Australian filmmaker Paul Goldman directs the comedy The Night We Called It a Day, based on the actual events during
Frank Sinatra's 1974 tour stop in Sydney. Joel Edgerton plays Rod Blue, a long-haired rock promoter in Australia during the '70s. He hopes to save his floundering career by spending all his money booking
Frank Sinatra (
Dennis Hopper). But when Sinatra arrives with his girlfriend Barbara Marx (
Melanie Griffith), he insults the locals by calling reporter Hilary Hunter (
Portia de Rossi) "a two-dollar whore." Union leader and future Australian prime minister Bob Hawke (David Field) tries to cancel the tour unless he apologizes, and it's up to Rod and his assistant Audrey (
Rose Byrne) to step in and save the tour.
Tom Burlinson performs Sinatra's vocal parts. The Night We Called It a Day was shown at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide