Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. ... Alles lesenAn Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or...?An Australian truck driver writes romance novels. His engaged, tomboyish, crop duster best friend's name, Ruby Vale, is unasked used as author. Complications arise when his novel takes off. Will they remain friends or...?
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- 1 Gewinn & 2 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Errol
- (as Charlie Little)
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Karvan and Jackman are well known in Australia, Karvan as a film actress and Jackman as a musical theatre actor. Both are well cast in their roles as a brash, independent pilot (Karvan) and a novel writing truck driver (Jackman).
The storyline is simple but entertaining. Ruby Vale (Karvan) and Jack Willis (Jackman) live in a small outback Australian town. Jack writes romance novels while working as a truck driver. Embarrassed about his hobby, he uses Ruby's name when he sends his novel to a publisher. It becomes very complicated when the novel is accepted for publication and Jack must convince Ruby to help him.
The film is very Australian, but will not in any way alienate overseas viewers. The movie was mainly filmed in rural Queensland and makes the most of the outback landscape. The Australian accent is not exaggerated (a pet hate of mine).
Give this film a go if you are a fan of romantic comedies. The Australian film industry is producing quality work and "Paperback Hero" is an example of this.
Australia has only a small film industry by world standards, and it suffers from the fact that when anyone of real talent emerges, he or she is invariably whisked off to the dollars of Hollywood very rapidly, so that most of our best people, not only actors but directors and all the others who work to make a film, don't make films in Australia. It's therefore a welcome surprise when an Australian film turns out to be good. One very common problem is the lack of good screenplays: most of them have fundamental problems of structure, and nearly all of them have not been developed sufficiently. This one's a good one. The idea of a truck driver writing Mills and Boon romances is interesting in itself; the enlisting of a local girl to "front" for the real author is a predictable but acceptable nest step: and the romance that slowly but surely emerges out of the background to take over towards the end is also predictable but very nicely and gently done.
The film didn't make much of a public stir when it was released, in fact I don't recall it in cinemas at all. It comes up every now and again on TV, and it's much underrated. It also deserves a much higher user rating than its current 6.1. Perhaps it's the lack of pretension itself that leads viewers to mark it down.
If you're looking at IMDb wondering whether to bother with this film, then my suggestion is to bother. It won't change your world, but it will amuse you and leave you feeling happy.
I have rated this movie 9 of 10.
Whilst the storyline is predictable, it provides a humourous look at friendship which blossoms into love, something we've all dreamed about.
This is definately one movie us Aussies can be proud to show the world, it displays some of this nations best talent with Claudia Karvan and Hugh Jackman.
A movie everyone should see for a laugh and some heartwarming!
I give it 9.5 out of 10
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- WissenswertesNindigully pub, prominently featured in the film as the Boomerang café, is a real life pub, essentially a town in itself (population 6), located 45 km from the nearest town. It is the oldest hotel (pub) in Queensland, operating continuously since 1864.
- PatzerDuring the opening credits, the road train is filmed from the air. A helicopter's shadow (presumably the helicopter doing the filming) can be seen briefly on the ground below.
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Jack Willis: I've written a book.
Ruby Vale: What kind of book?
Jack Willis: A novel. Anyway, it's got your name on it.
Ruby Vale: What? A book with me in it?
Jack Willis: No, a book with your name on it, like on the cover.
Ruby Vale: Like I wrote it?
Jack Willis: Yeah.
Ruby Vale: Why didn't you put your own name on it?
Jack Willis: It's a... it's a... a romance novel.
- VerbindungenFeatured in 60 Minutes: On Thin Ice/The Memory Pill/Love Her Way (2007)
- SoundtracksShe's Taken My Words
(theme from Trucker mit Herz (1999))
Written by Andrew Tierney and Michael Tierney
Performed by Human Nature
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- Laufzeit1 Stunde 36 Minuten
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- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1