story at its core, The Yellow Handkerchief is about three strangers of two generations who embark on a road trip through post-Katrina Louisiana. Along the way, relationships forge and change in a myriad of ways, leading to the possibility of second chances at life and love.

Brett Hanson (William Hurt) is an ex-convict, just released from prison after serving six years for manslaughter and now adrift in a world of new freedoms and responsibilities. Finding initial difficulties in reconciling himself to a troubled past, Brett crosses paths with lonely and troubled teenager Martine (Kristen Stewart) and her new ‘ride’ Gordy (Eddie Redmayne). The trio head out in the same car and direction—Martine to cut loose and get away from her family, Gordy to get closer to Martine and Brett, who must decide whether he wants to return to his troubled past and an uncertainty with May (Maria Bello), the woman he left behind.

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NOTHING TRIVIAL

STUDIO:                  South Pacific Pictures
RELEASE DATE:       19 October 2011
STARRING:              Shane Cortese, Tandy Wright, Blair Strange, Nicole Whippy, Debby Newby
CATEGORY:             Drama
RRP DVD:                $39.99

From acclaimed writers Rachel Lang (Go Girls, This is Not My Life, Outrageous Fortune) and Gavin Strawhan (Go Girls, This is Not My Life, Burying Brian), Nothing Trivial is a light-hearted and comedic drama based around five friends with two things in common: a pub quiz and the fact that each of them is unlucky or unhappy in love.

The show stars Shane Cortese (Almighty Johnson Brothers, Outrageous Fortune), Tandi Wright (This is Not My Life, Out of the Blue), Nicole Whippy (Outrageous Fortune, Jacksons Wharf), Blair Strang (Go Girls, Kaitangata Twitch) and Debbie Newby-Ward (Legend of the Seeker, The Pretender). Series directors include Mark Beesley (Outrageous Fortune, Legend of the Seeker) and Murray Keane (Outrageous Fortune, Shortland Street).

Nothing Trivial is funny, warm and romantic and about people at a crossroads in their lives, particularly when it comes to finding that significant other to love and grow old with. It?s about people trying to find the answers to life?s big questions, while answering a whole lot of small and trivial ones… and winning the bar tab while they?re at it!

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{5r}MIRANDA – SERIES 2

STUDIO:                  Hopscotch
RELEASE DATE:       5 October 2011
STARRING:              Miranda Hart, Tom Ellis, Sarah Hadland
CATEGORY:             Comedy
RRP DVD:                $29.99

Miranda returns for a new series of the farcical, affectionate, and multi-award-winning BBC comedy, which follows one woman's hapless quest to fit in and attempt to lead a „normal' life.

In Series 2, Miranda is struggling to get over her love interest Gary who has gone to Hong Kong. With the decision to stop wallowing in self pity, Miranda goes about reinventing herself, hell bent on becoming the kind of woman who power walks to work, who keeps their pot plants alive and who doesn't have a fruit bowl full of rotting pears because "they actually eat the fruit!"

Miranda's eccentric mother Penny (Patricia Hodge) continues her embarrassing and futile attempts to marry her off to any man who walks by. Meanwhile her best friend Stevie (Sarah Hadland) and her old rival Tilly (Sally Phillips) stand back and unhelpfully point out where Miranda is going wrong. And she can do with all the support she can get, with amongst other things, some serious boy troubles ahead.

As seen on TVOne.

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Published 1st Nov 2011

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