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The Night We Called It a Day (film)
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The Night We Called It a Day (2003) is an Australia
n film directed by Peter Clifton
starring Dennis Hopper
as Frank Sinatra
and Melanie Griffith
as Barbara Marx, and featuring Portia de Rossi
, Joel Edgerton
, Rose Byrne
, and David Hemmings
. The movie is based on the true events surrounding one of several Sinatra tours in Australia. When the singer calls a local reporter (de Rossi) a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.
... Frank Sinatra
Melanie Griffith
... Barbara Marx
Portia de Rossi
... Hilary Hunter
Joel Edgerton
... Rod Blue
Rose Byrne
... Audrey Appleby
David Hemmings
... Mickey Rudin
David Field
... Bob Hawke
Victoria Thaine
... Penny
Stephen O'Rourke ... Jilly Rizzo
Nicholas Hope
... Phil
George Vidalis
... Vinny
Peter Demlakian ... Ruby
Tony Barry
... Ralph Blue
Vincent Ball
... Rex Hooper
Jennifer Hagan ... Doris
Nicholas Papademetriou
... Luigi
Tom Burlinson
...Frank Sinatra (singing voice)
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n film directed by Peter Clifton
Peter Clifton
Peter Clifton is an Australian film director and producer, perhaps best known for directing the Led Zeppelin concert film The Song Remains the Same ....
starring Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant...
as Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
and Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl...
as Barbara Marx, and featuring Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi
Portia Lee James DeGeneres , known professionally as Portia de Rossi , is an Australian-American actress, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development...
, Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton is an Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Edgerton was born in Blacktown, Sydney, to a homemaker mother and a solicitor/property developer father, Michael. His brother, Nash Edgerton, is a stuntman and filmmaker...
, Rose Byrne
Rose Byrne
Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress.Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll...
, and David Hemmings
David Hemmings
David Edward Leslie Hemmings was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer....
. The movie is based on the true events surrounding one of several Sinatra tours in Australia. When the singer calls a local reporter (de Rossi) a "two-bit hooker", every union in the country black-bans the star until he issues an apology.
Cast
Dennis HopperDennis Hopper
Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. As a young man, Hopper became interested in acting and eventually became a student of the Actors' Studio. He made his first television appearance in 1954 and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant...
... Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra
Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
Melanie Richards Griffith is an American actress. She is an Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner for her performance in the 1988 film Working Girl...
... Barbara Marx
Portia de Rossi
Portia de Rossi
Portia Lee James DeGeneres , known professionally as Portia de Rossi , is an Australian-American actress, best known for her roles as lawyer Nelle Porter on the television series Ally McBeal and Lindsay Bluth Fünke on the sitcom Arrested Development...
... Hilary Hunter
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton is an Australian film and television actor.-Early life:Edgerton was born in Blacktown, Sydney, to a homemaker mother and a solicitor/property developer father, Michael. His brother, Nash Edgerton, is a stuntman and filmmaker...
... Rod Blue
Rose Byrne
Rose Byrne
Mary Rose Byrne is an Australian actress.Byrne made her screen debut in 1994 with a small role in the film Dallas Doll...
... Audrey Appleby
David Hemmings
David Hemmings
David Edward Leslie Hemmings was an English film, theatre and television actor as well as a film and television director and producer....
... Mickey Rudin
David Field
David Field (actor)
David Field is an Australian actor who has appeared on television and in films. Some of the films he appeared in include Chopper, Two Hands and Gettin' Square. His most notable roles are as Keithy in Chopper and as Acko in Two Hands...
... Bob Hawke
Bob Hawke
Robert James Lee "Bob" Hawke AC GCL was the 23rd Prime Minister of Australia from March 1983 to December 1991 and therefore longest serving Australian Labor Party Prime Minister....
Victoria Thaine
Victoria Thaine
Victoria Thaine is an Australian television and film actress and former playwright.- Filmography :* Wilfred * The Loved Ones * Rain Shadow * Gone * 48 Shades...
... Penny
Stephen O'Rourke ... Jilly Rizzo
Nicholas Hope
Nicholas Hope
Nicholas Hope is an English born Australian actor currently living in Sydney, Australia. He is probably best known for his role in Bad Boy Bubby , for which he won the Australian Film Institute Best Actor in a Leading Role award in 1994...
... Phil
George Vidalis
George Vidalis
George Vidalis is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television series and films. George is best known for his role as Manolis in the comedy series Acropolis Now....
... Vinny
Peter Demlakian ... Ruby
Tony Barry
Tony Barry
Tony Barry is an Australian actor who has performed in 55 feature films and 45 television series, across a four-decade career.-Filmography:He is known for his roles in the 2008 film Australia, Return to Snowy River, Never Say Die, the 1988 film Surfer and The Coca-Cola Kid.After acting in...
... Ralph Blue
Vincent Ball
Vincent Ball
Vincent Ball is an Australian actor who has worked both in Australia and in the United Kingdom....
... Rex Hooper
Jennifer Hagan ... Doris
Nicholas Papademetriou
Nicholas Papademetriou
Nicholas Papademetriou is an Australian actor with many television, film and theatre credits. He is best known as a stage actor, having appeared in productions in Australia, London, New York and Edinburgh...
... Luigi
Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson
Tom Burlinson is an Australian actor and singer.He attended Pittwater High School on Sydney's Northern Beaches and was the School Captain in his final year...
...Frank Sinatra (singing voice)