67 Kombi wanted for film

Brookie · 67 Kombi wanted for film

This is posted as a request from Ray Willis President of the VW Club of WA.

1. WANTED - PRE 1967 SPLIT SCREEN KOMBI to star in a new Australian feature film

The VW Club has been approached to locate a PRE-1967 SPLIT SCREEN MODEL VOLKSWAGEN KOMBI to star in a new Australian feature film titled Bran Nue Dae starring Geoffrey Rush and Ernie Dingo being made here in WA.

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Amanda

Hey Brookie. I would like to put mine forward, how do I go about it?

Cheers
Amanda

Brookie

Piratekombi

They're making a film out of Bran Nue Dae?!! Cool... and with Geoffrey Rush (and Ernie Dingo)? Even better!! And with a kombi???!! It is definitely a must-see!!!! Very Happy

Brookie

Especially if it was Amanda's Kombi

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Piratekombi

Fingers crossed for her... the film will likely attract a large audience - her split might be seen around the world. Cool

Piratekombi

"For years Jimmy Chi has been creating BRAN NUE DAE. It is the combination of his own experiences, his views of the world and the pooled talents of his friends who make up the Broome band Kuckles.

BRAN NUE DAE: THE MUSICAL is a story of an Aboriginal boy's flight home from the city of Perth to his homeland at Djaridjin (known to Europeans as Lombadina). His journey in search of identity, love and security takes us across the state in a blend of rock opera, road movie, comedy, song, dance and romance. The music derives from sources as disparate as traditional Aboriginal performance, blues, rock 'n' roll, Hollywood musicals and the rituals of the Roman Catholic Mass.

The film is structured around two main themes: the production of the musical and the life of Jimmy Chi. Both elements are interwoven with key participants, players in Jimmy's life and archival footage.

Jimmy grew up in Broome, a town in the remote north of Western Australia. He is part of a culturally diverse community which results from Broome's history as a thriving Pearling town. Jimmy was sent to a Catholic mission in Perth to complete his secondary schooling and from which he was eventually expelled. After a major car accident and several months in a psychiatric hospital he gave up his university studies, returned to Broome and devoted himself to music and writing songs.

Features Ernie Dingo, John Moore, Maroochy Barambah and Bob Faggetter."

http://www.roninfilms.com.au/feature/1832079.html

"In 1990, the dynamic musical Bran Nue Dae by Jimmy Chi and the band Kuckles premiered to impressed audiences at the Festival of Perth, before touring the nation. Set in the far north-western Australian town of Broome, Bran Nue Dae used original music, humour, serious issues and irony to showcase a range of stories and issues relating to Aboriginality. "

http://www.acn.net.au/articles/theatre/

Amanda

Hi Guys,

Looks like Elsie (My kombi (not Bill Laughing

)) is going to be in the movie.

She will be having an extreme hippy makeover, involving flowers, turtles, pelicans and ocean scenes. Should look pretty far out Wink

There is only one issue with Elsie. She is a bit light round' the middle (wish I was to Laughing

) and missing a middle seat. I am hoping someone may be able to help me out as I need to purchase one as soon as possible. I am after a baywindow middle seat matching my rear one.

Thanks for your help.

Brookie

Congrats on your Kombi being chosen-I am sure someone will have a middle seat to sell or perhaps even loan during filming period.
Hope you negotiated a nice fee
Smile

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BJ

Good work Amanda, you must pe stoked!

Hope you get it back in better condition than she leaves you in. Or with more cash in the bank to make improvements.....

Keep us posted

Diddlie

How exciting, well done amanda. Remember to put photos up of your prima donna! Laughing

WAY2COOL

Congrats Amanda ,on having a movie star in the family.....Hope it all goes well...Kim

Piratekombi

I look forward to the Kombis in Movies threads - "that's Amanda's kombi"! Smile

I am looking forward to seeing Elsie on the big screen! And remember - movie stars expect good food (98 RON premium) and a regular polish....

Are you thinking of keeping the extreme makeover? Sounds interesting...

Good luck finding a middle seat.... how exciting! Cool

Mustard Man

Wow,

Thats brilliant......getting your kombi on the big screen and getting a make over on it. Looking forward to the updates......

heretic

Excellent. Sounds like fun . Of course you will have to chapperone[sp?]

col

Amanda

[quote="heretic"]Excellent. Sounds like fun . Of course you will have to chapperone[sp?]

col[/quote]

I am hoping to arrange to view the set when they are near Perth towards the end of filming *fingers crossed*

I will post up any updates and pictures aswell in this thread Smile

Will have to do a few 'before & afters' Laughing

66split

good onya amanda Cool

hope they look after your bus. the new paint scheme sounds exciting Wink

Amanda

Hey Everyone,

This last week 'Elsie' has been undergoing some treatment. She now has her new outer paintwork, awaiting the hippy designs for when she arrives in Broome. I will post up some pictures of how she left me.

All hands on deck!:
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Prep work:
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The painter is even enthusiastic!:
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Getting her 'spray' on:
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More:
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Now for the top:
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All painted now:
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All back together:
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Loaded up on the truck:
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Off she goes... BYEE!!:
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Would like to say thanks to my Dad, and to CarCraft Rockingham for all their help. All of this work was done about 4 days time, and it has turned out great. I hope they look after her!! Very Happy

I have been told who will be driving the bus in the film (a famous female Australian singer!) so start guessing! Laughing

Cheers,
Amanda

Amanda

And.... the pictures oddly are not working.... Sad

I will try to fix them, not sure if imageshack is the culprit.. hmm.

Brookie

Piratekombi

All hands on deck!:

Prep work:

The painter is even enthusiastic!:

Getting her 'spray' on:

More:

Now for the top:

All painted now:

All back together:

Loaded up on the truck:

Off she goes... BYEE!!:

Piratekombi

Diddlie

Kylie!!

She looks great Amanda, such a cool post in all the bad stuff going around at the mo. Very Happy

Amanda

Kombi has only been gone since Friday and I am already missing it Laughing

The singer is not Christine Anu (was my first guess to) or Kylie.
Keep guessing guys Smile

Piratekombi

Alice's guess is "Missy Higgins".

Amanda

Correct!

Now... I hope she is a good driver Cool

Amanda.

Piratekombi

LOL! I'll let Alice know she is right!

So I guess Missy must be playing a hippie then?

I hope she has driven a kombi before, but I doubt they will get her to do any high speed driving - more likely they will do the old "film the kombi on a trailer" trick for her scenes (and use a prefessional driver for the external shots)...

How cool! - you will certainly have a great story...!

Piratekombi

Here is a plot summary for the film from IMDB (warning: contains "spoilers").... there is no mention of the cast yet, though.

It would appear that Missy Higgins is playing the role of "Annie" - and sounds like Elsie will be photographed in front of some beautiful scenery!

"The Summer of 1965 and young Willie is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates, and when he can, his girl Rosie. However his mother Theresa has great hopes for him and she returns him to the religious mission for further schooling. After being punished by Father Benedictus for an act of youthful rebellion, Willie runs away from the mission. Down on his luck he meets Uncle Tadpole, and together they con a couple of hippies, Annie and Slippery into taking them on the 3,000 km journey through spectacular landscape back to Broome. Back in Broome, Willie wins the girl, convinces his mother that Broome is the place he should be, and discovers that the father he never knew he had is his journeyman companion all along - Uncle Tadpole. "

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148165/

Diddlie

Cool, I like Missy Higgins, singalonginyourkombi tunes (is I had a proper radio that is Embarassed

Amanda

Dont worry Diddlie... I dont have a proper radio either.. The kombi does not even have one at all and my other car only has standard radio, so no Missy CD's for me Sad

She does have some good tunes though.

WAY2COOL

Hi Amanda...Your bus looks fantastic....Kim

66split

wow that didnt take long, bus looks great Cool

heretic

Maybe some of us could get jobs as extras. dementia is a close cousin of what we were like in the 60's.

Good call on Missy higgins. Not into music nowdays but really like her songwriting. Very 60's/70's lyric based style to my ears. Genuine muso instead of the pop idol media hype crap.

col

Brookie

Great write up on movie on page 9 of today's West Australian. Even had front page leader.
Photo of Bus in all it's glory with Ernie Dingo in drivers seat- Amanda your bus will be more famous than "Little Miss Sunshine".

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Amanda

I dont know Little Miss Sunshine.... Embarassed

But.... everyone go buy a copy of today's paper before it dissapears! Very Happy

I agree Brookie it is a nice write up Smile

Mustard Man

Wow,

How exciting is that!! Well done!

Brookie

GWN TV which services (?) most of WA country is also doing feature on movie in News at 5.30 PM with at least shots of stars and location.

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Amanda

Anyone have access to GWN and could do a recording of it? Or is there a live streaming from the net I wonder.

Brookie

Diddlie

Cool Amanda, just nipped into the factory and had a peep at one of the copies out there.

Brookie

Hi Amanda,
Looks like Channel 7 will also be running same as GWN

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Amanda

Nice! Will be tuned in. Thanks Brookie! Cool

VLKSWGN

This may help for folk that couldnt get a West.

Good Stuff Amanda, im well Jealous! Cool

Steve

Mustard Man

Wow, they really added on with that paint job didn't they. What a great story you now have for you bus.

Will they need to keep it for all the filming? When do you get it back?

Amanda

I get it back around the 17th of December, so they keep it pretty much for the whole duration of the filming.

Brookie

GWN had same coverage as 7- only talked about human stars and not Elsie Smile

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Amanda

Hi All,

I haven't had much time lately been really busy with cricket but here are some updated pics of Elsie.

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And finished:

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Piratekombi

And finished:

Amanda

Ahh, thanks for fixing the pictures... I cant for the life of me get them to work... Even with photobucket.

Piratekombi

I "fixed" the links in your post - but they didn't work! Question

yet when I paste them into a new post they work.... it doesn't make any sense....

The images look great though! They have certainly done an interesting job with the paintowrk... I am looking forward to seeing Elsie on the big screen.

Well done, and thanks for the pix! Smile

Pitt-bulli

Hi All, I have heard from a very reliable source that 'Elsie' is back in town... so keep your eyes peeled, I think there may be filming in the Freo area tomorrow sometime Cool

Cheers Darrell.

Piratekombi

There is a pic here of Missy Higgins in Elsie....

http://missyhiggins.org/vb/showth...a3b245b324f&t=5146&page=7

doveblue

doveblue

DubBoy

My friend is the double for missy higgins in this movie and got paid like $800 to drive in this bus! not fair! more pics (pic) my friend took:

enjoy

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Diddlie

Can't missy drive a kombi then? Shocked

DubBoy

Brookie

Does Amanda have Elsie back yet?

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Kinga

66split

great to see the bus back in town. such a cool bus Cool

DubBoy

I haven't actually seen this bus.
The spray job looks real 70's to me.

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Pitt-bulli

I have just finished watching the offical movie trailer for "Bran Nue Dae'

and I can't stop smiling.... Laughing

.... it has a real catchy tune and it looks

awesome. The movie premiers at the Melbourne Film Festival on the 8th

of August and is the closing film. To veiw the trailer its on You tube Bran

Nue Dae teaser trailer Laughing

... enjoy.

Darrell .V.

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Shayno

The trailer looks cool as. Can't wait to see it!!

Pitt-bulli

After the long wait and great reviews from the Melbourne and Toronto

Film Festivals 'Bran Nue Dae' will be in Cinemas from 14 January

2010. Smile

... Darrell

Pitt-bulli

There is a new trailer up on youtube for Bran Nue Dae.

Check it out it's funny as ... Laughing

Looking forward to the movie. I can't find any info at this stage to

which theatre will host the movie in Perth but on the 8th of Dec it

will premiere in Broome with most of the actors attending.

Cheers

Darrell

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Brookie

Pitt-bulli

A longer version here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLbLBi5Jyk

Cheers

Darrell

Pitt-bulli

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtLbLBi5Jyk

This time Embarassed

Darrell.

Piratekombi

The premiere is in Broome tonight (8th December).

http://www.abc.net.au/news/storie.../12/08/2765112.htm?section=justin

Pitt-bulli

Hi guys... this is the link to the offical 'Bran Nue Dae' Website,
there is more clips, info and even Kombi RACING!!! Shocked

http://brannuedaemovie.com/#

Cheers
Darrell

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Pitt-bulli

Margaret Pomeranz from the ABC show 'At The Movies' interviews
co-writer and diretor Rachel Perkins.....

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2750507.htm

Extended 'Bran Nue Dae' trailer with selected clips......

http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s2750501.htm

Darrell

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