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Blackrock: Original Screenplay (Currency Screen Plays)

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Nick Enright is a brilliant playwright & his play, "Blackrock", is both captivating and well written. The most amazing aspect of this play, is that it is based on the truth!

The story of "Blackrock" recounts an actual event, which occured in Australia to a young girl. Enright wrote the play (which was not originally called "Blackrock") to help the community deal with the girl's death. The Department of Eduction also used that original play as a Theatre in Education text which was studied throughout Australian High Schools.

The play's name was changed to "Blackrock", when the movie was made. The reasons being; so that the title would 'sell' to the public and so that anonimity was provided to the people & place where the real event took place.

This was an amazing screenplay! I am a fan of Heath Ledger the actor who plays Toby in Blackrock so that was my first reason for buying the book but I am glad I did! You should definatly get this! I could not put it down! Its got everything! Sex, drugs, friendship, betrayal, surfing, murders, suicide, rape, cops...! Very serious issues and a very awesome book!

i really like this play as it gives alot of messages to teenage kids and adults out there.....it deals with a murder and rape....
i have seen the movie...i think the first one but haven't seen the one with Heath.L.....watching the movie made me more confusing, little different to the book but along the same storyline.....i prefer the book than the movie...well thats what i think....
i really liked it....and recommend it to teenagers and adults....

Blackrock was inspired by the rape and murder of 14-year old Leigh Leigh near Newcastle, Australia, back in 1989, and as such the play has always been controversial for many different reasons. The story centres upon Jared (Laurence Breuls), the 17-year old surfer who, during a beachside party, witnessed a rape (not Toby, played by the now famous Heath Ledger, who was the lead rapist) and did nothing about it. As the crime drew the suspicion of a nation, Jared was forced to choose between telling the truth and 'mateship' with the rapists and especially the killer, Ricko (Simon Lyndon).
The characters are well portrayed in the screenplay, and the movie itself is even more powerful and gripping. A warning: the movie has a rape scene which you will find very disturbing...

This book and play are both amazing pieces of work. I read the play twice in one night! I haven't seen the movie yet - but i will. All the emotions in this play is incredible! The love, hate, jealousy, and even carelessness are really brought out in this play. I really love it and look forward to acting in it as a main caharacter in 6 weeks.

i didn't actually read the book but i've seen both the play and the movie,the play was twice as good as the movie so i think the book will be 10 times better.I can't wait to get my copie.

The issues this book are very well raised and important to our society. This is a very good book and I enjoyed reading it

Did anyone know that AARON CARTER plays a surfer in this movie?? Yea, isn't that cool

This movie deals with teenagers facing the loss of one of their friends to a violent crime. She was raped and the only person that saw the crime was Toby a 17 year old kid who likes to do what normal teens do. Surf, Drink and listen to loud music however his life is thrown upside down after seeing what turns out to be his best mate raping a girl from his school. This throws Toby into millions of unresolved issues because he doesn't know whether to turn in his best mate and feel guilty or live with the guilt of knowing that a friend of his has killed an innocent girl in such a way that it makes him want to throw up. In the end his friend throws himself off a cliff and kills himself so Toby doesn't have to do anything about it. Also in this book Toby's mum is diagnosed with breast cancer and has to have her breast removed she doesn't tell Toby this. In the end Toby settles things with his mum and also pays his last respects to the girl that he watched helplessly being raped.