08 Apr 2010
Two Fists One Heart On Showtime
08 Apr 2010
Two Fists One Heart - Screens at the 16th London Australian Film Festival
26 Aug 2009
Two Fists One Heart - out on DVD
10 Aug 2009
Daniel Amalm to host The Contender
25 Jul 2009
Daniel Amalm stars in Ch9 series
02 Jul 2009
Two Fists One Heart opens in NZ
05 May 2009
Jessica Marais wins Two Logies
26 Mar 2009
Variety reviews Two Fists One Heart
24 Mar 2009
Richard Wilkins reviews Two Fists One Heart
24 Mar 2009
Two Fists One Heart - more great reviews
Credits
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SYNOPSIS
"Starstruck" is the first Aussie modern musical comedy, set in Sydney.
Jackie Mullens, is a reluctant barmaid in her family's working class pub, which is going downhill fast.
Determined to be a singing star, Jackie is assisted in her attempts by her crazy, oddball cousin, 14 year-old Angus. Angus, disinterested in the mundane task of learning at school, lets rip with all his crazy showbiz ideas, in his attempts to make Jackie famous.
Angus manipulates the media, pulling off a brazen publicity stunt which turns Jackie into the celebrity of the day.
Throughout this the pub continues to deteriorate, and as Jackie continues to run into obstacles in her career, she begins to realise that without a place to live she will have to get a job and forget her career, to say nothing of her broken family.
Angus pulls off another amazing stunt at the Opera House on New Year's Eve, and Jackie saves the pub and realises her dream on one magical evening.
"Starstuck - what a marvellously apt title for this exuberant, fast, fresh, funny and unselfconscious film using a formidable aggregation of young talent. You would have to go back to the beginning to allot the credits for Starstruck: it was a gleam in Stephen Maclean's eye for several years, until everything came together - idea, producers David Elfick and Richard Brennan, the director Gillian Armstrong, Mark Moffatt's musical direction, half a dozen good songs, beautiful and lively cinematography under the direction of Russell Boyd, costume and production design by Luciana Arrighi."
Theatre Australia
STARRING
JO KENNEDY - Jackie Mullens
ROSS O'DONOVAN - Angus Mullens
MARGO LEE - Pearl
MAX CULLEN - Reg
PAT EVISON - Nana
JOHN O'MAY - Terry Lambert
NED LANDER - Robbie
CREW
- DIRECTOR - Gillian Armstrong
- PRODUCERS - David Elfick, Richard Brennan
- SCRIPTWRITER - Stephen MacLean