The film is directed by wayne blair and written by keith thompson and tony briggs, the latter of whom wrote the play. A feelgood film based on the true story of an aboriginal girl group battling prejudice in 1960s australia wowed. Laurels son tony briggs wrote the play it is based. In 1981 the movie based on the gallipoli campaign was released. This movie addresses multiple issues that were present in australia at the time. Springing from a true story, its the fascinating tale of four aboriginal. Written by firsttime duo keith thompson and tony briggs, the film is based on the story of an australian aboriginal fourgirl group formed by briggss mother in 1968. Feb 08, 20 the true story of australian soul music coming to vietnam is told and sung in the sapphires, director wayne blairs musical biopic that, like good morning, vietnam before it, looks at one of. It is set in 1968 a year after the referendum expanding the rights of aborigines and it tells the story of the sapphires, a singing group of four yorta yorta women who tour vietnam during the war. The sapphires is based on the true story of an aboriginal girl group from the same family who left australia to sing soul music for us troops during the vietnam war. The singing is brilliant and some of the renditions are in my opinion some of the best i have heard. This is the type of movie that everyone catches eventually on a lazy sunday cable broadcast. Cowritten by the son of one of the reallife singers and directed by wayne blair, who starred in the play based on their story, the sapphires is clearly a labor of love for all.
Laurel robinson, beverly briggs and naomi mayers are the three original members of the sapphires, the first popular aboriginal allfemale group. The sapphires is based on the true story of australian aboriginal women who formed a girl group in the 60s. A very conventional story of a 60s australian girl group gains extra power from its context and setting in this fact based story set to the beat of motown soul. The movie, based on the bands true story, was the most successful australian film of 2012. Based on a true story, the sapphires is a triumphant celebration of youthful emotion, family and music i saw this movie in cannes, it was one of. The emotions of soul music are irresistibly universal. Based on a true story, the sapphires is a triumphant celebration of.
Stand out australian movies based on historic events. Underdog story the sapphires delivers a harmony of. Top sites the sapphires true story images 2019 latest the. Even though the film precious packs quite a wallop, the gritty realism of the novel upon which the movie is based is even more intense. Set in 1968, the sapphires is based on the true story of four indigenous australian singers. Fittingly for a movie featuring lots of great soul music, the sapphires is filled with soul and sings from the heart. The sapphires is an australian play written by tony briggs and directed by wesley enoch. Chris odowd british tvs family tree and the it crowd, who looks like a young david arquette is a refreshing surprise as dave lovelace though we first see him sleeping in his car, the newly hired manager of the sapphires quartet, four australian aboriginal young ladies, three sisters and one cousin deborah mailman, jessica mauboy, shari sebbens, and miranda tapsell, loosely based on a true story and set in 1968, the height of the vietnam war and of the segregational turmoil in. Jun 01, 2012 based on a true story, the sapphires is a triumphant celebration of youthful emotion, family and music i saw this movie in cannes, it was one of the best movie ive ever seen during the film festival. Find where to watch the sapphires and many more fulllength movies from the best streaming services online. Original members of the sapphires singing group slighted. The true story of australian soul music coming to vietnam is told and sung in the sapphires, director wayne blairs musical biopic that, like good morning, vietnam before it. A feelgood film based on the true story of an aboriginal girl.
It is set in 1968 and it tells the story of the sapphires, a singing group of four yorta yorta women who tour vietnam during the war. The sapphires was released in 2012 and was directed by wayne blair it was based off of the true story of four aboriginal women. All these movies are based on true historic events but they are theatre, their purpose is to engage and entertain us. The sapphires shines light on aboriginal australia bbc news.
Aug 08, 2012 the sapphires poster with chris odowd feb 22, 20. An inspiring new film tells the unlikely story of four young aboriginal singers who rose to fame in the face of racial prejudice as australias answer to the supremes. Top sites the sapphires true story images 2019 latest. As is usual in such tales, the group, known as the cummeragunja songbirds before their. The film, based on true events, follows their journey throughout vietnam and tells the story of aboriginal civil rights movement. Its an australian musical comedydrama based on a true story about 4 aboriginal girls who, in the late 1960s, form a singing group called of course the sapphires.
The incredible story of an aboriginal band who overcame racism to become australias supremes. Apr 05, 20 based on a true story feel free to add inspirational to that if you feel so inclined and featuring a charmingly hilarious performance from a talented comedian on the verge of stardom, the sapphires has sleeper hit written all over it. Apr 15, 20 that reallife aspect the fact that this movie is based on a true story is a large part of what makes the film so endearing. The true story behind alfred hitchcocks topaz in october 1962 it looked to millions of people like the politicians of the united states and russia were determined to push the other across the fatal line of launching a nuclear strike. Based on a true story, the sapphires transports four young australian aboriginal women and their motowninspired soulsisters act from an impoverished outback.
Jul 12, 2017 the story of the sapphires was inspired by reallife events surrounding coscreenwriter tony briggs mother, laurel robinsonwhom he tenderly calls mumand his aunt lois peeler, who. Awardwinning the sapphires tells the story of reallife aboriginal. However, this is the true story of four young aboriginal ladies who struck out from their home to experience the world, while reminding us, the viewers, of the intense racism and hatred they were subjected to in their home country of australia. The sapphires chronicles 4 australian singers in the. A very conventional story of a 60s australian girl group gains extra power from its context and setting in this factbased story set to the beat of motown soul.
But the real story of the sapphires has been neglected, for the. Four aboriginal singers go on a journey to entertain vietnam war troops in director wayne blairs upcoming comedy based on a true story. This book tells the remarkable true account of one of the greatest espionage scandals to rock the cold war. Jul 30, 2012 the true story of a group of indigenous singers dubbed the sapphires has been made into a feature film after a successful run in the theatre. The sapphires is a 2012 australian musical comedydrama film based on the 2004 stage play of the same name, which is loosely based on a true story. But the new film the sapphires isnt the australian version of. Four aboriginal singers go on a journey to entertain vietnam war troops in director wayne blairs. Based on a true story feel free to add inspirational to that if you feel so inclined and featuring a charmingly hilarious performance from a talented comedian on the verge of stardom, the sapphires has sleeper hit written all over it. Yorta yorta women born along the murray river, they were part of an extended family of brothers and sisters who regularly sang together during the 1960s and. Laurels son tony briggs wrote the play it is based on. Based on a true story, the sapphires is a triumphant celebration of youthful emotion, family and music. Sep 05, 2012 the movie, based on the bands true story, was the most successful australian film of 2012. The film depicts the sapphires as australias answer to the supremes, and how they were talentspotted to perform soul numbers for the troops in vietnam.
The story of the sapphires was inspired by reallife events surrounding coscreenwriter tony briggs mother, laurel robinsonwhom he tenderly calls mumand his aunt lois peeler, who. Underdog story the sapphires delivers a harmony of emotions. Cowritten by the son of one of the reallife singers and directed by wayne blair, who starred in the play based on. The sapphires tells the story of an allfemale singing quartet on the way to stardom in the 1960s.
Mar 30, 20 this weeks release, the sapphires, tells the story of a 60s girl group from australia that toured viet nam to perform for american military. Mar 28, 20 audience members may be surprised to learn that the sapphires is based on a true story. Gangsters, fighters, athletes, serial killers, celebrities and so much morethese films are the best of the basedonatruestory stories. How push became precious the gritty realism of the film precious is even more intense in the novel push, upon which the film is based. The sapphires, which was directed by queenslander wayne blair, tells the true story of how the four indigenous women defied 1960s racism to entertain troops during the vietnam war. It was inspired by the true story of briggss mother. Apr 05, 20 based on a true story, the sapphires transports four young australian aboriginal women and their motowninspired soulsisters act from an impoverished outback mission to wartorn vietnam, circa 1968. If youve seen the sapphires, you know thats not what the movies about at all. Cowritten by tony briggs, whos the son of one of the reallife sapphires, the sapphires is beautifully cast and has great music, as well as a terrific true story at its core. The sapphires chronicles 4 australian singers in the 1960s.
Media caption the sapphires cast and director spoke to bbc news about the project. The 2012 movie version adds an original character, a talent scout played by chris o. Four talented, spunky girls get plucked from obscurity to form a soulsinging girl group that hits it big in the 60s. Based on a true story and a subsequent stage play, the script, written by the son of one of the real sapphires, is a labor of love. A feelgood film based on the true story of an aboriginal girl group battling prejudice in 1960s australia wowed cannes and is now a hit down.
A new film, the sapphires, is loosely based on their story. The true story of a group of indigenous singers dubbed the sapphires has been made into a feature film after a successful run in the theatre. Original members of the sapphires singing group slighted by. It was inspired by the true story of briggss mother, laurel robinson, and aunt, lois peeler, who toured vietnam as singers. Unfolding slowly, the obvious thrust of the story is the girls short career rather than the events that rocked that decade. Its too bad that that story while certainly a feelgood tale ends up feeling fairly formulaic. Mar 22, 20 the sapphires tells the story of an allfemale singing quartet on the way to stardom in the 1960s. It was so scary one night a bomb went off, the bed fell down and the place shook. Laurels son tony briggs wrote the play it is based on, and adapted that into a screenplay. Briggss mother and aunt performed in vietnam in the late 60s, an experience that inspired both. Gallipoli in 2015, thousands will gather at anzac cove in turkey to commemorate the centenary of the landing of the anzacs at gallipoli. Based on a true story and adapted from the stage play of the same name, the sapphires is not simply another tale about a girl group trying to make it, it is about a family fighting for a better.
The sapphires feature film is inspired by a true story about four extraordinary aboriginal women, sisters laurel robinson, lois peeler and their cousins beverley briggs and naomi mayers. Based on a true story, the sapphires tells the tale of four ambitious young aboriginal girls from australia who come of age performing before american serviceman in 1968 vietnam. Is the sapphires dvd cover racist, sexist, or typical. The sapphires tells a story of the soul down under the. It is based on a true story and true events, he said. The film got a rapturous response at cannes in may and now opens in the uk after receiving an equally positive reaction at. That reallife aspect the fact that this movie is based on a true story is a large part of what makes the film so endearing. Audience members may be surprised to learn that the sapphires is based on a true story. Aug 07, 20 the sapphires is a movie based on a true story of how four aboriginal women formed a singing group, took their show to vietnam, and overcame racism and sexism in the 1960s. With chris odowd, deborah mailman, jessica mauboy, shari sebbens. Sisters cynthia, gail and julie miranda tapsell, deborah mailman and jessica mauboy leave their family in the country after being discovered by dave lovelace chris odowd. The sapphires film the sapphires is a 2012 australian musical comedydrama film based on the 2004 stage play of the same name, which is loosely based on a true story.
Originally called push but recently renamed precious to coincide with the film, the book, by the writer known simply as sapphire. Movies based on a true story netflix official site. The film depicts the sapphires as australias answer to the supremes, and how they were talentspotted to. But fiction, as is often the case, only got half of the story. Whether youre watching the story of an underdog high school basketball team that won it all, an undersized football player who dreamed of making his favorite college team, or an hawaiian surfer who got back on the board after a shark took. And yet the film is afflicted by a curious lack of cultural specificity. And ive been the one responsible for pulling their stories together. Aug 09, 2012 based on a true story and adapted from the stage play, the sapphires is an overthetop comedymusicaldrama thatll have you laughing, crying and celebrating the achievement of these four amazing.
Billed as australias answer to the supremes, dave secures the sisters their first true gig, and flies them to vietnam to sing for the american troops. Inspired by a true story, the sapphires follows four vivacious, young and talented australian aboriginal girls from a remote mission as they learn about love, friendship and war when their all. In the film, odowd plays their plucky, occasionally soused manager, the irish wind beneath. Sports based on coach jim white and his 1987 mcfarland crosscountry team. Is the sapphires dvd cover racist, sexist, or typical movie. New movie tells true story of four indigenous singers plucked from obscurity.
Mar 22, 20 billed as australias answer to the supremes, dave secures the sisters their first true gig, and flies them to vietnam to sing for the american troops. This weekend, my husband and i watched such a movie called the sapphires 2012. Nov 06, 2012 media caption the sapphires cast and director spoke to bbc news about the project. Based on a true story and adapted from the stage play, the sapphires is an overthetop comedymusicaldrama thatll have you laughing, crying and celebrating the achievement of. It is based on a play written by tony briggs, the son of one of the singers, portrayed as a toddler in the movie. Its 1968, and four young, talented australian aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship and war when their allgirl group the sapphires entertain the us troops in vietnam.