Garage Days
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Garage Days is a 2002 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. Garage Days is the story of a young Sydney garage band desperately trying to make it big in the competitive world of rock music. Its soundtrack includes the song "Garage Days" composed by David McCormack[1] and Andrew Lancaster and performed by Katie Noonan. The climax of the film was filmed at the Homebake festival in Sydney in 2001.[2]
The film made its US premiere at the 2003 Sundance film festival.[3]
Cast
- Kick Gurry as Freddy
- Maya Stange as Kate
- Pia Miranda as Tanya
- Russell Dykstra as Bruno
- Brett Stiller as Joe
- Chris Sadrinna as Lucy
- Andy Anderson as Kevin
- Marton Csokas as Shad Kern
- Yvette Duncan as Angie
- Tiriel Mora as Thommo
- Holly Brisley as Scarlet
- Matthew Le Nevez as Toby
- Angela Keep as Shad's Assistant
- Rohan Nichol as York Pub Manager
- Emma Lung as Freddy's Babysitter
- Gregory Apps as University Professor
Soundtrack
Original music for the film was composed by Andrew Lancaster[4] and David McCormack.[1]
The soundtrack album was released in 2002.
- High Voltage (The D4)
- Alright (Supergrass)
- Kooks (Motor Ace)
- Buy Me A Pony (Spiderbait)
- Rockin' It (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
- Garage Days (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
- Love is the Drug (Roxy Music)
- Add It Up (Sonic Animation)
- Walk Up (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
- Ghost Town (Rhombus)
- Smash It Up (The (International) Noise Conspiracy)
- Say What? (28 Days)
- That's Entertainment (The Jam)
- Masterplan (David McCormack)
- Stop Thinking About It (Joey Ramone)
- Mad Man (The Hives)
- Get the Tarp (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster, Anthony Partos)
- Lucky Number Nine (The Moldy Peaches)
- Help Yourself (Tom Jones)
Reception
The film received mixed reviews. Based on reviews from 53 critics collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 45% gave Garage Days a positive review.[5] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 50 based on 19 reviews.[6]
Awards and nominations
- Maya Strange for Jan Logan AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2002 (nominated)[7]
- Peter Grace, Tony Vaccher, Phil Winters, Simon Leadley for AFI award for best sound (nominated)[7]
- Michael Philips for AFI award for best production design (nominated)[7]
- "Garage Days" (Dave McCormack / Andrew Lancaster) for APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards for Best Original Song Composed For a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series Or Mini-series 2003 (nominated)[8]
See also
References
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External links
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- Garage Days at Oz Movies
- Garage Days at the National Film and Sound Archive
- Pages with script errors
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- 2002 films
- Australian rock music films
- Australian comedy films
- Films directed by Alex Proyas
- Films produced by Alex Proyas
- Films shot in Sydney
- Films set in Sydney
- Films with screenplays by Alex Proyas
- Fox Searchlight Pictures films
- 2002 comedy films
- 2000s English-language films
- Films scored by Antony Partos
- English-language comedy films