Jimmy Barnes: Working Class Boy (2018)
• August 16th, 2018 • 1h 44min
Documentary, Music
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Ulrike Meinhof
Released on: 2006-05-08
Documentary
The authors Johannes Unger and Sascha Adamek follow the traces of Ulrike Meinhof's life. In the docu...
My aunt Toty
Released on: 2016-05-28
Documentary
A look at the life of Toty Rodríguez: An actress who made her career in France during the 60s, a wel...
Wormwood
Released on: 2017-10-22
Documentary, Drama
In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled...
Alberto Spencer, Ecuatoriano de Peñarol
Released on: 2014-11-28
Documentary
Documentary about Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorian-Uruguayan footballer, regarded as the best Ecuadorian ...
Dont Look Back
Released on: 1967-05-17
Documentary, Music
In this wildly entertaining vision of one of the twentieth century’s greatest artists, Bob Dylan is ...
The Making of Sun City
Released on: 1985-01-23
Documentary, Music
Documentary Chronicling the making of Artists United Against Apartheid “Sun City”
JonBenét Ramsey: What Really Happened?
Released on: 2021-01-04
Documentary, TV Movie, Crime
For the first time, exclusive and never before heard audio diaries of legendary detective Lou Smit w...
The Mentors: Kings of Sleaze Rockumentary
Released on: 2017-04-21
Documentary, Music
Documentary on the shock rock group "The Mentors".
Drawn from Memory
Released on: 1995-04-25
Documentary, Animation
Fierlinger concentrates his considerable talents as an animator to recount through fragmented memori...
Beautiful Dreamer
Released on: 1935-12-12
History, Music
The life of Stephen Foster, composer who was the influence for the early Minstrel shows.
Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy
Released on: 1998-02-04
Documentary
A profile of writer-director Billy Wilder
Ganes
Released on: 2007-09-28
Drama, Music
Remu grew up in modest conditions. He dropped out from schoold during his teen age years and is maki...
Ruusu ja kulkuri
Released on: 1948-11-05
Drama, Music, History
The story of Finnish singer Abraham 'Aappo' Ojanperä, who was born in the late 1850s. On his journey...
Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.
Released on: 2017-09-04
Documentary
The first authorized biography of Christopher Wallace, allowing Christopher to narrate his own life ...
Fear of a Black Hat
Released on: 1994-06-03
Comedy, Music
Chronicling the controversial career of bad boys N.W.H. (Niggaz With Hats), this uproarious 'mockume...