See Hear Podcast episode 65 - Starstruck (featuring interview with director Gillian Armstrong)

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.    Download the podcast
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whatever podcast app you favour.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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