Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
March 20, 2008Release Date
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008)
March 20, 2008Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Danielle Catanzariti
Esther Blueburger
Toni Collette
Mary / Executive Producer
Cassandra Jinman
The Slug
Talia Monaghan
Ribbon 1
Essie Davis
Grace Blueburger
Yen Yen Stender
Ribbon 2
Jonny Pasvolsky
Mr. Hooper
Laura Kettle
Ribbon 3
Lucy Carey
Ribbon 4
Tisha Adey
Ribbon 5
Leticia Monaghan
Prefect
Edwin Hodgeman
Rabbi
Russell Dykstra
Osmond Blueburger / Music Teacher
Christian Byers
Jacob Blueburger
Vanessa Downing
Music Teacher
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Sunni
Cathy Randall
Director
Poh Ling Yeow
Sales Assistant
Bridget Walters
Mrs Rosen
Miriam Stein
Producer
Esme Proudman
Mrs. Silverman
Guy Gross
Composer
Deidre Rubenstein
Mrs. Fleisher
Anna Howard
Cinematographer
Tony Mack
Science Teacher
Elise Champion
Helen
Dany Cooper
Editor
Nikita Adams
Piper
Anousha Zarkesh
CastingDirector
Nell Hanson
ProductionDesigner
Daniela Ganter
Alex
Alex DeGaris-Boot
Braces Boy
Mark Gaweda
Psychiatrist
Paul Blackwell
Mr. Duke
Lyn Pike
Sunii's Grandmother
Joey Kennedy
Policewoman
Caitlin McDougall
Miss Koolkats
Patrick Frost
Sunni's Grandfather
Phil Judd
Sound Mixer
Angela Heesom
Casting
Jane Sullivan
Production Manager
Janie Parker
Art Direction
Richard Boué
Stunt Coordinator
Paul Mac
Additional Music
Stephen Hays
Executive Producer
Liam Egan
Sound Designer
Harry Clein
Associate Producer
Des Kenneally
Sound Recordist
Glen W. Johnson
Set Decoration
Yulia Akerholt
Sound Effects Editor
Matt Nettheim
Still Photographer
Roger Dowling
Additional Photography
Tony Murtagh
Dialogue Editor
Dean Gould
Stunt Coordinator
Annette van Moorsel
Stunt Double
Heather Ogilvie
Executive Producer
Shareen Beringer
Costume Designer
Paul Shakeshaft
First Assistant 'A' Camera
Shane Thomas
Key Hair Stylist / Key Makeup Artist
Joan Sauers
Script Editor
Ruth Coady
Production Secretary
Paul Kiely
Script Supervisor
Chris Webb
First Assistant Director
Norman Parkhill
Music Supervisor
Sally Clarke
Production Coordinator
Duncan Thompson
Script Editor
Hilda Somarriba
Publicist
Kate Seeley
Costume Supervisor
Max Lyandvert
Music Arranger
Paul Spencer
Construction Manager
Teena Mestres
Assistant Editor
Sam Oster
Still Photographer
Anton Rosenberg
Executive Producer
Kristin Andersons
Associate Producer
Jessica Hatherall
Associate Producer
Rebecca Wong
Associate Producer
Ernie Clarke
Additional Photography
Jen Lamphee
Hair Designer / Makeup Designer
Melissa Dunstone
Location Manager
Leanne Ringelstein
Choreographer
Yolanda Schwartzer
Stunt Double
Details.
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.