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Paperback Hero (1999)
Jack Willis is a handsome roadtrain driver with a secret - he has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a 'man's man' in the Australian outlook, to avoid embarrassment, he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby Vale. He must do some fancy footwork to continue the charade when the glamorous city publisher, Ziggy, arrives in dusty outback Lucktown to sign 'Ruby Vale' to a major book deal. Ruby agrees to help Jack though it's for her own gain as well - the publisher will pay for her coming wedding (with Hamish, Jack's buddy). Accompanied by Jack, Ruby goes to Sydney to meet the media, appear on TV and cocktail parties, etc. Gradually, Jack realizes that he has fallen in love with Ruby, while Ruby is also touched by Jack's novel. However, Hamish arrives in Sydney a few days later and asks both of them to stop all these foolish things
Updated May 21 2020
Cast
Hugh Jackman
Jack Willis
Andrew S. Gilbert
Hamish
Claudia Karvan
Ruby Vale
Bruce Venables
Artie
Angie Milliken
Ziggy Keane
Andrew Buchanan
City Drunk
Crew
Veronika Jenet
Editor
David Burr
Director of Photography
Faith Martin
Casting
Antony J. Bowman
Director
Antony J. Bowman
Writer
Burkhard von Dallwitz
Original Music Composer
Keith Thomas
Musician
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