Query: Australian films about entertainers but not based on real people
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Young Einstein
Secrets (1992 Australian film)
Dogs in Space
BoyTown
The Piano
Gino (film)
Garage Days
Dead End Drive-In
Clowning Around
Little Monsters (2019 film)
The Passionate Pianist
Moulin Rouge!
The Broken Melody (1938 film)
Evidence from documents: Young Einstein: '''''Young Einstein''''' is a 1988 Australian comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Yahoo Serious. It is a fantasized account of the life of Albert Einstein which alters all people, places and circumstances of his life, including relocating the theoretical physicist to Australia, having him splitting the atom with a chisel, and inventing rock and roll and surfing.
Secrets (1992 Australian film): '''''Secrets''''' (also titled '''''One Crazy Night''''') is a 1992 Australian film directed by Michael Pattinson and starring Dannii Minogue and Noah Taylor. The film follows four of the Beatles' biggest fans (and an Elvis Presley fan who hates the Beatles), who find themselves locked up in the basement of the hotel where the Beatles are staying during a tour. While waiting for rescue, they start to share their deepest secrets with each other. The film has notable similarities to ''The Breakfast Club'', in terms of plot, style and characters.
Dogs in Space: '''''Dogs in Space''''' is a 1986 Australian film set in Melbourne's "Little Band" post-punk music scene in 1978.
BoyTown: '''''BoyTown''''' is a 2006 Australian comedy film, directed by Kevin Carlin and starring an ensemble cast of prominent Australian comedians, including Glenn Robbins, Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin, Wayne Hope and Gary Eck. It was filmed in Melbourne, Victoria.


An official preview showing of the film was held in Sydney on 16 October 2006. ''BoyTown'' was released in Australia on 19 October 2006. It grossed in its home country.
BoyTown, the greatest boyband of the eighties and the group that started the boyband phenomenon, leave their terrible lives and low-paying jobs for one last attempt at the big time. They return to the stage with slightly older fans and slightly larger pants to complete some unfinished business. These days they spend less time singing about tears, eternity, angels and their 'baby' and more time singing about divorce, shopping, and picking up the kids from school.
The Piano: '''''The Piano''''' is a 1993 period drama film written and directed by Jane Campion. Starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill, and Anna Paquin in her first major acting role, the film focuses on a mute Scottish woman who travels to a remote part of New Zealand with her young daughter after her arranged marriage to a frontiersman.
Gino (film): '''''Gino''''' is a 1993 Australian film, directed by Jackie McKimmie.




Gino Pallazetti is in love with Lucia Petri and his career as a stand-up comedian is about to take off.
Garage Days: '''''Garage Days''''' is a 2002 Australian comedy-drama film directed by Alex Proyas and written by Proyas, Dave Warner and Michael Udesky. ''Garage Days'' is the story of a young Sydney garage band desperately trying to make it big in the competitive world of rock music.
Dead End Drive-In: '''''Dead End Drive-In''''' is a 1986 Australian dystopian action film about a teenage couple trapped in a drive-in theatre which is really a concentration camp for societal rejects. The inmates, many of whom sport punk fashion, are placated with a steady diet of junk food, new wave music, drugs, and exploitation films. The film was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and stars Ned Manning and Natalie McCurry as the captive couple, and Peter Whitford as the manager of the drive-in.
Clowning Around: Australian films: '''''Clowning Around''''' is a 1992 Australian family film
about entertainers but not based on real people: Simon Gunner, is a star-struck foster kid who aspires to become a circus clown. With the help of veteran funster Jack Merrick, Simon ultimately fulfills his goal.
Little Monsters (2019 film): films about entertainers but not based on real people: The story centres on a washed-up musician
Australian: It was released in Australia on October 31, 2019,
The Passionate Pianist: '''''The Passionate Pianist''''' is an Australian television film, or rather a live one-off television play, which aired in 1957 on ABC. This was part of ABC's twice monthly presentations of live plays during the late-1950s (one live play each month in Sydney and Melbourne, respectively, with most kinescoped for showing in the other city).


At the time, most one-off drama and comedy plays produced for Australian television were adaptations of overseas works, and ''The Passionate Pianist'' is notable as it represents an early example of a locally-written comedy for the medium.
Ben, the teenage son of a Sydney bookmaker prefers football to practicing piano. His mother (Marion Johns) is convinced he is a genius and enters him in an eistedford.
Moulin Rouge!: about entertainers but not based on real people: It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine.
Australian films: ''Moulin Rouge!'' premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and was released in theaters on 18 May 2001 in North America and on 25 May 2001 in Australia.
The Broken Melody (1938 film): Australian films: '''''The Broken Melody''''' is a 1938 Australian drama film
about entertainers but not based on real people: John gets hold of his old violin and starts playing for his fellow homeless vagrants in the Domain. He is overheard one night by a rich couple travelling through the area and soon becomes a well known violinist under the name "John Hilton"