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The Sapphires

Year:

2012

Duration:

103 min

Genres:

Biography | Comedy | Drama | Music | Musical

IMDB rate:

Director:

Wayne Blair

Awards:

22 wins & 18 nominations

Details

Country: Australia

Release Date: 2012-08-08

Filming Locations: Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Earnings

Budget: $10,000,000

Opening Weekend: $38,372 (USA) (24 March 2013)

Gross: $2,448,455 (USA) (21 July 2013)

Cast

Actor

Character

Miranda Tapsell

The Sapphires

Tanika Lonesborough

Young Gail

Nioka Brennan

Young Kay

Lynette Narkle

Nanny Theresa

Kylie Belling

Geraldine

Tammy Anderson

Evelyn

Miah Madden

Young Julie

Ava Jean Miller-Porter

Young Cynthia

Carlin Briggs

Young Jimmy

Gregory J. Fryer

Selwyn

Deborah Mailman

Gail

Jessica Mauboy

Julie

Koby Murray

Baby Hartley

Hunter Page-Lochard

Stevie Kayne

Chris O'Dowd

Dave Lovelace

Judith Lucy

Merle

Annette Hodgson

Noelene

Tom Whitechurch

Young Tommy

Shari Sebbens

Kay

Georgina Haig

Glynis

Rhys Muldoon

Uncle Ed

Barry Southgate

Singing Sailor

Ace Spencer Davis

Singing Sailor (as A. Spencer Davis)

Rodney Todd

Ed's Bass Player

Eric Rasmussen

Ed's Guitarist

Julian Bel Bachir

Ed's Drummer

Amy Miller-Porter

Vera

Clarence Thane

Bruce the Handyman

Merelyn Adamson

Major Wicks

Meyne Wyatt

Jimmy Middleton

Don Battee

Myron Ritchie

Tory Kittles

Robby

Kim Quyen

Myron's Girl

Hai Thao

Seamstress

Hoang Hiep

Seamstress' Son

Cleave Williams

Duggie

Martin Farrugia

Max

Ben Rodgers

Fish

Jasper Sarkodee

Pinky

Eka Darville

Hendo

T.J. Power

Lt. Jensen

Stuart Christie

Government Official

Quan Tran

Vietcong Commander

Wayne McDaniel

Lou McGarrick

Beau Brady

Marine Sergeant

Sam North

Young Marine

Kenny Luu

Desk Clerk

Naomi Davis

Local Racist (uncredited)

Blake Dubler

US Marine 1 (uncredited)

Jake Ryan

Cochese (uncredited)

Maria Tran

Guerilla Fighter (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The film premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival where it received a 10 minute standing ovation.

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There really was an Australian girl group in the 60s called The Sapphires but they only had three members not four. When they were invited to tour for the troops in Vietnam, two of the group declined due to their anti-war stance, so the remaining Sapphire drafted in her sister to help her out.

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The movie's co-writer and associate producer Tony Briggs is the son of Laurel Robinson, a member of the real-life The Sapphires group.

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Goofs

The opening scene shows a girl running through a field of canola in 1958. The first canola in Australia was planted in 1968, but was not grown commercially until the 1990s.

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The bottle of Ballantyne's that Dave is drinking during the poker game has a plastic cap ring around its neck.

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Throughout the movie the girls are seen performing on Shure SM58 Microphones which were released in 1966. This is chronologically correct as the movie is set in 1968. However when they are performing to the 19th Infantry Division in Nha Trang, the microphones being used are Shure Beta 58 Mic's which weren't released until 1989.

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Quotes

Dave: Can you do it blacker?

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Dave: Before we go than, girls when I met you you were doing all country and western thing and that's fine we all make mistakes. But here is what we learn from that mistake. Country and western music is about loss. Soul music is also about loss. But the difference is in country and western music, they've lost, they've given up and they are just all wining about it. In soul music they are struggling to get it back, they haven't given up.

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