| Thunderstruck | |
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| Directed by | Darren Ashton |
| Written by | Darren Ashton, Shaun Angus Hall |
| Starring | Damon Gameau, Stephen Curry, Ryan Johnson, Callan Mulvey, Sam Worthington. |
| Produced by | Al Clark, Andrena Finlay, Barbara Gibbs, Jodi Matterson, Bjorg Veland. |
| Release date | 2004 |
| Runtime | 98 minutes |
| Language | English |
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- This article is about a 2004 film; for the AC/DC song, see Thunderstruck.
Thunderstruck is a 2004 movie starring Stephen Curry, Damon Gameau, Ryan Johnson, Callan Mulvey, and Sam Worthington. The title of the movie was taken from the AC/DC song of the same name.
Plotline
editThe Movie revolves around the lives of five teenage friends after an AC/DC concert in 1991
In Sydney, Australia, 1991, a famous event was AC/DC's Razor Edge Tour, and in the thick of the mosh pit are five boys: Sonny, Ben, Lloyd, Sam and Ronnie, having the time of their lives. When the concert concludes, the boys head on up to the VIP room...and are promptly thrown out. They then proceed out the back alleyway and by sheer chance, owing to a poster of former AC/DC member Bon Scott, the boys escape a near-death experience. Thinking Bon is sending them a message, they sign a contract which says the first to die will be buried by the other four next to Bon in Fremantle Cemetery.
Twelve years on, the boys have gone their separate ways. Sonny is a stay-at-home without a job, Sam has been passed between several jobs, Lloyd is into unsavoury activities involving drugs, Ben is a supermarket worker, and Ronnie - perhaps the only successful one - is a jingle creator. Pity his wife Molly is divorcing him but she's only interested in herself and her music. Some of the boys keep in touch, others don't. Sonny and Lloyd have been more reclusive than the others.
But abruptly, a bolt of lightning - an ironic shadow of the last song they heard at the concert - changes everything. One of them ends up as a few ashes inside an urn and a Chinese food container, and the other four are thrown into the mix together to get the ashes to the other side of the country. Along the way they deal with creepy petrol station owners, irate disabled people, the epitome of Aussie bogans, and each other, in a bizarre road trip film.
Cast
edit(in order of appearance)
- Damon Gameau .... Sonny
- Stephen Curry .... Ben
- Ryan Johnson .... Lloyd
- Callan Mulvey .... Sam
- Sam Worthington .... Ronnie
- Kestie Morassi .... Amy
- Rachel Gordon .... Molly
- Vito de Francesco .... Head Chef
- John Merkel .... Rob Wallace
- Jennifer Wall .... Twister Woman
- Al Clark .... Gary Geffen
- John Sheerin .... Mr. Jones
- Judi Farr .... Mrs. Jones
- Peter Longbottom .... Male Jingle Singer
- Jenny Dunstan .... Female Jingle Singer/Singing Duo
- Nick Sheppard .... Advertising Guy
- Monica Main .... Jen
- Saskia Burmeister .... Chloe
- Rory Walker .... Trevor
- George Kapiniaris .... Mr Koyths (as George Kapinairis)
- Bill McCluskey .... Ronnie's Dad
- Alice Dale .... Ronnie's Mum
- Mark McAullay .... Singing Duo
- Blythe Ashton .... Birthday Girl
- John Doyle .... Service Station Owner
- Nikki Visser .... Service Station Daughter
- Naomi Robson .... Today Tonight Host
- Karen Tan .... TV Reporter
- Marie-Anne Keeffe .... TV Reporter
- Andrea Mayes .... TV Reporter
- Jason Gann .... Robbo
- Shaun Angus Hall .... Simmo
- Thelma Lumsden .... Old Lady in Shower
- Quentin Kenihan .... Van Man
- Emma Jackson .... Barmaid
- Roy Billing .... Tiny
- Jon Doust .... AC/DC Fan #1
- Todd Shilkin .... AC/DC Fan #2
- Paul Montague .... AC/DC Fan #3
- Kingsley Judd .... AC/DC Fan #4
- Deborah Kennedy .... Matron of Honour
- Jennifer McNamara .... Robbo's Mum
- Bojana Novakovic .... Anna
- Chris Bent .... Wedding Singer
- James Morley .... AC/DC
- Gary Dunn .... AC/DC
- Duncan Mackintosh .... AC/DC
- Blair Jones .... AC/DC
- Jamie Williams .... AC/DC
- Unknown .... AC/DC
- Jason D. Jordan .... Roadie
Trivia
edit- At the end of the movie, the journalists interview Premier Geoff Gallop, who was the actual premier of Western Australia at the time
- During the funeral/concert scene in the conclusion, the producers deemed it necessary for a stunt driver to drive the truck carrying the band down the road and turn the corner at a speed of 5km/h.
- The AC/DC concert at the opening was a depiction of the real AC/DC Razor Edge Tour from 1991.