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The Night We Called It a Day (2003)

Directed by Paul Goldman

Biography | Drama | Music

Overview

Based on the true events surrounding Frank Sinatra’s tour of Australia. When Sinatra calls a local reporter a “two-bit hooker”, every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.

Rated R | Length 97 minutes

Actors

Joel Edgerton | Rose Byrne | Dennis Hopper | Melanie Griffith | Portia de Rossi | David Hemmings | David Field | Victoria Thaine | Nicholas Hope | Jennifer Hagan | Tony Barry | George Vidalis | Peter Demlakian | Paul McDermott | Vincent Ball | Jeffrey Rowe | Stephen Curry | Gary Eck | Marcia Hines | Abe Forsythe | Max Fairchild | Lena Cruz | Nicholas Papademetriou | Peter Callan | Hamish McDonald | Tom Burlinson | Stephen O'Rourke | Richard Williams | Paul Nicholson | Richard Warne | Brett Cresswell | Jon Holliday | Simon Bull | Stephen Holt | Sean Lynch | John Simeon | Alex Babic | James McCluskey-Garcia | Keith Robinson | Nathaniel Links | Mark McCann | Andrew Blaxland | George Brodbeck | Tony Young | Tony Harvey | Michelle Collins | Andrew Johnston | Gemma Byrne

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
06/22/2015TVDVDLibrary6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Picked this up when I saw the cast. Babyface Rose Byrne is adorable. Wild to see Joel Edgerton headlining a film fairly early in his career (over Dennis Hopper).

Interesting movie and story but kind of a mess pulling it all together. Hopper is a hard sell on Sinatra.

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