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Documentary portrait of Joy McKean, Australia’s Queen of country music. Follows her performance and songwriting career, decades of touring around Australia, and her marriage of more than 50 years to fellow musician Slim Dusty.
Part 1. Filmed at The Regent Theatre, Richmond, NSW. 1987. ( 88 mins ) Part 2. Filmed at The Performing Arts Centre, Geelong, Victoria. 1992. ( 65 mins )
Imagine a world where everyone is smiling and laughing. It's a wonderful, wacky and whimsical world. It's a Wiggly, Wiggly World! Join Greg, Murray, Anthony and Jeff as they welcome many friends from around the world who've come to share their own special styles of music. Aussie country music legend Slim Dusty will be there. So will Tim Finn from Crowded House and Split Enz with some fun-filled songs for children. And thanks to Dorothy the Dinosaur and Captain Feathersword, there will be plenty of Wiggling. Welcome to the Wiggly, Wiggly World! of The Wiggles.
Jimmy Sharman Sr was a legend in Australia. He took his travelling show and boxing tent around Australia and young blokes all over Australia would try to take on his people. It was a nice touch to include Jim Sr in The Slim Dusty Movie, a film that doesn't just showcase Slim Dusty's travelling shows, but gives an authentic look at country Australia.
In November 1942 at the ripe age of 15, the boy from a small farm in Nulla Nulla, NSW. David Gordon Kirkpatrick registered & first signed his newly adopted stage name... Slim Dusty. Over the following 60 years Slim has gone on to release a record breaking 100 plus albums, sold more albums in Australia than any other country artist & achieved more Gold & Platinum sales awards than any other Australian Artist.
