The Sapphires

The Sapphires (2012)

Follow your heart. Discover your soul.

It's 1968, and four young, talented Australian Aboriginal girls learn about love, friendship, and war when they entertain the US troops in Vietnam as singing group The Sapphires.

Date of release
2012-08-08
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (229)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Wayne Blair

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: The Sapphires
  • Awards: 11 · Nominations: 11. Including: AACTA Award for Best Film; AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay; AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role; AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

The Sapphires is a 2012 Australian musical comedy-drama film based on the 2004 stage play The Sapphires by Tony Briggs, which is loosely based on a real-life 1960s girl group that included Briggs' mother and aunt. The film is directed by Wayne Blair and written by Keith Thompson and Briggs.

Production

Based on Tony Briggs' 2004 play of the same name commissioned by and debuted at Melbourne Theatre Company, the film was first announced in June 2010. The screenplay was co-written by Briggs and Keith Thompson. Filming primarily took place in New South Wales, at Albury, (and its surrounding towns Corowa, Howlong, Culcairn, Henty and Morven), with additional shooting taking place in Windsor, Camden, Summerhill, Newtown, and Canal Road Studios in Le…

On 2 June 2010, a press release announced that an open casting call had begun for The Sapphires, and that Goalpost Pictures Australia were searching for "four young Indigenous women, aged 16–28, to play the leading roles of the four members of [the title singing group]". The audition process involved submitting an audition tape to the casting website by 31 July 2010.

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