Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy
“To understand the man, you must meet the boy.”
2018•M•1h 44m•5.9•Released
DocumentaryMusic
With nine #1 albums to his name, Jimmy Barnes is one of Australia’s greatest rock icons. But his success masked a life of hardship and abuse, where the music that once saved him from oblivion almost came back to destroy him. Before Jimmy Barnes was Jimmy Barnes, he was James Dixon Swan, a troubled kid from the mean streets of Glasgow – and the even meaner streets of North Adelaide – trying to survive against a backdrop of addiction, alcoholism, poverty and abuse. For Jimmy, escape was the only option and he found it with a band called Cold Chisel. But the rock’n’roll lifestyle has its own temptations and the scars of childhood are always waiting to take you home. Based on the bestselling memoir and directed by veteran Australian filmmaker Mark Joffe, Working Class Boy is both an inspiring story of rock and redemption told in Barnes’ own words and an unflinchingly honest reflection on fame, creativity and depression.
Director
Mark Joffe
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Jimmy Barnes
Himself
David Campbell
Himself
Mahalia Barnes
Herself
Jane Barnes
Herself
Ian Moss
Himself
Don Walker
Himself
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Company
Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder
Producer
Toni Malone
Producer
Mark Joffe
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