A Heartbeat Away

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A Heartbeat Away
Directed by Gale Edwards
Written byJulie Kincaide
Produced by Chris Fitchett
Starring William Zappa
Isabel Lucas
Sebastian Gregory
Tammy McIntosh
Mark Furze
Edited by Matt Villa
Music by Guy Gross
Production
company
Pictures in Paradise
Distributed byHoyts
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
CountryAustralia
Language English
Budget$7 million [1] [2]
Box office$118,658 [2]

A Heartbeat Away is a 2011 Australian musical comedy film about a marching band in a small town.

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Plot

A young man with high aspirations as a musician steps up to become the musical director of the local marching band after his father is hurt in a vehicle accident. He has four weeks to drill the band before a major competition.

Cast

Production

Filming started in March 2010. The film was financed by Screen Australia, Screen Queensland, Cutting Edge Pty Ltd and Quickfire Films (UK). [1]

Reception

The film was a box office disappointment, widely considered a commercial and critical flop. During its opening weekend it took $44,204 across 77 screens, giving it a screen average of just $574. [3] [4]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 0% of 12 critics' reviews are positive. [5]

On Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), Craig Mathieson wrote in the conclusion of his review that the film "fails on nearly every count, appearing destined for a long half life in the Bad Movies We Love stakes." [6] For The Age , Jim Schembri highlighted in his review that "he last thing the local film industry needs is a bad film like this." [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "A Heartbeat Away commences shooting", If magazine, 15 February 2010 Archived 9 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14 August 2013
  2. 1 2 Sam Dallas, "Box Office: Insidious posts modest opening", If Magazine 17 May 2011 Archived 24 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine accessed 24 May 2014
  3. ↑ [Box Office numbers: Griff The Invisible, The Reef and A Heartbeat Away by Sam Dallas If Magazine 21 March 2011] accessed 14 August 2013
  4. ↑ "Red Riding Hood delivers big numbers while Aussie films slip" by Sam Dallas If Magazine 28 March 2011 Archived 22 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine accessed 14 August 2013
  5. ↑ "A Heartbeat Away". Rotten Tomatoes . Fandango Media . Retrieved 21 August 2025. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  6. ↑ "A Heartbeat Away Review". SBS. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "A Heartbeat Away". The Age. Retrieved 21 August 2025.


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