Blackrock is a 1997 Australian teen drama thriller film directed by Steven Vidler. It was adapted from the play of the same name, which was inspired by the murder of Leigh Leigh. The film stars Laurence Breuls, Simon Lyndon and Linda Cropper, and also features the first credited film performance of Heath Ledger.
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Blackrock is a 1997 Australian teen drama thriller film directed by Steven Vidler. It was adapted from the play of the same name, which was inspired by the murder of Leigh Leigh. The film stars Laurence Breuls, Simon Lyndon and Linda Cropper, and also features the first credited film performance of Heath Ledger. It received generally positive reviews in Australia, where it grossed USD 1. 1 million at the box office. Outside Australia where audiences were less familiar with Leigh’s murder, critical reception of the film was mixed. Blackrock was never marketed as being based on a true story, but many viewers believed it to be a factual account of the murder. Jared is a young surfer who witnesses his friends raping a girl on the beach. When she is found murdered the next day, Jared is torn between revealing what he saw and protecting his friends. He initially tells the police nothing of what he sees, but later tells them what he has seen and they arrest Toby and the three other boys within a few days. He later learns that Tracy’s death was not an accident, and that Ricko confesses that he had found her dead and beat her to death to show him off. He tells police that he was trying to have sex with her first, but she tried to fight him off and in the process beat him to death. He still has not told his mateship of his behaviour with Ricko, who still has the name of Jared in his name. He also tells police he has not been able to tell his mother Diane that she has cancer due to his behaviour, and she goes in to have surgery to have her cancer treated.
He eventually tells police the truth, and Ricko and the other boys are arrested and charged with Tracy’s murder. He then decides to tell the police about the rape, and tells them that he has already told Ricko he was with Jared all night and asks Jared to confirm his alibi. Jared also runs away, leaving Tracy alone and distressed. Later that night Rachel, who has snuck out of home to attend the party, finds Tracy’s beaten corpse on the Beach. Jared confronts Ricko at the beach and confronts him at the police station. Ricko tells him that he killed Tracy, but claims it was an accident – that she hit her head on a rock when he attempted to havesex with her. Jared breaks up the fight after Ricko has hit Toby several times. Jared then tells the cops that he saw Toby having consensual sex with Tracy and then witnesses three of his male friends interrupting the couple and raping Tracy, though Jared does not intervene. Jared leaves the party to head to the beach alone. Jared’s first serious girlfriend is Rachel who comes from a much wealthier part of the city. Rachel’s father, a photographer who takes provocative images of women, forbids her from attending the party. He allows her older brother Toby to attend, though he allows her to attend. Toby sees Tracy, Cherie and two other girls, and gives them a ride. Jared flirts with Tracy at the party and subsequently gets into a fight with Toby.
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