| Footy Legends | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Khoa Do |
| Produced by | Khoa Do |
| Written by | Khoa Do and Anh Do |
| Starring | Anh Do Angus Sampson Emma Lung Claudia Karvan |
| Cinematography | Martin McGrath |
| Editing by | Suresh Ayyar |
| Distributed by | Roadshow Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 3 August 2006 |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English, Vietnamese |
Footy Legends is a 2006 Australian film, directed, written and produced by Khoa Do, starring his older brother Anh Do, Angus Sampson, Emma Lung and Claudia Karvan. It was filmed in and around Sydney, Australia, mostly in the western suburbs. Footy Legends was released in Australia on 3 August 2006.
Contents |
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Anh Do | Luc Vu |
| Angus Sampson | Lloydy |
| Lisa Saggers | Anne |
| Paul Nakad | Walid |
| Steven Rooke | Terry |
| Emma Lung | Jasmyne |
| Peter Phelps | Billy Major |
| Claudia Karvan | Alison Berry |
| Andrew Voss | Himself |
| Matthew Johns | Himself |
The film also features cameos from such ex-footballers Rod Wishart, Brett Kenny, Brad Clyde and Cliff Lyons, who play for Double Bay, the team that Vu's Yagoona defeat in the final in the film.[1]
Set in Sydney's western suburbs, Footy Legends tells the story of Luc Vu (Anh Do), a young Vietnamese Australian man with an obsession about rugby league football. Out of work and with welfare authorities threatening to take away his little sister (Lisa Saggers), because their parents are dead and Luc is deemed incapable of being a responsible guardian, Luc re-unites his old Yagoona High School "footy" team—whose members are now facing social problems such as long-term unemployment, drug addictions, the after-effects of teenage parenting—and wins a competition that offers a Holden Ute and a modelling job for Lowes Menswear as its prize. It is mostly comedy which is underpinned with serious social issues affecting western Sydney.
The film features Vietnamese-language dialogue between Vu, Anne, and their aged grandfather.
Footy Legends grossed $557,331 at the box office in Australia.[2]