That woke up audiences on its festival tour: Cannes, Toronto, Telluride, San Diego, the Hamptons — we could go on — racking up sixteen wins and six nominations.
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Tracks rooted in Motown: Marvin Gaye, The Temptations. Ditties by Creedence Clearwater Revival and Sam & Dave. And the lead singer? Yeah, dawg, that’s Jessica Mauboy, Australia Idol’s season four runner-up.
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No relation to Linda, yet Chris O’Dowd (a.k.a. Dave Lovelace) is a pimp. See: Girls, Bridesmaids, This Is 40, No. 1 scene stealer. And look for Moone Boy on Hulu (later this year), a series he wrote about a wee small-town Irish boy (himself) and his imaginary friend.
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The story’s based on Aboriginal sisters Laurel Robinson and Lois Peeler, who toured Vietnam entertaining U.S. troops at a time when Aboriginals had just won the right to vote, and their two cousins.
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Mama bear Gail (in stripes) is played by Deborah Mailman, the first Aboriginal woman to win Australian Film Institute’s best lead actress. The roots go deeper: Tony Briggs co-wrote the script inspired by his actual leading lady — his mom.
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Gwyneth, love you, but these ladies’ rendition of Merle Haggard’s “Today I Started Loving You Again” is solid gold. (Though we must note they strum the 1970 tune in a 1968 setting. Eh, movieisms.)
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Seriously. Both flicks star a foursome led by some dude with attitude, all of whom feel the rhythm and feel the rhyme to become unlikely stars to hit the big time.
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