The film adaptation of the play, The Sum of Us was released in Australia on this date in 1994. Directed by Jeff Burton and Kevin Dowling, with a screenplay by David Stevens, the movie starred Jack Thompson and Russell Crowe as a widowed father and his gay son looking for their versions of true love.
Jeff (Russell Crowe) with his dad Harry (Jack Thompson).
A winner of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) for best adapted screenplay, today was the Australian release date for ‘The Sum of Us‘, which starred Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe and (future director) John Polson. (Side Note: A seven-year-old Crowe appeared opposite Thompson in an episode of the Australian TV series ‘Spyforce’). Read More …