Heaven Tonight

Heaven Tonight (1990)

Rock legends aren't made. They're born.

The film covers the conflict between a father and his son both being musicians. The father is the leader of a band making rock-music from the 60s but his son becomes a star of techno-pop music.

Date of release
1990-11-12
TMDB
4.3 / 10 (3)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama, Music
Director
Pino Amenta

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1

Heaven Tonight is a 1990 Australian film.

Production

Writer-producer Frank Howson later claimed that "every incident" in the film was true: "either I have lived it, or I know somebody who has. There is no fabrication, except in the names, which have been changed to protect the guilty."

Howson said "I wrote this movie for all those talented people who had their 15 minutes of fame and then got shut out in the cold."

He said the Baz Schultz character was a combination of Stevie Wright and Ken Firth of The Ferrets.

Waters and Pearce were cast for their singing talent as well as their acting skills, and Pearce released a single, "Call of the Wild", from the film.

Howson said "I’d never seen Guy Pearce on Neighbours, so I hadn’t typecast him so when he came in to audition... I had an open mind and he fitted the part of Paul Dysart to perfection. He also had a very good singing voice, and could play guitar, which was a huge plus, as I wanted to record all the music live."

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