Betty Blokk-buster Follies
Betty Blokk-buster Follies | |
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Directed by | Peter Batey |
Produced by | Eric Dare (executive) Reg Livermore |
Starring | Reg Livermore The Baxter Funt band The Reginas |
Release date | 6 July 1976 |
Running time | 120 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Betty Blokk-buster Follies is a 1976 Australian film based on Reg Livermore's popular one man show of the same period.
Characters include:
- Betty Blokk-buster, a German maid who entertained the troops during the war;
- an old man who recalls his youth as a male model
- Vaseline Amyl Nitrate, a football star who joins the Australian ballet.[1]
It was shot in the Bijou Theatre, Balmain, in late 1975.[2]
Soundtrack[]
Track listing[]
- LP/Cassette
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Tiller Girls" | John Kander, Fred Ebb | |
2. | "The Family of Man" | Jack Conrad, Paul Williams | |
3. | "Money, Money" | Kander, Ebb | |
4. | "Voice of Experience" | Reg Livermore | |
5. | "Hello in There" | John Prine |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Captain Jack" | Billy Joel | |
2. | "Last Cigarette" | Sidney Charter | |
3. | "Matrimony" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | |
4. | "A Little Bit of Love" | Williams |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "What Makes a Man a Man" | Charles Aznavour | |
2. | "Long Tall Glasses" | Leo Sayer | |
3. | "The Entertainer" | Joel | |
4. | "Festival of Light" | Livermore | |
5. | "Walk on the Wild Side" | Lou Reed | |
6. | "Southern Fried" | Harlan Leonard |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Train" | David Courtney, Sayer | |
2. | "Travelling Prayer" | Joel | |
3. | "Celluloid Heroes" | Ray Davies | |
4. | "Silverbird" | Sayer | |
5. | "The Show Must Go On" | Sayer | |
6. | "You Are Yourself" | Sayer | |
7. | "S.O.L.O." | Sayer |
Soundtrack chart[]
Chart (1975/76) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] | 15 |
Release history[]
Region | Date | Format | Label | Catalogue |
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Australia | 5 November 2010 |
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Festival Records | L-45644 |
References[]
- ^ Webpage on the show at Reg Livermore's site
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 299
- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 282. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
External links[]
- Betty Blokk-buster Follies at IMDb
- Betty Blokk-buster Follies at Oz Movies
Categories:
- English-language films
- 1976 films
- Films shot in Australia
- Films set in Australia
- Australian films based on plays
- Australian films
- 1970s Australian film stubs