Two Hands (1999)

Director:

Gregor Jordan

Writer:

Gregor Jordan (writer)

Release Date:

29 July 1999 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Tagline:

It seemed simple. Just deliver the cash.

Plot:

A 19 year old (Heath Ledger) finds himself in debt to a local gangster (Bryan Brown) when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs...

Plot Keywords:

Shopping Spree | Gangster | Child Uses Gun | Neighbor | Sydney Australia

Awards:

15 wins & 12 nominations

Cast

Heath Ledger	...	Jimmy
Bryan Brown	...	Pando
David Field	...	Acko
Tom Long	...	Wally
Tony Forrow	...	Eddie
Steven Vidler	...	The Man (as Steve Vidler)
Dale Kalnins	...	Kiwi Bob
Kiri Paramore	...	Les / Origami Presenter
William Drury	...	Jesus Freak
David Moeaki	...	Louise
Mathew Wilkinson	...	Rocket
Rose Byrne	...	Alex
Mary Acres	...	Mrs. Jones
Evan Sheaves	...	Pete
Jarrah Darling	...	Aaron
Andrew Hunter	...	Rough Guy
Mariel McClorey	...	Helen
Stuart Fenton	...	Kings Cross Policemen
Grant Bennett	...	Kings Cross Policemen
Jacquy Phillips	...	Sharon
Peter Mclean	...	Muscle Guy (as Peter McLean)
Poppy Savakkis	...	Alex Look-a-like
Tim Wright	...	Young Man on Beach
Lynden Jones	...	Middle Aged Man on Beach
Susie Porter	...	Deirdre
Brian Staunton	...	Shopkeeper
Rob Duckworth	...	Hot FM DJ
Moya O'Sullivan	...	Mrs Fletcher
Salvatore Coco	...	Young Greek Man
Jonno Zissler	...	Aaron's Friend
Jim Webb	...	Bearded Man
Mick Innes	...	Bill - Wrecker
Steve Le Marquand	...	Wozza
Kieran Darcy-Smith	...	Craig
Daniel Amodeo	...	Kelvin
Kevin Smith	...	Koorie Man
Imelda Corcoran	...	Female Cop
Waddah Sari	...	Lean Youth
Damian Monk	...	Sleazy Man
Lisa Natalie	...	Pando's Wife
Adam Muncu	...	Jake
Jerome Ehlers	...	Busker
Richard Carter	...	2NAX DJ
Jai Kemp	...	Security Guard
Warwick Young	...	Bank Teller
Avril Wynne	...	Bank Teller
Chris Mitchell	...	Cop
Brett Praed	...	Cop
Stuart Spence	...	Yuppie
Katya Tarnawski	...	Young Woman with Baby
Damian Bradford	...	Larry
Glen Suter	...	Larry's Driver
Mitchell Butel	...	Airport Ticket Clerk
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kristine Stanley	...	Extra (uncredited)

Directed by
Gregor Jordan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Gregor Jordan		writer

Produced by
Marian Macgowan	....	producer
Bryce Menzies	....	executive producer
Mark Turnbull	....	executive producer
Timothy White	....	executive producer (as Tim White)

Original Music by
Cezary Skubiszewski

Cinematography by
Malcolm McCulloch		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Lee Smith

Casting by
Christine King

Production Design by
Steven Jones-Evans

Art Direction by
Richard Hobbs

Costume Design by
Emily Seresin

Makeup Department
Jason Gardner	....	hair stylist
Jason Gardner	....	makeup artist
Tina Gordon	....	hair assistant
Tina Gordon	....	makeup assistant
Cassie Hanlon	....	hair styles supervisor
Cassie Hanlon	....	makeup supervisor
Kerrin Jackson	....	assistant makeup artist
Kerrin Jackson	....	hair assistant
Kerrin Jackson	....	makeup assistant
Paul Katte	....	prosthetic makeup designer and fabricator: Makeup Effects Group
Jennifer Lamphee	....	hair stylist
Jennifer Lamphee	....	makeup artist
Deborah Lanser	....	stand-by prosthetic makeup artist
Nuggett McCabe	....	hair assistant
Nuggett McCabe	....	makeup assistant
Nick Nicolaou	....	prosthetic makeup designer and fabricator: Makeup Effects Group (as Nick Nicolaoi)
Erica Wells	....	hair assistant
Erica Wells	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Robert Graham	....	unit manager (as Bob Graham)
Marge McInnes	....	post-production supervisor
Laurie Pettinari	....	assistant unit manager
Sam Thompson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Martin	....	first assistant director
Jennifer Rees-Brown	....	second assistant director
Gordon Westman	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Sean Ahern	....	carpenter
Lou Austin	....	props buyer
Lou Austin	....	set dresser
Richie Dehne	....	props buyer
Richie Dehne	....	set dresser
Nikki DiFalco	....	art department assistant
Ben Foley	....	trades assistant
Aiden Guilfoyle	....	brush-hand
Greg Hajdu	....	construction manager
Ian Hathaway	....	leading hand
Karen Hedley	....	brush-hand
Guido Helmstetter	....	sculptor
Eugene Land	....	carpenter
Edmund Levine	....	art department runner
Lewis Morley	....	model maker
Tam Morris	....	storyboard artist
Johnny Sella	....	scenic artist
Sophie Tarney	....	props buyer
Paul Tuplin	....	leading hand
Steve Warren	....	painter
Fiona Wilson	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Rodney Berling	....	assistant dialogue editor
Nick Breslin	....	adr editor
Greg Fitzgerald	....	sound mix liaison
Jack Friedman	....	boom operator
David Grusovin	....	assistant adr editor
Simon Hewitt	....	foley artist
Phil Heywood	....	sound mixer
Tim Jordan	....	dialogue editor
Ross Linton	....	sound recordist
Rick Lisle	....	adr recordist
Rick Lisle	....	foley recordist
Steve Murphy	....	consultant: Dolby sound
Lee Smith	....	sound designer
Samantha Stevens	....	sound attachment
Peter Townend	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Dan Oliver	....	special effects technician
Tad Pride	....	stand-by special effects

Visual Effects by
Roger Cowland	....	optical effects manager: Dfilm Services
Tim Crosbie	....	lead digital compositor: Dfilm Digital Effects
Peter Doyle	....	creative director: Dfilm Digital Effects
Sally Goldberg	....	CGI supervisor: Dfilm Digital Effects
Mark Harmon	....	scanning and recording: Dfilm Digital Effects
Krista Jordan	....	roller typographer
Jane Maguire	....	producer: Dfilm Digital Effects (as Jane McGuire)
Alaric McAusland	....	executive producer: Dfilm Digital Effects
Marge McInnes	....	visual effects producer
Mark Nettleton	....	lead digital compositor: Dfilm Digital Effects
Ken Phelan	....	optical effects printer: Efilm Services
John Pope	....	scanning and recording: Dfilm Digital Effects
Ellen Roelvink	....	scanning and recording: Dfilm Digital Effects
Anthos Simon	....	scanning and recording: Dfilm Digital Effects
Jon Thum	....	lead digital compositor: Dfilm Digital Effects (as John Thum)

Stunts
Lazaro Cifuentes	....	stunt driver
Lazaro Cifuentes	....	stunts
Nash Edgerton	....	stunt driver
Scotty Gregory	....	stunt driver
Dale Kalnins	....	stunts
Darren Loveday	....	action vehicle co-ordinator
Tony Lynch	....	stunt double
Rocky McDonald	....	stunt coordinator (as Douglas 'Rocky' McDonald)
Kathy McMorrow	....	stunt driver
Chris Mitchell	....	stunts
Steve Morris	....	stunt driver
Brett Praed	....	stunts
Gordon Waddell	....	stunts
Avril Wynne	....	stunts
Warwick Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Garth Allen	....	third electrician
Louise Ayling	....	video assistant attachment
Phil Balsdon	....	Steadicam operator
Guy Bowden	....	assistant grip
Peter Bushby	....	gaffer
Toby Churchill-Brown	....	grip
Terry Cook	....	assistant grip
John Delahunty	....	generator operator
Peter de Rody	....	light operator: Musco lights
Dave Hansen	....	assistant grip
Rob Hunter	....	underwater photographer
Greg King	....	assistant grip
Annika Korsgaard	....	still photographer assistant
Michael Leslie	....	assistant grip
Gary Lincoln	....	key grip
Darien Lovell	....	video assistant attachment
Iain Mathieson	....	best boy
Ian McAlpine	....	assistant grip
Phil Mulligan	....	third electrician
Harry Panagiotidis	....	Steadicam operator
Karl Rees	....	video assistant attachment
Beau Sevastos	....	assistant grip
Lewis Sparkes	....	third electrician
Stuart Spence	....	still photographer
Ben Steel	....	electrician
Rebecca Steele	....	clapper loader
Anna Townsend	....	focus puller
Bryn Whitie	....	underwater assistant camera

Animation Department
Rob Nunn	....	additional animator

Casting Department
Christina No	....	casting assistant: Liz Mullinar Casting Consultants
Mim Weger	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chintamani Aked	....	costume assistant
Shareen Beringer	....	costume assistant
Kate Green	....	costume supervisor
Kate Green	....	stand-by costumer
Nicki Harrington	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Margaret Bourke	....	negative matcher
Arthur Cambridge	....	color timer
John Lee	....	first assistant editor
Paula Lourie	....	conforming editor
Matt Thomas	....	color timer

Music Department
Andy Baldwin	....	musician: beatmaster
Craig Beard	....	musician: vibraphone
Chris Gough	....	music supervisor: Mana Music
Robin Gray	....	score recordist: orchestra, Allan Eaton Studios
Stephen Hadley	....	musician: bass (as Steven Hadley)
Tony Hinks	....	musician: sax and bass clarinet
Peter Jones	....	musician: drums
Gregor Jordan	....	musician: guitar
Michael Letho	....	score mixer: Sing Sing/Platinum Studios
Michael Letho	....	score recordist: Sing Sing/Platinum Studios
Daryl McKenzie	....	conductor
Daryl McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Shane O'Mara	....	musician: guitar
Barry Palmer	....	musician: guitar
Adam Rhodes	....	music sound engineer: additional recordings, C-Zee Studios
Cezary Skubiszewski	....	composer: love theme
Jan Skubiszewski	....	composer: love theme
Lee Smith	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Simon Hammond	....	driver: camera truck
Laurie Pettinari	....	driver: makeup bus

Other crew
Nick Bell	....	unit assistant
Greg Blandy	....	safety officer
John Bowring	....	armorer
Anni Browning	....	completion guarantor: Film Finances
Ellie Campbell	....	production runner
Lazaro Cifuentes	....	safety officer
Jane Corden	....	post-production accountant
Vanessa Critchley	....	production secretary
Harry Dakanalis	....	safety officer
Peter Doyle	....	title designer: opening titles
Roy Earnshaw	....	armorer
Sarah Fischer	....	assistant to producer
Tony Gibbs	....	insurance: H W Wood
Dean Gould	....	double: Jimmy
Nigel Harbach	....	double: Wozza
Jane Healy	....	assistant to producer
Jeff Lord	....	unit assistant
Simon Lucas	....	location assistant
Tony Lynch	....	double: Acko
Zyra McAuliffe	....	nurse
Kevin Meagher	....	location assistant
Bryce Menzies	....	legal services: Roth Warren Solicitors
Joanne Newell	....	assistant accountant
Basia Plachecki	....	production coordinator
Wayne Please	....	safety reporter
Phillip Roope	....	location manager
Jill Ryan	....	production accountant
Fiona Searson	....	publicist
Jan Thornton	....	lab liaison
Jo Weeks	....	script supervisor
Peter Williams	....	unit assistant
Denise Wolfson	....	lab liaison
Michael Ienna	....	illusion (uncredited)
Jason Mack	....	security officer (uncredited)

Thanks
Philippa Bateman	....	special thanks
John Polson	....	thanks

Production Companies

• CML Films
• Meridian Films

Distributors

• Beyond Films International
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Future Film (2004) (Finland) (DVD)
• Miramax Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Motion International
• Only Hearts Company (2003) (Japan) (VHS)
• REP Distribution
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• DFILM Services (digital visual effects)
• DFILM Services (opticals)
• Makeup Effects Group Studio (presthetic makeup design and fabrication) (as Makeup Effects Group)
• Optical & Graphics (end titles) (as Optical & Graphic)

Other Companies

• Allan Eaton Studios  orchestra recording
• Atlab  sound mixing
• Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)  funding
• Bestboy Records  soundtrack
• Beyond Films  international sales agency
• Brett Cohen Studio  tattoo artist
• C-Zee Studios  additional recording
• Digital Pictures  telecine
• Eat and Shoot Through  catering
• Empire Film Services  trailers: cast and costume
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• HW Wood Australia  insurance provided by (as H W Wood)
• Kodak Australasia  film stock (as Kodak)
• Mana Music  music supervision
• Moneypenny Services  post-production accounting
• Mullinars Casting  casting (as Liz Mullinar Casting Consultants)
• National Geographic  stock footage
• Panavision Australia  camera and lenses
• Reinvented Films  post production: US version)
• Roth Warren  legal services
• Simon Carroll Timelapse Archive  time-lapse cinematography (as Simon Carroll Archive)
• Spectrum Films International  post-production facilities (as Spectrum Films)
• Victorian Philharmonic Orchestra  orchestra
• Who Dares  security

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and pervasive language.

Runtime:

103 min | Germany:89 min (DVD version) (25 fps)

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (video rating) | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | New Zealand:R16 | Spain:18 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Bondi Beach, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

CML Films

Trivia:

There's a shot of the front yard of a house full of Holden cars. The camera pans to the letterbox showing the house number to be 186, the classic Holden engine size.

Quotes:

Alex: Laughing
Jimmy: What? What are you smiling about?
Alex: Did you think you cold pay with bananas or something?
Jimmy: Well I don't know do I? I've never been on a plane before.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "A Current Affair: Heath Ledger Special" (2008)

Soundtrack:

These Days

The down-underworld

A refreshing black comedy starring some of Australia's finest. In the same way that Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels captured the funny side of London gangsters, Two Hands rips through the Sydney underworld. It wouldn't be so funny if it wasn't so close to the bone.

An Australian classic. If Australia could pull more rabbits like this out its hat it might actually have a film industry worth keeping an eye on.