Siam Sunset (1999) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Depressed Perry creates colors for an English paint company. While trying to invent the new color "Siam Sunset," he travels to a desolate part of Australia, where he meets Grace, a woman who is as troubled by her life as he is. Together they hope to color their worlds with love rather than paint, bu

Cast & Crew

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John Polson

Linus Roache

Danielle Cormack

Ian Bliss

Roy Billing

Alan Brough

Film Details

Genre

Comedy

Drama

Release Date

1999

Production Company

Australian Film Commission (AFC); Endemol Australia; Film4 Productions; Filmfour; Opticals & Graphics; Rising Sun Pictures; Screen Australia; Screen Nsw; South Australian Film Corporation (Safc)

Distribution Company

Atlas Film; Atlas Film And Medien (Afm); Bac Films Distribution; Blue Dolphin Film Distributors; First Distributors Ltd (Hong Kong); Frenetic Films; Le Studio Canal Plus; Mdp Worldwide Entertainment; Mdp Worldwide Entertainment; StudioCanal; United International Pictures

Location

Australia

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 31m

Synopsis

Depressed Perry creates colors for an English paint company. While trying to invent the new color "Siam Sunset," he travels to a desolate part of Australia, where he meets Grace, a woman who is as troubled by her life as he is. Together they hope to color their worlds with love rather than paint, but will the universe let them?

Director

John Polson

Cast

Linus Roache

Danielle Cormack

Ian Bliss

Roy Billing

Alan Brough

Terry Kenwrick

Deidre Rubenstein

Peter Hosking

Victoria Eagger

Robert Menzies

Eliza Lovell

Heidi Glover

Lachlan Standing

Esme Melville

Chuong Dao

Alan Lovell

Victoria Hill

Arthur Percival

Roger Cardwell

Dominic Pedlar

Paint Factory Worker

Charlie Barnes

Marlo Grocke

Surgery Receptionist

Paul Simpson

Len Firth

Denis Noble

Rebecca Harris

Rebecca Harris

Crew

Georgia Allain

Additional Scenic Artist

Guy Allain

Additional Scenic Artist

Gordon Barber

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Nicholas Beauman

Peter Beilby

Executive Producer

Marcus Bosisto

Glenn Boswell

Stunt Coordinator

Brian Breheny

Director Of Photography

Brian Breheny

Camera Operator

Alan Brough

Song Performer ("Raindrops")

Gary Buss

Unit Manager (2nd Unit)

Jacqui Canty

Assistant Director (2nd Unit)

Al Clark

David Crombie

Aboriginal Heritage Advisor

Ian Crombie

Aboriginal Heritage Advisor

Andrew Crouch

Mason Curtis

Location Manager

Max Dann

Max Dann

Max Dann

Associate Producer

Angela Dixon

Todd Downs

Butterfly Wrangler

Les Fiddess

David Foreman

2nd Unit Director Of Photography (2nd Unit)

John Forrest

Storyboard Artist

Michael Gill

Tina Gordon

Additional Hair & Make-Up Artist

Mike Grabowsky

Music Coordinator

Paul Grabowsky

Music Arranger & Conductor

Paul Grabowsky

Robin Gray

Johnny Hallyday

Stunt Coordinator

John Haratzis

Mauricio Hernandez

Richard Hobbs

Simon Ingerson

Phil Jones

Assistant Director

Phil Jones

Assistant Director

Vince Jones

Song Performer (" Hallelujah")

Steven Jones-evans

Production Designer

Fiona Jones-rees

Additional Makeup

Phil Judd

Laurie Kirkwood

Camera Operator

Andrew Knight

Executive Producer

Andrew Knight

Andrew Knight

Ray Landsman

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Jeff Little

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Jan Marnell

John May

Post-Production Supervisor

Andrew Mccallister

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Nada Mikas

Adr & Atmos Editor

Peter Mirtschin

Snake & Scorpion Wrangler

Heather Muirhead

Production Coordinator

Mark A Nichols

Prosthetic Design

Peter O'brien

Additional Dialogue Editor

Tim O'brien

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Rudi Osadnik

Clair Parker

Assistant Director

Jane Paterson

Dialogue Editor

Julie Pearse

Andrew Plain

Supervising Sound Editor

Andy Pryor

Casting (United Kingdom)

Graham Purcell

Costume Supervisor

Toni Raynes

Assistant Director

Ann Robinson

Jonathan Ryan

John Schiefelbein

Sound Recordist

Lindsay Smith

Assistant Director (2nd Unit)

Carl Sorger

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Nicole Spiro

Hair & Make-Up Prosthetics Artist

Peter Stubbs

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Elizabeth Symes

Production Supervisor

Sue Taylor

Hair & Make-Up Supervisor

Geoff Thompson

Kevin Turner

Special Effects (Filmtrix)

Kristin Voumard

Louise Wakefield

Costume Designer

Christine Woodruff

Music Consultant

Film Details

Genre

Comedy

Drama

Release Date

1999

Production Company

Australian Film Commission (AFC); Endemol Australia; Film4 Productions; Filmfour; Opticals & Graphics; Rising Sun Pictures; Screen Australia; Screen Nsw; South Australian Film Corporation (Safc)

Distribution Company

Atlas Film; Atlas Film And Medien (Afm); Bac Films Distribution; Blue Dolphin Film Distributors; First Distributors Ltd (Hong Kong); Frenetic Films; Le Studio Canal Plus; Mdp Worldwide Entertainment; Mdp Worldwide Entertainment; StudioCanal; United International Pictures

Location

Australia

Technical Specs

Duration

1h 31m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1999 (Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Regional Premieres) October 20 - November 15, 1999.)

Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at American Film Institute (AFI) Los Angeles International Film Festival (Special Presentations) October 21-29, 1999.)

Released in United States Winter January 1, 2004

Released in United States on Video April 29, 2003

Released in United States 1999

Released in United States October 1999

Shown at Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival (Regional Premieres) October 20 - November 15, 1999.

Feature directorial debut for actor John Polson.

Began shooting September 7, 1998.

Completed shooting October 24, 1998.

Released in United States Winter January 1, 2004

Released in United States on Video April 29, 2003

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