DANNY DECKCHAIR

Year: 2003
USA: Lions Gate Films
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon, John Batchelor, Alan Flower, Jules Sobotta, Brian Langsworth, Steven Rassios, Madeleine James, Jane Ruggiero, Gina Bortolin, Duncan Young, Richard Johnson, Dina Gillespie, Rod Zuanic, Ross Perrelli, Victoria Nucifora, Gyton Grantley, Amie Mckenna, Colin Angus, Yanna Black, Maeve Byrne, Peter Eyers, Victoria Karozis, Paul Wilson, Danny Nash, Keith Agius, Andrew Crabbe, Richard Healy, Sean McKenzie, Peter Cook, Anthony Phelan, Nadia Townsend, Alex Mann, Maggie Dence, Frank Magree, Peter Fisher, Jack Carty, Michelle Boyle, Phillip Monoghan, Jane Beddows, Jasmina Singh, Paviterjeet Singh, Michelle Collins, Lester Morris, Shar Grover, Jeanette Cronin, Nicholas Holland, Stephen Holt, Angus King, Simon Mills, Tassa Behan, Karen Pang, Kathryn Dagher, Michael Barnacoat, Martin Lewis, Rohan Seinor, Guy Leslie, Nino Alessi, Todd Hodgson, Dane Carson, Amanda Wenban, Julia Zemiro, Lloyd Thomas, Stephen Hobb, Warwick Moss, Ken Porter, Owen Buik, David McCubbin, Serge Cockburn, Leanna Brockenshire, Paul Eden, Peter Franks, Leon Fryer
Director: Jeff Balsmeyer
Country: Australia
USA: 90 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for sex-related situations
USA Release Date: 27 August 2004
USA Release Date: 11 August 2004 (Limited Release - Los Angeles and New York)


Synopsis

When the long awaited holiday of cement truck driver Danny (Rhys Ifans) goes south thanks to Trudy (Justine Clarke), his scheming girlfriend, he escapes his suburban prison and blasts into the skies in a garden chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence, where he rockets into the world of Glenda (Miranda Otto), the town's only parking cop. While the media back home run riot with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in Clarence and in the adventure discovers a true soul mate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually: Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy, now a 60 MINUTES celebrity, comes to Clarence to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to live and found a new self-worth. Saying farewell to Trudy, Danny makes a dynamic re-entry to Clarence, determined to win Glenda back again and embrace his new found zest for life.