Townsville Premiere

Townsville scrubbed up very well with the Premiere for Beneath Hill 60 at Birch Carroll & Coyle  Cinemas. The Town went all out with a Hollywood Bang!

The Producers, Directors and Cast rocked up in style, driven in vintage cars from the Townsville Veteran Vintage and Historic Motor Club.

The Salvation Army Riverside Brass Band performed for the Premiere to greet everyone on the red carpet.

                                 

LtoR Stars of the film Brendan Cowell (Oliver Woodward) and Gyton Grantley (Norm Morris)

The Actors and Stars of the Film were swarmed by the media frenzy...

 and Director Jeremy Sims starred in the bright lights.

Check out the Video that the Townsville Bulletin made of the night's activities. Here's the link:

http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/NewsVids.html?vid=News%2Fred-carpet.f4v&title=Beneath%20Hill%2060%20red%20carpet%20premiere

The Film is now out in public screening at 161 cinemas nationwide. There are articles, interviews and pictures about the film everywhere and even the occasional cartoon.

This one courtesy of Townsville Bulletin.

Here's the article in the local press about the book selling like hotcakes.

Beneath Hill 60 World Premiere

Last Thursday night, on the 8th of April, Event Cinemas in George street Sydney rolled out the red carpet for the world premiere of Beneath Hill 60. 

Once reached the carpet you were greeted by two soldiers to solute you down the carpet, dressed the in historical delicate ww1 uniform used from the film (thanks to costume designer Ian Sparkes), with decor from the set.

Press were excited, flashes of light were constantly on a roll and there was great excitement in the air. The Cast and Crew looked sharp and glamourous in their frocks and suits.

With an introduction from Bill Leimbach, David Roach and Jeremy Hartley Sims to start off the night ahead, the film began and was well enjoyed by everyone there. 

With Constant praise to everyone who worked on the film, a great love for the story and the production, excitement buzzed through to the after party at the Art House Hotel on Pitt Street. 

The night went on with mingling, smiles and drinks. Great company, great film. 

 The BH60 cast and crew

Overall the night was a tremendous success. Well Done everyone, we are all so proud.

  

(LtoR)Leading man, Brendan Cowell and Leading lady, Bella Heathcote

  (LtoR) Gyton Grantley and Harrison Gilbertson

  

Beneath Hill 60 Crew

We had up to 150 cast and crew at Townsville during the filming. 

Since filming they have all dispersed of course, back to their film making homes. 

Some to Sydney, Melbourne, Gold Coast and as far away as Perth.

We hope they all have places to go for cast and crew screenings scheduled over the coming two weeks, with the build up to National Release on April 15th.

Contact Kirsty in our office if you've been left out for any reason.

She's on Facebook or kirsty@beneathhill60.com.au

Will Davies Book Launch

On Monday 22nd of March, Random House and  Historian Writer Will Davies launched the book "Beneath Hill 60" at the beautiful location of 'Tony Bilson's ONE Wine Bar' in the Rocks, Sydney.

The night was a huge success with  great food, wine, lovely company and a great vibe and buzz about the Book and the soon to be released film.

Here is a photo of Author Will Davies with Publisher Meredith Curnow enjoying the evening.

We also had a visit from the lovely Virginia Gordon (President of the 'Sydney Film Festival'). Here is her and Will having a lovely time at the launch.

The BENEATH HILL 6O Official website by Paramount has gone live. Click the following Link

http://www.beneathhill60movie.com.au

to check out the site where you can download the 1st chapter of the book. Check out the cast and actor bios and also see the Gallery, with stunning shots done by our Stills photographer Wendy McDougall. 

Sound Mix complete

These are the last standing members of our glorious Sound Mix Gang - L to R Alicia Slusarski, Sound editor; Sound Designer Liam Egan; Sound assistant Michelle Child and the indefatigable Sound Mixer, Robert Sullivan. They are all part of a 10 person team that have slaved for four months - at SOUND FIRM, Sydney - to ensure the Sound Track is ready to meet out National Release date of April 15th. The Final Mix of Effects, Dialogue ad Mus

ic was completed on March 5th 2010. 

Also lets not forget the rest of the team Dialogue Editor Tony Murtagh, ADR Editor Leah Katz, Assistant Sound Editor Jennifer Sochackyj and to Bruce Emery for all his wheelin and deelin at SOUND FIRM.

Champagne glasses clinked to them all. Love your work guys, WELDONE!

We'd also like to mention the great help back in pre-production days of the 'Poole Family' (above). They suppplied the acreage on the outskirts of Townsville at Kelso, which became the trenches for the film. We are looking forward to seeing them and many other supporters of the film at the Townsville Premiere April 14th..

Actors Debut

Three of our tunnelling soldiers will have their feature film debuts with BENEATH HILL 60, when it is released this April 15th. We wish them all the success they deserve and thank them for such a great effort.

'Billy Bacon' played by Mark Cole Smith

Mark is a Broome based indigenous performer. He has a certificate in Aboriginal Theatre from WAAPA and

 a Bachelor in Indigenous Studies.  He made his acting debut in 2003 in the children’s series OCEAN STAR, shot on location in Boome for BBH.  Mark has done extensive theatre work for the Barking Gecko Theatre Company in Broome, touring WA invarious productions.  His TV credits include guest roles in BLUE HEELERS (Southern Star) and DIRT GAME (ABC) as well as the supporting role of Billie in series 1 and 2 of THE CIRCUIT for SBS TV.

Billy 'Streaky' Bacon

Billy Bacon, or Streaky as his comrades 

affectionately call him, is a

 young Aboriginal tunneller, who has a bit 

of mining experience and 

wants to head over to Europe and go to battle.

'Walter Sneddon' played by Alex Thompson

Alex Thompson is a graduate of The Drama Company and also attended Newtown Performing Arts high school. Alex was selected to participate in the Acting for Film intensive at the New York Film Academy. Having performed in various theatre productions, BENEATH HILL 60 is Alex’s first film.

Walter Sneddon

At 18-years-old, fresh-faced Walter Sneddon is one of the youngest in the section, and he craves adventure.  His father finds out that he’s signed up, and not wanting him to go to the frontlines alone, signs up the following day.  Walter is still a child, he’s very naïve, he says the wrong thing in situations, and is not very tactful. But he’s a sweet kid, and everyone likes him. He scares very easily, and is easily upset, so will take it to heart if someone says something harsh to him. 

Ginger 'Mick' O'Donnell played by Martin Thomas

Martin Thomas has appeared in many theatre productions and has appeared in numerous TVCs for major brands. While studying Acting for Stage and Screen at Charles Sturt University, Martin starred in a number of CSU TV shows. BENEATH HILL 60 is Martin’s feature debut.

Ginger 'Mick' O'Donnell  

Ginger comes from a large, poor Irish family where he had to struggle to survive.  He‘s a tough kid with a mean streak who tends to attach himself to power.  If the war has taught him anything, it’s that if you

look after the man beside you, he’ll look  after you.

Post Production

Here, at Beneath Hill 60 headquarters we have just wrapped ADR with our actors and now we our talented team over at Sound Firm are now moving onto the process of the Final Mix.

This means that all elements are to be equalized, balanced in volume and to be set. This includes sections on editing sound with picture, dialogue, sound effects eg .creating noises of giant explosions, music editing and adding subtle sounds that enrich the language and feeling of the film.

Also this week Jeremy Sims (Director), Bill Leimbach (Producer) and David Roach (Writer / Co-Producer) headed down to Melbourne to work with the amazing music composer, Cezary Skubiszewski and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra for the recording of the final music score to BENEATH HILL 60.

The official Beneath Hill 60 trailer has been launched and you can see the posters all around Australian cinemas near you. You can watch the trailer by clicking the link,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYOpCJCl5L4

You can also catch the trailer in cinemas, which is being shown in front of the films 'Up in the air' and 'Nine'.

We also have a 'Beneath Hill 60' youtube channel up and running. Visit http://www.youtube.com/user/beneathhill60 

to see some behind the scenes footage of the film and interviews with our talented Production crew.

Keep an eye out on the book 'Beneath Hill 60' written by historian Will Davies, which is due to hit bookshops all around Australia on March 1st.