Adapted from screenwriter Joanna Weinberg’s stage play Sinksongs, this Mark Lamprell musical Goddess begins with a swooping shot of our leading lady Elspeth Dickens, imitating The Sound of Music as she runs through the fields. A nod, instantly, to one of the films that illuminate the genre – though it also works as a slight reminder that this nonsensical piece merely pales in comparison.
Elspeth (Laura Michelle Kelly) is a dedicated stay-at-home mother to her two young boys, almost single-handedly raising the troublesome duo while her husband James (Ronan Keating) works away from home. To keep herself entertained, she sets up a webcam in her kitchen, broadcasting her when cooking, cleaning – and singing. As more and more visitors tune in, her reputation builds and career opportunities come her way. Suddenly the tables are turned, as she prepares to set off for work, and James returns home to look after the kids.
Elspeth (Laura Michelle Kelly) is a dedicated stay-at-home mother to her two young boys, almost single-handedly raising the troublesome duo while her husband James (Ronan Keating) works away from home. To keep herself entertained, she sets up a webcam in her kitchen, broadcasting her when cooking, cleaning – and singing. As more and more visitors tune in, her reputation builds and career opportunities come her way. Suddenly the tables are turned, as she prepares to set off for work, and James returns home to look after the kids.
- 7/2/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Ivan Sen.s Mystery Road and Kim Mordaunt.s The Rocket shared the best film honours at the Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards presented last night.
The Great Gatsby collected four awards followed by The Rocket with 3 and Mystery Road and The Turning with 2 awards each.
Naomi Watts was named best actress for her role in the little-seen Adoration and Aaron Pedersen was best actor for Mystery Road. Sen was best director.
There was another tie for the supporting actor prize: The Great Gatsby.s Joel Edgerton and Mystery Road.s Hugo Weaving. The Turning.s Rose Byrne was best supporting actress. The Rocket.s Sitthiphon Disamoe was on hand to receive the gong for best young performer.
Best script award went to The Railway Man.s Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Haydn Keenan's Persons of Interest was named best documentary.
An Acknowledgment Award was presented to...
The Great Gatsby collected four awards followed by The Rocket with 3 and Mystery Road and The Turning with 2 awards each.
Naomi Watts was named best actress for her role in the little-seen Adoration and Aaron Pedersen was best actor for Mystery Road. Sen was best director.
There was another tie for the supporting actor prize: The Great Gatsby.s Joel Edgerton and Mystery Road.s Hugo Weaving. The Turning.s Rose Byrne was best supporting actress. The Rocket.s Sitthiphon Disamoe was on hand to receive the gong for best young performer.
Best script award went to The Railway Man.s Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson. Haydn Keenan's Persons of Interest was named best documentary.
An Acknowledgment Award was presented to...
- 3/11/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
This article first appeared in If Magazine Issue #151
He.s a successful pop star, an international heartthrob and has smashed his way onto Australian TV screens as a popular judge on hit show The X-Factor. But Ronan Keating is very, very nervous.
After ten years of trying to break into the acting world (the star famously was unsuccessful in his audition for The Hobbit) Keating has landed a main role in the upcoming Australian feature film, Goddess..
Now the film has wrapped and is about to hit Australian screens, Keating is uncharacteristically insecure about how his first foray into the acting world will be received..
.I.m really bloody nervous,. he admits during a fifteen minute phone interview. .It.s not out there in the public yet but I.m so curious to what they will think of the film and my character. I have no idea. I.ve got nothing to gage it against.
He.s a successful pop star, an international heartthrob and has smashed his way onto Australian TV screens as a popular judge on hit show The X-Factor. But Ronan Keating is very, very nervous.
After ten years of trying to break into the acting world (the star famously was unsuccessful in his audition for The Hobbit) Keating has landed a main role in the upcoming Australian feature film, Goddess..
Now the film has wrapped and is about to hit Australian screens, Keating is uncharacteristically insecure about how his first foray into the acting world will be received..
.I.m really bloody nervous,. he admits during a fifteen minute phone interview. .It.s not out there in the public yet but I.m so curious to what they will think of the film and my character. I have no idea. I.ve got nothing to gage it against.
- 7/5/2013
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Shooting has just commenced on the Australian musical Goddess at Sydney's Fox Studios. The project's to be directed by Mark Lamprell (co-writer of Babe: Pig in the City and director of My Mother Frank) with actress turned writer, director Judy Morris (co-director of Happy Feet and writer of Fred Schepisi's upcoming Eye of the Storm) here serving as Musical Director. The film's based on a screenplay penned by Lamprell and Joanna Weinberg. Very much in the spirit of feel-good musicals, Lamprell hopes Goddess will find a global audience. "Goddess is a wonderful fairy tale which I hope will resonate with audiences around the world," the director enthuses.
- 4/12/2011
- FilmInk.com.au
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