The King (2007)
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
- Data di uscita
- 2007-05-20
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (1)
- Durata
- 1 h 40 min
- Generi
- Dramma, televisione film
- Regista
- Matthew Saville
Cast
- Stephen Curry — Graham Kennedy
- Shaun Micallef — Colin Bednall
- Garry McDonald — Nicky Whitta
- Steve Bisley — Harry M. Miller
- Stephen Hall — Bert Newton
- Todd MacDonald — Richard Croft
- Bernard Curry — John Wesley
- Nick Farnell — Norm Spencer
- Donal Forde — Geoff "Corkie" Corke
- Leo Taylor — Sir Frank Packer
- Johnny Brady — Tim
- Monica Maughan — Nana Scott
Curiosità
The King: The Story of Graham Kennedy is an Australian television film examining the life of Australian entertainer Graham Kennedy.
Production
The screenplay was written by Jaime Browne and Kris Mrksa; the director was Matthew Saville, and the producer was Jason Stephens. Filming began on 6 December 2006 with a A$2.1 million budget and a 20-day shooting schedule.
The ABC's Ripponlea studios were utilised to film the scenes for sequences involving Kennedy's roles on In Melbourne Tonight and Blankety Blanks.
Stephen Curry (who plays the role of Graham Kennedy) lost 14 kilograms to portray the young Kennedy, and then regained the weight in two weeks over Christmas 2006 to play the older Kennedy.
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