''Garage Days'' is a 2002 Australian
comedy-drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
film directed by
Alex Proyas
Alexander Proyas (; Greek: Αλέξανδρος Πρόγιας; born 23 September 1963) is an Australian filmmaker of Greek descent. Proyas is best known for directing the films ''The Crow'' (1994), '' Dark City'' (1998), ''I, Robot'' (2004), ' ...
and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. ''Garage Days'' is the story of a young Sydney
garage band
Garage rock (sometimes called garage punk or 60s punk) is a raw and energetic style of rock and roll that flourished in the mid-1960s, most notably in the United States and Canada, and has experienced a series of subsequent revivals. The sty ...
desperately trying to make it big in the competitive world of
rock music
Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...
. Its soundtrack includes the song "Garage Days" featuring
Katie Noonan
Katie Anne Noonan (born 2 May 1977) is an Australian singer-songwriter. In addition to a successful solo career encompassing opera, jazz, pop, rock and dance, she was the singer in the band George and remains the singer in the band Elixir; perf ...
,
David McCormack
David Liam McCormack (born 25 October 1968) is an Australian musician and singer-songwriter. He is best known as frontman of Brisbane-based rock group Custard,McFarlan'Custard'entry. Retrieved 23 February 2010.Spencer et al, (2007McCormack, D ...
and
Andrew Lancaster
Andrew Lancaster is an Australian film director.
At the Asia-Pacific Film Festival, he won the "Best Short Film" award in 1993 for ''Palace Cafe'' and the "Best Film Award" in 2002 for ''In Search of Mike''. His 2014 documentary '' The Lost Aviat ...
.
Cast
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Kick Gurry
Christopher "Kick" Gurry (born 25 May 1978) is an Australian actor.
Gurry was born in Melbourne, Australia. He got his nickname when his brother could not say Christopher so he said "Kicker". When he got into high school, he shortened it to "K ...
as Freddy
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Maya Stange
Maya Stange is an Australian television and film actress known for starring roles in the films ''In a Savage Land'', ''Garage Days'' and ''XX/XY''. She also had recurring roles on the TV series ''Love Child (TV series), Love Child'' and ''A Place ...
as Kate
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Pia Miranda
Pia Miranda (born 15 June 1973) is an Australian actress whose career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film '' Looking for Alibrandi'', an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta. She is also know ...
as Tanya
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Russell Dykstra
Russell Dykstra (born 31 December 1966) is an Australian actor of screen, stage and TV.
Early life
Dykstra grew up in the Brisbane suburb of Calamvale.
Dykstra first appeared on stage at age 10 in a theatre production of ''Toad of Toad Hall ...
as Bruno
* Brett Stiller as Joe
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Chris Sadrinna
Chris Sadrinna (born 26 February 1975) is an Australian actor.
Biography
He appeared in '' Home and Away'' as Brad Armstrong, during 2006 and 2007. Sadrinna played Lucy in the movie ''Garage Days'', and also starred in Ivan Sen's debut featur ...
as Lucy
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Andy Anderson as Kevin
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Marton Csokas
Marton Paul Csokas (, hu, Csókás Márton Pál; born 30 June 1966) is a Hungarian-New Zealand actor of film, stage, and television. A graduate of the Toi Whakaari drama school, he has worked extensively in Australia and Hollywood, along with ...
as Shad Kern
* Yvette Duncan as Angie
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Tiriel Mora
Tiriel Mora (born 19 October 1958) is an Australian television and film actor.
Early life
He is a son of the late Melbourne artist Mirka Mora and Georges Mora, German-born Australian entrepreneur, art dealer, patron, connoisseur and restaur ...
as Thommo
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Holly Brisley
Holly Brisley (born 11 January 1978) is an Australian actress and television presenter. She began her career at the age of 16 on ''Agro's Cartoon Connection'' (1994–97) and more recently portrayed Amanda Vale-Baker on '' Home and Away'' (2005 ...
as Scarlet
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Matthew Le Nevez
Matthew Le Nevez (born 10 January 1979) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Doctor Patrick Reid in the TV series ''Offspring'', Detective Brian Dutch in the Tasmanian Gothic sci-fi television show '' The Kettering Incident' ...
as Toby
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Angela Keep
Angela Keep (born 1981) is an Australian actress.
Career
Keep's television debut on the sitcom '' Hey Dad..!''. She played Jenny Kelly, taking over the role from Sarah Monahan, on the show for two seasons, from 1993 until 1994. In 1997, she st ...
as Shad's Assistant
Reception
The film received mixed reviews. Based on reviews from 52 critics collected by the film review aggregator
Rotten Tomatoes
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, 44% gave ''Garage Days'' a positive review. At
Metacritic
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, which assigns a
weighted average
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score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 50 based on 19 reviews.
See also
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Cinema of Australia
The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received internati ...
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Rock music in Australia
Rock music in Australia, also known as Oz rock, Australian rock and Aussie rock, is rock music from Australia. The nation has a rich history of rock music and an appreciation of the roots of various rock genres, usually originating in the Unit ...
References
External links
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Garage Daysat Oz Movies
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''Garage Days''at the
National Film and Sound Archive
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2002 films
Australian rock music films
Australian comedy films
Films directed by Alex Proyas
Films produced by Alex Proyas
Films shot in Sydney
Films set in Sydney
Films with screenplays by Alex Proyas
Fox Searchlight Pictures films
2002 comedy films
2000s English-language films