Footy Legends

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.

Footy Legends
Directed byKhoa Do
Written byKhoa Do, Anh Do and Suzanne Do
Produced byMegan McMurchy
StarringAnh Do
Angus Sampson
Emma Lung
Claudia Karvan
CinematographyMartin McGrath
Edited bySuresh Ayyar
Distributed byIcon Film Distribution & Fortissimo Films
Release date
  • 3 August 2006 (2006-08-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguagesEnglish
Vietnamese

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 (Lisa Saggers), 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
ActorRole
Anh DoLuc Vu
Angus SampsonLloydy
Lisa SaggersAnne
Paul NakadWalid
Steven RookeTerry
Emma LungJasmyne
Peter PhelpsBilly Major
Claudia KarvanAlison Berry
Andrew VossHimself
Matty JohnsHimself
Rod WishartHimself
Brett KennyHimself
Brad ClydeHimself
Cliff LyonsHimself
Mario FenechHimself

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 Damion Hunter, a star indigenous actor.[1]

Box office

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

See also

References
  1. Maddox, Gary (26 July 2007). "Lights, camera, scrum feed: league hits the big screen". The Sydney Morning Herald. 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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