Jack Willis (Hugh Jackman) travels through the Australian outback in a monstrous truck, discussing with his dog the narrative of his second love affair. His debut piece, published under the name Ruby Vale - the owner of a roadside diner and hereditary pilot (Claudia Carwan) - has a great success. However, Ruby herself does not yet know that she became the newest Daphne Dumorie.
After a cargo monster with a rather long stopping distance turns a red car parked in the wrong place into an accordion, and the capital’s blonde publisher Ziggy (Angie Millikan) materializes from clubs of red dust, Jack will have to turn on all his diplomatic skills.
At first, Ruby agrees to cover up a novice novelist who is worried that “men will not understand”, solely for financial reasons (she has an appointment to marry a uvalnye-veterinarian). But the promotional tour in Sydney will turn out for the heroes a mass of discoveries. Preparing for meetings with the press, she will read a new novel, guess herself in the heroine and will not be able to hold back tears. And he will be moved by these tears and hardly recognize her on a cocktail party - without a minted baseball cap, but in an evening dress.
While they will be singing Ray Orbison’s “I Drove All Night” karaoke duet, the blonde publisher will count the frequency of the words “allusion” and “antihero” being used by an uncouth trucker, and she will understand. And then the veterinarian, who was left to look after the dog, will make some deductive constructions, and immediately rush to the capital.
At the beginning of the film, calming the pre-wedding vet (and not for nothing worried), Jack says: “It’s all chemistry, buddy!”
This can be fully attributed to what happened to the heroes, suddenly and simultaneously looking at each other in a new way.
But also to how bizarre the fate of creative people. What kind of fertilizers should be sprayed from a corn corn over a sun-scorched bush to grow a best-selling author or, for example, a Hollywood star out of it? And which Ruby Vale to put at the helm of this corner?
Anthony Bowman himself, not only the director, but also the author of the original script, shot a couple of shorts before “Hero” and a couple after. Who doesn’t know Hugh Jackman now?
Of course, throwing characters around anonymity and gender positioning of the author these days seem to be a fake, but in the late 90s, they say, and books were paper.
In addition, the knowledge of readers that behind sensual metaphors and soulful dialogues lies not a tired librarian in a shawl and glasses, but a tanned sweaty guy in an alcoholic T-shirt and with a glorious smile, should only spur sales of the novel.
But let's not talk about marketing! Moreover, the magic maize already brings out in the sky blue three words that are simply necessary at the end of any love story, no matter who hides under the mask of its author.
Even a dog can't stop smiling! I forgot to tell you his name is Lance (after the producer), and he prefers Sinatra to music.