Garage Days Explained

Garage Days
Director:	Alex Proyas
Producer:	Alex Proyas Topher Dow Lawrence Grey (executive) Adrienne Read
Starring:	Kick Gurry Maya Stange Pia Miranda Russell Dykstra
Music:	Andrew Lancaster David McCormack Antony Partos
Cinematography:	Simon Duggan
Editing:	Richard Learoyd
Studio:	Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC) Mystery Clock Cinema
Distributor:	Fox Searchlight Pictures
Runtime:	105 minutes
Country:	Australia
Language:	English
Gross:	$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

Kick Gurry as Freddy
Maya Stange as Kate
Pia Miranda as Tanya
Russell Dykstra as Bruno
Brett Stiller as Joe
Chris Sadrinna as Lucy
Andy Anderson as Kevin
Marton Csokas as Shad Kern
Yvette Duncan as Angie
Tiriel Mora as Thommo
Holly Brisley as Scarlet
Matthew Le Nevez as Toby
Angela Keep as Shad's Assistant
Rohan Nichol as York Pub Manager

Soundtrack

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

The soundtrack album was released in 2002.

High Voltage (The D4)
Alright (Supergrass)
Kooks (Motor Ace)
Buy Me A Pony (Spiderbait)
Rockin' It (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
Garage Days (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
Love is the Drug (Roxy Music)
Add It Up (Sonic Animation)
Walk Up (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster)
Ghost Town (Rhombus)
Smash It Up (The (International) Noise Conspiracy)
Say What? (28 Days)
That's Entertainment (The Jam)
Masterplan (David McCormack)
Stop Thinking About It (Joey Ramone)
Mad Man (The Hives)
Get the Tarp (David McCormack, Andrew Lancaster, Anthony Partos)
Lucky Number Nine (The Moldy Peaches)
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)
Michael Philips for AFI award for best production design (nominated)
"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]

External links

- Garage Days at Oz Movies
- Garage Days at the National Film and Sound Archive

Notes and References

Web site: Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office . 18 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218045303/http://film.vic.gov.au/resources/documents/AA4_Aust_Box_office_report.pdf . 18 February 2011 . dead .
Web site: Leave it to Cleaver . 2023-05-12 . Sydney Morning Herald.
Web site: 2002-10-05 . Garage Days . 2023-05-12 . The Sydney Morning Herald . en.
Web site: Sundance Film Festival . 2023-05-12 . Screen Australia . en.
Web site: Garage Days (2002) - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia . 2023-05-12 . www.screenaustralia.gov.au . en.
Web site: Garage Days (2003) . . 14 July 2010 .
Web site: Garage Days reviews . Metacritic. 14 July 2010 .
Web site: AACTA awards 2002 . 2023-05-12 . www.aacta.org . en-AU.
Web site: Australian Television: 2003 APRA-AGSC Screen Music Awards . 2023-05-12 . www.australiantelevision.net.