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Synopsis: ROUGH DIAMONDS centres on the relationship between city girl ex-pop star Chrissie Bright and her 13-year-old daughter Lisa. When Chrissie decides to ‘get out’ of Brisbane and heads towards Queensland’s outback, she meets Mike Tyrell, a cattleman who drives trucks to keep the bank at bay. He is single and lives with his 13-year-old sister Sam. Mike’s dream is to be a successful cattle breeder, Chrissie is seeking to find her ‘true self’. When Mike’s road train sideswipes Chrissie’s car, Mike’s moment of inattention changes both their lives.
 
IMDB:
5.8
Year:
1995
90 min
329 Views


JAY:

Nice take off, gotta work on the

landing...

MARIE:

I can't do any better...

Jay shakes a finger at her, silences her immediately.

JAY:

No such word as 'can't. Now do it again.

Only better...

Marie takes a deep breath, approaches the ladder once more. As

she's about to start the arduous climb, Elena hands her a towel...

ELENA:

Bet you choke.

Stops Marie in her tracks.

MARIE:

What's your major malfunction?

ELENA:

Just wanted to make a wager. Between best

friends.

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 9.

Marie just starts to climb the ladder to the high dive platform.

ELENA:

You blow this dive, I get those diamonds

of yours.

Marie stops, looks down on Elena from the fifth rung of the

ladder, shakes her head...

MARIE:

How'd you know about my inheritance?

ELENA:

Talk of the town, birthday girl. Today's

the day, right?

MARIE:

And what, pray tell, are you willing to

wager when I win?

Elena thinks for a second, glances back at Jay with a big smile.

ELENA:

I'll stay away from your stepfather. You

make it, I won't be your new stepmom

anytime soon. Whattya say?

Marie just stands there incredulous for a moment.

.

MARIE:

Take your sorry ass back to the swamps.

She ascends the ladder, leaving Elena behind...

ELENA:

Choke!

Marie clambers up onto the high dive platform, tries to focus on

the task at hand. But can't help but notice her nemesis below,

walking slowly, seductively, up to Jay, intoxicating him...

Marie blocks out the distraction, concentrates at the task at

hand, stepping to the edge of the platform and the 20 foot drop

looming beyond...

She slides a ring off her finger, kisses it for luck. It's an odd

design. Four curved gold ridges, just ready to hold a Diamond...

She throws the ring into the pool ahead of her, the gold glinting

in the afternoon sunlight as it drops into the water, and a split

second before it breaks the surface, Marie is airborne...

"Wild Things 3" 03/22/2004 10.

She twists magnificently through the air, a sight of breathtaking

beauty. Thank God this is in slow motion.

And as she gets ever closer to the water's surface, she tucks,

does one last back flip, straightening out at the last possible

instant, slicing through the water with nary a splash.

Marie surfaces to roaring APPLAUSE. Treading water, she can't help

but watch her Jay's smiling face in the bleachers...

EXT. CLIFFORD MANSION - AFTERNOON

Sickeningly expensive POWERBOATS and de-rigged SCHOONERS line the

inlet leading to the verdant lawns of the Clifford Mansion...

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Donald Crombie

Donald Crombie is an Australian film and television director. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School and studied at National Institute of Dramatic Art. Crombie started work at the Commonwealth Film Unit in 1963. more…

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