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Australian Made: The Movie is a film of genre Musical directed by Richard Lowenstein with Michael Hutchence

Australian Made: The Movie (1987)

Australian Made: The Movie
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Length 1h30
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Genres Musical
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Australian Made: The Movie is a July 1987 live concert film of the Australian Made tour from December 1986 to January 1987. The tour featured internationally performing Australian acts, INXS, Divinyls, Models, The Triffids, The Saints, I'm Talking, Jimmy Barnes and Mental As Anything. The film was directed by INXS' video collaborator, Richard Lowenstein but did not contain any footage of Mental As Anything. Concert segments were linked by Troy Davies interviewing audience members and musicians.

Australian Made: The Movie was released in Australia on VHS in 1988. In 1989 in the United Kingdom, an edited VHS version, retitled as Australian Made: Featuring INXS Live, was issued which removed footage by Barnes. An edited DVD version was released in 2003 with all footage of The Triffids and Barnes removed.



^ "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 3 November 2012

^ Jenkins, Jeff; Ian Meldrum (2007). Molly Meldrum presents 50 years of rock in Australia. Melbourne: Wilkinson Publishing. p. 252–253. ISBN 978-1-921332-11-1.

^ Baker, Glenn A.; Bob King (1987). Glenn A. Baker, ed. Australian made, gonna have a good time tonight : the authorised documentary of the event. Sydney, NSW: Fontana Collins. ISBN 0-00-636921-9.

^ "99/111/1 Performance costume, suit, cotton, used by Martin Plaza of Mental as Anything, Mambo, Australia, 1986". Powerhouse Museum. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

^ "Michael Hutchence Discography, INXS, Max Q, Dogs in Space". michaelhutchence.com.au. Retrieved 7 January 2011.

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