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Subject: Does anybody remember a movie called Smiley?
Written By: ninny on 07/25/08 at 10:11 am
I remember in the 1960's Kukla,Fran and Ollie use to show movies,and the only one I can remember is about a boy in Australia that was named Smiley and wanted a bike. Does anyone else remember the movie?
Subject: Re: Does anybody remember a movie called Smiley?
Written By: gibbo on 07/25/08 at 10:21 pm
I remember it.......a real classic! There was a sequel in 1958 called Smiley Gets A Gun....
This song was inspired by the movie's character
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3__s39V3mYE
Subject: Re: Does anybody remember a movie called Smiley?
Written By: ninny on 07/25/08 at 10:33 pm
I remember it.......a real classic! There was a sequel in 1958 called Smiley Gets A Gun....
This song was inspired by the movie's character
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3__s39V3mYE
Thank God I was begining to think I was losing my mind :)
Subject: Re: Does anybody remember a movie called Smiley?
Written By: gibbo on 07/25/08 at 10:55 pm
Thank God I was begining to think I was losing my mind :)
Hmmm ....those two things probably aren't related... ;D
Subject: Re: Does anybody remember a movie called Smiley?
Written By: mooster on 07/26/08 at 6:25 am
I remember "Smiley Gets A Gun" - classic !
This song was inspired by the movie's character
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3__s39V3mYE
I've always thought Johnny Young (who wrote it) based it on Normie Rowe's conscription to Vietnam - maybe it's a bit of both :-\\
Just found this:
http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=1183
It is both :)
Subject: Re: Does anybody remember a movie called Smiley?
Written By: gibbo on 07/26/08 at 6:57 am
I remember "Smiley Gets A Gun" - classic !
I've always thought Johnny Young (who wrote it) based it on Normie Rowe's conscription to Vietnam - maybe it's a bit of both :-\\
Just found this:
http://www.poparchives.com.au/feature.php?id=1183
It is both :)
Thanks for that info Amanda. Some how I have managed to go through the last 30+ years completely on the wrong track with this sond. I now beleive it to have absolutely nothing to do with the Movie of the same name.... Cheers :)
Subject: Re: Does anybody remember a movie called Smiley?
Written By: ninny on 07/26/08 at 7:35 am
Thanks for that info Amanda. Some how I have managed to go through the last 30+ years completely on the wrong track with this sond. I now beleive it to have absolutely nothing to do with the Movie of the same name.... Cheers :)
Yeah I looked it up last night on Wikipedia and they said it was about a guy going to Vietnam
Found the movie on Wikipedia
Smiley is an Australian film made in 1956. It was produced and directed by Anthony Kimmins. It starred Ralph Richardson, Chips Rafferty, and Colin Petersen as Smiley. It tells the story of a young Australian boy who is determined to buy a bicycle for four pounds. Along the way he gets into many misadventures, including drug-running.
The film is based on the novel Smiley by Moore Raymond, who also wrote the source novel for the sequel film, Smiley Gets a Gun (1958).
The novel also inspired a musical, "Smiley The Musical", with music by Clyde Collins, David Cocker, Mark Jones and Lance Strauss. The 2004 studio cast recording was performed by John Watson, Jason Barry-Smith, James King, Leisa Barry-Smith, Justine Anderson, Renae Bedford, Samantha Hardgrave, Gabriella Leibowitz, David Irvine, David Cocker, Darryl Weale and Simon Burvill-Holmes