Staying number one: The Swingers

Episode number 2 of Series “Pop Movie”.
Follows the quest for fame and fortune by the New Zealand rock group, “The Swingers”, in Australia starting with their hit ‘Counting the Beat’ and tracing them through their involvement with the feature film ‘Starstruck’, to their eventual break-up in mid 1982. Includes interviews with promoter Michael Gudinski, the group’s manager, and “The Swingers” themselves as well as several promotion clips.

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Credits

director

Ray Argall

producer

John Cruthers

production company

Musical Films

Duration

00:36:37:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1982

Appears in

Group of items

Pop Movie

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015388

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Bands (Music)

Music & Performing Arts → Rock music

Performance

Performance → Music - Performance

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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Australia, 1982

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