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Top End Wedding Movie Review

admin — Wed, 01 May 2019 16:34:43 +0000

Part rom-com, part travel ad for the Northern Territory, Top End Wedding is a fun romp with some awe inspiring visuals. Director Wayne Blair continues with the unity themes he inspired with his previous film, The Sapphires, even working again with the actors Miranda Tapsell and Shari Sebbens.

Tapsell plays Lauren, a lawyer climbing the ladder at a law firm in Adelaide. Her boyfriend Ned (Gwilym Lee) is also a lawyer but is sick of his job as a prosecutor. On the day he quits his job, he also proposes to Lauren. They have to plan a rushed wedding to fit the demands on her time placed by her single minded boss, Hampton (Kerry Fox).

When Lauren returns home to the top end, her mother has left her father and gone walk about. She doesn’t want to tie the knot without Mum there so the search is on. Her and Ned continually arrive just that little bit too late at various locations where her mother has been and the activities Mum has indulged in are quite humorous.

When the wayward parent is found, the film turns quite touching. Lauren and her Mum return to their ancestral home, the Tiwi Islands and get back in touch with the old ways. The Aboriginal culture is shown in rich vibrant colours and both mother and daughter share some very heartfelt moments together. There are times the actors play second fiddle to the surrounds but there is still enough story to hold it all together quite nicely.

Rob Hudson
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Check out the first look trailer for Top End Wedding!

admin — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:25:25 +0000

From the makers of The Sapphires, TOP END WEDDING is a celebration of love, family and belonging, set against the spectacular natural beauty of the Northern Territory.

This heartwarming romantic comedy tells the story of successful Sydney lawyer Lauren (Tapsell) and her fiancé Ned (Gwilym Lee). Engaged and in love, they have just ten days to pull off their dream Top End Wedding.

First though, they need track down Lauren’s mother, who has gone AWOL somewhere in the Northern Territory.

Top End Wedding will be in Australian cinemas May 2!
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Check out the first look image for Top End Wedding – starring Darwin’s own Miranda Tapsell!

admin — Fri, 25 May 2018 16:04:22 +0000

Engaged and in love, Lauren and Ned have just 10 days to find Lauren’s mother who has gone AWOL somewhere in the Northern Territory, reunite her parents and pull off their dream Top End Wedding.

As the couple travel through the Top End including Darwin, Katherine, Kakadu and the Tiwi Islands they find fulfilment for their own personal journeys through the wild beauty of the NT’s landscapes and the unbeatable charm of the NT’s characters that they meet along the way.

The film is co-written by Joshua Tyler (Plonk), directed by Wayne Blair (The Sapphires, Cleverman) and produced by Goalpost Pictures’ Rosemary Blight and Kylie du Fresne and Kojo Entertainment’s Kate Croser.

It features a stellar ensemble cast including AACTA Award nominee Kerry Fox (Bright Star, Cloud Street), Ursula Yovich (The Code, Around The Block, Australia), Shari Sebbens (Thor: Ragnarok, The Sapphires, Redfern Now), Huw Higginson (Janet King, A Place To Call Home, The Bill) and Elaine Crombie (Top of The Lake, Redfern Now, Black Comedy).

TOP END WEDDING will release in cinemas in 2019.