''Working Class Boy'' is a 2018 Australian documentary film about the life of
Jimmy Barnes, based on the 2016 memoir of
the same name. The film looks on one of Australia's most legendary and iconic artists; his traumatic childhood, fuelled with domestic violence, poverty and alcoholism and his evolution from James Dixon Swan to Jimmy Barnes.
The film also features musical performances with his children
Mahalia Barnes and
David Campbell, as well as his brother-in-law,
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Barnes told
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Staff
The organiza ...
, "Everyone wanted to do a
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like
Molly or
Olivia Newton-John
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and I told them it is just not happening. I wanted it to be true to the book. We’re dealing with sensitive issues, sensitive to me, my family, my siblings, my friends and I didn’t want to glamorise it or play down the gravity of the violence of abuse."
The film was released on 23 August 2018 in over 220 cinemas around Australia. The special was broadcast on free-to-air television 6 weeks later on October 1, 2018, due to an early interest in the project by the
Seven Network
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2018 films
Australian documentary films
2010s English-language films
Films directed by Mark Joffe
2010s Australian films
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