Lowdown gets funding for series two
Film Victoria has invested $450,000 in the second series of the ABC comedy Lowdown, a third series of Anatomy, and the documentary feature Gnarly – The Ben Pappas Story.
The funded projects are:
- LOWDOWN SERIES 2 (12 episodes)
• High Wire Films Pty Ltd.
• Nicole Minchin, Producer; Adam Zwar and Amanda Brotchie, Writers; Amanda Brotchie, Director.
• An estimated 96 percent of the budget will be spent in Victoria
Alex Burchill writes the Lowdown column for struggling tabloid newspaper, the Sunday Sun. Circulation is in decline and the paper is downsizing and adapting to the brutal economic climate, and Alex’s methods for unearthing stories become increasingly desperate. Each week he must come up with a shock-and-awe story for the embattled paper, and each week that shock-and-awe story somehow ruins his own life.
- ANATOMY SERIES THREE (three episodes)
• Matchbox Pictures Pty Ltd.
• Michael McMahon and Tony Ayres, Producers; Directors: Paola Morabito (“Hair”), Alethea Jones (“Tissue”), Kim Munro (“Nerve”).
• Third installment of successful three-part documentary series to be screen on ABC Artscape program (creating a nine episode package)
Following the success of the first and second series of Anatomy, Matchbox Pictures are producing a third series, which follows the form of previous series and will consist of three documentaries that explore art, sex and the body. The films will all touch on a wide range of human experience and emotion well beyond the boundaries of traditional arts documentaries. They will be unique and evocative with each story being realised in distinctive director driven visions.
- GNARLY –THE BEN PAPPAS STORY (factual feature)
• Moonshine Agency trading as Moonshine Movies Pty Ltd
• Nikki Buckley, Producer; Mike Hill, Writer/Director
Emerging from humble upbringings, Ben Pappas rose to meteoric sub cultural fame in the mid 1990’s to become one of the world’s best skateboarders. Sadly, his fame descended into tragedy as he was drawn into a lifestyle of heavy drug use and crime, ending in multiple prison sentences and the tragic unsolved murder of Ben and his then-girlfriend Lynette Phillips. This incredible counter culture fable is one of Australia’s great rags to riches tales as well as one of its most fascinating untold true crime stories. Ultimately, Gnarly is a cautionary tale about how the decisions you make during your adolescence can inform the entire course of your life.
