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Paper Planes is a Australien film of genre Drama directed by Robert Connolly with Sam Worthington
Paper Planes (2014)
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Add to a movie listPaper Planes is a 2015 Australian 3D family drama film directed by Robert Connolly which he co-wrote with Steve Worland. The film stars Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Deborah Mailman and Ed Oxenbould. The film tells a story about Dylan, a young boy, who lives in Western Australia and dreams of competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. It opened in Australian cinemas on 15 January 2015 on 253 screens by Roadshow Films. It grossed A$9.61 million at the Australian box office by the end of its run. The story is loosely based on an episode of Australian Story called "Fly With Me". It is the highest grossing Australian children's film in history. Paper Planes was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 24, 2015 by Roadshow Entertainment.
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A young boy from Australia named Dylan (Ed Oxenbould) has a passion for flight and ends up competing in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan. He faces distraction and hostility from a school bully, as well as his father (Sam Worthington), still grieving over the death of his mother in an automobile accident, and his chief rival, the spoiled win-at-all-cost (Terry Norris), a kite-hawk he feeds on his way to school and later a Japanese paper plane champion Kimi (Ena Imai).Actors
Sam Worthington
(Jack)
Anthony LaPaglia
Deborah Mailman
(Maureen Prescott)
Ed Oxenbould
(Dylan)
Terry Norris
(George "Grandpa" Webber)
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