Movies aren’t just a tough business. It’s tough that they are a business in the first place. Much like books in the world of publishing, most movies that see the light of day emerge from a well-oiled assembly line. They aren’t expected to be made on an artistic whim, enjoyed as they are created. Studios put out a certain number of movies each year, hoping audiences will watch each one with just as much enthusiasm. What’s more, audiences expect consistent perfection in creativity and entertainment value. Several times a year.
To make this overwhelming balancing act somewhat easier in the ongoing search for more revenue, most movies that make it to the screen have conventions. They regularly stick to a three-act structure of introduction, complication, and conclusion, and one could argue that the same handful of movies is made over and over again, sticking to loose genre formulas.
To make this overwhelming balancing act somewhat easier in the ongoing search for more revenue, most movies that make it to the screen have conventions. They regularly stick to a three-act structure of introduction, complication, and conclusion, and one could argue that the same handful of movies is made over and over again, sticking to loose genre formulas.
- 5/30/2013
- by Ian Boucher
- Obsessed with Film
Chicago – Willem Dafoe is one of those wonderful actors who seamlessly moves from mainstream fare to indie films and always seems purely in the moment and totally in character. He’s one of our most diverse and consistently underrated stars and I’ve loved the daring choices he’s made lately in films like “Antichrist,” “4:44 Last Day on Earth,” “Miral,” and “The Hunter,” my favorite of his recent stretch of arthouse flicks and recently released on Blu-ray and DVD.
“The Hunter” is a mesmerizing tale of man, nature, and business and how the three intersect. Dafoe plays the title character, a man hired to find a Tasmanian tiger that’s believed to be extinct. He grows closer to the family with which he lodges in between hunting excursions and Daniel Nettheim’s film build a wonderful sense of dread while also featuring some of the most spectacular nature cinematography...
“The Hunter” is a mesmerizing tale of man, nature, and business and how the three intersect. Dafoe plays the title character, a man hired to find a Tasmanian tiger that’s believed to be extinct. He grows closer to the family with which he lodges in between hunting excursions and Daniel Nettheim’s film build a wonderful sense of dread while also featuring some of the most spectacular nature cinematography...
- 7/11/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Willem Dafoe is magnificent as a lone hunter in this gripping existential drama set in the wilds of Tasmania
Hunting is a longstanding metaphor in the movies. From the great explorer films of the early years such as The Lost World and King Kong, through to westerns, and later classics such as The Deer Hunter and White Hunter Black Heart, directors have used nature and the chase to depict man confronting his inner self, wrestling with his wild ego and his civilised id.
The latest of these is The Hunter, an Australian film set entirely in one of the last great wildernesses, Tasmania. Not to be confused with Steve McQueen's last film of the same name (although I'm sure echoes are intended), it's based on a book by Julia Leigh, the writer who made her own debut as a film-maker at Cannes in 2011 with the neo-feminist erotic curio Sleeping Beauty.
Hunting is a longstanding metaphor in the movies. From the great explorer films of the early years such as The Lost World and King Kong, through to westerns, and later classics such as The Deer Hunter and White Hunter Black Heart, directors have used nature and the chase to depict man confronting his inner self, wrestling with his wild ego and his civilised id.
The latest of these is The Hunter, an Australian film set entirely in one of the last great wildernesses, Tasmania. Not to be confused with Steve McQueen's last film of the same name (although I'm sure echoes are intended), it's based on a book by Julia Leigh, the writer who made her own debut as a film-maker at Cannes in 2011 with the neo-feminist erotic curio Sleeping Beauty.
- 7/7/2012
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
As predicted last week, Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter didn’t last long at the top of the Box Office and dropped down to sixth place in its second week with Prometheus being the main beneficiary as it moved back up into second spot.
“But Rob, what was in first place?” I hear you all cry. Well dear readers, it’s a little animated number called Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. “But wait, you didn’t include that film in your comprehensive cinema guide last week!” I hear you splutter in shock. You are right there folks and that’s because Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift doesn’t open in England and Wales until the 13th July, but it has already opened in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sales in those areas alone were enough to send it to the top of the cinematic pile, but as a result, Continental Drift...
“But Rob, what was in first place?” I hear you all cry. Well dear readers, it’s a little animated number called Ice Age 4: Continental Drift. “But wait, you didn’t include that film in your comprehensive cinema guide last week!” I hear you splutter in shock. You are right there folks and that’s because Ice Age 4 : Continental Drift doesn’t open in England and Wales until the 13th July, but it has already opened in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Sales in those areas alone were enough to send it to the top of the cinematic pile, but as a result, Continental Drift...
- 7/6/2012
- by Rob Keeling
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
Willem Dafoe is as reliable and dependable as actors come, taking on ambitious projects that often hew away from the commercial, most notably the controversial horror Antichrist. Teaming with veteran TV director Daniel Nettheim, Dafoe unveils yet another facet of his skill set as a quiet, sensitive soul for Aussie indie thriller The Hunter.
Dafoe plays Martin David, an American mercenary who is hired by a military biotech company to hunt down the presumed-extinct yet recently-sighted Tasmanian Tiger and collect tissue samples from it. He has a few months to discover it before competition arrives if, in fact, they are not already there. While on his excursion, David lives with a local family, Lucy (Frances O’Connor) and her children, Sass (Morgana Davies) and Bike (Finn Woodlock). Slowly, he begins to bond with them, and upon learning that the children’s father, Jarrah (Marc Watson-Paul), disappeared...
Willem Dafoe is as reliable and dependable as actors come, taking on ambitious projects that often hew away from the commercial, most notably the controversial horror Antichrist. Teaming with veteran TV director Daniel Nettheim, Dafoe unveils yet another facet of his skill set as a quiet, sensitive soul for Aussie indie thriller The Hunter.
Dafoe plays Martin David, an American mercenary who is hired by a military biotech company to hunt down the presumed-extinct yet recently-sighted Tasmanian Tiger and collect tissue samples from it. He has a few months to discover it before competition arrives if, in fact, they are not already there. While on his excursion, David lives with a local family, Lucy (Frances O’Connor) and her children, Sass (Morgana Davies) and Bike (Finn Woodlock). Slowly, he begins to bond with them, and upon learning that the children’s father, Jarrah (Marc Watson-Paul), disappeared...
- 7/6/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
The title of Julia Leigh’s novel is a very appropriate double entendre for the main character of this haunting film adaptation, representing more one man’s fascinating and harrowing journey of self discovery that forever challenges expectations than the literal sense and job title of the protagonist. Director Daniel Nettheim only had one actor in mind and it’s clear why veteran actor Willem Dafoe was the only choice to encompass a mature soul needing self preservation by revisiting nature’s power over mankind.
Dafoe is Martin David, a loner and mercenary who is sent by a large corporation to the Tasmanian wilderness to hunt down the last Tasmanian Tiger. While on his travels Down Under, David lodges with a young family, deeply affected by their missing father who was said to know the whereabouts of the animal. As David gets to know them further and learns of the...
Dafoe is Martin David, a loner and mercenary who is sent by a large corporation to the Tasmanian wilderness to hunt down the last Tasmanian Tiger. While on his travels Down Under, David lodges with a young family, deeply affected by their missing father who was said to know the whereabouts of the animal. As David gets to know them further and learns of the...
- 7/6/2012
- by Lisa Giles-Keddie
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Daniel Nettheim’s The Hunter is a dark, brooding film that depends just as much on scenes of silence as it does on scenes of dialogue. Half of the film is simply a man hunting in the woods, setting traps and trying to find signs of his prey, while the other half incorporates a more human element into the story. Both of these are interesting parts of the story, which makes it unfortunate when they don’t end up getting put together particularly well.
Martin David (Willem Dafoe) has been hired by a company to travel to the outback of Tasmania, Australia in order to hunt the last known Tasmanian Tiger from which he’s supposed to collect samples and then destroy the rest. While there, he stays with Lucy (Frances O’Connor) and her two kids. Lucy’s husband mysteriously disappeared in the wilderness not long before Martin’s arrival,...
Martin David (Willem Dafoe) has been hired by a company to travel to the outback of Tasmania, Australia in order to hunt the last known Tasmanian Tiger from which he’s supposed to collect samples and then destroy the rest. While there, he stays with Lucy (Frances O’Connor) and her two kids. Lucy’s husband mysteriously disappeared in the wilderness not long before Martin’s arrival,...
- 7/3/2012
- by Jeff Beck
- We Got This Covered
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Martin David (Willem Dafoe) is a mercenary hired to fly to Tasmania and hunt down the mythical Tasmanian tiger – possibly the last of its kind. Once on location in a remote wilderness, Martin comes to meet the troubled Lucy Armstrong (Frances O’Connor) and her two children. Using the Armstrong household as a base of operations, Martin sets off on regular trips to find the target he has been hired to harvest. However, it soon becomes clear that what awaits Martin in the wilds of Tasmania is the last thing he ever expected – life.
‘The Hunter’ is one of those rare films which gain a strong enough reception to warrant international distribution, yet remain obscure enough to escape most people’s attention. Doing the rounds since autumn last year, Daniel Nettheim’s slow yet haunting adaptation of Julia Leigh’s novel has appeared at various festivals and events.
Martin David (Willem Dafoe) is a mercenary hired to fly to Tasmania and hunt down the mythical Tasmanian tiger – possibly the last of its kind. Once on location in a remote wilderness, Martin comes to meet the troubled Lucy Armstrong (Frances O’Connor) and her two children. Using the Armstrong household as a base of operations, Martin sets off on regular trips to find the target he has been hired to harvest. However, it soon becomes clear that what awaits Martin in the wilds of Tasmania is the last thing he ever expected – life.
‘The Hunter’ is one of those rare films which gain a strong enough reception to warrant international distribution, yet remain obscure enough to escape most people’s attention. Doing the rounds since autumn last year, Daniel Nettheim’s slow yet haunting adaptation of Julia Leigh’s novel has appeared at various festivals and events.
- 6/30/2012
- by Brad Williams
- Obsessed with Film
Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: July 3, 2012
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
An official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, 2011 adventure movie The Hunter stars Willem Dafoe (Platoon) in a search for an animal long considered extinct.
The R rated film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Julia Leigh. Dafoe stars as Martin David, a mercenary who’s sent to the Tasmanian wilderness by a mysterious biotech company to find the rumored last remaining Tasmanian tiger.
Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Frances O’Connor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence) also star in the acclaimed film, which was called “haunting, atmospheric and full of mystery” by The Hollywood Reporter.
The Hunter was directed by Australian filmmaker Daniel Nettheim, who’s better known for his work on TV series.
The movie was released in a handful of theaters after its premiere at the Toronto festival, but the DVD and...
Price: DVD $26.98, Blu-ray $29.98
Studio: Magnolia Pictures
An official selection of the Toronto International Film Festival, 2011 adventure movie The Hunter stars Willem Dafoe (Platoon) in a search for an animal long considered extinct.
The R rated film is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Julia Leigh. Dafoe stars as Martin David, a mercenary who’s sent to the Tasmanian wilderness by a mysterious biotech company to find the rumored last remaining Tasmanian tiger.
Sam Neill (Jurassic Park) and Frances O’Connor (A.I. Artificial Intelligence) also star in the acclaimed film, which was called “haunting, atmospheric and full of mystery” by The Hollywood Reporter.
The Hunter was directed by Australian filmmaker Daniel Nettheim, who’s better known for his work on TV series.
The movie was released in a handful of theaters after its premiere at the Toronto festival, but the DVD and...
- 6/8/2012
- by Sam
- Disc Dish
Sometimes the film going experience is greatly enhanced when you have little knowledge of the movie upon entering the theatre. Such was the case for the new film The Hunter. All I had seen was the poster which showed a grim, determined Willem Dafoe toting a high-powered rifle. Since he’s frequently been cast in villain roles ( he’s the Green Goblin for gosh sakes! ), I thought that perhaps he’s playing an assassin or hitman tracking his victim through the countryside. On the flip side, he may be a bounty hunter or lawman trying to bring in a fugitive from justice. Whichever it was, I was all set for a cat-and-mouse action thriller.
For the first few minutes it looks like we’re in for a classy hitman actioner ( like The Mechanic ). After we’re introduced to Martin David ( Dafoe ) soaking in the tub, listening to classical music in a swanky Paris hotel,...
For the first few minutes it looks like we’re in for a classy hitman actioner ( like The Mechanic ). After we’re introduced to Martin David ( Dafoe ) soaking in the tub, listening to classical music in a swanky Paris hotel,...
- 4/27/2012
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Editor’s Note: This review first ran as part of our SXSW coverage on March 11, but The Hunter is hitting limited theaters this week. The Hunter is a film of surprising scope and intimacy. On the outside, it’s a basic “dangerous hunting” tale, but on the inside, it’s a story of a man, said hunter (Willem Dafoe), connecting with people on an emotional level for what might be the first time in his life. That reeks of hokiness, but with with an assured directorial hand, most of the drama is calm and collected. A lot of that stems from Dafoe, giving the sort of high caliber performance we’ve grown to expect from him. Martin David is a hunter of the illegal sort, and he’s given quite the challenge: get a sample from a Tasmanian tiger. Not an easy task. When we’re introduced to Martin, he’s shown in isolation, completely...
- 4/6/2012
- by Jack Giroux
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
The Australian takeover in cineplexes worldwide continues. With more and more work finding distribution to travel off the island, one woman is writing her chapter in the movement. A novelist of two acclaimed works, Julia Leigh has already found her way into Cannes with an original film of sexual desire—Sleeping Beauty. And while the buzz is high, another film sporting her name in the credits deserves just as much notice. Directed by Daniel Nettheim from a screenplay by Alice Addison, Leigh’s source material for The Hunter comes to life through the quietly terrifying Tazmanian expanse. A story full of intrigue, its seemingly minimal plot finds a way to expand its scope tenfold as unsolved mysteries come into focus for antihero Martin David (Willem Dafoe)—the forest sucking him into a dark world controlled by dangerous people.
David is a loner. It’s an ideal trait for his line of work,...
David is a loner. It’s an ideal trait for his line of work,...
- 4/5/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
In their 2006 book "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger," authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, then researchers at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, talked about becoming obsessed with a stuffed Tasmanian Tiger that they would walk by every day in the museum. It became "something akin to amorous fervor," and eventually they decided to take a trip to Tasmania to see if the tiger, which officially became extinct in 1936, when the lone survivor died at the Hobart Zoo, still existed somewhere in the wild. It's a mysterious kind of animal – lithe, beautiful, angular – that inspires this kind of devotion, even decades after its extinction. And it's a nearly mythical kind of eeriness that seeps into "The Hunter," Daniel Nettheim's dark and deeply haunting film based on the novel by Julia Leigh, about a man (Willem Dafoe) obsessed with finding the tiger, no matter the cost.
- 4/3/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Interview With Willem Dafoe On The Hunter
While hunters are often perceived to be self-sufficient in order to survive in the rugged wilderness, the human condition can surprisingly change after forming an unexpected emotional bond. In the upcoming action-drama film The Hunter, directed by Daniel Nettheim, the title character, Martin David (Willem Dafoe), makes selfless choices after shockingly becoming protective of his new host family. Martin sees his feelings of isolation and loneliness fade as he learns more about his host family, despite trying to solely focus on his dangerous mission.
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While hunters are often perceived to be self-sufficient in order to survive in the rugged wilderness, the human condition can surprisingly change after forming an unexpected emotional bond. In the upcoming action-drama film The Hunter, directed by Daniel Nettheim, the title character, Martin David (Willem Dafoe), makes selfless choices after shockingly becoming protective of his new host family. Martin sees his feelings of isolation and loneliness fade as he learns more about his host family, despite trying to solely focus on his dangerous mission.
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- 4/1/2012
- by Karen Benardello
- We Got This Covered
What would it be like to be the last of a species in the world, especially a world that scours the planet for rarities? It would be a threatened life, always on the move, even more so a rare creature living in the wild. That's just one of the questions raised in Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, a haunting yet balanced film with the vibe of The Edge and precision of The American. With a stunning performance by one of today's best actors, it transcends its slow burn, a touch slower than necessary, to become a top-notch thriller, one that thankfully has something important to say. It's anything but flawless, but, then again, the rarities in the world are hardly ever flawless. Willem Dafoe, that gargoyle God of acting—call it hyperbole, but that makes sense to me—stars as Martin David, a hunter hired by a biotech company to track down the last,...
- 3/14/2012
- by Jeremy Kirk
- firstshowing.net
Australian film The Hunter is the type of film you immediately identify as brilliant but also regret watching because it leaves you in such a somber mood.
Director Daniel Nettheim spent close to a decade perfecting the story with his writing team and the attention to detail and precision is highly noticeable. It is a truly extraordinary journey Martin David (Willem Dafoe) goes on and viewers are happy to go along for the ride.
Martin David is a true loner. A middle aged man who has spent his life alone, going from one job to another, never stopping to catch the sights. His latest task involves hunting down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. Meant to have gone extinct in the 1930’s, many tales in a small Tasmania town confirm there is one still roaming around somewhere in the woods. His trip leads him to stay with a family of two young...
Director Daniel Nettheim spent close to a decade perfecting the story with his writing team and the attention to detail and precision is highly noticeable. It is a truly extraordinary journey Martin David (Willem Dafoe) goes on and viewers are happy to go along for the ride.
Martin David is a true loner. A middle aged man who has spent his life alone, going from one job to another, never stopping to catch the sights. His latest task involves hunting down the elusive Tasmanian tiger. Meant to have gone extinct in the 1930’s, many tales in a small Tasmania town confirm there is one still roaming around somewhere in the woods. His trip leads him to stay with a family of two young...
- 3/13/2012
- by feeds@themoviepool.com (Araceli Irigoyen)
- Cinelinx
In their 2006 book "Carnivorous Nights: On the Trail of the Tasmanian Tiger," authors Margaret Mittelbach and Michael Crewdson, then researchers at the American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, talked about becoming obsessed with a stuffed Tasmanian Tiger that they would walk by every day in the museum. It became "something akin to amorous fervor," and eventually they decided to take a trip to Tasmania to see if the tiger, which officially became extinct in 1936 when the lone survivor died at the Hobart Zoo, still existed, somewhere in the wild. It's the kind of mysterious animal – lithe, beautiful, angular – that inspires this kind of devotion, even decades after its extinction. And it's this kind of nearly mythic eeriness that seeps into "The Hunter," Daniel Nettheim's dark and deeply haunting film based on the novel by Julia Leigh, about a man (Willem Dafoe) obsessed with finding the tiger, no matter the cost.
- 3/11/2012
- by Drew Taylor
- The Playlist
Last summer we got a teaser trailer for the Australian thriller The Hunter, directed by Daniel Nettheim and starring Willem Dafoe as Martin David, a mercenary sent from Europe by a biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last year, and now we have a new full-length trailer for the film that looks like another great man vs. nature thriller to go along with The Grey hitting theaters today as well. Plus, this one has Sam Neill seemingly playing the kindred spirit of Jurassic Park's Dr. Grant. Watch the trailer below! Here's the full trailer for Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter from Apple: You can also download the new The Hunter trailer in High Def over on Apple Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is a powerful psychological...
- 1/27/2012
- by Ethan Anderton
- firstshowing.net
Hunting the mythical existence of an animal declared extinct, the filmic adaptation of Julia Leigh’s novel, The Hunter sees Willem Dafoe turn in a tense performance while showing off Tasmania’s striking landscape. Colin Delaney spoke with director Daniel Nettheim and producer Vincent Sheehan.
Set in the wilds of Tasmania, The Hunter follows the covert operation of an international mercenary on the trail of the extinct-turned-mythical Tasmanian tiger. Played tempered yet tense by Willem Dafoe, Martin David is the mysterious hunter, under the guise as a university researcher, seeking the animal for its paralysing poison to use in bio-weaponry.
Based on a novel by Julia Leigh published in 1999, the reclusive tiger represents a catalyst for hope and change. The aging David seeks redemption out of his kill. Lucy, the hillbilly single mother (Frances O’Connor) of two who David stays with, sees a new father-figure for her children, while...
Set in the wilds of Tasmania, The Hunter follows the covert operation of an international mercenary on the trail of the extinct-turned-mythical Tasmanian tiger. Played tempered yet tense by Willem Dafoe, Martin David is the mysterious hunter, under the guise as a university researcher, seeking the animal for its paralysing poison to use in bio-weaponry.
Based on a novel by Julia Leigh published in 1999, the reclusive tiger represents a catalyst for hope and change. The aging David seeks redemption out of his kill. Lucy, the hillbilly single mother (Frances O’Connor) of two who David stays with, sees a new father-figure for her children, while...
- 10/7/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The opening shots of Daniel Nettheim‘s The Hunter show Martin David (Willem Dafoe) in a hotel room, seemingly unable to look more out of place if he tried. Coupled with glimpses of high-tech equipment strewn throughout the room, we start to get a grip on who this guy is. And it’s good that he’s being put front and center this early on, for The Hunter is, above all else, a character piece about a man living in a dangerous environment that he was meant for.
Written by Alice Addison and based on the Julia Leigh novel of the same name, the story follows David as he’s sent to Australia by a biotech company, with the task of finding a Tasmanian Tiger. No small goal – they are thought to be extinct, and the area that they may live in is quite hostile. After being sent down to...
Written by Alice Addison and based on the Julia Leigh novel of the same name, the story follows David as he’s sent to Australia by a biotech company, with the task of finding a Tasmanian Tiger. No small goal – they are thought to be extinct, and the area that they may live in is quite hostile. After being sent down to...
- 9/9/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Based on a Julia Leigh novel, director Daniel Nettheim’s adaptation of The Hunter stars Willem Dafoe and now has a new trailer via IndieWire.
Already a hit in Australia, Leigh’s flawed but exciting debut describes the deadly search for the fabled, and perhaps extinct, Tasmanian tiger, aka the thylacine. A mysterious man who is identified to the reader only as M assumes the identity of “Martin David, naturalist” and arrives at the filthy, disheveled house of depressed Lucy Armstrong, whose husband, Jarrah, a naturalist and bioethics expert, recently disappeared on the plateau. Lucy’s home becomes the base for M’s treks into the wilderness, ostensibly to study the habits of Tasmanian devils. In fact, and in secret, M works for a biotech company. His mission: to secure genetic material from what may be the world’s last remaining thylacine, reportedly sighted on the plateau. M must hide...
Already a hit in Australia, Leigh’s flawed but exciting debut describes the deadly search for the fabled, and perhaps extinct, Tasmanian tiger, aka the thylacine. A mysterious man who is identified to the reader only as M assumes the identity of “Martin David, naturalist” and arrives at the filthy, disheveled house of depressed Lucy Armstrong, whose husband, Jarrah, a naturalist and bioethics expert, recently disappeared on the plateau. Lucy’s home becomes the base for M’s treks into the wilderness, ostensibly to study the habits of Tasmanian devils. In fact, and in secret, M works for a biotech company. His mission: to secure genetic material from what may be the world’s last remaining thylacine, reportedly sighted on the plateau. M must hide...
- 7/28/2011
- by Jon Peters
- Killer Films
"You are looking for something most believe is extinct." Another new teaser trailer discovered via SlashFilm for an Australian film announced as one of the films premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. The Hunter, directed by Daniel Nettheim, stars Willem Dafoe as Martin David, a mercenary sent from Europe by a biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger. The cast includes Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor. It's described as a "powerful psychological drama" and has some incredible cinematography. Very short teaser trailer, but I'm definitely going to see this. Take a look! Watch the first official trailer for Daniel Nettheim's The Hunter, via YouTube: Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is a powerful psychological drama that tells the story of Martin (Willem Dafoe), a mercenary sent from Europe on a dramatic hunt for the last Tasmanian Tiger.
- 7/27/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Our first word on The Hunter came late last year when we learned that Daniel Nettheim would direct Sam Neill, Willem Dafoe, Frances O'Connor and more in an adaptation of Julia Leigh's novel of the same name. Willem Dafoe plays a character who claims to be on the hunt for one thing, but is in reality working for a larger entity and seeks a more specific game: the last Tasmanian tiger. Now there is a little bit of extra weight behind the project, as Julia Leigh has emerged as the director [1] of the unusual Cannes entry Sleeping Beauty, featuring Emily Browning as a very specific sort of prostitute. Julia Leigh, as best I know, had nothing to do with this adaption of her novel, but the fact that this novel is from her pen certainly adds a layer of interest to The Hunter for me. The Hunter has been...
- 7/27/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
While I've never heard anything good about Dafoe as a person, I really don't care. The dude is one serious talent, and is great in supporting roles or as a headliner. On a side note, if only we could get him to pick better films then Spider-Man, ugh. Anyways, news is that Vincent Sheehan and the same production folks behind Animal Kingdom will be shooting an adaptation of Julia Leigh's novel with Daniel Nettheim directing. What's it about you ask?
Here's whats official:
Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is a powerful psychological thriller that tells the story of Martin, a mercenary sent by an anonymous biotech company on a mysterious search for the last Tasmanian tiger.
And here's what Publisher's Weekly had to say about this 10+ year old novel:
[...] describes the deadly search for the fabled, and perhaps extinct, Tasmanian tiger, aka the thylacine.
Here's whats official:
Based on the acclaimed novel by Julia Leigh, The Hunter is a powerful psychological thriller that tells the story of Martin, a mercenary sent by an anonymous biotech company on a mysterious search for the last Tasmanian tiger.
And here's what Publisher's Weekly had to say about this 10+ year old novel:
[...] describes the deadly search for the fabled, and perhaps extinct, Tasmanian tiger, aka the thylacine.
- 8/12/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Willem Dafoe and Sam Neill have signed on to star in Daniel Nettheim’s The Hunter, based on the novel by Julia Leigh. It will present a return to film for Nettheim, whose last feature was the 2000 film, Angst. In between features, the helmer has more recently worked on television series’ directing episodes of The Secret Life of Us, Rush and Headland. Produced by Porchlight Film's Vincent Sheehan (Little Fish) and his most recent credit being executive producer on Animal Kingdom, scripted by Alice Addison and Wain Fimeri, The Hunter is set in Tasmania in the 1920’s and tells the story of about a hunter in pursuit of the last Tasmanian tiger who stumbles across the family of a man missing in the wilderness. The project has a budget of Au$6.7 million being financed by Screen Australia and Screen New South Wales with Madman as the Australian distributor. Here's a...
- 8/4/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
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