WORLD PREMIERE WISHBONE TRAILER
The extended trailer of Wishbone will have its world premiere
at the Farscape Convention, Burbank, California
November 2 – 4, 2007
All of us at CMP welcome the SCAPERS
and hope you have a FRELLIN’ great time!
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Rough Cut Music supplies music for Wishbone

Find Love
G. Bidmead
Peformed By “Glenn Bidmead”
(Rough Cut Music/JWM Productions)
All Fired Up
L. Harrison/M. Morris
Performed By “The Lazys”
(Rough Cut Music)
Fool 4 U
J.Cayzer/R.Sandapa
Performed By “Rujon”
(Rough Cut Music/Midnight Music)
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Hit That
R. Sandapa
Performed By “Rudy feat. Revillino”
(Rough Cut Music/Midnight Music)
Beautiful Disguise
E. Prescott/B.Clemenson
Performed By “Tokenview”
(Rough Cut Music)
Additional Music
Gin & Tonic
Ben Deane-Johns
String Quartet #3
Ben Deane-Johns
Mensural Canon
Ben Deane-Johns |
A Note From the Director
I guess today is a fairly typical
Winter’s day here in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia.
It’s Wednesday, July 11th, 20 to 5pm. The last of the
sun is glinting through the gum trees outside the window, the
sky is still, miraculously, blue and the fire is well and truly
lit. It’s maybe 12 degrees Celcius.
Hints of Spring are around. Emerging from between the clumps
of winter Helibores, are the daffodils, hyacinths, bluebells,
ranunculas. Many of the snowflakes are already in bloom and
the odd, determined camellia still throws out a flower or two.
We’ve had masses of rain, storms, flooding. gale force
winds and skies that refuse to comply with ‘continuity
blue’, preferring deep grey-green pestilential. Everything
that can kill continuity in a film, mother nature has helped
out. “Happy to oblige’ I have heard her say as
I tear out the remaining stalks of my hair.
Spring. This is where we started. With the coming of Spring,
2006, the germ of WISHBONE was born. And here we are, nearly
Spring again; but with a good dose of winter left!, Only three
scenes to go and the film is well and truly shot.
It’s been a remarkable ride. Cancellations, gear that
we couldn’t get, weather screaming at us to dare and
shoot a single frame. Interior locations that at the last minute
fell through, coughs, colds, bruises, hair colour changes (arghhh!),
suddenly tanned faces (double arghhhh!). Actors that couldn’t
show up at the last minute or had to go after a couple of hours.
You name it we’ve had it. Tape stock left behind. Camera
left behind (triple the arghhhh! on that one),
We’ve laughed fit to wet ourselves, hugged, screamed,
moaned, cried – fell about with hilarity at totally unfunny
events – our Art Director who decided to be a rider in
the horse chase and the horse wanted to go left not straight
ahead. I only wish I hadn’t screamed ‘cut’ as
Bruce flew skywards in a perfect arc. He landed on a nice soft
bush…maybe that’s why we curled up. We knew our
insurances wouldn’t have to be called upon.
Have I mentioned insurances? Just about all the dollars we
had or have, have been feeding the Public Liability monster – but
at least I don’t mind telling someone to jump off a barn
roof then…into a bed of mattresses, disguised by straw.
Oh yes, did I mention the monster rash of allergic reaction
our leading lady Cleome (Kendall Feaver) broke out in after
leaping with hero Johnny (David Angel) from said barn roof
into said straw? No? Or that the reflector board was so bright
that she just couldn’t open her eyes and squinted through
an entire scene based on ‘eye’ contact!? No?
What about St Matilda’s teacher, Doris (Fiona Churchill)
who has had to stick with bright green nail varnish for 6 months
and endured the indignity of floating in a pond for hours and
emerging as if from a nice relaxed float, jibbering with cold?
Of course we had to do take two. She did it so well the first
time.
One memorable great bonus, was the Sir Donald Bradman Oval.
An incredible honour to shoot at this location, cradled in
the valley of beautiful Bowral. Johnny the hero has a dream
to play there…whether he does or not, you’ll have
to see the movie, but on the day we shot the crowd scenes a
tour party of cricket worshippers from Indian turned up. ROPED
IN! Of course. So here we were, at one of the most famous cricket
ovals in the world with 15 screaming, mad, delighted Indian
cricket fanatics. So we expect a few sales there – maybe
even the Bollywood version of WISHBONE? Why not?
Shooting over 6 months, mostly on weekends has been a monumental
effort of organization and sheer invention. Necessity has been
our mother throughout. Not the least in terms of sheer organizational
terror as our production co-ordinators have juggled everything
from ‘grannies birthday’ to ‘parent teacher
working bees’ to try and align up to 120 people on a
single day. What is it they say about schedules being theories
in small print? I think we’ve single-handedly re-defined
the HOW TO manual.
So, in a very short while, I hit the edit suite and post production – I
reckon a few months there. So we’re aiming for a Spring
release. I would like to think late September early October – but
you never know. This is all about the world of the possible,
pulling in favours, begging, cajoling, dancing any dance required
to “get that prop, location, costume, sound, picture,
performance, glint, tweak, tear, smile!”
And so we come back to Spring. Where we all began. I reckon
it’s incredible. To go from thought to finish in a year.
Astonishing. Amazing. Splendid. It’s been horrific. It’s
been great. I know that several would now say that the stress
diet is the best way to lose weight ever. Don’t think
we’d have it any other way though.
Here’s to endeavour and daring to dream the dream. Here’s
to raising monumental amounts of bucks for the Children’s
Ward of the Bowral & District Hospital. Here’s to
the hundreds who have helped along the way and continue to
do so. Here’s to our story, friendship, and, just quietly,
endurance.
Climbing Everest? Hah!
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