Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)

1h 43m
Running Time

March 20, 2008
Release Date

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)

1h 43m
Running Time

March 20, 2008
Release Date

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120dB Films
Australian Film Commission
Australian Film Finance Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation

Plot.

This film is a smart, rueful and dead-on portrait of life's unending quest to fit in; and the girl who solves it by completely breaking out - introduces a feisty outsider hero unlike any other seen on screen. Esther Blueburger's quest begins when she escapes from her Bat Mitzvah party and is befriended by Sunni.., the effortlessly cool girl who is everything Esther thinks she wants to be. With the help of Sunni, Esther goes away from her ordinary life and leaves behind her malfunctioning Jewish family to hang out with Sunni's far breezier and super-hip single mom Mary and attend Sunni's forbidden public school as a Swedish exchange student.

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Cast & Crew.

Danielle Catanzariti

Danielle Catanzariti

Esther Blueburger

Cassandra Jinman

Cassandra Jinman

The Slug

Toni Collette

Toni Collette

Mary / Executive Producer

Talia Monaghan

Talia Monaghan

Ribbon 1

Essie Davis

Essie Davis

Grace Blueburger

Yen Yen Stender

Yen Yen Stender

Ribbon 2

Jonny Pasvolsky

Jonny Pasvolsky

Mr. Hooper

Laura Kettle

Laura Kettle

Ribbon 3

Tony Mack

Tony Mack

Science Teacher

Elise Champion

Elise Champion

Helen

Dany Cooper

Dany Cooper

Editor

Nikita Adams

Nikita Adams

Piper

Anousha Zarkesh

Anousha Zarkesh

CastingDirector

Daniela Ganter

Daniela Ganter

Alex

Nell Hanson

Nell Hanson

ProductionDesigner

Alex DeGaris-Boot

Alex DeGaris-Boot

Braces Boy

Norman Parkhill

Norman Parkhill

Music Supervisor

Chris Webb

Chris Webb

First Assistant Director

Ernie Clarke

Ernie Clarke

Additional Photography

Heather Ogilvie

Heather Ogilvie

Executive Producer

Anton Rosenberg

Anton Rosenberg

Executive Producer

Max Lyandvert

Max Lyandvert

Music Arranger

Jessica Hatherall

Jessica Hatherall

Associate Producer

Duncan Thompson

Duncan Thompson

Script Editor

Paul Kiely

Paul Kiely

Script Supervisor

Shareen Beringer

Shareen Beringer

Costume Designer

Rebecca Wong

Rebecca Wong

Associate Producer

Tony Murtagh

Tony Murtagh

Dialogue Editor

Paul Mac

Paul Mac

Additional Music

Kristin Andersons

Kristin Andersons

Associate Producer

Kate Seeley

Kate Seeley

Costume Supervisor

Leanne Ringelstein

Leanne Ringelstein

Choreographer

Details.

Release Date
March 20, 2008

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 43m

Budget
$6,000,000

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

woman director
private school
jewish australian

Wiki.

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger is a 2008 Australian independent teen film written and directed by Cathy Randall. It stars Danielle Catanzariti, Keisha Castle-Hughes and Toni Collette. The film follows Jewish 13-year-old Esther (Catanzariti), an outcast at her posh school, where she has no friends. That changes when she meets nonconformist Sunni (Castle-Hughes) from the local public school.

With Esther's character based loosely on her own adolescence, Randall was inspired to write the film's script by what she saw as a lack of role models for teenage girls. In 2002, the script earned her a fellowship to the Los Angeles Film School's Feature Development Programme, where she developed the project, and it was later picked up by Tama Films. Randall returned to Australia for casting, and Catanzariti was eventually chosen in the lead role after she attended an audition for minor roles and extras. Production spanned from October to December 2006, with filming taking place in Adelaide, South Australia and Sydney, New South Wales.

The film premiered on 9 February 2008 at the Berlin International Film Festival and was released in Australia on 20 March 2008. It failed to earn back its A$6 million budget with a total domestic gross of approximately $800,000. The film attracted mixed reviews; some critics praised the originality and the acting, though others found Randall's direction dull and the script poorly written. Catanzariti won the Australian Film Institute's Young Actor Award for her performance, and the film received a further three AFI nominations and a nomination for a Film Critics Circle of Australia Award.

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