Bigger Than Tina (1999)
The story of Dan Vardy-Cobb as he aspires to become a pop star.
- Date of release
- 1999-01-01
- TMDB
- 3.7 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Comedy, Music
- Director
- Neil Foley
Casting
- Michael Dalley — Dan Vardy-Cobb
- Fraser Gray — Wes Grieves
- Greg Francis — Myles Vardy-Cobb
- Steve Adams — Mick Jewell
- Anni Finsterer — Jacinta Fellows
- Frank Magree — Michael Stephens
- Dobe Newton — Nippy Tucker
- VJ Kesh — Producer
- John Coco — Studio Engineer
- Vanessa Ready — Gordana Rooney
- Barry Friedlander — John Vardy-Cobb
- Jodie le Vesconte — Amanda Riggs
Interesting facts
- Box office: A$15K
Bigger Than Tina is a 1999 Australian mockumentary film about an aspiring Melbourne singer-songwriter named Dan Vardy-Cobb as he pursues his dream of success. The film was written and directed by Neil Foley, and stars Michael Dalley in the lead role. An elaborate hoax publicity campaign in 1999 attempted to fool the general public into thinking that Vardy-Cobb was a real person.
Production and release
Neil Foley was inspired to write Bigger Than Tina after seeing a singer-songwriter performing at a "football club Christmas lunch", and hearing about song contests at RSL clubs in which participants would "hock their lives to think they were breaking into the music industry." As he learned more about the music industry, he also realised how many "sharks" were in place to fleece money out of untalented performers.
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