That's showbiz

Australia, 1973

Film

A hilarious comedy which details the rise and fall of a failing outback vaudeville troupe which imports an infamous city striptease, Madame Lash, to enliven their act.

Content notification

Our collection comprises over 40,000 moving image works, acquired and catalogued between the 1940s and early 2000s. As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions. ACMI is working to identify and redress such usages.

Learn more about our collection and our collection policy here. If you come across harmful content on our website that you would like to report, let us know.

How to watch

This work has been digitised but due to rights and access requirements can only be viewed onsite at ACMI over WiFi.

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Phil Noyce

production company

AFTRS

writer

Phil Noyce

Duration

00:18:36:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1973

Appears in

Group of items

AFTRS top 100 films. Compile 11

Explore

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2000483

Language

English

Audience classifications

ACMI classified

Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Amateur & Student Films

Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia

Places → Outback Australia

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam; Master

MPEG-2 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

Digital Betacam; Sub-master

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/110333--thats-showbiz/ |title=That's showbiz |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=26 December 2024 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}