Footy Legends

Footy Legends
Footy Legends
Directed by	Khoa Do
Written by	Khoa Do, Anh Do and Suzanne Do
Produced by
Starring	Anh Do; Angus Sampson; Emma Lung; Claudia Karvan
Cinematography	Martin McGrath
Edited by
Distributed by	Icon Film Distribution & Fortissimo Films
Release date	3 August 2006;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Australia
Languages	English; Vietnamese

Footy Legends is a 2006 Australian film, directed and co-written by Khoa Do, produced by Megan McMurchy, starring Khoa's older brother and co-writer Anh Do, Angus Sampson, Emma Lung and Claudia Karvan. It was filmed in and around the Sydney western suburbs of Yagoona, Bankstown, Fairfield and Rookwood Necropolis. Footy Legends was released in Australia on 3 August 2006.

Plot[]

Set in Sydney's western suburbs Yagoona and Bankstown, Footy Legends tells the story of Luc Vu (Anh Do), a young Vietnamese Australian man with an obsession about rugby league football. Out of work and with welfare authorities threatening to take away his little sister (), because their parents are dead and Luc is deemed incapable of being a responsible guardian, Luc re-unites his old Yagoona High School "footy" team—whose members are now facing social problems such as long-term unemployment, drug addictions, the after-effects of teenage parenting—and wins a competition that offers a Holden Ute and a modelling job for Lowes Menswear as its prize. It is mostly comedy which is underpinned with serious social issues affecting western Sydney.

The film features Vietnamese-language dialogue between Vu, Anne, and their aged grandfather.

Cast[]

Actor	Role
Anh Do	Luc Vu
Angus Sampson	Lloydy
	Anne
Paul Nakad	Walid
Steven Rooke	Terry
Emma Lung	Jasmyne
Peter Phelps	Billy Major
Claudia Karvan	Alison Berry
Andrew Voss	Himself
Matty Johns	Himself
Rod Wishart	Himself
Brett Kenny	Himself
Brad Clyde	Himself
Cliff Lyons	Himself

The film also features cameos from such ex-footballers Rod Wishart, Brett Kenny, Brad Clyde and Cliff Lyons, who play for Double Bay, the team that Vu's Yagoona defeat in the final in the film. The film also features a team called the Dubbo Dingoes which features , a star indigenous actor.^[1]

Box office[]

Footy Legends grossed $557,331 at the box office in Australia.^[2]

References[]

^ Maddox, Gary (26 July 2007). "Lights, camera, scrum feed: league hits the big screen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 7 October 2009.
^ "Archived copy". film.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] Maddox, Gary (26 July 2007). "Lights, camera, scrum feed: league hits the big screen". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Digital. Retrieved 7 October 2009.

[2] "Archived copy". film.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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