Heaven Tonight (film)
| Heaven Tonight | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Pino Amenta |
| Produced by | Frank Howson |
| Written by |
Frank Howson Alister Webb |
| Starring |
John Waters Guy Pearce Kym Gyngell Rebecca Gilling Sean Scully |
| Cinematography | David Connell |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Boulevard Films |
Release dates | November 1990 |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | under $2 million[1] |
Heaven Tonight is a 1990 Australian film.
Plot
An ageing rock star (John Waters) tries to make a comeback and is jealous about the success of his son (Guy Pearce).[2][3]
Production
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]
Release
The film was not a commercial success and only ran for two weeks in cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne.[1]
Cultural references
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 syth-rock music.
References
- 1 2 Greg Kerr, "Heaven Tonight", Cinema Papers, March 1991 p54-55
- ↑ David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p153
- ↑ Greg Kerr, "Heaven Tonight", Australian Film 1978-1992, Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p298
- ↑ Paul Kalina, "Frank Howson", Cinema Papers, November 1989 p45