Like Minds

2006 Australian thriller film by Gregory J. Read

This article is about the film. For the jazz album of the same title, see Like Minds (Gary Burton album).

Like Minds

Like Minds film poster

Directed by| Gregory J. Read
Written by| Gregory J. Read
Produced by| Piers Tempest
Jonathan Shteinman
Starring| Toni Collette
Eddie Redmayne
Tom Sturridge
Richard Roxburgh
Kate Maberly
Edited by| Mark Warner
Distributed by| Arclight Films
Weinstein Co.
Becker Group

Release date

* 9 November 2006 (2006-11-09)

Running time

| 110 minutes
Country| Australia
Language| English

Like Minds is a 2006 Australian thriller film written and directed by Gregory J. Read. The film was produced by the South Australian Film Corporation. It debuted in Australia on 9 November 2006. The psychological thriller is the first Australian/UK co-production to be set in the UK in over a decade.[citation needed] Like Minds was retitled Murderous Intent for its 2007 U.S. DVD release.

## Plot

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Alex Forbes attends a boarding school where his father is principal. A new student, Nigel Colbie, is placed in Alex's room. Nigel has a father who is in the same secret society as Alex's father. Nigel, however, is unusual, and in Alex's words "had this morbid fascination with all things dead." Nigel keeps animals preserved in jars, and dissects them. Alex complains to his father, and Nigel is moved. But Alex can't seem to stop thinking about him. He does, however, start to flirt with a girl named Susan, whom Nigel kills. Later on, Nigel explained that there are a series of things that must happen for them to gain "eternity."[1]

## Cast

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* Eddie Redmayne as Alex Forbes
* Tom Sturridge as Nigel Colbie
* Toni Collette as Sally Rowe
* Richard Roxburgh as Sn. Dt. Martin McKenzie
* Cathryn Bradshaw as Helen Colbie
* Kate Maberly as Susan Mueller
* Patrick Malahide as Headmaster
* Jon Overton as George Campbell
* Henry Hereford as Tom Horsham

## Production

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The film was shot on location in Yorkshire, England.[1] and South Australia. Scenes in the hall were filmed in Bradford Grammar School, Bradford. The school chapel scenes were filmed outside and inside the chapel of Giggleswick School, near Settle, in North Yorkshire. Some external shots were taken on the Carlton Towers Estate. The train scenes were filmed on a stationary New South Wales U Set Single Deck Interurban Car TF6011, now owned by Richmond Vale Railway Museum.[2]

## Box office

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Like Minds grossed $34,840 at the box office in Australia.[3]

## See also

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* Cinema of Australia
* Knight Templars

## References

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1. ^ a b Kuipers, Richard (8 November 2006). "Like Minds". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
2. ^ "SETS Fleet - NSW Single Deck Interurban Cars". www.sets.org.au. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
3. ^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Film Victoria. 2010. p. 15\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2010.

## External links

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* Like Minds at IMDb
* Like Minds at Oz Movies

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