The Australian answer to American Graffiti, but everyone's drunk and the cars are better.
Suburban Australia in the late 70s. It was the era of the drive-in movie, the Chico Roll girl and the beloved FJ Holden. Boasting drunken fist fights, back seat sex, illegal drag racing, a classic Oz rock soundtrack (featuring Ol'55, Skyhooks and Renee Geyer) and the screen debut of future star Sigrid Thornton. THE FJ HOLDEN forged a strong connection with 70s mainstream youth audiences and today
Score
Oz rock soundtrack that absolutely slaps
Acting
Sigrid Thornton's raw screen debut
Director
Michael Thornhill
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Michael Thornhill deliberately cast non-professionals from Sydney's western suburbs to capture authentic working-class rhythms — you can hear it in every mumbled line.
The FJ Holden (1953-56 model) had already become a nostalgic icon by 1977, making this film a meta-exercise in mourning a vanishing Australia even as it depicted the present.
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