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Additional Cast: Frank Sweet, Sam Harris, Joel Mackenzie
Production Status: On DVD (R2)
Premiere Release Date: Cannes Film Festival - May 26, 2006
Cinema Release Date: August 17, 2006 (Australia)
Directed By: Murali K. Thalluri
Screenwriters: Murali K. Thalluri
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not rated
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Interwoven story of six high school students who face immense social challenges. It begins with one of the students committing suicide, although the person's identity remains unknown until the end of the picture.
The story takes place during a normal school day. At precisely 2:37 a tragedy will occur, affecting the lives of a group of students and their teachers. As the story unfolds, the individual stories of the six teenagers are revealed, each with its own explosive significance. An unwanted pregnancy unravels a terrible, dark secret; all is not as it appears for the seemingly confident school football hero; an outcast must deal with everyday taunts from his peers; a beautiful young girl battles an eating disorder; a stellar student constantly struggles to win his parents' approval; while another uses drugs to escape from his own demons.
Teresa Palmer plays Melody, one of the struggling high school students. Melody is a sweet girl who loves children and animals and dreams of traveling and seeing the world. But you can immediately tell that not everything is right with this girl. Without giving anything away, the carries a horrific secret that is tearing her up inside and out.
Filmed in Australia.
Received 4 nominations.
Joel Mackenzie previously attended the school where the movie was filmed.
The house scenes were filmed at the actual home of Frank Sweet.
According to the audio-commentary, the film was visually inspired by Gus van Sant's, Elephant (2003).
The opening scenes of trees in the skies full of leaves were derived from the fact that a camera operator left the steadicam switched on and it filmed some tree-tops. The shots looked great so some crew went back and shot some more leafy sky footage.
A variety of different film formats were used in the shooting of this picture including XD Cam - standard definition, Super 16mm film and HD Cam Cineata - high definition.
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"It was one of those projects that no one really believed in other than a few people close to Murali but we knew it was something special all along."
"The first film I did, actually, I played a rape victim who was pregnant with my brother’s baby which was pretty intense especially for the first time I’d ever acted as well."
"With the rape movie, I actually sat down and talked to people who had experienced those sorts of things in their life. I just tried to get as much information as I could and just get it in my head and put something our there and the director kind of directed me and helped me out trying to create and mold the character."
2:37 is a gritty low budget film directed by Murali K. Thalluri when he was mere 19-years old. The beautifully directed film has a wonderful young cast. For many of these Australian actors this is their first film, which is hard to believe as they all pull of the difficult roles like true professionals. 2:37 is an important film because it deals with real issues of today's teenagers that are not often touched upon in a way that is as realistic as portrayed here. It is a heavy film that does not shy away from discussing these serious problems because of this it is often hard to watch. It is also surprisingly entertaining, largely due to its fast pace and beautiful cinematography.
Teresa Palmer is wonderful as Melody - your heart truly breaks for this character. What a powerful performance, especially for a first leading role! 2:37 is a film I would warmly recommend but it is not for those looking for a fun popcorn film for Friday night escapism. - Riikka
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