Backstage 1988 - Laura Branigan [cc]

Full length movie featuring singer/actress, Laura Branigan. Laura Branigan plays Kate Lawrence, an American pop singer who wants to act, as well as sing. The only job her agent/manager can find is an English play “The Green Year Passes“, being put on by an Australian theatre. Conflict... everywhere. An American singer instead of an Australian actress, an English production being played in Australia and an affair with a critic who is notoriously acidic in his reviews. The filming of Backstage was also full of conflict. It was written and directed by Academy Award nominee Jonathan Hardy. The production company, Boulevard Films, lead by Frank Howson (Who approached and convinced Laura to do the film) couldn’t secure financing. At the time, financing came from the Australian government. The Burrowes Film Group joined the project. Soon, conflict between Burrowes and Howson muddied up the production. Burrowes, initially thought to have limited creative control, decided they wanted more. Howson stated, “I