Summary
A film about Men At Work, their hit single Down Under, and the Kookaburra controversy. The band were sued for copyright infringement and faced the label of 'plagiarists', 35 years after their success. An examination of the organic development of the song, its commercial success and cultural significance and questions the relationship between art and law, influence and copyright.
Cast
Martin Armiger
Himself
Brian Edmond
Himself
Alec Gilbert
Himself
Greg Ham
Himself
Jerry Speiser
Himself
Ron Strykert
Himself
Crew
Director
Harry Hayes
Director
Lee Simeone
Reviews
Simon Foster
June 2, 2016
"Local audiences will puff their chests with national pride during scenes of America’s Cup and Commonwealth Game jubilation, but expect teeth to grind when the details of the copyright law court case engineered by Larrikin are brought into cold, greedy focus..."
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