''Sample People'' is a 2000 Australian film, directed by Clinton Smith. It is about the entanglements of twelve people in one weekend in Sydney.
The film was originally going to be made for $60,000 but prior to filming it was decided to seek more money. Despite being set in Sydney, it was shot in Adelaide.
Plot
Within the film run multiple plot lines, with the plot and characters intersecting and influencing each other. The seemingly unrelated stories ultimately come together.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released through
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival M ...
. The album peaked at number 38 on the
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the offic ...
.
Charts
Cast
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Kylie Minogue
Kylie Ann Minogue (; born 28 May 1968) is an Australian singer, songwriter and actress. She is the highest-selling female Australian artist of all time, having sold over 80 million records worldwide. She has been recognised for reinve ...
as Jess
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Ben Mendelsohn
Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor. He first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in '' The Year My Voice Broke'' (1987) and since then he has had roles in films such as '' Animal Kingdom'' (2010 ...
as John
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Simon Lyndon
Simon Lyndon (born 18 February 1971 in London) is an English-born Australian actor and director who grew up in Fremantle, Western Australia. He is a WAAPA graduate.
Career Film roles
Lyndon played Jimmy Loughlin in '' Chopper'' with Eric Ban ...
as Andy
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David Field as TT
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Paula Arundell
Paula Arundell is an Australian actress and singer.
Early life
Arundell studied at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), in Sydney. She graduated in 1995, with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting).
Career
Arundell has appeared on tel ...
as Cleo
*
Joel Edgerton
Joel Edgerton (born 23 June 1974) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his appearance in the '' Star Wars'' films ''Attack of the Clones'' (2002) and '' Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) as a young Owen Lars, a role he reprise ...
as Sem
* Nathalie Roy as DJ Lush Puppy
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Nathan Page
Nathan Page (born 25 August 1971) is an Australian actor, best known for his commercial voice-over work and his role as Detective Inspector Jack Robinson in ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries''.
Early life
Page grew up in an Air Force family ...
as Len
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Justin Rosniak as Joey
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Mathew Wilkinson
Mathew Wilkinson (born 9 November 1976) is an Australian film and television actor. Wilkinson played Abigor in the 2007 film ''Ghost Rider''. He played the role of Rocket in the 1999 winner of the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Fi ...
as Gus
* Gandhi MacIntyre as Phil
* Dorian Nkono as Shiva
Release
The film was given a limited theatrical release, opening in Sydney and Melbourne on 11 May 2000. It then had a release on home video on 27 September 2000.
''Sample People'' (2000)
Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.
References
External links
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at Urban Cinefile
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Ozmovies
Australian crime comedy-drama films
2000s English-language films
2000s Australian films
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