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Two Hands (1999)

Two Hands poster
Directed by
Gregor Jordan
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
R
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 161 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man named Jimmy owes money to a dangerous local gangster. He gets caught up in a series of misadventures as he tries to pay back his debt.

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What happens

Two Hands is a 1999 Australian crime comedy film written and directed by Gregor Jordan. The film stars Heath Ledger as Jimmy, a young man in debt to Pando, a local gangster played by Bryan Brown, and also stars Rose Byrne, David Field, and Susie Porter. It won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film in 1999. It was screened at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, but did not receive a theatrical release in the United States, where it was instead released straight-to-DVD by Miramax Films on 6 December 2005. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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