The official trailer for Australian suspense thriller PATRICK is launched today, ahead of the film’s theatrical release on 24 October 2013.
Directed by Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood) and starring legendary actor Charles Dance (Game of Thrones, Alien 3), Golden Globe® winner and Academy Award® nominee Rachel Griffiths (Six Feet Under, Muriel’s Wedding), alongside Sharni Vinson (Bait 3D, You’re Next), Peta Sergeant (Iron Sky, Winners and Losers), and Damon Gameau (Save Your Legs, Balibo), PATRICK is a visceral, dramatic thriller centred on a young nurse who becomes the obsession of a comatose patient with telekinetic powers.
Produced by Antony I. Ginnane, PATRICK is a modern re-working of the 1978 classic cult film of the same name, brought to a new generation of psychological thriller fans.
Multiple ARIA award and AFI award winning director Mark Hartley has tapped into PATRICK’s cinematic past to create a moody, suspense driven film, accompanied by a lush score provided by legendary composer Pino Donaggio, who is well known for his music composition for Brian de Palma’s Carrie, Dressed to Kill, Body Double and Nicolas Roeg’s Don’t Look Now.
Director Mark Hartley said, “Our PATRICK is a throwback. It’s a gothic chiller – it’s the kind of film that really isn’t made in this country. The film announces that style from its first frame and first note of Donaggio’s orchestral score. I sincerely hope that audiences embrace its old school sensibility and go along for the ride.”
PATRICK will release in Australian cinemas nationally on 24 October 2013.
SYNOPSIS
After the mysterious disappearance of a nurse at a remote private clinic, Kathy (Sharni Vinson) takes up the vacant role at the mysterious ‘Roget Clinic’, a private hospital for the clinically comatose in a remote seaside town. Kathy is placed under the imperious watch of Matron Cassidy (Rachel Griffiths) and Dr. Sebastian Roget (Charles Dance) a renegade neurologist operating at the fringes of medical society.
Despite her strong sense of foreboding and the dismal working conditions, Kathy is desperate to take up the post and overlooks the eeriness of the ward and the disturbing patients that reside there. She is soon assigned to care for a mysterious coma patient, who is simply known to staff as Patrick. Before long it becomes apparent that Patrick’s affections for Kathy turn into a deadly and bloody obsession, letting no one get in his way.
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National Release Date: 24 October 2013
Running Time: 96 minutes
Rating: MA 15+