Source: Some information on this page may have been sourced as part of the 2023 Wikimedia Australia Partnership Projects grant, with the purpose of improving and expanding the use of Wikidata on our website. Wikidata is a free and open knowledge base that can be read and edited by both humans and machines. Read more about this project here.
Appleby Hardware store and its owner, Billy Apples (Max Cullen), are the unlikely candidates for becoming the newest singing sensation. Billy doesn’t have alot going for him; a wife that left him, a so-so business, a rather unsuccessful band that performs at the local watering hole (mainly because Billy is a rotten singer) and a daughter who disowns him. One night Billy witnesses a comet shower and his life changes when he discovers he can sing like Billie Holiday: overnight, Billy Apples becomes a celebrity. Fame renews the affections of his wife, but it also distances him from family and friends, leading Billy to question his new existence. Also starring Kris McQuade, Tina Bursill, Drew Forsythe, Genevieve Lemon, Rachael Coopes and Richard Roxburgh.
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 As a result, some items may reflect outdated, offensive and possibly harmful views and opinions.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
Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
308570
Language
English
Audience classification
MA
Subject categories
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)