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Director
  
Genres
  
Drama, Family

Country
  
Australia

6.8/10
IMDb


Costume design
  
Marion Boyce

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Echo of Thunder movie poster

Release date
  
19 April 1998, USA

Writer
  
Libby Hathorn (novel), H. Haden Yelin (teleplay)

Cast
  
(Gladwyn Ritchie), (Larry Ritchie),
Lauren Hewitt
(Lara Ritchie),
Ernie Dingo
(Neil),
Chelsea Yates
(Pearl Ritchie), (Bill Gadrey)

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Rose Hill (1997), Silver Bells (2005), Redwood Curtain (1995), Judy Davis appears in The Echo of Thunder and Winter of Our Dreams, Foxfire (1987)

The echo of thunder top 11 facts


The Echo of Thunder is an Australian family drama movie, released for television in 1998. It is based on the novel Thunderwith by Australian children's author Libby Hathorn. It was aired on CBS in the United States as a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation.

Contents

The movie is a story of a man Larry Ritchie, who lives with his second wife and three kids on an Australian farm in the Wallingat Forest NSW. He learns about fatal illness of his first wife which leaves his eldest daughter, Lara,alone in the world. Larry decides to take the girl into his home, but his new family doesn't like the idea. The mother Gladwyn is possessive of Larry and their three children, Pearl, Opal and Jasper. Lara seeks solace with a mysterious dog she names Thunderwith that appears from time to time on the property. The dog seems to the girl to be a link to her beloved mother and an important companion. The story concentrates on the relationship between mother Gladwyn and stepdaughter, as Lara is slowly accepted into the family.

The movie was shot in Mount Beauty, Victoria and directed by Simon Wincer. Hallmark Channel produced the movie and the story undertook several changes for example the four Ritchie children became only three on the set. Judy Davis, who played the mother Gladwyn was nominated for an Emmy for her performance in the movie.

Starring

  • Jamey Sheridan as Larry Ritchie
  • Judy Davis as Gladwyn Ritchie
  • Lauren Hewett as Lara Ritchie
  • Chelsea Yates as Pearl Ritchie
  • Emily Browning as Opal Ritchie
  • Ben and James Hanson as Jasper Ritchie
  • Michael Caton as Bill Gadrey
  • References

    The Echo of Thunder Wikipedia
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