Like Minds
{{Short description|2006 Australian thriller film by Gregory J. Read}}
{{About|the film|the jazz album of the same title|Like Minds (Gary Burton album)}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Like Minds
| image = LikeMindsPoster.jpg
| caption = Like Minds film poster
| writer = Gregory J. Read
| starring = Toni Collette
Eddie Redmayne
Tom Sturridge
Richard Roxburgh
Kate Maberly
| director = Gregory J. Read
| producer = Piers Tempest
Jonathan Shteinman
| editing = Mark Warner
| distributor = Arclight Films
Weinstein Co.
Becker Group
| released = {{Film date|2006|11|09|df=y}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English
}}
Like Minds is a 2006 Australian thriller film written and directed by Gregory J. Read. The film was produced by the South Australian Film Corporation. It debuted in Australia on 9 November 2006. The psychological thriller is the first Australian/UK co-production to be set in the UK in over a decade.{{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} Like Minds was retitled Murderous Intent for its 2007 U.S. DVD release.
Plot
Alex Forbes attends a boarding school where his father is principal. A new student, Nigel Colbie, is placed in Alex's room. Nigel has a father who is in the same secret society as Alex's father. Nigel, however, is unusual, and in Alex's words "had this morbid fascination with all things dead." Nigel keeps animals preserved in jars, and dissects them. Alex complains to his father, and Nigel is moved. But Alex can't seem to stop thinking about him. He does, however, start to flirt with a girl named Susan, whom Nigel kills. Later on, Nigel explained that there are a series of things that must happen for them to gain "eternity."{{cite magazine |title=Like Minds |first=Richard |last=Kuipers |date=8 November 2006 |magazine=Variety |url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/like-minds-1200512107/ |access-date=11 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024171149/https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/like-minds-1200512107/ |archive-date=2022-10-24 |url-status=live}}
Cast
- Eddie Redmayne as Alex Forbes
- Tom Sturridge as Nigel Colbie
- Toni Collette as Sally Rowe
- Richard Roxburgh as Sn. Dt. Martin McKenzie
- Cathryn Bradshaw as Helen Colbie
- Kate Maberly as Susan Mueller
- Patrick Malahide as Headmaster
- Jon Overton as George Campbell
- Henry Hereford as Tom Horsham
Production
The film was shot on location in Yorkshire, England, and South Australia. Scenes in the hall were filmed in Bradford Grammar School, Bradford. The school chapel scenes were filmed outside and inside the chapel of Giggleswick School, near Settle, in North Yorkshire. Some external shots were taken on the Carlton Towers Estate. The train scenes were filmed on a stationary New South Wales U Set Single Deck Interurban Car TF6011, now owned by Richmond Vale Railway Museum in New South Wales.{{Cite web |title=SETS Fleet - NSW Single Deck Interurban Cars |url=https://www.sets.org.au/fleet/index.php?id=sdic |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.sets.org.au}}
Box office
Like Minds grossed $34,840 at the box office in Australia.{{cite web |title=Australian Films at the Australian Box Office |date=2010 |page=15 |work=Film Victoria |url=http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |access-date=21 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723234802/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |archive-date=23 July 2011}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/like-minds Like Minds] at Oz Movies
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Category:Australian horror thriller films
Category:British horror thriller films
Category:Films shot in Adelaide
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:2000s Australian films
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