THE SAPPHIRES
1968 was the year the planet went haywire. All around the globe, there were riots and revolution in the streets. There were hard drugs, soft drugs, free love and psychedelic music. There was the shock of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy’s assassinations.
And dominating every other news story. There was Vietnam.
For four gorgeous young women from a remote Aboriginal mission, 1968 was the year that changed their lives forever. Sisters Gail, Julie and Cynthia, together with their cousin Kay, are discovered by Dave, a down-on-his-luck Irish musician with attitude, a taste for Irish Whiskey and an ear for Soul Music. Dave steers the girls away from their Country & Western origins then flies them to the war-zones of South Vietnam, where they sing Soul Classics for the American Marines.
Year of production: 2012
Country: Australia
Duration: 100 minutes
Credits
- Wayne BLAIR Director
- Keith THOMPSON Screenplay
- Tony BRIGGS Screenplay
- Warwick THORNTON Cinematography
- Melinda DORING Production Design
- Bry JONES Music
- Cezary SKUBISZEWSKI Music
- Dany COOPER Editing
Casting
- Chris O’DOWD Dave
- Deborah MAILMAN Gail
- Jessica MAUBOY Julie
- Shari SEBBENS Kay
- Miranda TAPSELL Cynthia
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