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Old 10-06-2006, 12:48 PM   #1
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I couldn't see anything mentioned here so I'll apologise in advance if this is a repost.

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V8 SUPERCARS News Tuesday, 2nd May 2006

Bathurst movie in the making.

An Australian film based loosely on the legendary Bathurst 1000 Australian Touring Car race is set to be produced, with 2003 Australian Idol runner-up Shannon Noll hot-tipped to play the feature role.

Noll, a member of Australia's country singing contingent, rose to prominence in the inaugural Australian Idol competition – of the same structure to the British Pop Idol phenomenon – and has admitted to the Herald Sun newspaper that he has been reading the script for the movie.

"I've got the script and I'm really excited about it -- I think it would be fantastic," he told the Herald Sun.

However whilst Noll may be in pole position for the title role, it would be ironic if he portrayed a Peter Brock-type character. For many years, Brock – a nine times Bathurst champion – utilised the competition number 05 due to his sponsorship from the Melbourne Transport Accident Commission's drink driving campaign. Noll was last year caught with a blood alcohol reading over the .05 limit.


Whilst a Bathurst film may require significant licensing from motorsport authorities such as the V8 Supercar Championship or the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, the enhanced profile it would bring to the Bathurst 1000 event would be beneficial – despite strong recent ratings performances amidst Holden's dominance of the even for the previous seven years.

The real life Bathurst 1000 will be contested in October as a two-driver V8 Supercar enduro.

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Old 10-06-2006, 12:52 PM   #2
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*shudders as I think about how "Days of Thunder" represented the Nascar world*
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Old 10-06-2006, 01:18 PM   #3
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Shannon Noll? oh dear....
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Old 10-06-2006, 01:32 PM   #4
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Leave the legend alone, we don't need a corny movie to enhance the profile of the Bathurst race. As for Shannon Noll, he may be a better actor than he is a singer, which in his case wouldn't be too difficult.
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Old 10-06-2006, 01:43 PM   #5
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Not shannon noll....bloody hell!!
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Old 10-06-2006, 02:05 PM   #6
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It's very difficult to make decent motor-sport movies, normally they add in all sorts of rubbish like a romance or a rival competitor who wants to kill the lead actor to make it appeal to a wider audience.
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Old 10-06-2006, 03:21 PM   #7
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Shannon Noll, sh1t!!! I'm giving up this car stuff and buying a fast boat instead...
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Old 10-06-2006, 11:09 PM   #8
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Apparently the movie is centred around Dick Johnson's infamous rock inceident... With Shannon Noll starring as the rock!
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Old 10-06-2006, 11:15 PM   #9
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Apparently the movie is centred around Dick Johnson's infamous rock inceident... With Shannon Noll starring as the rock!
: Id pay to see that! And Il pay that call as well! :sm_headba
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is shannon going to be driving a big black shinny car??
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Old 11-06-2006, 12:19 AM   #11
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[QUOTE=jason71]is shannon going to be driving a big black shinny car??


: : : : no he will be driving his mate : : : : : : :
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Official website is here - http://www.kotm-themovie.com
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Old 11-06-2006, 08:45 AM   #13
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"The drama unfolds as local boy racer Pace McDermott battles the law, hard core street hoods, and a love drama in order to gain a place in the town's race team which will compete in a 24 hour endurance race."

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Old 11-06-2006, 03:09 PM   #14
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"The drama unfolds as local boy racer Pace McDermott battles the law, hard core street hoods, and a love drama in order to gain a place in the town's race team which will compete in a 24 hour endurance race."

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Thinks of that crappy Driven movie and shudders. You can already tell this movie will be an absolute failure. So corny.
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Old 11-06-2006, 03:14 PM   #15
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Days of Thunder meets Fast n the Furious, made in Australia on a crappy 2 million budget for the youth market. It will most likely end up going straight to DVD.

It has the makings of a fine piece of cinema- not

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Old 11-06-2006, 04:04 PM   #16
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The sad thing is that no matter how crappy we all say its going to be....as soon as its released on dvd we will all probably go down to the local vid shop and grab it for a veiwing! hah! I know I will
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Old 11-06-2006, 04:20 PM   #17
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.... Americanisation of our great race? Hoods!? We dont have hoods here. We've got bogans. Scumrats... but not HOODS! Closest thing is wannabe gangsters who wear all that Kappa and Dada shisen.Bah!

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Old 11-06-2006, 04:36 PM   #18
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so some kid bangs the daughter of the owner of a bathurst team to get in?
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