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The Sapphires

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Original title

The Sapphires

Year

2012

Running time

100 min.

Country

Australia

Director

Wayne Blair

Screenwriter

Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson. Play: Tony Briggs

Cast

Music

Bry Jones, Cezary Skubiszewski

Cinematography

Warwick Thornton

Producer

Goal Post Film

Genre

Musical. Comedy. Drama | 1960s. Based on a true story

Synopsis

1968 was the year the planet went haywire. All around the globe, there were riots and revolution in the streets. There were hard drugs, soft drugs, free love and psychedelic music. There was the shock of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy’s assassinations. And dominating every other news story. There was Vietnam. For four gorgeous young women from a remote Aboriginal mission, 1968 was the year that changed their lives forever. Sisters Gail, Julie and Cynthia, together with their cousin Kay, are discovered by Dave, a down-on-his-luck Irish musician with attitude, a taste for Irish Whiskey and an ear for Soul Music. Dave steers the girls away from their Country & Western origins then flies them to the war-zones of South Vietnam, where they sing Soul Classics for the American Marines. On tour in the Mekong Delta, the girls sing up a storm, dodge bullets. And fall in love.

Rankings Position

#89 Best Australian Movies of all time

Awards: 2012: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection (Out of Competition)

2012: Australian Academy (AACTA Awards): Best Film

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The Sapphires

2012

Wayne Blair

6.1

(201)