The Two Hands film is a comedy crime thriller written and directed by Gregor Jordan filmed entirely in New South Wales, Australia during 1998, screened at the Sundance Film Festival and then released July 29th, 1999 in Australia. In the same year it won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film. Although screened originally in the United States it wasn't officially released there until it made its debut on DVD on December 6th 2005.
The Two Hands film stars a young Heath Ledger as Jimmy, a man in debt to the local crime lord Pando, portrayed by Bryan Brown. The Two Hands film opens with Jimmy, a strip club employee wanting to belong to the local gang is hired by Pando to make a delivery of $10,000 to a woman as a test. While waiting for her arrival, Jimmy makes the mistake of taking a swim, leaving the money unattended on the beach. It is then stolen by some local kids along with the car Jimmy used to make the delivery, which belongs to Acko, played by David Field.
The only solution Jimmy can come up with to repaying the missing money is by robbing a local bank and while recruiting his own crew for the heist meets up with Alex, portrayed by Rose Bryne, at the local pub. This proves to be another mistake, as Pando has already sent his gang out in search of Jimmy and the missing money. After a comedy of errors, and with the help of Jimmy's otherworldly brother, he manages to escape the gang, to attempt the robbery. Although one of Jimmy's crew is killed by police during the robbery, Jimmy is still successful in obtaining the money he needs...twice.
Jimmy then makes his way to Pando to repay the debt, who in turn wants to hire him again because of his ability to survive. Jimmy realizes that the life of a gangster is not for him and he and Alex decide to leave the pressures behind them, but not before an unforgettable ending in the Two Hands film for both Pando and his gang.
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1999 Sundance Film Festival Offical Selection. "One mistake can change everything, especially when you're working for the mob."
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It seemed simple. Just deliver the cash. But when Jimmy (Academy Award® winner Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight) loses ten grand of dirty money, the underworld comes knocking. If there's no cash, there's no more Jimmy. Suddenly it comes down to one hour, one girl, one crazy idea and ten thousand reasons to risk it all. Also starring Rose Byrne (Get Him to the Greek).
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Australia released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada.
Two Hands (1999) - (Australian) Comedy/Thriller
It seemed simple. Just deliver the cash. But when Jimmy loses ten grand of dirty money, the underworld comes knocking. If there's no cash, there's no more Jimmy.
AFI - Film, Director (Jordan) & Supporting Actor (Brown)
Cast:
Heath Ledger .... Jimmy
Bryan Brown .... Pando
Rose Byrne .... Alex
Susie Porter .... Dierdre
Steven Vidler .... Michael/The Man
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Plot summary for
Two Hands (1999)
A 19 year old (Heath Ledger) finds himself in debt to a local gangster (Bryan Brown) when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money. Rose Byrne co-stars as a country girl, who Ledger starts a romance on his trip.
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A sad, melancholy ache pervades Brokeback Mountain, Ang Lee's haunting, moving film that, like his other movies, explores societal constraints and the passions that lurk underneath. This time, however, instead of taking on ancient China, 19th-century England, or '70s suburbia, Lee uses the tableau of the American West in the early '60s to show how two lovers are bound by their expected roles, how they rebel against them, and the repercussions for each of doing so--but the romance here is between two men. Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) are two itinerant ranchers looking for work in Wyoming when they meet and embark on a summer sheepherding job in the shadow of titular Brokeback Mountain. The taciturn Ennis, uncommunicative in the extreme, finds himself opening up around the gregarious Jack, and the two form a bond that surprisingly catches fire one cold night out in the wilderness. Separating at the end of the summer, each goes on to marry and have children, but a reunion years later proves that, if anything, their passion for each other has grown significantly. And while Jack harbors dreams of a life together, the tight-lipped Ennis is unable to bring himself to even consider something so revolutionary. Its open, unforced depiction of love between two men made Brokeback an instant cultural touchstone, for both good and bad, as it was tagged derisively as the "gay cowboy movie," but also heralded as a breakthrough for mainstream cinema. Amidst all the hoopla of various agendas, though, was a quiet, heartbreaking love story that was both of its time and universal--it was the quintessential tale of star-crossed lovers, but grounded in an ever-changing America that promised both hope and despair. Adapted by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana from Annie Proulx's short story, the movie echoes the sparse bleakness of McMurtry's The Last Picture Show with its fading of the once-glorious West; but with Lee at the helm, it also resembles The Ice Storm, as it showed the ripple effects of a singular event over a number of people. As always, Lee's work with actors is unparalleled, as he elicits graceful, nuanced performances from Michelle Williams and Anne Hathaway as the wives affected overtly and subliminally by their husbands' affair, and Gyllenhaal brings surprising dimensions to a character that could have easily just been a puppy dog of a boy. It's Ledger, however, who's the breakthrough in the film, and his portrait of an emotionally repressed man both undone and liberated by his feelings is mesmerizing and devastating. Spare in style but rich with emotion, Brokeback Mountain earns its place as a classic modern love story. --Mark Englehart
The Two Hands film is a comedy crime thriller written and directed by Gregor Jordan filmed entirely in New South Wales, Australia during 1998, screened at the Sundance Film Festival and then released July 29th, 1999 in Australia. In the same year it won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film. Although screened originally in the United States it wasn't officially released there until it made its debut on DVD on December 6th 2005.
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