Tim Memorabilia & Collectibles

Tim was released in 1979 and belongs to romantic drama genre. It is basically an Australian movie and was written, directed by Michael Pate. The movie was based on the novel authored by Colleen McCullogh in the year 1974. The movie runs for totally 93 minutes.

The story is about young Tim played by Mel Gibson who develops a relationship with an elderly woman by name Mary played by Piper Laurie. The woman was very successful in business and has good mental stability gets attracted to a young man who is half her age. Mel Gibson plays as a mentally retarded guy but still looks young and handsome without any speech disability.

The movie Brave Heart starring Mel Gibson won Academy Award. After his victory in Hollywood series...   more

Tim was released in 1979 and belongs to romantic drama genre. It is basically an Australian movie and was written, directed by Michael Pate. The movie was based on the novel authored by Colleen McCullogh in the year 1974. The movie runs for totally 93 minutes.

The story is about young Tim played by Mel Gibson who develops a relationship with an elderly woman by name Mary played by Piper Laurie. The woman was very successful in business and has good mental stability gets attracted to a young man who is half her age. Mel Gibson plays as a mentally retarded guy but still looks young and handsome without any speech disability.

The movie Brave Heart starring Mel Gibson won Academy Award. After his victory in Hollywood series Lethal Weapon Mil Gibson started directing and producing. At first Mary Horton does not take any interest on Tim but develops it when she finds that he cannot read or write. The movie was Mel Gibson’s initial roles and had an average success in Australia and the movie earned the actor an Australian Film Institute Award. Tim’s parents played by Alwyn Kurts and Pat Evison also received Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards for the movie.

According to sources Tim was later made into an American television series as ‘Mary and Tim’ in the year 1996. Candice Bergen and Thomas McCarthy played the lead roles. Piper Laurie is an American actress and she is well known for her television series roles ‘Twin Peaks’ and the movies ‘The Hustler’ and ‘Carrie’ and she was nominated for Academy Awards for both the movies.