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JASPER JONES is a riveting and moving Australian coming of age story about Charlie Bucktin, a bookish boy of 14. On the night that Jasper Jones, the town’s mixed race outcast shows him the dead body of young Laura Wiseheart, his life is changed forever. Entrusted with this secret, and believing Jasper to be innocent, Charlie embarks on a dangerous journey to find the killer. Set over the scorching summer holidays of 1965, Charlie defeats the local racists, faces the break up of his parents and falls head over heels in love as he discovers what it means to be truly courageous.

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Director
Rachel Perkins  Rebecca O'Brien
Writers
Shaun Grant  Craig Silvey
Writer of original material
Craig Silvey
Producer
Vincent Sheehan  David Jowsey
Executive Producers
Liz Watts  Anita Sheehan  Craig Deeker  Greer Simpkin  Paul Wiegard
Dir. of Photography
Mark Wareham ACS
Composer
Antony Partos
Editor
Veronika Jenet
Production Designer
Herbert Pinter
Cast
Toni Collette - Hugo Weaving - Dan Wyllie - Levi Miller - Aaron McGrath - Angourie Rice
Production Completion
2016
Genre
Drama
Production Company
Bunya Productions Pty Ltd  Porchlight Films Pty Ltd
Australian Sales
Madman Entertainment Pty Ltd
International Sales
Mongrel Media

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Screen News

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Jasper Jones Stars & Creatives

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21 Feb 2017
By Screen Australia
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Toni Collette’s Tropfest reunion at Sundance

Toni Collette talks from Sundance Film Festival about producing aspirations, why Gender Matters, Jasper Jones and working on Fun Mom Dinner with Australian director Alethea Jones, who she’s known since Tropfest in 2012.

02 Feb 2017
By Helen Barlow
Screen Australia in Sundance