Main Cast: Michael Dalley, Sally Lightfoot, Barry Friedlander, Dobe Newton, Phillipa Chapple
Release Year: 1999
Country: AU
Run Time: 95 minutes
Plot
Recalling This Is Spinal Tap (1984), this darkly funny Australian mockumentary details the decidedly inglorious rise and fall of Dan Vardy-Cobb, the self-proclaimed "sensitive new age warrior." The film opens with Vardy-Cobb working in his father's lawnmower shop in the suburbs of Melbourne. At a talent show, he is "discovered" by an agency representative while singing "Chrystalized (by Your Touch)," a song inspired by his kind-hearted girlfriend Chrystal. Prodded by the agency, the ambitious Vardy-Cobb hands over a wad of cash to produce his first CD, "Lake of Love." The album goes nowhere and the only gig he can book is a disastrous lunchtime concert at a mall where he is mercilessly heckled by a band of snotty teens. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
Cast
Michael Dalley - Dan Vardy-Cobb
Sally Lightfoot - Chrystal Furnon
Barry Friedlander - John Vardy-Cobb
Dobe Newton - Nippy Tucker
Phillipa Chapple - Bridget Vardy-Cobb
Anni Finsterer - Jacinta Fellows; Fraser Grey - Wes Grieves; Greg Francis - Myles Vardy-Cobb; Jodie le Vesconte - Amanda Riggs; Paul Flaherty - John Stainer
Credit
Fiona Dann - Casting, Jenny Loncaric - Co-producer, Fabienne Nicholas - First Assistant Director, Neil Foley - Director, John Leonard - Editor, Daniel Scharf - Executive Producer, Hugo Cran - Composer (Music Score), Michael Conolon - Composer (Music Score), Henri Crave - Composer (Music Score), Scott Goodings - Production Designer, Kate Thomson - Production Designer, Ben Milward-Bason - Cinematographer, Grant Hardie - Producer, Simon Travaks - Sound/Sound Designer, Neil Foley - Screenwriter
