Jindabyne is a 2006 Australian drama film by director Ray Lawrence and starring Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness and John Howard. Jindabyne was filmed entirely on location in and around the town of the same name: Jindabyne, New South Wales, situated next to the Snowy Mountains. The film was written by Beatrix Christian, and was adapted from the Raymond Carver short story, ” So Much Water So Close to Home”, which was also the basis for one of the storylines in Robert Altman’s Short Cuts (1993). Carver’s story had been retold in song by Paul Kelly in his song “Everything’s Turning to White”, from his 1989 album So Much Water So Close to Home and Paul Kelly would go on to write the score to this film as well.
Jindabyne had its world premiere at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and its North American premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. The film was released in Australia on 20 July 2006 and was released in the United States on 27 April 2007.
RELEASE DATE: 1 July 2006
