The Article That Started it All
More than 10 years ago -- on May 28, 1986 -- writer Samela Harris wrote an article about David Helfgott for the Adelaide Advertiser in Southern Australia. Filmmaker Scott Hicks saw the article, and was so intrigued that he cancelled a birthday dinner with his wife to hear Helfgott perform. Thus began a 10 year process that culminated in the creation of Shine.
Last month, Harris sent us e-mail offering us a copy of the article for our site. We think it's truly exciting to see how a film like Shine can get its start, and hope you enjoy reading the article that set the wheels in motion.
This is an enlarged scan of a 10-year-old article. If you have trouble reading it, you may read the pure text version that we've re-typed.
