Puberty blues is a 1981 australian comingofage film directed by bruce beresford. Australian tv comes of age puberty blues johnbrawley. The remake of the 1979 australian novel by gabrielle carey and kathy lette was the second most watched show in the key advertising demographics of 1849, 1639 and 25. As an adult, lette became a newspaper columnist and sitcom writer, but returned to the novel form with girls night out in 1988 and has since written several more novels and plays, including foetal attraction, mad cows and dead sexy. Puberty blues 1979 is a novel by the australian writers gabrielle carey and kathy lette. To ingratiate themselves into the greenhill gang and. Episodes 1,2,7,8,9 by glendyn ivin episodes 2,3 by sean kruck episodes 4,5 by emma freeman. Biographies, castcrew interviews, collectors edition, interactive menu, photo gallery, scene access, trailers, synopsis. Sue obtains the perfect boyfriend, ferris visits graham in hospital in an attempt to make things right, vicki gets married, bruce and danny attempt their first armed robbery, debbie and gary fall in love all. Teenage growing pains told from the girls point of view. Based on the iconic novel puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, the series will move beyond the original pages and explore the mis adve. You need multiregion palntsc dvd player to view it in usacanada.
Jul 15, 1983 puberty blues, which opens today at the cinema studio, is based on a novel of the same name by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which purported to tell all about the mores of surfer teenagers. Puberty blues is an australian cultclassic and its the book that parents give to their children when they become a teenager to dissuade them from experimenting with drugs and sex. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the greenhill gang of. Shot in and around sydneys sutherland shire, the series showcases exceptional acting, writing and film craft, chronicling a special time in australias history, right down to the chiko rolls, choc tops and cheezels. Written by gabrielle carey and kathy lette, the feminist teen novel chronicles the lives of two yearold girls from sydneys sutherland shire who join the greenhill gang surfers in an attempt to gain popularity.
Raw, provocative and blisteringly real, this is an iconic new australian drama headlined by a superb cast including claudia karvan, susie porter, dan wyllie, rodger corser and jeremy lindsay taylor. Puberty blues 1 hours and 27 minutes movie 1981 meet sue, a teenage australian girl in the late 70s, whose life mainly consists of doing what everyone else does watch the surfing boys and have sex with the same surfing boys. Puberty blues is a story about a nation growing up. Download free puberty blues you can download free book and read puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle carey for free here. Based on the autobiographical novel by the outrageous salami sisters kathy lette and gabrielle carey, puberty blues is a comingofage chickflick with bite. Puberty blues series 2 episode 8 5 years ago debbie is finally back in cronulla from boarding school but cant seem to settle back in. Apr 16, 2014 puberty blues season 1 complete episodes free download. A television series based on the novel began airing in 2012.
Puberty blues original soundtrack releases allmusic. Welcome to the puberty blues wiki this wiki is about the australian network ten drama television series, puberty blues in australia 1977, debbie vickers and her best friend susie knight are trying to hang with the greenhills gang and be cool. In the late 1970s, debbie and sue are inseparable teenage girls. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the inspiration for the 1981 film puberty blues. Two years earlier albie thoms palm beach 1979 presented a much darker look at the criminal underbelly within a transient surfing community. Coming of age in the 1970s, puberty blues is about top chicks and surfie spunks and the kids who dont make it, in a world where only the gang and the surf count. A slow, boring, semidocumentary of teenagers in australia. Based on the novel of the same name, written by the infamous salami sisters, namely gabrielle carey and kathy lette, puberty blues traces the adventures of debbie nell schofield, and her lifelong companion sue jad capelja. However, the two popular girls at school, cheryl and vicki, have different plans. Meanwhile, judys world is shaken over annies death and what appears to be martins infidelity. It has long been controversial with adults but much sought out by teenagers for its depictions of adolescent sex. May 11, 2011 puberty blues follows the lives of two sunburnt 16 yearold best friends, raised in the beach city of cronulla in the sutherland shire of south sydney. Puberty blues 1981 nude scenes wed, march 05, 2014 ratings.
Puberty blues struck a chord with teenage audiences when it was released because its depictions of the surfing subculture, and of ritual experimentations with sex and drugs, were refreshingly frank. Set in the 1970s, it follows the misadventures of debbie and sue, two cronulla girls angling to break out of dickheadland into the coolest surfie gang. In 1981, the book was made into a film, directed by bruce beresford, with the girls age changed to 16 for. The story of puberty blues is the adoption of an image in order to be accepted. Ifyou want to download this ebook, i provide downloads as a pdf, kindle, word, txt, ppt, rar and zip. Jul 28, 2017 from the new puberty blues tv show, minus two tracks. Puberty blues is an iconic australian book that based on a witheringly brutal and honest account of two best friends growing up in the misogynistic surf culture of cronulla aka the shire during the 1970s. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, which was also the. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing through the coming. Aug 16, 2012 puberty blues is great entertainment because its both dark and sweet. Nothing really happens until the end, and that was so annoying. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable.
The latest tips and news on puberty blues are on popsugar au. Thankfully the producers havent allowed the plotline to be hijacked by our present amazement at 70s clothes, hair or cooking habits. Their high school ambition to be a part of the popular surfy chick gang, and if you werent a surfy chick you were nobody. Download free puberty blues by kathy lette, gabrielle. Nov 30, 2017 in this wryly observant comedy drama set in the late 70s, two teenage girls from the shire attempt to join the cool surfing crowd. Jul 04, 2012 heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. Totes amaze teen tv shows full episodes recommended for you.
The first episode of puberty blues was broadcast in. Find album release information for puberty blues original soundtrack on allmusic. Set during the late 1970s, the series revolves around the family and friends of debbie and sue, two inseparable teenage friends who are progressing. Puberty blues wins best television drama at the 2nd. With brenna harding, ashleigh cummings, sean keenan, charlotte best. It is based on the 1979 book by kathy lette and gabriel.
In 1986, as a freshfaced archivist, i was working in the nfsa s documentation section when we received a wellloved suitcase from director bruce beresford. Puberty blues 1981 explores the relationship between the sexes within a particular teen surf culture. Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 8 on vimeo. Please wash your hands and practise social distancing. I was a little bit older when i read this book and so i feel like i didnt get as much from it if i had read it at 15 or 16 but nevertheless, i consumed this book. Heres a first look at puberty blues, a brand new australian television series airing on network ten in 2012. Puberty blues tells the story of two girls debbie and sue, of innocence lost and experience gained against the backdrop of australia in the seventies. Puberty blues 2012 subtitles download movie and tv. Weve all been through one or all of those things and i think not a lot has changed since 1979 but the clothes and the drugs of choice. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Puberty blues season 1 complete episodes free download.
The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with. We have 18 episodes of puberty blues in our archive. Based on the iconic novel puberty blues by kathy lette and gabrielle carey, the series will move. Theyre having the time of their lives, hanging out on cronulla beach with the greenhills gang, but theres. On popsugar au you will find everything you need on puberty blues.
Puberty blues 2 puberty blues series 2 episode 1 on vimeo. The film is based on the 1979 novel puberty blues, by gabrielle carey and kathy lette, which is a protofeminist teen novel about two yearold girls from the lower middle class sutherland shire in sydney. The culture, as portrayed in the film, was based on boys being dominant and girls being totally subservient and acquiescing to all of the boys demands. The sexism, the bullying, the infidelity, the deceit and the teenage awkwardness made it uncomfortable to watch at times. Panel vans, driveins, friendship rings and surfie beads. A television adaptation of the 1979 australian novel of the same name. Aug 20, 2012 puberty blues is a retrospective that will appeal to both teens and adults trying to find the wisdom to navigate a childs most turbulent years. Track puberty blues new episodes, see when is the next episode air date, series schedule, trailer, countdown, calendar and more.
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