Paperback Hero (2000)
Stephen Collins, Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken, Andrew S. Gilbert
In a remote outback community, tomboyish Ruby Vale runs the town's only eatery, the Boomerang Cafe. She is engaged to marry a stuffy man named Hamish, but prefers to spend much of her time with her best friend, Jack, a macho train conductor who is writing a romance novel on the sly. However it is no... (read more) In a remote outback community, tomboyish Ruby Vale runs the town's only eatery, the Boomerang Cafe. She is engaged to marry a stuffy man named Hamish, but prefers to spend much of her time with her best friend, Jack, a macho train conductor who is writing a romance novel on the sly. However it is not until the book becomes a bestseller that Ruby realizes that Jack has published the book under a pen name -- Ruby Vale. When publisher Ziggy Keane demands to meet the rising author, Jack begs Ruby to pose as him at an important meeting with Ziggy in Sydney where she successfully negotiates a follow-up novel deal and encounters a bit of unexpected romance.
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Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed by:
Antony J. Bowman
Release Date: Jan 01, 2000
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I always thought that Hugh Jackman was a great actor, but I like him even more with his Australian accent.
I love the song (in the bar) and the area where they were shooting that film... and of course Hugh!
For Hugh Jackman's first film, this is a good classical film the outback is a nice place to film for a film. The atmosphere in it is great, the script and screenplay sounds as if it could be made into a play. But it's clever and the characters are in... (read more) For Hugh Jackman's first film, this is a good classical film the outback is a nice place to film for a film. The atmosphere in it is great, the script and screenplay sounds as if it could be made into a play. But it's clever and the characters are inverntive and really enjoyable to watch. Hugh Jackman would have come a long way from playing a truck driver into a man with claws not to mention he really stirs up a storm singing, he is really great.I love it. Plus the music is good
A neat story out of Australia, but incredibly generic and predictable, thankfully being character driven it does survive.
Very Corny But It Is A Loveable Little Gem Of A Tale About Small Town Life & The Talk Of These Towns That Fuel Their Character. Let It Play On You & You'll Enjoy It.
A great Aussie movie, and a great romance. Can't go wrong with Hugh Jackman. Yummo!
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