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Jack Brown Genius is the story of an obsessive flight of fancy. The spirit of a thousand year old Monk (Stuart Devenie) inhabits the mind of a contemporary New Zealand inventor (Tim Balme), who is inspired to turn the idea of human-powered flight into reality. Along the way he creates havoc for his pal Dennis (Marton Csokas), steals his girlfriend (Nicola Murphy), incinerates the factory of his Boss, and incurs the wrath of the Boss's financial backer Sylvia (Lisa Chappell). The film won director Tony Hiles a 1996 Film and Television Award.
Jack Brown Genius won three NZFTV Awards yet sank at the box office and was generally regarded as more B than A. Its European release was described as the worst in the company's history by the Investor/Distributors, Senator Films. ...
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A Tony Hiles documentary
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Hamish Towgood
Posted at 03.27AM - 11.05.2009
I guess I must have been the only poor smuck to actually like this film enough to buy the Hong Kong DVD.
Tim Balme and Stuart Devenie were as brilliant as ever. Wasnt this Marton Csokas first feature film?