Movie Details

Title

Danny Deckchair

Overview

Based on a true story, the tale of a cement truck driver named Danny, whose long awaited vacation is cancelled thanks to his scheming girlfriend, Trudy. Danny escapes his grim life in suburban Australia and blasts into the skies in a chair tied with helium balloons. A mighty thunderstorm blows him clean off the map, and spits him out far away over the lush green town of Clarence. In this new town, he rockets into the world of Glenda, the town's only parking cop. While the media back home becomes obsessed with the story of his disappearance, Danny gets to reinvent himself in this new town, and in his great adventure, he discovers a true soul mate in Glenda. Fate catches up with him eventually, as Danny's true identity is revealed and Trudy--now a tabloid celebrity--comes to the idyllic town to claim Danny and drag him back to Sydney. Danny, however, is a changed man; he's discovered what it means to be happy and has found a new self-worth.

Runtime

1 h 40 min

Release Date

16 May 2003

Actors

Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto, Justine Clarke, Rhys Muldoon, John Batchelor, Alan Flower, Julie Sobotta, Brian Langsworth, Steve Rassios, Madeleine James, Jane Ruggiero, Gina Bortolin, Duncan Young, Garrie Scott, Richard Johnson, Dina Gillespie, Rod Zuanic, Ross Perrelli, Victoria Nucifora, Gyton Grantley, Amie McKenna, Colin Angus, Yanna Black, Maeve Byrne, Peter Eyers, Victoria Karozis, Paul Wilson, Danny Nash, Keith Agius, Andrew Crabbe, Richard Healy, Sean McKenzie, Peter Cook, Anthony Phelan, Nadia Townsend, Alex Mann, Maggie Dence, Frank Magree, Peter Fisher, Jack Carty, Michelle Boyle, Phillip Monoghan, Jane Beddows, Jasmina Singh, Rajpreet Singh, Paviterjeet Singh, Michelle Collins, Lester Morris, Shar Grover, Jeanette Cronin, Nick Holland, Marie Patane, Stephen Holt, Angus King, Simon Mills, Tassa Behan, Karen Pang, Kathryn Dagher, Michael Barnacoat, Martin Lewis, Rohan Seinor, Guy Leslie, Nino Alessi, Todd Hodgson, Dane Carson, Amanda Wenban, Julia Zemiro, Lloyd Thomas, Stephen Hobb, Warwick Moss, Ken Porter, Owen Buik, David McCubbin, Serge Cockburn, William David Thompson, Pam Singh, Leanna Brockenshire, Paul Eden, Peter Franks, Leon Fryer

Certification

PG-13

Genres

Comedy, Romance

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