Street Hero is a 1984 Australian film directed by Michael Pattinson and starring Vince Colosimo, Sigrid Thornton, Sandy Gore, Bill Hunter and Ray Marshall. The film won an AFI award.
Street Hero was nominated for seven AFI awards in 1984 including Best Actor Vince Colosimo, Best Supporting Actress Sandy Gore, Best Supporting Actress Peta Toppano, Best Original Screenplay Jan Sardi, Best Original Music Score Garth Porter, although it only won Best Achievement in Sound.Colosimo, Sardi and Pattinson had previously made Moving Out 1982. When making that film Sardi and Pattinson discovered music teachers would help underprivileged children by encouraging them to become involved in music, which inspired this film. Pattinson took the script to Bonnie Harris of Roadshow Entertainment, who got Paul Dainty involved. ........
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