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Around Christmas of 2019 the veteran Australian filmmaker Nadia Tass was on holiday in New York, catching up with old friends. One day she visited the home of actors Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, where she was surprised to find Jackman and some of his brothers were watching one of their favourite Australian films: Tassâ delightful 1990 teen comedy
The Big Steal, starring a young Ben Mendelsohn and Claudia Karvan.
âThey were saying that they loved it,â Tass recalls, âBut at the time could they find it on any of the streaming services here? Absolutely not.â
Ben Mendelsohn with Claudia Karvan in Nadia Tassâ The Big Steal.
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Around Christmas of 2019 the veteran Australian filmmaker Nadia Tass was on holiday in New York, catching up with old friends. One day she visited the home of actors Hugh Jackman and Deborra-Lee Furness, where she was surprised to find Jackman and some of his brothers were watching one of their favourite Australian films: Tassâ delightful 1990 teen comedy
The Big Steal, starring a young Ben Mendelsohn and Claudia Karvan.
âThey were saying that they loved it,â Tass recalls, âBut at the time could they find it on any of the streaming services here? Absolutely not.â
Ben Mendelsohn with Claudia Karvan in Nadia Tassâ The Big Steal.