Information
| Year: | 1999 |
| Rating: | 6.1(961) |
| Listed in: | Comedy, Romance |
| Directed by: | Antony J. Bowman |
| Actors: | Hugh Jackman Andrew S. Gilbert Bruce Venables Claudia Karvan Angie Milliken Jeanie Drynan |
| "He's hard, tough ... and doesn't give a XXXX for anything ... except romantic novels" | |
Cast
| Directed by | |
|---|---|
| Antony J. Bowman | |
| Actors | |
| Hugh Jackman | as Jack Willis |
| Andrew S. Gilbert | as Hamish |
| Bruce Venables | as Artie |
| Barry Rugless | as Mad Pete |
| Barry Lea | as Policeman |
| Steven Colling | as Cafe Drinker |
| Randel Ross | as Auctioneer |
| Bill Watson | as Mr. Reece |
| Scott Nugent | as Bag Pipe Player |
| Ross Marsden | as Country Pub drinker |
| Charles Little | as Errol |
| Ritchie Singer | as Ralph |
| Tony Barry | as Mack |
| Michael Forde | as Journalist |
| Andrew Buchanan | as City Drunk |
| Simon Burvill-Holmes | as M.C. |
| Leon Delaney | as Radio Announcer |
| Daniel Murphy | as Make up artist |
| Adam Ray | as Clive Rooney |
| Douglas Hedge | as George West |
| Russell Dykstra | as Stage hand |
| Steve Ridley | as Character Voice |
| Actresses | |
| Claudia Karvan | as Ruby Vale |
| Angie Milliken | as Ziggy Keane |
| Jeanie Drynan | as Suzie |
| Brooke Fairley | as Dancing Girl |
| Larisa Chen | as Receptionist |
| Vashti Pontakas | as Ella |
| Catherine Miller | as Contestant |
| Robyn Moore | as Character Voice |
| Diana McLean | as Harmony |
Movie info
| Languages: | English |
| Plot: | Jack Willis is a handsome roadtrain driver with a secret - he has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a 'man's man' in the Australian outlook, to avoid embarrassment, he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby Vale. He must do some fancy footwork to continue the charade when the glamorous city publisher, Ziggy, arrives in dusty outback Lucktown to sign 'Ruby Vale' to a major book deal. Ruby agrees to help Jack though it's for her own gain as well - the publisher will pay for her coming wedding (with Hamish, Jack's buddy). Accompanied by Jack, Ruby goes to Sydney to meet the media, appear on TV and cocktail parties, etc. Gradually, Jack realizes that he has fallen in love with Ruby, while Ruby is also touched by Jack's novel. However, Hamish arrives in Sydney a few days later and asks both of them to stop all these foolish things... |
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Original Soundtracks
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"She's Taken My Words" (theme from Paperback Hero (1999)) Written by Andrew Tierney and Michael Tierney Performed by Human Nature "Cryin'" Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson Performed by Roy Orbison Also performed by Hugh Jackman and Claudia Karvan "I Drove All Night" Written by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg Performed by Roy Orbison "Oh Pretty Woman" Written by Roy Orbison and Bill Dees Performed by Catherine Miller "Only the lonely" Written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson Performed by Roy Orbison "JD Blues" Written and Performed by Scott Kingman "Proud man" Written by Jon Stevens and Barbara Griffin Performed by Jon Stevens "Mairi's Wedding" Traditional bagpipe march Arranged & Performed by Scott Nugent "Paper Tiger" Written by John D. Loudermilk Performed by Sue Thomson "Strangers in the night" Written by Bert Kaempfert, Charles Singleton and Eddie Snyder "I remember you" Written by Johnny Mercer and Victor Schertzinger Performed by Frank Ifield "Suddenly" Written and Performed by Soraya "High" Written by P. Tucker and E. Baleywu Performed by Lighthouse Family |
Goofs
| Crew: During the opening credits, the road train is filmed from the air. A helicopter's shadow (presumably the helicopter doing the filming) can be seen briefly on the ground below. |
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