One Perfect Day (2004 Film)
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''One Perfect Day'' is an Australian film released in 2004.


Plot

The central character of the film is Tommy Matisse; his name combines the title of
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'' and the last name of twentieth century French painter
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. Tommy is a
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boy studying at the
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in London. He is a violinist and composer who hears music in unusual sources such as the
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noises of a train in the
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or the chirping of crickets. He is a rebel against the traditions of
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and displays this by bringing a
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woman living in the Underground on stage for a concert. A sympathetic professor decides that he is the type of innovative artist needed to revive a dying opera artform. Having shocked opera's establishment, he returns home to Melbourne on the death of his younger sister Emma, who suffers a fatal overdose after experimenting with drugs at a rave dance party. He discovers a CD of her own mixes and decides to enter the genre of
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to follow the path she was pursuing in the hopes of discovering more about his sister and how she became involved in this dance world. Emma's death acts as a catalyst that drives Tommy and his girlfriend Alysse apart. In despair, Alysse falls prey to a sleazy entrepreneur named Hector Lee who owns a club called Trance-Zen-Dance and who is also a drug dealer. Hector Lee has a young assistant called Trig who is a VJ, and is always getting new footage and talent.


Cast

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Dan Spielman Dan Spielman (born 1979) is an Australian actor. His career spans film, television and theatre. Spielman grew up with his younger sister in Beaumaris, Melbourne. Without formal acting training, Spielman has worked in theatre, television and fil ...
.... Tommy Matisse *
Leeanna Walsman Leeanna Walsman is an Australian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Zam Wesell in '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones'' (2002), for playing Carly Bishop in the Australian film '' Looking for Alibrandi'' (2000), fo ...
.... Alysse *
Kerry Armstrong Kerry Michelle Armstrong (born 12 September 1958) is an Australian actress and author. She is one of only two actresses to win two Australian Film Institute Awards in the same year, winning Best Actress in a Leading Role for ''Lantana'' and B ...
.... Carolyn *
Abbie Cornish Abbie Cornish (born 7 August 1982) is an Australian actress. Cornish is best known for her film roles as Heidi in ''Somersault'' (2004), Fanny Brawne in '' Bright Star'' (2009), Sweet Pea in ''Sucker Punch'' (2011), Lindy in '' Limitless'' (20 ...
.... Emma *Rory Williamson .... Noah * Nathan Phillips .... Trig *Syd Brisbane .... Hamish *Frank Gallacher .... Malcolm *Alex Menglet .... May *
Andrew Howard Andrew Howard (born June 12, 1969, in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh theatre, television and film actor. Training Howard trained at Cygnet Training Theatre in Exeter in the late 1980s, touring in productions of ''A Christmas Carol'', ''Twelfth Night ...
.... Hector Lee *Nathan Wentworth .... Stevie *Jay Smeaton ...... Party Dancer 2


Crew

* Paul Currie .... director & writer *Chip Richards... writer * David Hobson .... original music score composer *
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... additional music score


Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released on 15 February 2004 by
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, and debuted at number forty-six on the Australian album charts in the week beginning 23 February 2004 and manage to reach to number twenty-two. The title track, sung by
Lydia Denker Lydia Norma Denker (born 25 December 1980, Germany) is an Australian-based pop singer-songwriter. Her second single, " One Perfect Day", was released in 2004, which peaked at No. 35 on the ARIA Singles Chart. In August 2006 Denker made the ...
, debuted at number thirty-five on the Australian single charts. There are two versions of the soundtrack: ;One-disc version track listing # "Blow Wind Blow" – Rairbirds # "Break It" (Down James Brown) – The Offcuts # "Krazy Krush" –
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# "Late at Night" –
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# "All of Me" –
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# "Hector's Demise" –
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Two-disc version track listing

;Disc 1: # "Blow Wind Blow" – Rairbirds # "Break It" (Down James Brown) (Josh G. Abrahams Remix) – The Offcuts # "Krazy Krush" – Ms. Dynamite # "What Is the Problem?" – Graffiti # "Don't Let the Man Get You Down" – Fatboy Slim # "Are You Ready for Love" (radio slave remix) – Elton John # "One Perfect Day" – Lydia Denker # "Pictures of You" (
Paul Mac Paul Francis McDermott (born 17 September 1965), who performs as Paul Mac, is an Australian electropop musician, singer-songwriter, producer and music re-mixer. He was classically trained at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. Mac has formed variou ...
remix) – after The Cure's 1989 album ''Disintegration'' # "Two Months Off" – Underworld # "Late at Night" – Futureshock # "All of Me" –
Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles "At the River", "I See You Baby" and "Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of whic ...
# "Schoolgirl" – Old-z # "Feathers and Down" – The Cardigans # "Hector's Demise" – The Dust Brothers # "No One Knows" ( Unkle Remix) – Queens of the Stone Age # "Ordinary World" (
Josh Abrahams Josh Abrahams (born 1968 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian musician who emerged from the underground dance music scene in the early 1990s. He has performed and recorded under the stage name Puretone, and is also known as The ...
remix) – Mandy Kane # "One and the Same" (One Perfect Day remix) – after
Rob Dougan Robert Don Hunter Dougan () is an Australian composer, known for his genre-blending music. Mixing elements of orchestral music, trip hop, and bluesy vocals, his work is tangentially relatable to electronic music. He is known primarily for his b ...
's 2002 album ''Furious Angels'' # "Design Music" –
Sven Väth Sven Väth (born 26 October 1964) is a German DJ and electronic music producer. He is a three-time DJ Awards winner, and his career in electronic music spans over 30 years. The single "Electrica Salsa" with OFF launched his career in 1986. Referr ...
;Disc 2: # "The Man with the Red Face" –
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# "Horsepower" –
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# "Graffiti Part Two" –
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# "No Transmission" – Lhb # "To Know" – NuBreed # "Gorecki" –
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# "Drop Some Drums" – Old-z # "One Perfect Sunrise" – Orbital Featuring
Lisa Gerrard Lisa Germaine Gerrard (; born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to prominence as part of the music group Dead Can Dance with music partner Brendan Perry. She is known for her unique singing style technique ( ...
# "One Perfect Day" (epic dance mix) –
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# "Tv Screen Memories" – David Hobson and
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# "Final Moments" – David Hobson # "One Perfect Day" (orchestral mix) – David Hobson & Orchestra # Ride –
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Box office

''One Perfect Day'' grossed $1,152,011 at the box office in Australia.


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 ...


References


External links

* * * * *{{Cite web , url=http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;query=Number%3A622860;rec=0 , title=One Perfect Day , publisher=National Film and Sound Archive] , location=Australia , accessdate=18 May 2010 2004 films Australian drama films 2004 drama films Films shot in Melbourne Films set in Melbourne Films set in London 2000s English-language films