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Heaven Tonight (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Heaven Tonight' is a 1990 Australian film.
Plot
An ageing rock star (John Waters) tries to make a comeback and is jealous about the success of his son (Guy Pearce).David Stratton, 'The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p. 153Greg Kerr, "Heaven Tonight", 'Australian Film 1978-1992', Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p. 298
Production
Writer-producer Frank Howson later claimed that "every incident" in the film was true: "either I have lived it, or I know somebody who has. There is no fabrication, except in the names, which have been changed to protect the guilty."Paul Kalina, "Frank Howson", 'Cinema Papers', November 1989 p. 45 Waters and Pearce were cast for their singing talent as well as their acting skills, and Pearce released a single, "Call of the Wild", from the film.Greg Kerr, 'This man could be the next Mel Gibson' Melbourne 'Age' 19 August 1990 p. 25
Release
The film was not a commercial success and only ran for two weeks in cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne.
Cultural references
The film provided comedic material for the 2006-2007 Austereo radio comedy show 'Get This'. Host Tony Martin referred to the film on a number of occasions, making jibes at the name of Guy Pearce's character's band which was 'Video Rodney', the frequent references to the film's villain whose name was the ill-chosen 'Tim Robbins' and the dated 1980s synth-rock music.
References
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