Scott Hicks
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Oct 13, 2026
Loribelle SpirovskiGUEST
So I met Daniel in 2023.
Loribelle SpirovskiGUEST
We were both involved in a documentary called The Musical Mind, A Portrait in Progress by the director Scott Hicks, who directed Shine.
Loribelle SpirovskiGUEST
And he was exploring the lives of four musicians who kind of were child prodigies and essentially the cost of what that means to take it into adulthood as a stable career, you know.
Loribelle SpirovskiGUEST
And Daniel was one of those artists.
Leith ForrestHOST
So we'll talk about that on the show this afternoon.
Leith ForrestHOST
The great Scott Hicks is going to drop by.
Leith ForrestHOST
Oh, brilliant.
Leith ForrestHOST
So the Adelaide Film Festival starting in the next week or so.
Leith ForrestHOST
We're going to talk about the film, how that all came about.
Leith ForrestHOST
And they've also released, because of the anniversary, Wakefield Press has put out a new book about the making of Shine.
Leith ForrestHOST
So if you're a Scott Hicks aficionado or you love the movie, I actually had a look at a few of the films coming out for the Adelaide Film Festival.
Leith ForrestHOST
We're going to do one later in the week.
Gary HardgraveHOST
After what happened with the High Court last week and the idea of not being able to open up a coal mine in New South Wales simply because you've got to worry about the global emissions, are cow farts next? It's a question I'm going to put to Cattle Australia CEO Will Evans a bit later on this morning.
Gary HardgraveHOST
And Scott Hicks, he is the bloke who directed that amazing film 30 years ago.
Gary HardgraveHOST
It came out.
Gary HardgraveHOST
It was a 10-year struggle to get it made.
Gary HardgraveHOST
We're talking about the movie Shine, the story of David Helfgott.
Gary HardgraveHOST
This bloke and his ability at the keyboard was extraordinary.
Gary HardgraveHOST
What about that trampoline scene that Geoffrey Rush was in? Anyway, the whole thing, of course, completely transformed the life of Scott Hicks.
Gary HardgraveHOST
He's joining us a bit later on.
Gary HardgraveHOST
So we're here to talk about a bit of Hollywood, a bit of determination, bringing the classic back to the big screen, please.
Gary HardgraveHOST
Welcome acclaimed filmmaker Scott Hicks.
Gary HardgraveHOST
Congratulations, Scott.
Gary HardgraveHOST
Great memories.
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Scott HicksGUEST
And it also, you know, it helped to take care of all his needs for the rest of his life.
Scott HicksGUEST
And that was the biggest gift of all.
Gary HardgraveHOST
Well, I think you're a genuine gift as well, Scott Hicks.
Gary HardgraveHOST
Great to talk to you today.
Michael MackenzieHOST
I didn't realise this.
Michael MackenzieHOST
Have you heard about the Scott Hicks documentary, The Guy Who Made Shine? You know, the David Helfgott story.
Michael MackenzieHOST
David
Brian WiseHOST
Helfgott, yeah.
Michael MackenzieHOST
I've still got about 30 minutes to finish.
Michael MackenzieHOST
It's about a 90-minute doco.
Michael MackenzieHOST
But if you're into those people, Ben Folds, David Helfgott, Daniel Johns or Simon Tedeschi, The Musical Mind, A Portrait in Process, a documentary by Scott Hicks.
Michael MackenzieHOST
Okay,
Michael MackenzieHOST
I didn't realize this.
Michael MackenzieHOST
Have you heard about the Scott Hicks documentary, the guy who made Shine?
Brian WiseHOST
Mm-hmm.
Michael MackenzieHOST
You know-
Michael MackenzieHOST
I've still got about 30 minutes to finish.
Michael MackenzieHOST
It's about a 90-minute doco.
Michael MackenzieHOST
But if you're into those people, Ben Folds, David Helfgott, Daniel Johns, or Simon Tedeschi, The Musical Mind: A Portrait in Process, a documentary by Scott Hicks.
Brian WiseHOST
Okay.
speaker_4HOST
Right.
speaker_4HOST
Directed by Scott Hicks, starring Anthony Hopkins and the late Anton Yelchin.
speaker_3HOST
A great cast, honestly.
speaker_4HOST
A fantastic cast.
speaker_3HOST
So it's huge.
speaker_4HOST
It's massive.
speaker_4HOST
So to turn that into a two-hour Hollywood movie, Scott Hicks essentially had to amputate four-fifths of the book.
speaker_3HOST
Wow, that's a lot of cutting.
SimonHOST
Let's review the lucky one from 2012.
SimonHOST
The Lucky One, directed by Scott Hicks and based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, is a film that attempts to weave romance, drama and mystery into a cohesive narrative.
SimonHOST
The story follows Logan Thiebaud, played by Zac Efron, a US Marine who returns from his third tour in Iraq with a photograph of a woman he believes saved his life.
SimonHOST
This photograph becomes his talisman, leading him on a journey from Colorado to Louisiana to find the woman in the picture, Beth.