Look Both Ways is an Australian independent movie, written and directed by Sarah Watt, starring an ensemble cast, which was released on August 18 2005. The film was supported by the Adelaide Film Festival fund and opened the 2005 festival. The film was selected as a film text by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority.
Tagline: Disaster is everywhere.
Plot
The film charts the stories of several people over a hot, summer weekend in Adelaide. Journalistic photographer Nick (William McInnes) discovers he has cancer. On his way home he happens upon the site of a train accident and meets Meryl (Justine Clarke). The story follows their developing affections as well as a host of other co-centric stories including that of the woman widowed by the train accident, the train driver and his family, Nick’s colleague (Anthony Hayes) and his relationship with his pregnant ex-girlfriend and ex-wife and his 2 children and Nick’s family.
Cast
| Principal Cast and Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Justine Clarke | as Meryl | |
| William McInnes | as Nick | |
| Anthony Hayes | as Andy Walker | |
| Lisa Flanagan | as Anna | |
| Andrew S. Gilbert | as Phil | |
| Daniella Farinacci | as Julia | |
| Maggie Dence | as Joan | |
| Edwin Hodgeman | as Jim | |
| Andreas Sobik | as Train Driver | |
| Sacha Horler | as Linda | |
Awards
- 2004 Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards Film Script - the Pacific Film and Television Commission Award for Sarah Watt
- 2005 Toronto International Film Festival: Discovery Award
- 2005 Australian Film Institute Awards: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hayes)
- 2005 Inside Film Awards: Best Direction, Best Script, and Best Editing
- 2005 Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor in a Lead Role for (William McInnes), Best Original Screenplay and Best Editor
- 2006 International Film Festival Rotterdam — Critics Award, Sarah Watt
- 2006 Motovun Film Festival — Propeller Award (Grand Prize), Sarah Watt
See also
- List of Australian films
External links
- Look Both Ways official web site
- Look Both Ways at the National Film and Sound Archive
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