Three Summers
When Keevey, the lead singer of a popular Irish folk band meets Roland, a geeky theremin player at a rural folk festival, sparks begin to fly, and the whole community is about to change.
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Synopsis
When Keevey (26), the lead singer of a popular Irish folk band “The Warrikins”, meets Roland (30), a self righteous and somewhat eccentric theremin player, at a rural folk festival, sparks begin to fly. Their blossoming romance forms the backdrop to a series of interweaving festival stories as we see how the characters change from one summer to the next. Among them is Henry (70) a grieving grandfather who runs the local Morris Dancing troupe, Eamon (65), Keevey’s father and founder of The Warrikins; and Jack (50), a Noongar didgeridoo player. Keeping them all in line is Queenie (50), the community radio announcer, who sees the same old confrontations year after year and thinks it’s high time we found ways to embrace our differences and all learn to get along. Written and directed by renowned comedian Ben Elton, Three Summers is a comedy about a community who discover they have much more in common than their taste in music.
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Production Information
Writer & Director
Ben Elton
Producers
Michael Wrenn
Sue Taylor
Executive Producers
Michael Wrenn
Sue Taylor
Mark Anderson
Gary Hamilton
Key Cast
Rebecca Breeds
Robert Sheehan
Magda Szubanski
Michael Caton
John Waters
Deborah Mailman
Kelton Pell
Jaqueline McKenzie
Kate Box
Caroline Brazier
Peter Rosethrone
Mahesh Jadu
Distributor
Transmission (ANZ)
Sales
Arclight Films International (ROW)
Key Locations
Pinjarra
Fairbridge
Mandurah
Key WA Crew
Director of Photography
Kate Milwright
Editor
Peter Pritchard
Production Designer
Clayton Jauncey
Costume Designer
Terri Lamera
1st Assistant Director
John Fairhead
Production and Post Manager
Tenille Kennedy
Composers
Adam Gare
Sophie Gare
Production Coordinator
Gabby Cole
Sound Recordist
Trevor Hope
Sound Design
Ric Curtin
Post Production Facility
SANDBOX Post Production
Working with a WA Crew
“Great to work with a set of WA film professionals who are always eagerly engaged when production gets up or comes to town.”
“There’s a real efficiency in a crew who not only know each other socially but also have numerous runs on the board professionally – a crew who through circumstance have great familiarity and have weathered the economy of both their state’s wider economy and the ups and downs of local production sufficiently to have truly honed themselves a niche and developed an efficient shorthand in working together.”
– Michael Wrenn, Producer
Photo credit David Dare Parker
Photo credit David Dare ParkerFilming in WA
My first trip to WA was when I was 2nd AC on feature “Japanese Story”, I was very lucky to work on up in the Pilbara with Sue Brooks and DP Ian Baker
It was an awesome experience going to that part of the world. I’d never really known much about WA until I went there and was completely in awe of how amazing the spaces are and how the light looks.
– Kate Milwright, Director of Photography
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David Dare Parker
David Dare Parker
David Dare Parker
David Dare Parker
David Dare Parker
David Dare Parker