It was at the local skate park filmmaker Eddie Martin met brothers Tas and Ben Pappas; the talented Australian teens who would end up as skateboarding professionals who took the world by storm.
However after their rise to international fame comes a story of a spectacular downfall. In later years, one of the brothers would end up murdering his ex-girlfriend before taking his own life, while the other would also serve jail time for a disastrous attempt to smuggle drugs from South America. The story of the Pappas brothers and their rise to ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world on the vertical ramp (Tas and Ben respectively) before their remarkable and drug-fuelled demise is documented in Martin.s searing feature documentary, All This Mayhem. .I got to know the brothers, obviously in my teenage years, from sharing the local skate park together,. recalls Martin. .They are a bit younger than me,...
However after their rise to international fame comes a story of a spectacular downfall. In later years, one of the brothers would end up murdering his ex-girlfriend before taking his own life, while the other would also serve jail time for a disastrous attempt to smuggle drugs from South America. The story of the Pappas brothers and their rise to ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the world on the vertical ramp (Tas and Ben respectively) before their remarkable and drug-fuelled demise is documented in Martin.s searing feature documentary, All This Mayhem. .I got to know the brothers, obviously in my teenage years, from sharing the local skate park together,. recalls Martin. .They are a bit younger than me,...
- 7/9/2014
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
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...
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...
- 4/6/2011
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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