Footy Legends

Footy Legends
Directed by	Khoa Do
Produced by	Megan McMurchy
Written by	Khoa Do, Anh Do and Suzanne Do
Starring	Anh Do Angus Sampson Emma Lung Claudia Karvan
Cinematography	Martin McGrath
Edited by	Suresh Ayyar
Distributed by	Icon Film Distribution & Fortissimo Films
Release dates	3 August 2006
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English, Vietnamese

Footy Legends is a 2006 Australian film, directed and co-written by Khoa Do, produced by Megan McMurchy, starring Khoa's older brother Anh Do, Angus Sampson, Emma Lung and Claudia Karvan. It was filmed in and around Sydney, Australia, mostly in the western suburbs. Footy Legends was released in Australia on 3 August 2006.

Plot

Set in Sydney's western suburbs, Footy Legends tells the story of Luc Vu (Anh Do), a young Vietnamese Australian man with an obsession about rugby league football. Out of work and with welfare authorities threatening to take away his little sister (Lisa Saggers), because their parents are dead and Luc is deemed incapable of being a responsible guardian, Luc re-unites his old Yagoona High School "footy" team—whose members are now facing social problems such as long-term unemployment, drug addictions, the after-effects of teenage parenting—and wins a competition that offers a Holden Ute and a modelling job for Lowes Menswear as its prize. It is mostly comedy which is underpinned with serious social issues affecting western Sydney.

The film features Vietnamese-language dialogue between Vu, Anne, and their aged grandfather.

Cast

Actor	Role
Anh Do	Luc Vu
Angus Sampson	Lloydy
Lisa Saggers	Anne
Paul Nakad	Walid
Steven Rooke	Terry
Emma Lung	Jasmyne
Peter Phelps	Billy Major
Claudia Karvan	Alison Berry
Andrew Voss	Himself
Matthew Johns	Himself
Rod Wishart	Himself
Brett Kenny	Himself
Brad Clyde	Himself
Cliff Lyons	Himself

The film also features cameos from such ex-footballers Rod Wishart, Brett Kenny, Brad Clyde and Cliff Lyons, who play for Double Bay, the team that Vu's Yagoona defeat in the final in the film.

Box office

Footy Legends grossed $7.20 at the box office in Australia.

See also

• Cinema of Australia

External links

• Footy Legends at IMDb
• Footy Legends at the National Film and Sound Archive