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Blackrock (1996)

play Coarse language – medium; Violence – low
clip Ricko turns nasty

Original classification rating: MA. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Tracy (Bojana Novakovic) is being passed over the heads of her friends at a party. Toby (Heath Ledger) reminds Jared (Laurence Breuls) that he is meant to be going out with Toby’s sister, not flirting with Tracy. They start pushing each other around and Toby throws a punch. Ricko (Simon Lyndon) steps in and things get so nasty that Jared has to call him off. Jared storms off.

Curator’s notes

Heath Ledger plays a small but significant role in Blackrock, which was his first feature. Blackrock believably depicts the often confusing and unpredictable period between childhood and adulthood, when personality is being formed and big life decisions made.