Credits
THE TENDER HOOK
Genre:
Thriller
Location:
Australia
Director / Writer:
Jonathan Ogilvie
Awards:
5 AFI Awards (cinematography, music score & costume design)
Connecticut Film Festival: Best International Film
Cast:
Hugo Weaving (
Captain America;
Oranges and Sunshine; V for Vendetta; The Matrix
)
Rose Byrne (
Bridesmaids;
X-Men:The Beginning; Knowing; Damages -TV; 28 Weeks Later
)
Matt Le Nevez (
Society Murders; Peaches
)
Theatrical Release:
2008
Australia
DVD Release:
2011
USA (as:
The Boxer and the Bombshell
)
Synopsis:
Set in a stylised version of 1920's Sydney, The Tender Hook charts a young woman's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle. Femme fatal Iris (Rose Byrne), underworld figure McHeath (Hugo Weaving) and aspiring boxer Art (Matt le Nevez) fight it out in the nightclubs, docksides and boxing rings of a wild Jazz Age Sydney.
