Welcome
to episode 65 of See Hear. Give over to us with Body and Soul.
1982
- Australian cinema had an interesting assortment of releases. We Of
The Never Never and Turkey Shoot. Monkey Grip and The Pirate Movie.
......
and then there was Starstruck.
Musicals
were something of a rarity....and with examples like Sgt Pepper's
Lonely Hearts Club Band, Xanadu, Can't Stop The Music
and....shudder...The Apple, it's not hard to see why they weren't as
common as in the glory days of MGM.
However,
director Gillian Armstrong was not going to be deterred. She did not
want to be classified as "that director who makes period pieces"
after the success of My Brilliant Career. So, after falling in love
with Stephen Maclean's script loosely based around his memories of
growing up in a pub in Sydney, she set about making Starstruck. It's
essentially, an old fashioned "let's do a show" story with
some songs in the new wave style of the day. Jackie has dreams of
becoming famous as a singer. Her 14 year old cousin Angus is a
publicity hound who is determined to get her to perform at the Sydney
Opera House. What happens???????
Due
to international timeline issues, my compadres Bernard and Tim were
not able to join me for this show. HOWEVER......I am joined for a
lengthy interview by director Gillian Armstrong herself to talk about
her recollections of making the film, its genesis, the wonderful
design that went into it, the bands who were considered to compose
the music before The Swingers landed the gig (get ready to say
"reaaaaaaaalllllly?") and a heap of other Starstruck
things. Huge thanks to Gillian for being so generous with her time
for the show.
ANNNNNNNND....my
great friend and Australian film buff, Paul Ryan joins me for a brief
chat about his own love of the film, and it's place in Australian
film history.
You
can catch up with episodes of the comedy news show Paul helps script
The Leak at https://www.facebook.com/TheLeakLive/. He's also
written for children's cartoon series, Jar Dwellers SOS. Check
out Paul's episode Party Poopers
here: https://10play.com.au/jar-dwellers-sos/episodes/season-2/episode-17/tpv190617ieazv
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