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Based on a true story, the tale of a truck driver named Danny (Rhys Ifans - Notting Hill), whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy (Justine Clarke). Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied to helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. Here, he rockets into the world of Glenda (Miranda Otto - Eowyn, Lord of The Rings), the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent
Based on a true story, the tale of a truck driver named Danny (Rhys Ifans - Notting Hill), whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy (Justine Clarke). Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied to helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. Here, he rockets into the world of Glenda (Miranda Otto - Eowyn, Lord of The Rings), the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soulmate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy - now a tabloid celebrity - comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth. Saying farewell to Trudy, Danny makes a dynamic re-entry to the town of Clarence, determined to win Glenda back and embrace his newfound zest for life ...
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Release date: 31 December 1969
EAN: 8595165303643
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