Nancy Nancy is a 2007

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 and directed

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 by Timothy Spanos

Timothy Spanos

Timothy Spanos is an Australian film director.Spanos has made four feature films in Australia that have become cult movie hits in the USA and Europe. His first film, Prisoner Queen, was about an actress who is diagnosed with leukemia and her son who believes he is living in the television series...

. The film is a black comedy musical about Stockholm's Syndrome.
Carole (Polly Stanton) and Jim (Michael Burkett) are a pair of orphaned backward siblings who lead and narrow minded life in an isolated seaside town called Coronet Bay. On a chilly Tuesday night, a knock at the door changes their lives forever when an unknown identity known only as Nancy Nancy (Tim Burns) abruptly enters their abode and takes over residency. A dancer, lover, monster, killer, Nancy Nancy terrorizes the siblings in the most bizarre and peculiar manner.

The original song score was written by The Mavis's

The Mavis's

The Mavis's were an Australian pop band from Ballarat, Victoria. The band was composed of Matt Thomas , his sister Becky Thomas , Nick Gill , Andrea Vendy , and Josh Alexander . They are best known for their 1998 synth-driven single "Cry", which appeared on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1998...

 front man Matt Thomas

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 and writer/director Timothy Spanos

Timothy Spanos

Timothy Spanos is an Australian film director.Spanos has made four feature films in Australia that have become cult movie hits in the USA and Europe. His first film, Prisoner Queen, was about an actress who is diagnosed with leukemia and her son who believes he is living in the television series...

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The songs included are the 1980s HNRG inspired "Night Games", the poppy calypso styled Moonlight & Magic and the dreamy ballad "The Eighth Wonder". The film had its world premiere in Atlanta, USA in 2006 where it was awarded Best Comedy Feature. It would be the final film for Australian actor MIchael Burkett

Michael Burkett

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 who died after a long illness before the film was released. Tim Burns, Polly Stanton, Michael Burkett

Michael Burkett

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 and Matt Thomas

Matt Thomas

Matt Thomas is an Australian rules footballer, who currently plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League . Recruited at pick number 8 in the 2006 Pre-season Draft from Sandringham, he has become known as a tough player. He can play as either a defender or a midfielder...

 all had significant roles in Spanos's first film Prisoner Queen

Prisoner Queen

Prisoner Queen is a 2004 black comedy film written and directed by cult movie director Timothy Spanos.The film is a story about an old actress who is diagnosed with leukaemia. Her son Alex struggles to cope with her illness and escapes into a warped fantasy that he is living in the prison drama...

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Nancy Nancy received favourable reviews in the USA and likened the film to the style of John Waters

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 and Paul Morrissey

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 rolled into one.

The film was shot on location in Coronet Bay, Victoria

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. Nancy Nancy is scheduled for DVD release in February 2011.

Cast

Actor	Role
Tim Burns	Nancy Nancy
Michael Burkett Michael Burkett Michael Burkett is the name of:*F. Michael Burkett , American attorney and politician from Idaho*Mike Burkett, popularly known as Fat Mike, punk musician...	Jim/Pim
Polly Stanton	Carole
Matt Thomas Matt Thomas Matt Thomas is an Australian rules footballer, who currently plays for Port Adelaide in the Australian Football League . Recruited at pick number 8 in the 2006 Pre-season Draft from Sandringham, he has become known as a tough player. He can play as either a defender or a midfielder...	Skinner
Tania Wert	Carolyn Soden
Heath Kalmakow	Phillip Soden