Archive of films Red Hill / Red Hill

Australia
2010, 94 min

Section: Another View
Year: 2010

Young policeman Shane has just moved to the town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife. But his first day on the job quickly becomes a nightmare: a ruthless murderer named Jimmy Conway is back in town. This dark and skillfully shot thriller, outstanding for its camerawork, is Patrick Hughes’s debut feature.

Synopsis

Young police officer Shane Cooper has just moved to the small town of Red Hill where he and his pregnant wife Alice want to start a family. His first day on the job is a doozy: incorrigible murderer Jimmy Conway has just escaped from prison and he’s heading for Red Hill to take revenge. The situation quickly turns into a nightmare, and if Shane is to survive he must take the law into his own hands. This dark and skillfully shot thriller, outstanding for its sophisticated camerawork, takes place during the course of one day and night. Packed with explosive violence and cruelty, the story focuses on relations between Shane, Old Bill – the brusque head of the local police – and the monstrous, heartless murderer Conway. Patrick Hughes’s feature debut is a western shot as a modern police drama, inspired by the work of Robert Rodriguez, the Coen brothers, and George Miller.

About the director

Patrick Hughes is an award-winning creator of commercials for global brands (Playstation, BMW, Honda, among others) who made a significant hit with the short commercial "Signs” for Schweppes; it has had nearly five million views on YouTube and took a Golden Lion at the Cannes Lions advertising fest. His first short films, The Darkening and Truth or the Morning After, won ATOM Awards in 1996. Hughes’s graduation short, The Director (1999), screened at numerous international festivals, taking several awards. Then he wrote, directed, and edited the short film The Lighter (2001), which took Best Film at Tropfest. The dark thriller Red Hill is the director’s feature debut.

Contacts

Arclight Films Australia
Building 22, Fox Studios Australia, Driver Avenue, NSW 2021, Moore Park
Australia
Tel: +61 2 835 324 40
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.arclightfilms.com

Blue Sky Film Distribution, a.s.
Sněmovní 9, 118 00, Praha 1
Czech Republic
Tel: +420 224 222 398
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.bluesky.pro

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About the film

Color, 35 mm

Section:	Another View

Director:	Patrick Hughes
Screenplay:	Patrick Hughes
Dir. of Photography:	Tim Hudson
Music:	Dmitri Golovko
Editor:	Patrick Hughes
Producer:	Patrick Hughes, Al Clark
Production:	Hughes House Films
Cast:	Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tom E. Lewis, Claire Van Der Boom, Christopher Davis, Kevin Harrington, Richard Sutherland, Ken Radley, John Brumpton
Contact:	Arclight Films Australia, Blue Sky Film Distribution, a.s.
Distributor:	Blue Sky Film Distribution, a.s.

www:	www.redhillmovie.com

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Richard Signeski

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Milan Dostál

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