The Eternity Man (2007)
Mature themes, sexual references, nudity and coarse language
| Director: | Julien Temple |
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Arthur Stace found the Lord when he heard the reverend's words 'Eternity, Eternity, I wish that I could sound or shout that word to everyone in the streets of Sydney. For almost 40 years, ex-alcoholic Stace roamed Sydney writing 'eternity' in perfect copperplate script on the city's pavements. In 2003, Australian composer Jonathan Mills and novelist and poet Dorothy Porter combined to create an opera based on Stace's life. Julian Temple, director of music related films such as The Filth & the Fury and Absolute Beginners, has joined this creative team to film the opera live on Stace's Sydney streets. With Australian baritone Grant Doyle as Stace, Sydney songstress Christa Hughes as his sister Myrtle, and a 25 piece orchestra conducted by rising star Stuart Stratford, Temple builds a sound and image scape of Sydney unlike anything you've seen or heard before.
| Status: | Normal |
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| Run time: | 66mins |
| Origin: | AUSTRALIA |
| Aspect Ratio: | 16:9 |
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Janette
says
Being a Sydney girl, I found this film very interesting, especially as I remember seeing Eternity written when I was a child in the 1960s. Before this movie, I didn't know too much about Arthur Stace. Being an operetta, it is rather unusual but worth watching if you are interested in his story. It shows some of the lovely old suburbs of inner city Sydney and the harbour. It is obviously loosely based on the true story as I read afterwards he had a wife but she isn't mentioned in the movie. Great make-up with the aging process.
Peter D.
says
d'oh, dont know how or why i ordered this musical could only watch about 10min. now i know how homer felt when he found out paint your wagon was a musical.