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Garage Days

This article is about the 2002 film. For the Metallica album, see The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited.

Garage Days
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlex Proyas
Written byAlex Proyas
Michael Udesky
Dave Warner
Produced byAlex Proyas
Topher Dow
Lawrence Grey (executive)
Adrienne Read
StarringKick Gurry
Maya Stange
Pia Miranda
Russell Dykstra
CinematographySimon Duggan
Edited byRichard Learoyd
Music byAndrew Lancaster
David McCormack
Antony Partos
Production
companies
Distributed byFox Searchlight Pictures
Release date
  • 3 October 2002 (2002-10-03)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1,343,762 (Australia)[1]

Garage Days is a 2002 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. Garage Days is the story of a young Sydney garage band desperately trying to make it big in the competitive world of rock music. Its soundtrack includes the song "Garage Days" composed by David McCormack[2] and Andrew Lancaster and performed by Katie Noonan. The climax of the film was filmed at the Homebake festival in Sydney in 2001.[3]

The film made its US premiere at the 2003 Sundance film festival.[4]

Cast

Soundtrack

Original music for the film was composed by Andrew Lancaster[5] and David McCormack.[2]

The soundtrack album was released in 2002.

  1. High Voltage (The D4)
  2. Alright (Supergrass)
  3. Kooks (Motor Ace)
  4. Buy Me A Pony (Spiderbait)
  5. Rockin' It (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
  6. Garage Days (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
  7. Love is the Drug (Roxy Music)
  8. Add It Up (Sonic Animation)
  9. Walk Up (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
  10. Ghost Town (Rhombus)
  11. Smash It Up (The (International) Noise Conspiracy)
  12. Say What? (28 Days)
  13. That's Entertainment (The Jam)
  14. Masterplan (David McCormack)
  15. Stop Thinking About It (Joey Ramone)
  16. Mad Man (The Hives)
  17. Get the Tarp (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster, Anthony Partos)
  18. Lucky Number Nine (The Moldy Peaches)
  19. Help Yourself (Tom Jones)

Reception

The film received mixed reviews. Based on reviews from 53 critics collected by the film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 45% gave Garage Days a positive review.[6] At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film received an average score of 50 based on 19 reviews.[7]

Awards and nominations

  • Maya Strange for Jan Logan AFI Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 2002 (nominated)[8]
  • Peter Grace, Tony Vaccher, Phil Winters, Simon Leadley for AFI award for best sound (nominated)[8]
  • Michael Philips for AFI award for best production design (nominated)[8]
  • "Garage Days" (Dave McCormack / Andrew Lancaster) for APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards for Best Original Song Composed For a Feature Film, Telemovie, TV Series Or Mini-series 2003 (nominated)[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Leave it to Cleaver". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Garage Days". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 October 2002. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Sundance Film Festival". Screen Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Garage Days (2002) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia". www.screenaustralia.gov.au. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  6. ^ "Garage Days (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Garage Days reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
  8. ^ a b c "AACTA awards 2002". www.aacta.org. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  9. ^ "Australian Television: 2003 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards". www.australiantelevision.net. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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