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A Heartbeat Away starts shooting

Theatre director Gale Edwards commenced production on her feature debut, a new musical comedy, today in Brisbane.

The shoot for the film – financed by Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Cutting Edge and UK’s Quickfire Films  – is expected to run until March 25, for a 2011 release via Hoyts Distribution. Chris Fitchett produces, alongside executive producers Chris Brown (Pictures in Paradise), John Lee (Cutting Edge), Gary Hamilton and James Atherton (Arclight Films).

The story is about an aspiring rock guitarist who is forced to take over the musical direction of his father’s marching band just weeks before a major competition. The cast includes Isabel Lucas, Sebastian Gregory, Williams Zappa, Tammy Macintosh and Colin Friels.

Edwards has directed musicals such as The Boy from Oz and Jesus Christ Superstar, and A Heartbeat Away is her first film.

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