Garage Days
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{{Infobox film
| name = Garage Days
| image = Garage Days poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Alex Proyas
| producer = Alex Proyas
Topher Dow
Lawrence Grey (executive)
Adrienne Read
| writer = Alex Proyas
Michael Udesky
Dave Warner
| starring = Kick Gurry
Maya Stange
Pia Miranda
Russell Dykstra
| music = Andrew Lancaster
David McCormack
Antony Partos
| cinematography = Simon Duggan
| editing = Richard Learoyd
| studio = Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
Mystery Clock Cinema
| distributor = Fox Searchlight Pictures
| released = {{film date|2002|10|3|df=y}}
| runtime = 105 minutes
| country = Australia
| language = English
| budget =
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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{{Cite web |title=Leave it to Cleaver |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/leave-it-to-cleaver-20040820-gdjl1s.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=20 August 2004 }} and Andrew Lancaster and performed by Katie Noonan. The climax of the film was filmed at the Homebake festival in Sydney in 2001.{{Cite web |date=2002-10-05 |title=Garage Days |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/garage-days-20021005-gdfp1r.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}
The film made its US premiere at the 2003 Sundance film festival.{{Cite web |title=Sundance Film Festival |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/festivals-and-markets/festival-profiles/sundance-film-festival/9342 |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Screen Australia |language=en}}
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{{Cite web |title=Garage Days (2002) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/garage-days-2002/16278/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.screenaustralia.gov.au |language=en}} and David McCormack.
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.{{cite web |title = Garage Days (2003) |url = http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/garage_days/ |work = Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate = 14 July 2010 }} 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.{{cite web |title = Garage Days reviews |url = http://www.metacritic.com/movie/garage-days |publisher = Metacritic|accessdate = 14 July 2010 }}
Awards and nominations
- Maya Strange for Jan Logan AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2002 (nominated){{Cite web |title=AACTA awards 2002 |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/awards-history/2002/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.aacta.org |language=en-AU}}
- Peter Grace, Tony Vaccher, Phil Winters, Simon Leadley for AFI award for best sound (nominated)
- Michael Philips for AFI award for best production design (nominated)
- "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){{Cite web |title=Australian Television: 2003 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards |url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/awards/sma2003.html |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=www.australiantelevision.net}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{imdb title|id=0280696}}
- [https://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/garage-days Garage Days] at Oz Movies
- [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A550450;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Garage Days] at the National Film and Sound Archive
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Category:Australian rock music films
Category:Australian comedy films
Category:Films directed by Alex Proyas
Category:Films produced by Alex Proyas
Category:Films with screenplays by Alex Proyas
Category:Fox Searchlight Pictures films
Category:2000s English-language films