Footy Legends

Infobox Film
name = Footy Legends


caption = Promotional poster for "Footy Legends".
director = Khoa Do
producer = Khoa Do
writer = Khoa Do
starring = Anh Do
Angus Sampson
Emma Lung
Claudia Karvan
cinematography = Martin McGrath
editing = Suresh Ayyar
distributor = Roadshow Entertainment
released = August 3, 2006
runtime = 90 min.
country = Australia
language = English
imdb_id = 0477647|

"Footy Legends" is a 2006 Australian film, directed, written and producted by Khoa Do, starring Anh Do, Angus Sampson, Emma Lung and Claudia Karvan. It was filmed in and around Sydney, Australia. "Footy Legends" was released in Australia on 3 August 2006.

Tagline: Tackle life head on.

Cast

Plot

Set in Sydney's western suburbs, "Footy Legends" tells the story of Luc Vu (Anh Do), a young Vietnamese Australian man with an obsession about rugby league. Out of work and with welfare authorities threatening to take away his little sister (Lisa Saggers), Luc re-unites his old high school "footy" team and wins a competition that offers a Holden Ute and a modelling job for Lowes Menswear as its prize. It is mostly comedy which is underpinned with serious social issues affecting western Sydney.

External links

*imdb title|title=Footy Legends|id=0477647
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A696176;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Footy Legends at the National Film and Sound Archive]