One Perfect Day
From Academic Kids
One Perfect Day is an Australian film released in 2004.
| Contents |
Plot
The central character of the film is Tommy Matisse; his name combines the title of The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy and the last name of twentieth century French painter Henri Matisse.
Tommy is a Melbourne boy studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. He is a violinist and composer who hears music in unusual sources such as trains on the London Underground or the chirping of insects. He is a rebel against the traditions of classical music as shown by his bringing a homeless woman living in the Underground on stage for a concert.
A sympathetic professor decides that he is the type of innovative artist needed to revive a dying opera artform. Having shocked opera's establishment, he returns home to Melbourne on the death of his younger sister Emma. He discovers a CD that she made for him and decides to enter the genre of electronic music.
Tommy's girlfriend Alysse has caught the attention of a sleazy entrepreneur named Hector Lee who owns a club called Trance-Zen-Dance and who is also a drug dealer. Hector Lee has a young assistant called Trig who also has a crush on Alysse and always carries a video camera.
Cast
- Danny Speilman .... Tommy Matisse
- Leanna Walsman .... Alysse
- Kerry Armstrong .... Carolyn
- Abbie Cornish .... Emma
- Rory Williamson .... Noah
- Nathan Phillips .... Trig
- Syd Brisbane .... Hamish
- Frank Gallacher .... Malcolm
- Alex Menglet .... May
- Andrew Howard .... Hector Lee
- Paul Currie .... director
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was released on February 15, 2004, and debuted at #46 on the Australian album charts in the week beginning February 23, 2004. The title track, sung by Lydia Denker, debuted at #35 on the Australian single charts. There are two versions of the soundtrack:
One-disc version track listing
- Blow Wind Blow - The Rairbirds
- Break It (Down James Brown) - The Offcuts
- Krazy Krush - Ms Dynamite
- Crazy Beat - Blur
- What Is The Problem - Graffiti
- Don't Let The Man - Fatboy Slim
- Are You Ready For Love (Radioslave Mix) - Elton John
- One Perfect Day - Lydia Denker
- No One Knows - Queens of the Stone Age
- Two Months Off - Underworld
- Late At Night - Futureshock
- All Of Me - Groove Armada
- Schoolgirl - Sandrine
- Feathers And Down - The Cardigans
- Hector's Demise - Dust Brothers
- Ordinary World (Josh G. Abrahams remix) - Mandy Kane
- Pictures Of You (Paulmac Remix) - after The Cure's 1989 album Disintegration
- One And The Same (One Perfect Day Remix) - after Rob Dougan's 2002 album Furious Angels
Two-disc version track listing
- Disc 1:
- Blow Wind Blow - The Rairbirds
- Break It (Down James Brown) (Josh G. Abrahams Remix) - The Offcuts
- Krazy Krush - Ms Dynamite
- What Is The Problem? – Graffiti
- Don't Let The Man Get You Down - Fatboy Slim
- Are You Ready For Love (Radio Slave Remix) - Elton John
- One Perfect Day - Lydia Denker
- Pictures Of You (Paulmac Remix) - after The Cure's 1989 album Disintegration
- Two Months Off - Underworld
- Late At Night - Futureshock
- All Of Me - Groove Armada
- Schoolgirl – Sandrine
- Feathers And Down - The Cardigans
- Hector’s Demise - The Dust Brothers
- No One Knows (Unkle Remix) - Queens Of The Stone Age
- Ordinary World (Josh G. Abrahams Remix) - Mandy Kane
- One And The Same (One Perfect Day Remix) - after Rob Dougan's 2002 album Furious Angels
- Design Music - Sven Väth
- Disc 2:
- The Man With The Red Face - Laurent Garnier
- Horsepower - C.J. Bolland
- Graffiti Part Two - Stereo MC’s
- No Transmission - Lhb
- To Know - Nubreed
- Gorecki - Lamb
- Just Show Me - Grandadbob
- Sleepwalking - Euroboy
- Sly-ed - Man With No Name
- Drop Some Drums - (Love) Tattoo
- One Perfect Sunrise - Orbital Featuring Lisa Gerrard
- One Perfect Day (Epic Dance Mix) - Ali Mcgregor
- Tv Screen Memories - David Hobson And Lisa Gerrard
- Final Moments - David Hobson
- One Perfect Day (Orchestral Mix) - David Hobson & Orchestra
- Ride - Helmut
External links
- One Perfect Day The Film.com (http://www.oneperfectdaythefilm.com) - The official One Perfect Day website
- One Perfect Day entry (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316353/fullcredits) @ IMDb
- Melbourne movie review (http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/02/18/1077072692317.html) @ The Age
