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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 133419" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I know they're hoping to sell it in the US. It's a matter of being able to convince the big movie distributors in the US that it won't need subtitles, just because it's got Aussie accents.</p><p></p><p>(And I'm not kidding about the subtitles - I remember watching an episode of "Oprah" which had a doctor from Sudan or Ethiopia, who set up the Fistula Hospital to treat young girls who had been rejected by their families due to developing fistula from giving birth too young. This doctor was Australian but British-educated, she had what we call a very plummy accent, like British Royal family, but they subtitled her! I couldn't believe it!)</p><p></p><p>"The Black Balloon" shows its understanding of autism even in the opening credits - you see the family moving in, the autistic older teen sitting on the ground tapping a stick rhythmically and making noise, while everything you see has a label. Man, shirt, car, dog, box, stick, and the actors credits float around in the same sea of words. Brilliant.</p><p></p><p>It should be available on DVD, I hope they make it multi-region. I HATE the way a lot of DVDs are locked onto regions, it makes it very hard for us Down Under to get DVDs that we want if they haven't been released for our region. A big reason for the regions, from what we can make out, is to be able to sell DVDs to a few countries (such as Australia) at exorbitant prices. When the 'Net first got busy, Aussies started buying CDs & DVDs from the US & Canada, much cheaper. A new release CD generally costs us A$25; a new-release DVD can cost A$40, although usually it's about $25 - $30. With the Aussie dollar so close behind the US, I gather that's a fair bit more than you guys would have to pay. </p><p></p><p>But locking the US & Canada away from us pushes our prices up. We're in the same region as Japan, so we get a lot of animé.</p><p></p><p>We can buy multi-region DVD players, but they aren't allowed to be advertised as multi-region. You just have to buy a DVD player and hope. Surprisingly, the cheaper DVD players tend to be multi-region.</p><p></p><p>The film has had a good plug here, we'll see how it goes after its public release here on Thursday.</p><p></p><p>The amazing thing - the only autistic actors in it, were our kids in the "Afloat!" segment. The bloke playing Charlie, Luke Ford, is Oscar material in my opinion. He and the actor playing Thomas, Rhys Wakefield, actually went out in public, in character, to see how people reacted. Both were somewhat horrified at the public response. Luke said that at one point when he was "Charlie" out in public, some young blokes tried to make him angry, to try to set him off in a rage. Listening to him saying this in the interview made me realise just how hard it has been for difficult child 3 trying to cope with the local bullies. People are sneaky, they will wait until they think they won't get caught. The film shows this, shows the cruel humour people (especially some kids) try to get out of baiting people like Charlie and his classmates. The film doesn't hold back from showing the violence that can result when things are badly handled. This is raw at times, but very truthful. There is enough fun and humour, though, as well as a lot of love, to make the film enjoyable and VERY worthwhile.</p><p></p><p>While filming, we got the chance to meet Elissa's mother and brother, on whom the film is based. Lovely people. The day before the "Afloat!" scene was filmed was Elissa's brother's birthday, he was there for the filming that day and also in the audience (and therefore in the film) for the "Afloat!" sequence. He is non-verbal but signs. They used the same signing system through the film. Interestingly, Luke, playing Charlie, looks a lot like Elissa's brother.</p><p>On Monday night Elissa told us her brother had now seen the film four times already!</p><p></p><p>Interestingly, when difficult child 3 came with me to my chess class at the school yesterday, he wore his special necklace that Elissa & Claire gave all the "Afloat!" actors. He was quickly surrounded by kids (including a number of kids who I know are in the pack of bullies who taunt him) and they were all asking about the film. "You were in a film? Who was in it? TONI COLLETTE? You're kidding! WOW!" </p><p></p><p>Hopefully the bullies are maybe going to find another target? I can hope...</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 133419, member: 1991"] I know they're hoping to sell it in the US. It's a matter of being able to convince the big movie distributors in the US that it won't need subtitles, just because it's got Aussie accents. (And I'm not kidding about the subtitles - I remember watching an episode of "Oprah" which had a doctor from Sudan or Ethiopia, who set up the Fistula Hospital to treat young girls who had been rejected by their families due to developing fistula from giving birth too young. This doctor was Australian but British-educated, she had what we call a very plummy accent, like British Royal family, but they subtitled her! I couldn't believe it!) "The Black Balloon" shows its understanding of autism even in the opening credits - you see the family moving in, the autistic older teen sitting on the ground tapping a stick rhythmically and making noise, while everything you see has a label. Man, shirt, car, dog, box, stick, and the actors credits float around in the same sea of words. Brilliant. It should be available on DVD, I hope they make it multi-region. I HATE the way a lot of DVDs are locked onto regions, it makes it very hard for us Down Under to get DVDs that we want if they haven't been released for our region. A big reason for the regions, from what we can make out, is to be able to sell DVDs to a few countries (such as Australia) at exorbitant prices. When the 'Net first got busy, Aussies started buying CDs & DVDs from the US & Canada, much cheaper. A new release CD generally costs us A$25; a new-release DVD can cost A$40, although usually it's about $25 - $30. With the Aussie dollar so close behind the US, I gather that's a fair bit more than you guys would have to pay. But locking the US & Canada away from us pushes our prices up. We're in the same region as Japan, so we get a lot of animé. We can buy multi-region DVD players, but they aren't allowed to be advertised as multi-region. You just have to buy a DVD player and hope. Surprisingly, the cheaper DVD players tend to be multi-region. The film has had a good plug here, we'll see how it goes after its public release here on Thursday. The amazing thing - the only autistic actors in it, were our kids in the "Afloat!" segment. The bloke playing Charlie, Luke Ford, is Oscar material in my opinion. He and the actor playing Thomas, Rhys Wakefield, actually went out in public, in character, to see how people reacted. Both were somewhat horrified at the public response. Luke said that at one point when he was "Charlie" out in public, some young blokes tried to make him angry, to try to set him off in a rage. Listening to him saying this in the interview made me realise just how hard it has been for difficult child 3 trying to cope with the local bullies. People are sneaky, they will wait until they think they won't get caught. The film shows this, shows the cruel humour people (especially some kids) try to get out of baiting people like Charlie and his classmates. The film doesn't hold back from showing the violence that can result when things are badly handled. This is raw at times, but very truthful. There is enough fun and humour, though, as well as a lot of love, to make the film enjoyable and VERY worthwhile. While filming, we got the chance to meet Elissa's mother and brother, on whom the film is based. Lovely people. The day before the "Afloat!" scene was filmed was Elissa's brother's birthday, he was there for the filming that day and also in the audience (and therefore in the film) for the "Afloat!" sequence. He is non-verbal but signs. They used the same signing system through the film. Interestingly, Luke, playing Charlie, looks a lot like Elissa's brother. On Monday night Elissa told us her brother had now seen the film four times already! Interestingly, when difficult child 3 came with me to my chess class at the school yesterday, he wore his special necklace that Elissa & Claire gave all the "Afloat!" actors. He was quickly surrounded by kids (including a number of kids who I know are in the pack of bullies who taunt him) and they were all asking about the film. "You were in a film? Who was in it? TONI COLLETTE? You're kidding! WOW!" Hopefully the bullies are maybe going to find another target? I can hope... Marg [/QUOTE]
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