Heaven Tonight is a 1990 Australian film.
Heaven Tonight | |
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Directed by | Pino Amenta |
Written by | Frank Howson Alister Webb |
Produced by | Frank Howson |
Starring | John Waters Guy Pearce Kym Gyngell Rebecca Gilling Sean Scully |
Cinematography | David Connell |
Production company | Boulevard Films |
Distributed by | Boulevard Films |
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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Budget | under $2 million[1] |
An ageing rock star (John Waters) tries to make a comeback and is jealous about the success of his son (Guy Pearce).[2][3]
Writer-producer Frank Howson later claimed that "every incident" in the film was true: "either I have lived it, or I know somebody who has. There is no fabrication, except in the names, which have been changed to protect the guilty."[4] Waters and Pearce were cast for their singing talent as well as their acting skills, and Pearce released a single, "Call of the Wild", from the film.[5]
The film was not a commercial success and only ran for two weeks in cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne.[1]
The film provided comedic material for the 2006-2007 Austereo radio comedy show Get This. Host Tony Martin referred to the film on a number of occasions, making jibes at the name of Guy Pearce's character's band which was 'Video Rodney', the frequent references to the film's villain whose name was the ill-chosen 'Tim Robbins' and the dated 1980s synth-rock music.
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