Reverse Runner
– A teenager pursues his childhood dream of becoming the best at reverse running...
21 Feb 2013
English
Lachlan Ryan, Jarrod Theodore
Lachlan Ryan (story and screenplay), Jarrod Theodore (story and screenplay), Dan Cannon (story)
Dan Cannon, Rosco Brauer, Bianca Linton, Julian Shaw
Named after the alternative athletic 'skill' where contestants run backwards into cult-hero 'glory', this big-hearted, small-town comedy centres on 'Kid' Campbell (Dan Cannon) and his dream to emulate his hero, reverse-running legend John Jones (Steve Moneghetti). Under the guidance of the passionate but luckless Coach Leroy (Rosco Brauer), Kid endeavours to overcome his arch-rival Stephen 'SJ' James (Julian Shaw), a bitter father (Daryl Cannon) who was robbed of his own sporting dream to become a champion kite-flyer, and the memory of a final race-day embarrassment which saw him disqualified for turning his shoulders 25 percent (making his reverse run into a sideways one).