Classification Number |
Drama |
Title |
Jasper Jones. [DVD] |
Physical Description |
sound, colour ; |
Series |
DVD |
Drama |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 2017. |
Special features : The making of Jasper Jones, 5 featurettes, ATOM Study guide. |
"MMA9214." |
Based on the novel Jasper Jones in 2009 by Fremantle-based writer Craig Silvey. |
"Based on the iconic Australian novel"-- Cover. |
"A knock at the window, their lives changed forever"-- Cover. |
Performer |
Levi Miller, Aaron L. McGrath, Angourie Rice, Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving. |
Adapted from Craig Silvey’s bestselling Australian novel and featuring a stellar cast including Toni Collette, Hugo Weaving, Levi Miller, Angourie Rice, Dan Wyllie and Aaron McGrath, JASPER JONES is the story of Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14 living in a small town in Western Australia. In the dead of night during the scorching summer of 1969, Charlie is startled when he is woken by local mixed-race outcast Jasper Jones outside his window. Jasper leads him deep into the forest and shows him something that will change his life forever, setting them both on a dangerous journey to solve a mystery that will consume the entire community.In an isolated town where secrecy, gossip and tragedy overwhelm the landscape, Charlie faces family breakdown, finds his first love, and discovers what it means be truly courageous. |
Classification |
Censorship classification : M. |
Subject |
Interpersonal relations -- Drama |
Secrecy -- Drama |
Murder -- Drama |
Dysfunctional families -- Drama |
Detective and mystery films -- Australia |
Recluses -- Drama |
Racially mixed people -- Drama |
Detective and mystery films |
Additional Author |
Miller, Levi |
McGrath, Aaron L |
Rice, Angourie |
Collette, Toni |
Weaving, Hugo, 1960- |
Perkins, Rachel |
Sheehan, Vincent |
Jowsey, David |
Grant, Shaun |
Silvey, Craig Jasper Jones, |