Sample People

Sample People
Directed by	Clinton Smith
Starring	Kylie Minogue Simon Lyndon
Release date	2000 (2000)
Country	Australia
Language	English
Box office	A$47,252 (Australia)[1]

Sample People is a 2000 Australian film, directed by Clinton Smith. It is about the entanglements of twelve people in one weekend in Sydney.

The film was originally going to be made for $60,000 but prior to filming it was decided to seek more money.^[2] Despite being set in Sydney, it was shot in Adelaide.^[3]

Plot

Within the film run multiple plot lines, with the plot and characters intersecting and influencing each other. The seemingly unrelated stories ultimately come together.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was released through Mushroom Records. The album peaked at number 38 on the ARIA Charts.

Festival Mushroom Records – D32146

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Vocals	Length
1.	"Space Theme (Score)"	Rafael May	Rafael May	1:41
2.	"Horror Movie"	Greg Macainsh	sonicanimation	3:11
3.	"Take a Long Line"	Doc Neeson, John Brewster, Rick Brewster	Grinspoon	3:09
4.	"Don't Change"	Garry Gary Beers, Andrew Farriss, Jon Farriss, Tim Farriss, Kirk Pengilly, Michael Hutchence	4 Star	4:19
5.	"Night For a Play (Score)"	Rafael May	Matthew Wilkinson	2:49
6.	"One Step Ahead"	Neil Finn	Kiley Gaffney	3:12
7.	"Gangsta Beats (Score)"	Rafael May	Rafael May	2:45
8.	"Sweet, Sweet Love"	Russell Morris	Russell Morris	4:16
9.	"Boy from the Stars"	Jim Keays	The Mavis's	4:27
10.	"I Like It Both Ways"	Chris Burnham, Joe Burnham, Gary Twinn, Randall Murphy	Not From There	3:47
11.	"Alone with You"	Jeremy Oxley	The Superjesus	2:57
12.	"Aja Aja"	Rafael May	Mintu Kumar, Nisha Bhasin	2:14
13.	"Discone"	Pnau	Pnau	4:36
14.	"Who Listens to the Radio"	Stephen Cummings, Andrew Pendlebury	The Whitlams	3:20
15.	"Howzat"	Garth Porter, Tony Mitchell	Custard	3:51
16.	"Space Shiva"	Rafael May	Inga Liljestrom	1:50
17.	"Gay Sex Guru"	Jimmy Street	Jimmy Street	2:55
18.	"The Real Thing"	Johnny Young	Kylie Minogue	3:18

Charts

Chart (2000)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	38

Cast

• Kylie Minogue as Jess
• Ben Mendelsohn as John
• Simon Lyndon as Andy
• David Field as TT
• Paula Arundell as Cleo
• Joel Edgerton as Sem
• Nathalie Roy as DJ Lush Puppy
• Nathan Page as Len
• Justin Rosniak as Joey
• Mathew Wilkinson as Gus
• Gandhi MacIntyre as Phil
• Dorian Nkono as Shiva

Release

The film was given a limited theatrical release, opening in Sydney and Melbourne on 11 May 2000. It then had a release on home video on 27 September 2000.^[5]

References

1. "Australian Films at the Australian Box Office", Film Victoria accessed 13 November 2012
2. Andrew Urban, "SMITH, CLINTON: SAMPLE PEOPLE", Urban Cinefile accessed 15 November 2012
3. Sample People at JJJ Film reviews accessed 15 November 2012
4. "Australiancharts.com – Soundtrack – SAMPLE PEOPLE". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
5. Sample People (2000). Ozmovies. Retrieved 2019-12-21.

External links

• Sample People at IMDb
• Sample People at Urban Cinefile
• Sample People at Ozmovies