SYDNEY, July 23 2010…Distracted Media’s Australian producers Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey today announced the cast line-up for their locally produced film, The Tunnel. Set in and amongst Sydney’s underground tunnels, The Tunnel has become Australia’s most talked about thriller. The movie follows a news film crews’ journey into Sydney’s underground hunting for a story, until the story starts hunting them.
Andy Rodoreda from Sydney has been cast as News Producer, Peter Ferguson. Andy Rodoreda is best known for his starring role in the Australian horror movie, Black Water and for his work on Australian TV dramas including Blue Heelers and East West 101.
Bel Delia, formerly of the Northern Beaches, now an Inner Western suburbs local (Balmain, Sydney), has been cast as TV journalist, Natasha Warner. Bel Delia was awarded Best Actress honours at Tropfest 2010 for her comedic role in “The Last Roll of the Dice”.
Luke Arnold, a former Sydney resident and now Melbourne local (Frankston/Mornington Peninsula, Victoria) is a hot newcomer with acting credits including Steven Spielberg’s “The Pacific”, “Broken Hill” and “Rescue: Special Ops”. Luke Arnold has been cast as sound recordist, Jim “Tangles” Williams.
Steve Davis of the North Shore (Sydney) has been cast in a move towards authenticity as TV crew cameraman, Steve Miller. Steve Davis’ documentary credits include countless overseas postings and documentary credits for Discovery Channel and National Geographic.
Goran Kleut, a Eastern Suburbs (Randwick, Sydney) local, has been cast as the animalistic ‘Stalker’. Goran Kleut is well known for his various film and television credits including Gabriel, Sea Patrol and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.
Ben Maclaine, an Inner Western suburbs resident (Lilyfield, Sydney), has been cast as the Security Guard. Ben Maclaine is well noted for his various acting and voice-over work in Australia.
James Caitlin, a former Dubbo local and now a lower Blue Mountains (Richmond, Sydney) resident, has been cast as homeless man, Trevor Jones. James Caitlin is known for his various film, theatre and television credits including roles on White Collar Blue and Home & Away.
“We are thrilled to have cast a talented line-up of local Australian actors to bring The Tunnel to life under the direction of Carlo Ledesma. The cast has strong chemistry that we can’t wait to see translated onto the screen,” said Julian Harvey.
Already attracting international and local attention for its unconventional funding and release model, The Tunnel will be directed by Philippines born and now Homebush Bay (Sydney) based, Carlo Ledesma.
Enzo Tedeschi and Julian Harvey, are choosing to break with the traditional movie channel release model and will distribute the locally producer thriller through controversial internet piracy networks in a bid to reach out to the increasingly dominant online audience.
The movie’s website launched in June 2010 at www.thetunnelmovie.net and the innovative plan is to raise the movie’s cash budget of $135,000 by selling a frame of the movie for $1 to the internet audience (the concept is based on a 90-minute film consisting of 135,000 individual frames). Slated for release later this year, the movie will be made available online worldwide, for free.
“We believe that if we stop fighting the peer to peer networks and find a way to work with them, they could become the biggest revolution in the way we connect with an audience,” said Enzo Tedeschi.
www.thetunnelmovie.net