Mystery road is a 20 australian crime film with neowestern elements and setting, written and directed by ivan sen. There is slow burn and then there is mystery road, writerdirector ivan sens languid, dusty smalltown western set in a queensland hinterland rife with racial tension. Judy davis returns to wa in mystery road the west australian. When there is a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station, detective jay swan is assigned to investigate. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. Which is one reason why mystery road, which premiered its first season on acorn on monday, aug. Director wayne blair warwick thornton writers tim lee kodie bedford steven mcgregor blake ayshford. Directors warwick thornton sweet country and wayne blair top end wedding teamed up to film mystery road in western australia dampier peninsular and broome regions. Indigenous cowboy detective jay swan returns to his outback home town, to solve the murder of a teenage girl, whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. With aaron pedersen, tasia zalar, tasma walton, judy davis.
Eight australian projects have been selected to screen at the 2020 berlin international film festival berlinale including two features, two television series and four short films. Netflix series stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. A film sequel entitled goldstone was released in 2016, and tv series in 2018, all featuring aaron pedersen as the. The series is a spinoff of the acclaimed movies mystery road 20 and goldstone 2016. The assassination of gianni versace, abc series mystery road and netflix food doco the magic pill. Horse trainer jim willoughby in kimberley for mystery road. High quality alfred hitchcock the birds gifts and merchandise. Mystery road is an australian television drama series which screened on abc from 3 june 2018. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search. In a casting dream come true, the actress who played the unconventional detective saga noren in four seasons of the bridge joins the cast of the lauded, homegrown thriller mystery road. Some of iconic australian film, crocodile dundee, was shot there the walkabout creek pub scene. Ivan sens mystery road is all the more remarkable given that he directed, wrote, shot, edited and scored the film.
An indigenous detective investigates the murder of a teenage girl in a small town in the outback. New instalment for mystery roads indigenous detective. Drama series mystery road returns to abc and iview on sunday, 19 april at 8. A standalone sequel to his breakthrough mystery road which opened the sydney film festival in 20, the film hopes to repeat its predecessors success, making sydneys openingnight. A standalone sequel to his breakthrough mystery road which. Mystery road dvd detective jay swan is assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of two young farm hands on an outback cattle station. Partnered with local cop, fran, jay must unlock what the community knows. Mystery road season 1 episode 5 the waterhole online.
The plot of this series seems straightforward at first. Filmed in the east kimberley region of western australia, aaron pedersen and judy davis star in mystery road the series a six part spinoff from ivan sens internationally acclaimed and award. Mystery road series 2 2020 the screen guide screen. Crackling chemistry and arresting visuals drive mystery road s subtly winding mystery home, guided with a deft hand by director rachel perkins. In the film swan operated mostly on his own, a john waynelike warrior. Detective swan must look over his shoulder at all times, and he can trust noone, rely on noone. Mystery road has some problems for me, like who these drugs are being sold too and where do these people get the money. So begins mystery road, a sixpart spinoff of ivan sens 20 film of the same name. Berlin premieres for stateless and mystery road 2 if.
Filmed on location in western australia in broome and dampier peninsular, mystery road is a bunya productions series, which is how thornton got involved. Choose from thousands of designs or make your own today. The kimberley provides the spectacular backdrop for the new australian drama series. Experience strange natural phenomena at this mysterious tourist attraction located in santa cruz, ca.
A film sequel entitled goldstone was released in 2016, and tv series in 2018, all featuring aaron pedersen as the brooding indigenous australian detective jay swan. The series is a spinoff from ivan sens feature films mystery road and goldstone. Huge skies, low horizons, glowing orange sunsets and a depiction of a culture and environment we rarely see in genre mystery movies make mystery road an unusual and thoughtprovoking film. Find the complete list of songs from mystery road season 1, with scene descriptions, sorted by episode. Mystery stickers featuring millions of original designs created by independent artists. It had its world premiere at the 70th berlin international film festival in late february, in the new series section devoted to longform television series. Mexico series has garnered quite the following over its three seasons, in spite. It is boldly a genre film a murder mystery, in the style of a western, set in the magnificent landscape around winton, outback queensland. Find all 43 songs featured in mystery road soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions.
Mystery road film, a 20 australian neowestern crime film. Abcs highly anticipated drama series mystery road has finally been given an air date. Rachel perkins, greer simpkin on mystery road, davis. Decorate your laptops, water bottles, notebooks and windows. The script is produced by michaeley obrien and written by michaeley obrien. Mystery road is an australian television crime drama series whose first series screened on. The series is phenomenal but i would have enjoyed it even more if i had known the background story that this movie tells.
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Mystery road plays out across two worlds the black and the white in an australian country town. Mystery road season two was produced by bunya productions for the abc, with funding support from screen australias indigenous department, screenwest, the western australian regional film fund supported by royalties for regions and screen nsw. February 16, 2018 from the producers of sweet country, mystery road the series is coming soon. Did you grow up reading nancy drew and the hardy boys, agatha christie and. Mr willoughbys latest venture has brought him to western australias remote east kimberley, to work on the abcs sixpart crime series mystery road, a spinoff from ivan sens film in 20. Gravity hill, a geographical phenomenon where a downwardsloping hill appears to slope upward.
In this weeks episode of who magazines tv podcast, binge list, matthew denby, clare rigden and gavin scott discuss and debate truecrime drama american crime story. Indigenous cowboy detective jay swan returns to his outback hometown to solve the murder of a teenage girl, whose body is. Mystery road to return to the abc for season 2 on april 19. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. The sixepisode series is shot in the australian outback, in a sparsely populated region in the western part of the continent known as the kimberley. Detective jay swan is assigned to investigate a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station. Sofia helin swaps chilly nordic noir for outback gothic. Mystery road the series is produced by bunya productions and golden road productions for the abc with funding support from screenwest, the western australian regional film fund supported by royalties for regions, screen australias indigenous department and create nsw, in association with all3media international who will handle the. The sixpart series is directed by rachel perkins and produced by david jowsey and greer simpkin.
New instalment for mystery road s indigenous detective, boyhood to return and tortured journalist to tour ivan sen is to make another film about jay swan, selma is. Working with local cop emma james, jays investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community. Like his codirector wayne blair, who won the crystal bear in 2005 with his short film the djarn djarns, thornton is a stalwart of indigenous australian cinema. A six part spinoff from ivan sens feature films mystery road and goldstone. A decapitated body washes up in the mangroves, drawing jay swan to the furtive township of gideon. Inspired designs on tshirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more by independent artists and designers from around the world. It was screened in the special presentation section at the 20 toronto international film festival. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title mystery road.
Filming underway in the east kimberley on abcs mystery. The series is produced by bunya productions for the abc with funding support from screenwest, screen australia, the western australian regional film fund supported by royalties for regions and create nsw, produced in association with all3media international who will be handling the international sales. Working with local cop emma james judy davis, jays investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community. Mystery road soundtrack complete song list tunefind. Aaron pedersen in mystery road 2018 ben oxenbould in mystery road 2018 ernie.
Mystery road marks a departure for ivan and recent australian films by other indigenous filmmakers. Russell about the anticipated mystery road sequel, which opened the 2016 sydney film festival on. Mystery road is an australian television drama series screened on abc from 3 june 2018. Among mystery road s many virtues is a gravitasweeping performance from pedersen as outback detective jay swan, the actor. Tourists come from all around to check out the mystery shack, gravity falls number 1 tourist spot. However, the indigenous cinema label also has the potential to. Director ivan sen and actor aaron pedersen talk to stephen a. Acorns new australian mystery series mystery road is. Jay swan in the 20 film mystery road available on amazon prime. Mystery road was at its most politically charged and polemical in its second film, goldstone, which opened with a montage of sepiatoned photographs taken from the gold rush, juxtaposing images of. Rachel perkins, greer simpkin talk mystery road, creating a sense of place starring judy davis, aaron pedersen, mystery road competes at this years series mania. Starring aaron pedersen, hugo weaving, jack thompson, ryan kwanten, and tasma walton, mystery road is a gripping murder mystery with a cultural perspective. Sep 20, 2014 indigenous cowboy detective jay swan returns to his outback hometown to solve the murder of a teenage girl, whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town.
In mystery road, the body of a young girl is found slumped inside a culvert on a quiet outback highway and jay swan takes on the case. Lucky brown exquisite corpse part 2 mystery road pays homage to the great. The sun is hot, the motives are cold and the film is blazingly noir as indigenous detective jay swan aaron pedersen returns for another investigation of outback moral rot in multihyphenate helmer ivan sens socially conscious, supremely accomplished procedural thriller goldstone. During the course of the film, you travel with him on this lonely, mystery road. Mystery road, an australian television drama series. Mystery road, which is a spinoff of the 20 film of the same name and its 2016 sequel goldstone. Jul 16, 2017 veteran actress judy davis will join aaron pederson in mystery road the series, a tv spinoff from feature movies mystery road and goldstone, starring pedersen as an. Filming underway in the east kimberley on abcs mystery road. Across a long narrative arc encompassing the 2018 sixpart series directed by rachel perkins and two earlier feature films directed by ivan sen 20s mystery road and 2016s goldstone, jay. Full on the strange and bizarre, be sure to show how much you loved visiting with this souvenir. For the last 7 years, lucky brown has been working with a label in germany. Supplied from the opening moments of mystery road, the television adaptation of the 20 australian film of the same name, its clear the landscape will. The series is a spinoff from ivan sens films mystery road and goldstone the first sixpart series was directed by rachel perkins and produced by david jowsey and greer simpkin.
Nov 22, 20 mystery road is a mysterious cinematic feature from writerdirector ivan sen. Mystery road tv series, an australian television drama series. Mystery road series two is produced by bunya productions and dark matter media for the abc, with funding support from screen australias indigenous department, screenwest, the western australian regional film fund supported by royalties for regions and create nsw, in association with all3media international who will handle the international. Ivan sens outbackset thriller has echoes of classic american material, but an australian ambience all its own. The world of mexican drug cartels continues to be an interesting gambit for entertainment. One is a local indigenous footy hero, and the other a. Shop the online gift store and view pictures and videos of this very unique mystery spot. Abcs mystery road has finally been given an air date tv. Dr mystery road is a mystery who done it where every reveal has weight and you have to watch every episode just to see what happened next.
So begins mystery road, a sixpart spinoff of ivan sens 20 film of. In a sixepisode australian series, an indigenous detective and an. The series is a spinoff from ivan sen s films mystery road and goldstone. Mystery road is a 20 australian neowestern crime film, written and directed by ivan sen. Much of this film is shot in the small australian town of winton. If you go on enough road trips, chances are youve seen a certain bumper sticker. Aug 15, 20 jay is alienated from both the whitedominated police force and the indigenous community, including his teenage daughter, whom he discovers is connected to the murdered girl. All 34 songs featured in mystery road season 1 soundtrack, listed by episode with scene descriptions. The great judy davis, left, pairs up with aaron pedersen in the cop series mystery road, set in western australia. Judy davis leads a powerhouse australian cast in the tv spinoff to the film mystery road.
Dec 27, 2018 sen has made a suspenseful and intelligent mystery aided by terrific performances. There is slow burn and then there is mystery road, writerdirector ivan sens languid, dusty smalltown western set in. Mystery road becomes spinoff series for abc australias. The outback, in all its widescreen glory, plays its part too. There are some wonderful night scenes, set against fiery sunset skies. Jay is alienated from both the whitedominated police force and the indigenous community, including his teenage daughter, whom he discovers is connected to the murdered girl. Two local boys have gone missing while they were checking watering stations on one of the outbacks gigantic stations what the australians call ranches. The first two episodes of matchbox pictures stateless and the second series of bunya productions mystery road will have their world premieres at the sixth edition of the berlin international film festivals berlinale series.
The bridges sofia helin to star in mystery road series 2. Mystery road, a 20 australian neowestern crime film. In mystery road detective jay swan is in a similar situation. He knows her like he knows everyone in the town there is the sense that everyone is one big extended family. In mystery road, judy davis goes west the new york. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. A deeply satisfying and slowburning modernday western. Chronologically, this new mystery road sits between. Directed by rachel perkins known for 1998s radiance but most recently 2017s jasper jones, the series picks up a narrative thread between the 20 film and its 2016 spiritual sequel, goldstone. Jun 27, 2017 addictive mystery series that will pull you in from book one and never let go. Director rachel perkins sixpart abc tv series mystery road is the third instalment in the titular franchise, following two hardboiled movies from filmmaker ivan sen and star aaron pedersen including the terrific, big thinking neonoirwestern goldstone.
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