Charlie & Boots


Charlie amp Boots is a 2009 Australian film starring Paul Hogan and Shane Jacobson. It had the best opening weekend for any Australian film in 2009 when it was released on Fathers daySeptember 2009. The film features many small towns in country Australia. It also has a cameo by Reg Evans, who died in the 2009 Victorian bushfires before the film was released, and the film is dedicated to the victims of the fires.

Their journey involves visiting different towns,hangouts in different restaurants,visiting famous attraction . On their way, they start to reconcile and express their emotions about the recent death of Gracie, Charlies wife and Bootss mother and the drama unfolding around the death of Ben, Boots son, by drowning.They even help a young 16yearold girl named Jess by allowing her to escape her boyfriend Tristan and aid her in her dream to go to the famous country city of Tamworth. The trio manage to arrive in the town, and Jess plays one of her songs in the famous large hall, after passing a manager. They push a car owned by a Tristan out of a car park at night and end up damaging it. They fly in a small aircraft with a pilot Roy Billing. From the craft they see the Great Barrier Reef. The pilot continuously hits the altitude meter, making Boots feel nervous. They are dropped off by the pilot and they both wave goodbye as it leaves. In the end Charlie and Boots both make it to their destination, Cape York, the northernmost tip of Australia. They take their fishing rods and quote a few sentences they travelled with on their journey. As the credits roll we learn that Jess has been discovered by a music industry manager and has made a single about an obnoxious boyfriend. At the end of the credits we see a brief clip of Charlie and Boots travelling over the Sydney Harbour Bridge. They look up from their car in awe, causing Boots to marvel at how big the bridge is. Charlie quips Yeah... imagine having to paint it a dig at Hogans prefame occupation as a worker on it. ........

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