The film follows two teenagers, Jake (Potts) and Steve (Barry) as they cope with life after being the sole survivors of an avalanche. Their teacher also survives the accident, but remains comatose and dies soon after the start of the film. The two boys make a suicide pact agreeing that on the first anniversary of the avalanche, they will kill themselves. The two spend their last year living life to the fullest. This takes the form of a list of "tasks", which they both must fulfill before dying.
The movie's screenplay is written by Brown, and deals with themes such as the generation gap, the conflicts that surround today's youngsters, suicide, crossing boundaries and how people are affected by tragedy. Brown has spoken of New Year's Day being prompted by the murder of James Bulger, in the sense of a storyline concerning two young people who are surrounded by grown-ups who have no idea about what they are doing.
The exams scenes were filmed using students from the Queens School in Bushey, Hertfordshire. The school is located next door the ex American University where some of the school scenes were shot.
year, 2001, film, year, 2001, comedy, drama, film, starring, andrew, potts, bobby, barry, jacqueline, bisset, anastasia, hille, michael, kitchen, johnston, ralph, brown, marianne, jean, baptiste, written, ralph, brown, directed, suri, krishnamma, year, daydire. New Year s Day is a 2001 comedy drama film starring Andrew Lee Potts Bobby Barry Jacqueline Bisset Anastasia Hille Michael Kitchen Sue Johnston Ralph Brown and Marianne Jean Baptiste It was written by Ralph Brown and directed by Suri Krishnamma New Year s DayDirected bySuri KrishnammaWritten byRalph BrownProduced bySimon Channing Williams Stephen ClearyStarringMarianne Jean Baptiste Anastasia Hille Andrew Lee Potts Jacqueline BissetCinematographyJohn de BormanEdited byAdam RossMusic byJulian NottRelease date27 June 2001 2001 06 27 CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishThe film follows two teenagers Jake Potts and Steve Barry as they cope with life after being the sole survivors of an avalanche Their teacher also survives the accident but remains comatose and dies soon after the start of the film The two boys make a suicide pact agreeing that on the first anniversary of the avalanche they will kill themselves The two spend their last year living life to the fullest This takes the form of a list of tasks which they both must fulfill before dying The movie s screenplay is written by Brown and deals with themes such as the generation gap the conflicts that surround today s youngsters suicide crossing boundaries and how people are affected by tragedy Brown has spoken of New Year s Day being prompted by the murder of James Bulger in the sense of a storyline concerning two young people who are surrounded by grown ups who have no idea about what they are doing New Year s Day won best film at the Raindance Film Festival 2001 and best film at the Sapporo Film Festival 2001 In February 2001 it also took the Grand Prize in the 12th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival which was attended by director Suri Krishnamma 1 The film contains a cover of the Tim Hardin song Reason to Believe by Paul Weller recorded specially for the movie The exams scenes were filmed using students from the Queens School in Bushey Hertfordshire The school is located next door the ex American University where some of the school scenes were shot See also editList of films set around New YearReferences edit YUBARI INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2001 yubarifanta com Retrieved 20 September 2009 External links editNew Year s Day at IMDb nbsp nbsp This article about a 2000s comedy drama film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title New Year 27s Day 2001 film amp oldid 1214835155, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
