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Danny Deckchair

2003-05-16 · 100 min · ★ 6.1

Comedy · Romance · Drama

An unappreciated laborer's patience reaches breaking point when his girlfriend cancels a romantic holiday. Making light of the situation, he decides to tie hundreds of helium balloons to a chair in an outlandish bid to float to a new life.

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Directors
Jeff Balsmeyer
Production companies
20th Century Fox, Lions Gate Films, Crusader Entertainment, Cobalt Media Group, MacQuarie Film Television Investment Fund
Countries
Australia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Rhys IfansRhys IfansDanny Morgan
Miranda OttoMiranda OttoGlenda Lake
Justine ClarkeJustine ClarkeTrudy Dunphy
Rhys MuldoonRhys MuldoonSandy Upman
John BatchelorJohn BatchelorPete
Alan FlowerAlan FlowerRay Vitali
Julie SobottaKate (as Jules Sobotta)
Brian LangsworthReal Estate Agent
Steve RassiosReal Estate Agent (as Steven Rassios)
Madeleine JamesReal Estate Agent
Jane RuggieroDonna
Gina BortolinHelen Costas
Duncan YoungPhil Stubbs
Garrie ScottParty Shop Assistant
Richard JohnsonRichard JohnsonPasserby
Dina GillespieDina GillespieKaz
Rod ZuanicRod ZuanicBob
Ross PerrelliYoung Bobby
Victoria NuciforaYoung Lisa
Gyton GrantleyGyton GrantleyStuey

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