{"id":2816,"date":"2016-07-08T09:39:47","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T09:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/07\/08\/last-cab-to-darwin\/"},"modified":"2016-07-08T09:39:47","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T09:39:47","slug":"last-cab-to-darwin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/07\/08\/last-cab-to-darwin\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Cab to Darwin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Watchlist<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Directed by\u00a0Jeremy Sims,<em> Last Cab to Darwin\u00a0<\/em>is an Australian drama based on Reg Cribb\u2019s play of the same name. The film stars\u00a0Michael Caton,\u00a0Jacki Weaver,\u00a0Ningali Lawford,\u00a0Emma Hamilton, and\u00a0Mark Coles Smith.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rex is a cab driver who has never left Broken Hill in his life. When he discovers he doesn\u2019t have long to live, he decides to drive through the heart of the country to Darwin, where he\u2019s heard he will be able to die on his own terms; but along the way he discovers that before you can end your life you\u2019ve got to live it, and to live it you\u2019ve got to learn to share it\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere are strong themes in the film,\u201d explains Sims. \u201cThe strongest \u2013 and this is true of more than half of all films in one way or another \u2013 is the issue of Belonging. This central spine brings so many interesting and provocative related issues to the table that the layering of meaning, drama and especially humour, becomes impossible to avoid.\u00a0Does Rex belong to his past, or his future? He doesn\u2019t know, but is sure it must be one or the other. Of course the aim in life is to feel like we belong to the \u2018now\u2019, to the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Last Cab to Darwin\u00a0<\/em>is rated 14A.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Watchlist Directed by\u00a0Jeremy Sims, Last Cab to Darwin\u00a0is an Australian drama based on Reg Cribb\u2019s play of the same name. The film stars\u00a0Michael Caton,\u00a0Jacki Weaver,\u00a0Ningali Lawford,\u00a0Emma Hamilton, and\u00a0Mark Coles Smith. Rex is a cab driver who has never left Broken Hill in his life. 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