Big Dreamers

Big Dreamers is a 55-minute documentary film showcasing the Big Things of Australia. Directed by Camille Hardman, and produced by Camille Hardman and John Fink, Big Dreamers features the construction of The Biggest Gumboot in the world in Tully, in far North Queensland.

Big Dreamers
Directed byCamille Hardman
Produced byCamille Hardman
John Fink
Written byJohn Fink
Music byNeill Duncan
CinematographyCamille Hardman
Edited byJane St Vincent Welch
Peter Barton
Distributed byBarkingCat Productions
Release date
  • January 2007 (2007-01) (Big Sky Documentary Film Festival)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryAustralia

Plot

Tully was a prosperous town in tropical north Queensland, until Brazil dumped its sugar surplus on the global market. The locals call a meeting to save the town from financial disaster. Ron Hunt stands up and proposes to build The World’s Biggest Gumboot in honour of Tully’s rainfall record of 7.98 metres in 1950.

Ron declares the Big Golden Gumboot will put Tully on the map, so he and the local Rotary Club hire out-of-towner Bryan Newell to build the edifice. Tully's local artist and fellow Rotarian. Roger Chandler is not pleased. The cost of the boot blows out to $90,000, and the construction is endlessly delayed by rain.

Personalities clash, and Ron wonders whether he has made the right decision.

Dispersed throughout the main narrative are small vignettes highlighting other Big Things around Australia.

Cast
  • Ron Hunt – Rotarian
  • Bryan Newell – Boot builder
  • Roger Chandler – Local Artist
  • Tip Byrne – Mayor of Tully
  • Sera & Cerrino Qualiata – Cane Farmers
  • Rotary Club of Tully
  • Townsfolk of Tully
  • Kevin Rubie – The Big Banana, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
  • Eric Peltz – The Big Lobster, Kingston SE, South Australia
  • Fred Glasbrenner – The Big Abalone, Laverton North, Victoria
  • Dianne & Roger Venning – The Big Galah, Kimba, South Australia
  • Joyce Peterson – The Big Orange, Gayndah, Queensland
  • Fran Myors – The Big Koala, Phillip Island, Victoria
  • Jim Mauger – The Big Potato, Robertson, New South Wales

Awards

Winner, 2007 Award of Excellence – Videography[1]

Film festivals

Big Dreamers featured in a number of Film Festivals worldwide Including:

References
  1. "The Accolade Competition". Archived from the original on 19 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  2. Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
  3. Revelation Perth International Film Festival
  4. "deadCENTER Film Festival". Archived from the original on 8 July 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  5. Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
  6. "Environmental Film Festival". Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  7. Bondi Openair Cinema
  8. "Wisconsin Film Festival". Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  9. "Jasmax Film Festival". Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  10. Qantas
  11. DOCU Channel
  12. Cork Film Festival
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