Like Minds

2006 Australian thriller film by Gregory J. Read

9 November 2006 (2006-11-09)

Running time

110 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglish

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

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

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

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. 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

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

References

^ ^a ^b Kuipers, Richard (8 November 2006). "Like Minds". Variety. Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
^ "SETS Fleet - NSW Single Deck Interurban Cars". www.sets.org.au. Retrieved 11 May 2024.
^ "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.