Kick

Kick

92 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1999

A champion high school rugby player has a secret desire to be a ballet dancer, having spent 11 years in ballet school. Seizing an opportunity to audition for a local company's presentation of "Romeo and Juliet", he nonetheless fears what will happen to his reputation if the other kids in his school find out. Adding the practices to his already burgeoning schedule quickly starts to create problems with his friends, his teachers, his coach, his play director, and his ballet partner. Of course, it all comes together on the stage of the Sydney Opera House.

Kick

92 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1999

Kick
A champion high school rugby player has a secret desire to be a ballet dancer, having spent 11 years in ballet school. Seizing an opportunity to audition for a local company's presentation of "Romeo and Juliet", he nonetheless fears what will happen to his reputation if the other kids in his school find out. Adding the practices to his already burgeoning schedule quickly starts to create problems with his friends, his teachers, his coach, his play director, and his ballet partner. Of course, it all comes together on the stage of the Sydney Opera House.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers
Original title Kick
Directors Adrian Pickersgill, Guy Campbell, Dimitri Ellerington, Lynn-Maree Danzey, Lynda Heys
Writers Geoffrey Atherden, Stuart Beattie

Cast

Russell Page

as Matt Grant

Rebecca Yates

as Claire Andrews

Martin Henderson

as Tom Bradshaw

Radha Mitchell

as Tamara Spencer

Kip Gamblin

as Roland

Paul Mercurio

as David Knight