| Title |
The Nostradamus Kid |
| Copyright Title |
The Nostradamus Kid |
| Released |
1992 |
| Production Year |
1991 |
| Director |
Bob Ellis
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| Comments |
Laboratory. . .Atlab
Production Vans. . .Empire Production Services
Editing Services. . .Spectrum Films
Travel. . .Set in Motion
Camera Equipment. . .Samuelsons
Film Stock. . .Kodak
Accounting Services. . .Moneypenny
Publicity Services. . .Dennis Davison Associates
Legal Services. . .Marshalls and Dent
Insurance Broker. . .Steeves Lumley
Insurance Broker. . .Tony Leonard
Completion Guarantor. . .Film Finances Ltd
Completion Guarator. . Sue Milliken
Director's special thanks. . .Gary Davis
Director's special thanks. . .Phillip Adams
With many thanks to. . .Gary Davis and associates ion the choir
Stock Footage courtesy of Film World Research (Australia) and Archive Films (USA)
W.H Auden's Poem "Song of the Master and Boatswain" used by kind permission of his estate
Exerpt from "The Man with the Gun" used by kind permission of United Artists Pictures, a division of MGM Pathe Communications Co.
Exerpt from Francois Truffaut's "Jules et Jim" used by kind permission of Films du Carosse
Developed with the assistance of Film Victoria
Devbeloped with the Assistance of the Australian Film Commission
Internation Sales and Distribution. . .Beyond Films Limited
Made with the participation of the Australian Film Finance Corperation Pty Limited as part of the 1991 FFC Film Fund
Fund Manager. . .Arrow Capital Ltd
Representative. . .Eagle Star Trustees Ltd
Underwriter. . .Rothschild Australia Securities Ltd
Rated M (15+) Medium level violence and language
120 mins approximately
Packaging. . .21st Century Pictures
Marketing/Distribution. . .21st Century Pictures
Filmed 14 October - 6 December 1991
Shot on 35mm
Video - 21st Century/Ronin
Locations - Sydney and Kurragong in the Blue Mountains, N.S.W
Filmed 14 October - 6 December, 1991
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| Synopsis |
When the young Ken Elkin (Noah Taylor) an over-sexed and hyperactive youth with a taste for personal melodrama, first encounters the end of the world, it is at the annual Seventh Day Adventist Camp in 1956. Convinced by an eloquent heretic that all Adventists are to burn in Hell the following Saturday, Elkin fears that his true love for the pastors daughter will never be consummated. But the world doesn't end...
Arriving in Sydney in 1962 to attend university, Elkin encounters the world's end for a second time while beseiging the wealthy and beautiful Jennie O'Brien (Miranda Otto) with his misguided affection. Believing that with the Cuba missile crisis the end is truly nigh, the paranoid Elkin persuades Jennie to flee Sydney for the safety of the nearby mountains. But the much longed-for apocalypse is once again postponed, and he returns to face the wrath of Jennie's father. |
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| journal - Apocalypse Postponed The Australian Magazine. pp.40-46 |
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Susan Chenery
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| The article is about Ellis's ups and downs in his career, his personal views on some of his work and some information on his background and personality.[full record]
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| web - Ausfilm: Australian Film Database : Director Search Results For: |
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Richard Rankin
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| This page consist of a list of all the film/TV productions Bob Ellis has directed. Each of the production is an active link to their respective information a...[full record]
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| book - Australian Film 1978 - 1994 (A Survey of Theatrical Features) . 00-00-1995 |
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Scott Murray
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| Each article on a film includes details of the production company, crews and casts, as well as the story-plot.[full record]
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| journal - Bob Ellis Sequential 3. pp.12-15 |
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Pauline Adamek
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| The article is an interview on Bob Ellis, who talks about his current work (which is in the year 1990 and mainly on script-writing, including some of the fil...[full record]
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| journal - Coming of Age: Notes Towards a Re-Appraisal Cinema Papers. 01-08-1993. pp.16-19 |
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Raffaele Caputo
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| Article about the film "The Heartbreak Kid" shows how it contains the typical ingredients for a coming-of-age film: but with expectations reversed (teacher b...[full record]
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| newspaper - Future's bright for Ellis with a film of his past The Entertainer. 14-08-1994. p.1 |
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David Bongiorno
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| The article is about the film 'The Nostradamus Kid' directed by Bob Ellis. It contains the story plot and some comment on the successes of the film in the Au...[full record]
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| journal - Getting it wright! Melbourne Report 7 V8. pp.15-17 |
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Jan Epstein
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| The article emphasizes on the need for Australian screenwriters to be more willing in editing their script so as to cater for international audience.[full record]
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| web - IMDB Internet Movie Database : Noah Taylor . 00-00-1990 |
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Andre Bernhardt,
Giancarlo Cairella,
Murray Chapman
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| This site consist of the actor, 'Noah Taylor's filmography. To add on, each of the films listed is an active link to the details of the particular film in ot...[full record]
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| newspaper - Self-examination with few visible restraints The Canberra Times. 09-10-1993. p.8 |
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Dougal Macdonald
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| A piece of review on the film by Bob Ellis, 'The Nostradamus Kid'.
[full record]
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| newspaper - Teenage romp fails to inspire The Sun. 06-03-1994. p.22 |
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Stuart Diwell
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| A short review on the film 'The Nostradamus Kid'. It contains a brief story plot and comment on the film being a disappointment.[full record]
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| newspaper - The Kid makes a stand Herald Sun (Melbourne-1st edition). 21-10-1993. p.47 |
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Loretta Hall
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| The article is about the film, 'The Nostradamus Kid' as yet another piece of autobiography of Bob Ellis. It contains a brief story plot, Ellis's views on Noa...[full record]
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| journal - The Nostradamus Kid Variety, Rolling Stone |
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Quinn Karl,
David Stratton,
Andrew Urban
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| A review of the Bob Ellis's film, 'The Nostradamus Kid'. [full record]
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