- Actors: Charlotte Rampling, Russell Crowe, Alexander Outhred, Frankie J. Holden, Jake Frost
- Directors: Ann Turner
- Writers: Ann Turner, Alan Marshall, Peter Hepworth
- Format: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Fox Lorber
- Release Date: Dec 5 2000
- Run Time: 97 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004Z1FL
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Product Description
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A humane, well-observed coming-of-age tale set in the Australian outback, Hammers over the Anvil details with gentle frankness the growing self-awareness of Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhred), a boy whose dreams of riding a horse are hampered as much by his dull shopkeeper father as by the braces on Alan's crippled legs. Alan's idealized role model is the tanned and rugged East Driscoll (Russell Crowe), a friendly but solitary man given to lonely midnight rides, whose individuality and happy embrace of nature seem, to the budding young writer, nearly pagan. (The opening scene of the film is of East merrily splashing about naked in a stream with his horses, with Alan gazing on admiringly.) East is the sort of good-natured, simple soul who thinks nothing of calling the young man always close on his heels a "bloke" and offering him swigs from his flask. Nor is he the type to hesitate from making his move when the lovely Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling) comes to town just because her staid husband is in tow. The touching love scenes between East and Grace are believable and carnal (one realizes that part of the reason it took so long for Crowe to reach superstardom was the lack of a female lead who could appraise his unapologetic masculinity as wittily and engagingly as Rampling does here), all the more so for being viewed through Alan's eyes. Ann Turner has crafted a film much quieter that her fine, fantastical Celia (albeit every bit as heartbreakingly ironic), but it is no less sympathetic and understanding of a child's sometimes confusing view of the adult world. --Bruce Reid
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Customer Reviews
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Very Good Film
Jun 10 2004
Format:DVD
First I must saw that Russell Crowe MAKES any movie that he takes on and he becomes the charactor, making the movie not only believable, but real. In this film Russell takes on the role of a man who is everything in the eyes of a young boy and also in the eyes of a married woman. I feel like I can relate to this story. As a young boy growing up with no older brothers I longed for the companionship of men like East, and now that I'm older, married and may be having a kid on the way I realize that it's only because of my best friends like Larry, Joe, Walter and Bill that I am the person I am. Other than the fact that the filming is kinda rough I think the film is perfect.
Great Movie, but heartbreaker!!
Mar 14 2003
Format:DVD
This is an excellent movie. All the actors do a superb job.
Set in the late 1890's or early 1900's in Australian horse and cattle country, the story unfolds through the eyes of a young, crippled boy. His hero is East (they pronounce it "Ace") acted by Russell Crowe. East is a horse breaker (wrangler??)and owns a string of well-bred horses. The young wife of an elderly, wealthy Australian(English) land- owner wishes to breed a mare with one of East's stallions. From this a romance ensues. Charlotte Rampling is the upper class English wife, who falls, temporarily, for the illiterate East. Russell is superb riding his horses........... and one tremendously romantic scene has him galloping up to Charlotte as she rides, he sweeps her off her horse and they ride off laughing!!
This is close to a 5 star movie!!
Set in the late 1890's or early 1900's in Australian horse and cattle country, the story unfolds through the eyes of a young, crippled boy. His hero is East (they pronounce it "Ace") acted by Russell Crowe. East is a horse breaker (wrangler??)and owns a string of well-bred horses. The young wife of an elderly, wealthy Australian(English) land- owner wishes to breed a mare with one of East's stallions. From this a romance ensues. Charlotte Rampling is the upper class English wife, who falls, temporarily, for the illiterate East. Russell is superb riding his horses........... and one tremendously romantic scene has him galloping up to Charlotte as she rides, he sweeps her off her horse and they ride off laughing!!
This is close to a 5 star movie!!
It's Russell - Enough Said!
Sep 16 2002
Format:DVD
Aussie accents all the way but a good coming of age film. A young Russell (horseman) befriends a young disabled teen who's trying to please his own father (also a horseman) by becoming a rider. Father and son finally come to terms with the disability. Russell falls in love, loses love (she's married), goes through painful torment and suffering, wins her back the hard way.
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