Working Class Boy

Working Class Boy

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Musician | Biography

  • Duration: 1h 44min
  • Award(s): Peoples Choice 2018 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Better Man, EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
  • Story:
    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.
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STORY

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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.

AWARDS

Nominations
Peoples Choice Award

Best Documentary | 2018

AACTA Award

Best Feature Length Documentary | 2018

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Star Jimmy Barnes wore a kilt to this film's World Premiere signifying his Scottish ancestral roots. Part of the doco shot in Glasgow, Scotland.

Jimmy Barnes donated the royalties from this documentary film's soundtrack album sales to charity.

Jimmy Barnes has said: "Everyone wanted to do a TV miniseries like Molly or Olivia Newton-John and I told them it is just not happening. I wanted it to be true to the book. We're dealing with sensitive issues, sensitive to me, my family, my siblings, my friends and I didn't want to glamorise it or play down the gravity of the violence of abuse."

A Q&A with Jimmy Barnes and director Mark Joffe was held at the conclusion of the film's August 2018 World Premiere in Melbourne, Australia - and this is included on the Australian DVD/Blu-Ray editions.

Jimmy Barnes was nervous to see how his life played out in this documentary.

Popular Dialogues

"[first lines] Jimmy Barnes: I was born James Dixon Swan. This is the story of how I became Jimmy Barnes."