Money may bring possessions, but it will never fulfill our lives.

It is one thing to possess high intellect, but to be a complete person we must also have a heart.

Revealing our inner truth to those we love will maintain our relationships.

There are many themes to explore, some of which have been expressed repeatedly in films, but in different ways. Ideally, the audience should exit the cinema with a feeling that the movie had said something rather than merely entertain.

Let the characters’ drives and subsequent events make the point. However such a message must never become too obvious. In my view a well-conveyed theme is borne from a writer who has learned from firsthand experience and feel passionate about this message.

In essence, theme says something about the screenwriter regarding what he/she wants to say. It serves to explore an underlying truth or moral. Other Australian films as strong similar references are THE BOYS and THE CARS THAT ATE Paris.Theme is vital to a screenplay. It is a good story and great pieces for strong unknown new actors. Furness is the happy wife of Broadway performer and cinema X Man Hugh Jackman which is possibly why she is not seen on screens very often anymore. Not screened on TV or profiled much after 1989, SHAME might benefit from a remake if the dynamics of this small taut film were slightly enlarged. Possibly inspired by news items and well directed by Steve Jodrell, a (later) TV-only director SHAME did not get a big release thus crippling its initial available audience. Interesting teen actor Simone Buchanan seen in the wonderful kids movie RUN REBECCA RUN is a local girl also terrorized by the boys.It is a combination of events against town women that sees Furness take a very tough legal stand, making the Civic leaders and their boozy blokes world accountable for this social damage. A great role for any woman SHAME is well played by the talented and tough Furness. Local louts see her as 'fair game' and then find the tables turned when her legal talons return to jail them for their brute behavior. She plays a lawyer having a solo motorbike riding holiday when to her alarm, she gets trapped in a misogynistic country town. An excellent and absorbing Australian drama made and released in 1987, SHAME featuring Deborah Lee Furness is a genuine surprise powerhouse thriller.

Shame screenplay online