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Harry HayesLee Simeone

You Better Take Cover

  • Music
  • Documentary

The Story of Men at Work and a Little Kookaburra.

RELEASE

2015-05-04

BUGET

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LENGTH

29 min

Description

A film about Men At Work, their hit single Down Under, and the Kookaburra controversy. The band were sued for copyright infringement and faced the label of 'plagiarists', 35 years after their success. An examination of the organic development of the song, its commercial success and cultural significance and questions the relationship between art and law, influence and copyright.

Reviews

Simon Foster

@Simon Foster

"Local audiences will puff their chests with national pride during scenes of America’s Cup and Commonwealth Game jubilation, but expect teeth to grind when the details of the copyright law court case engineered by Larrikin are brought into cold, greedy focus..."

Read the full review here: http://screen-space.squarespace.com/reviews/2016/6/2/unique-artistry-finds-love-at-melbourne-doc-fest.html