The Playbook

Details: Category: Feature Films

Produced/Written and Directed by Darran Scott

Steven Thomas (Mick Preston) strives to live a worthy life. A loving father and basketball coach. However, after a tragic accident caused by a drunken friend sees Stevens family torn apart, Steven struggles to come to terms with forgiving the person responsible and this causes him to lose a grip on those things most important to him. But as his ideal world begins to fall apart, it is through the support of his young basketball team, he manages to use his basketball playbook to rekindle his spiritual worthiness and be the father he was meant to be. Thus not only inspiring his young team to realise that there is more to life than winning basketball games, but also get his life and family back on track.

The Playbook is an inspirational feature film that will move you to tears and have you cheering for the underdog.

Featuring an outstanding cast of wonderful Australian actors including exciting new talent Harry Borland as Cody, Dennis Coard (Home & Away), Lauren Clair (Underbelly) Kath Gordon (City Homicide) as Bonnie and introducing Lloyd Edwards as Garrett.

Filmed entirely on location in the Bass Coast and Sth Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, and with the generous assistance of Film Victoria.