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Free Double Passes to Screening of "The Sapphires" Next Monday 16th - MEL/SYD/ADL/CBR/PER/BNE

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Free Double Passes to Screening of "The Sapphires" Next Monday 16th - MEL/SYD/ADL/CBR/PER/BNE
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Trailer - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ljho1cyEfg

The Sapphires is an inspirational tale set in the heady days of the late ‘60s when four young, talented singers from a remote Aboriginal mission, are discovered and guided by an unlikely manager. Plucked from obscurity and branded as Australia's answer to The Supremes, The Sapphires grasp the opportunity of a lifetime when given the opportunity to entertain American troops in Vietnam. Their journey of discovery offers them not only the chance to show off their musical skills, but find love and togetherness and grow as women.

Receving a ten minute standing ovation at the prestgious Cannes Film Festival, The Sapphires is a crowd-pleasing combination of comedy, heart and romance and an unbeatable soul music soundtrack, set against the social upheaval of the late 1960s. Based on the successful Australian stage musical and inspired by a remarkable true story, The Sapphires is not to be missed.

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  • jesseboy89 on 11/07/2012 - 03:10
    +1

    Melbourne is out.

  • voteoften on 11/07/2012 - 03:22
    +2

    Thanks OP, got one for perth!

    Leilah and Lyla
    Are you interested in attending the premier screening of 'The Sapphires' on Monday 16th July in your capital city?

    Be the first to register your details to receive free tickets.
    MELB: http://rsvp.hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/BHGMELB/
    SYD: http://rsvp.hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/BHGMSYD/
    ADEL: http://rsvp.hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/BHGAdel/
    CANB: http://rsvp.hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/BHGCan/
    PERTH: http://rsvp.hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/BHGPerth/
    BRIS: http://rsvp.hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/BHGBris/

  • flutterby101 on 11/07/2012 - 03:24

    404 error
    The page you were looking for could not be found
    Please go back and try the link that you followed here again, or try again later.

    Annoying :/

    • voteoften on 11/07/2012 - 03:38
      +3

      There should be a page that reads - Error, this page is currently being ozbargained. Try again later.

  • jennkei on 11/07/2012 - 03:55
    +1

    The link for Syd actually had a typo, and it's full anyway. :( Then again, that post has been there since 4th July..
    (http://rsvp.hopscotchfilms.com.au/RSVP/BHGSYD/)

  • PJC on 11/07/2012 - 03:57
    +1

    OzBargained at this time of night? Gosh! But the Canberra link seems to be fine.

  • Splashtash on 11/07/2012 - 06:32

    +1 for Canberra

  • sonicentropy on 11/07/2012 - 07:35

    Brisbane is full too

  • IVI on 11/07/2012 - 07:56

    I don't get the Facebook connection…
    but a colleague (who sent me here)
    got a promise that a DoublePass will
    be posted to her.

  • IVI on 11/07/2012 - 08:04
    -3

    I guess it's the season for pro-War movies…

    Sending Aussie black women to "entertain the Brothers"
    seems to be one of this film's plot-lines.

    I won't be applying for ticket.

    "They's 'been 'nuff war already… dun'cha think?"

    I do.

    • ESEMCE on 11/07/2012 - 08:12

      Pro-War?
      How so?
      Surely you're trolling?

      • IVI on 11/07/2012 - 10:23

        No, I'm simply -observing- that there seem to be MORE
        movies, etc. that depict war, etc. (with stereotypical roles: male soldiers & female entertainers, nurses, etc.) than about peacemakers, etc.

        In this case, the women's roles seem to be help the troops carry-on. (As I haven't seen the film, I don't know if any -other- roles are portrayed for women. Of course, MAS*H had female officers (nurses, mostly; a few doctors, I think).

        Here, the roles for the 4 women singers are only to rouse & support the troups, so they can carry on fighting… while stuck - far from home, wives, girlfriends, families, etc.

        (I think you'd have to have lived in a genuinely Neutral country, ie, to really get what I mean here.

        Sweden seemed to be in a position to make more documentaries about -its- type of hero, eg, the Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who helped Jews & others to escape from the Nazis.

        A film about herds of mostly-male soldiers going ga-ga over the only 4 women available to them (and, then, only to look at & listen to singing) probably -wouldn't- interest, let alone satisfy, most Swedes. Of course, that's only my guess.

        Even non-Neutral India, has -its- type of hero - eg, Ghandi - who championed non-violent action to win an eviction of the British.)

        Does that -really- sound like "trolling" to you…? :-/

        • voteoften on 11/07/2012 - 11:40

          This is Oz, not Sweden.

          There were and always be more soldiers than peacemakers.

        • Lord_Sif on 11/07/2012 - 12:28
          +1

          Soldiers can be peacemaker. Generalising about movies seems redundant to me, especially against Sweden and the fact about Ghandi doesn't seem to have any point. Actually why you would want to pick a fight with such an obscure range of sources as your argument (randomly picking out Swedish cinema and Indian history) just makes you look like an idiot. You are trying to make a point with basically nothing, it is a movie dude (and comparing it to one other movie and basing whole countries cinema on them is ludicrous), get over it. Both Australian and to a lesser extent Swedish cinema is minor at most (movies about both soldiers and peacemakers are over done and cheesy, especially in a day and age where we need much more then feel-good movies), it is like picking out a winner in a cockroach-fighting competition.

        • StewBalls on 11/07/2012 - 15:45

          The two do not have to be mutually exclusive: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/peter_van_uhm_why_i_chose_a…

        • Captain Obvious on 11/07/2012 - 18:14
          +1

          So wait…you're annoyed that films are historically accurate in their depiction of the roles played by men and women?

  • tonyjg on 11/07/2012 - 08:44
    +3

    When did Event Cinemas Macquarie Macquarie Shopping Centre, North Ryde become 'Sydney' ?? The session is full anyway - but boy, Macquarie Centre is a bugger of a place to get to unless you live around there.

  • ditroia on 11/07/2012 - 14:31

    Adelaide Full as well.

  • Explosions_Hurt on 11/07/2012 - 15:07

    What the hell is this movie? What's the genre?

    • Wickzki49 on 11/07/2012 - 15:54

      It's about a female group called the Sapphires - Indigenous girls who were made to sing and dance like African American pop stars. Preview looked very interesting. Based on a true story.

      • Explosions_Hurt on 11/07/2012 - 18:19

        Does it have any nude scenes?

        • cheng2008 on 11/07/2012 - 23:35
          +1

          don't think you would want to see deborah mailman nude…

        • Explosions_Hurt on 12/07/2012 - 14:10
          +1

          Speak for yourself, mate.

      • DEvok on 12/07/2012 - 00:19

        Thought they where African? U sure they are aboriginals?

  • hollytaylor on 11/07/2012 - 18:22

    damn, i was keen to see this flick.

  • DEvok on 12/07/2012 - 00:16

    Dan there's a bug on Sydney's one, need to get it fixed!!!

  • breezebreeze on 12/07/2012 - 19:24

    Perth…..!

  • flibby on 12/07/2012 - 20:29

    Thanks! Got tickets to the Canberra screening.

  • andy19363 on 16/07/2012 - 23:42
    +1

    well…. that was 90 mins of life I won't get back….

    what a stinker….
    good music though

    • melmac77 on 17/07/2012 - 12:58
      +1

      Meh I took my Mum she loved it so I'm in the good books :)

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