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Billy's Holiday is a 1995 Australian musical film.

Billy's Holiday
Directed by	Richard Wherrett
Written by	Denis Whitburn
Produced by	Tristram Miall
Starring	Max Cullen
Production company	Beyond Films
Distributed by	Anchor Bay Entertainment, Miramax
Release date	October 19, 1995 (1995-10-19)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	A$4 million[1]
Box office	A$68,472 (Australia)[2]

Production

Screenwriter Denis Whitburn had written a play called The Siege of Frank Sinatra in which Max Cullen had starred in its original 1980 production. During the production Cullen and Whitburn would head out to bars and Cullen would sing in a Billie Holiday voice. In the early 1990s Whitburn decided to write a film about this ability and wrote the script in three weeks.[1]

The opening scene has James Morrison playing "I Can't Get Started" à la Bunny Berigan.

References

External links

• Billy's Holiday at IMDb
• Billy's Holiday at Oz Movies

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