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A wealthy middle-aged businesswoman employs a learning-disabled younger man to tend her garden. As time goes by, both are touched by tragedy - but they find strength and comfort in each other's friendship, which eventually turns into love. Romantic drama, starring Mel Gibson, Piper Laurie, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison and Peter Gwynne
1979
General
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Mel Gibson
(Actor)
.. Tim Melville
Piper Laurie
(Actor)
.. Mary Horton
Alwyn Kurts
(Actor)
.. Ron Melville
Pat Evison
(Actor)
.. Emily Melville
Peter Gwynne
(Actor)
.. Tom Ainsley
Deborah Kennedy
(Actor)
.. Dawn Melville
David Foster
(Actor)
.. Mick Harrington
Margo Lee
(Actor)
.. Mrs Harrington
Michael Pate
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Mel Gibson
(Actor)
.. Tim Melville
Born:
January 03, 1956
in
New York
Best Known For:
Being one of the biggest movie stars of all time.
Early-life:
Mel Colm-cille Gerard Gibson was born on January 3, 1956, in the New York suburb of Peekskill. He is the sixth of 11 children. The family relocated to Australia when Mel was 12. He went to drama school after one of his older sisters sent in his application and fee without him knowing. He studied alongside fellow future stars Geoffrey Rush and Judy Davis and started out in low-budget movies like Summer City and Tim, before becoming a worldwide star in Mad Max.
Career:
The US success of Mad Max 2 led to Gibson being offered mainstream Hollywood roles, including The Bounty, Mrs Soffel, and The River, before Lethal Weapon turned him into an A-list star in 1987. His directorial debut was 1993's The Man Without a Face, and his follow-up in front and behind the camera, Braveheart, won several Oscars. His company, Icon, has backed a string of hit-and-miss movies in recent years, including Kevin and Perry Go Large, and What Women Want. Gibson has also starred in Signs, and The Patriot, and wrote and directed controversial drama The Passion of the Christ, which Gibson himself funded. After taking a break from acting, he returned with Edge of Darkness and The Beaver.
Quote:
'I'm not a done deal. I'm a work in progress. I'm still extremely flawed.'
Trivia:
He was the first Australian actor to be paid $1,000,000 for a film role.
Piper Laurie
(Actor)
.. Mary Horton
Alwyn Kurts
(Actor)
.. Ron Melville
Pat Evison
(Actor)
.. Emily Melville
Peter Gwynne
(Actor)
.. Tom Ainsley
Deborah Kennedy
(Actor)
.. Dawn Melville
David Foster
(Actor)
.. Mick Harrington
Margo Lee
(Actor)
.. Mrs Harrington
Michael Pate
(Director)
