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 =

| gross = $1.3 million{{Cite web |url=http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |title=Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office |access-date=18 November 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218045303/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf |archive-date=18 February 2011 |url-status=dead }}

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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

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.

  1. High Voltage (The D4)
  2. Alright (Supergrass)
  3. Kooks (Motor Ace)
  4. Buy Me A Pony (Spiderbait)
  5. Rockin' It (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
  6. Garage Days (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
  7. Love is the Drug (Roxy Music)
  8. Add It Up (Sonic Animation)
  9. Walk Up (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
  10. Ghost Town (Rhombus)
  11. Smash It Up (The (International) Noise Conspiracy)
  12. Say What? (28 Days)
  13. That's Entertainment (The Jam)
  14. Masterplan (David McCormack)
  15. Stop Thinking About It (Joey Ramone)
  16. Mad Man (The Hives)
  17. Get the Tarp (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster, Anthony Partos)
  18. Lucky Number Nine (The Moldy Peaches)
  19. 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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