Flynn 1993
A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.
A biographical movie on the film star Errol Flynn's early life before Hollywood fame.
Steven Wilson is sent to Melbourne from the outback to spend his holidays with his Grandmother, an old time Tivoli showgirl/dancer. He becomes drawn into the world of the theatre, where the illusion is everything and grease-paint covers up reality. While watching a pantomime of Sinbad, Steven succumbs to the magic of the story and actually becomes the sailor on his greatest adventure ever.
The film covers the conflict between a father and his son both being musicians. The father is the leader of a band making rock-music from the 60s but his son becomes a star of techno-pop music.
A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter.