Journey of a Story (2012)
Journey of a Story follows the life of William Brown, a fictional New Zealand serviceman both physically and emotionally damaged by his tour of duty in Europe and time as a Prisoner of War during World War II. Returning home, William finds a very different world to the one he left behind. Forced to leave the home he planned to enjoy with his wife Lily and young son James, William struggles to cope until an observant War Pension medical officer convinces William to take up writing. Fueled with a new passion for life, William finally finds a road to success, in ways he could not possibly imagine. The story is told to from the elderly William's point of view, as he relays his story to a young theatre director attempting to bring William's life to the stage.
- Released
- 2012-05-10
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Status
- Released
Cast
- Bill Leathwick as William Brown
- Paul Thomas Lewis as William Brown - younger
- Angela Franklyn as Lily Brown
- James Crompton as Laurence Burton
- James Bailey Fletcher as Jack Percival - younger
- Jesse Allam as Thomas Brown
- Jordan Ancel as American Sergeant
- Andrew Birkill as Mr. Mullholand
- Lisa Brickell as Stage Nurse Audrey
- Ron Brown as Jack Percival - Elder
- Colin Buckley as James Brown
- Steve Farac Ciprian as Henry Smithers
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