Blackrock

Blackrock

90 mins | Drama | May 1, 1997

In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.

Blackrock

90 mins | Drama | May 1, 1997

Blackrock
In New South Wales, Jared surfs with his mates and has a first girl. He hosts a beach party for his older pal, Ricko, and witnesses four of his mates gang-rape a 15 year old. He does nothing, and the next day, she's found murdered. At school, the boys and the girls react: the girls with anger at the perpetrators, the boys with jeering at the dead girl's morality. The students' parents have their own responses. Jared retreats into angry silence, disgusted that he did nothing to help the dead girl. Meanwhile, his mother wants to talk to him about her impending cancer surgery, the police want to know what he saw, and his friend Ricko wants an alibi. Jared's cracking under the pressure.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers Australian Film Finance Corporation, Palm Beach Pictures
Original title Blackrock
Directors Charles Rotherham, Carmel Torcasio, Karen Mahood, Steven Vidler, David Elfick
Writers Steven Vidler, Nick Enright

Cast

Laurence Breuls

as Jared Kirby

Linda Cropper

as Diane Kirby

Simon Lyndon

as Brett "Ricko" Ricketson

Chris Haywood

as Det. Sgt. Wilansky

Rebecca Smart

as Cherie Milenko

Jeanette Cronin

as Lesley Warner

David Field

as Ken Warner

Justine Clarke

as Tiffany

Essie Davis

as Det. Gilhooley

Jessica Napier

as Rachel Ackland

Bojana Novaković

as Tracy Warner

Shayne Francis

as Glenys Milenko

John Howard

as Len Kirby

Geoff Morrell

as Stewart Ackland

Cameron Nugent

as Jason

Jade Gatt

as Scottie

George Basha

as Kemel

Leeanna Walsman

as Shana

Heath Ledger

as Toby Ackland

John O'Hare

as Geoff

Kellie Bright

as Leesha

Lucia Mastrantone

as Interviewer (Female)

Brian Meegan

as Interviewer (Male)

Ritchie Singer

as Mr. Kamen

Gina Bortolin

as Mrs. Ayoub

Harold Hopkins

as Principal

Sacha Horler

as Teacher

Julie Gray

as Uniformed Cop

Richard Lambeth

as Minister

Jessica Schwarz

as Model

Mikey Robins

as Stan

Denise Kirby

as Shana's Mother