Danny Deckchair is a 2004 Australian comedy film written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer. The majority of Danny Deckchair was shot in Bellingen, a Mid North Coast town in New South Wales.
It was inspired by the story of "Lawnchair Larry" (Larry Walters).
Danny Morgan (Ifans) works as a cement maker driver and construction worker who lives with his girlfriend Trudy (Clarke) in a big city but is unhappy with his life. Danny is also an inventive char...
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Danny Deckchair is a 2004 Australian comedy film written and directed by Jeff Balsmeyer. The majority of Danny Deckchair was shot in Bellingen, a Mid North Coast town in New South Wales.
It was inspired by the story of "Lawnchair Larry" (Larry Walters).
Danny Morgan (Ifans) works as a cement maker driver and construction worker who lives with his girlfriend Trudy (Clarke) in a big city but is unhappy with his life. Danny is also an inventive character who, one day, ties a bunch of helium-filled balloons to his deckchair during a party. His friends hold down the chair but inadvertently let go and Danny is set on an airborne adventure across Australia, which causes him to become a national sensation. As he floats over idyllically beautiful rural landscapes, totally foreign to the concrete structures of his discontent, he appears on the verge of some enlightenment. After he's beaten up in a rugged ride through a thunderstorm, fireworks from a small town's harvest festival burst his...
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