Boytown
The movie tells the story of the greatest boyband of the eighties as its members leave their humdrum lives for one last crack at the big time…
The movie tells the story of the greatest boyband of the eighties as its members leave their humdrum lives for one last crack at the big time. They return to the stage with slightly older fans and slightly larger pants to complete some unfinished business.
Spearheading the BoyTown reunion is Benny G (Glenn Robbins) who, despite being happily married to former pop-princess Holly (Sally Phillips) and the proud father of fourteen year-old Katie (Sarah Walker) secretly loves to reminisce about the glory days when he was part of a chart-topping boyband.
Benny sets about tracking down the other band members and with some difficulty talks Tommy Boy (Mick Molloy), Bobby Mac (Bob Franklin), Carl (Wayne Hope) and Corey (Gary Eck) into giving BoyTown one more go.
Still contracted to their old record company, the boys convince fast-talking label boss Marty Boomstein (Lachy Hulme) into letting them release a comeback album. Despite the bands' best efforts, the new BoyTown material fails to impress the record buying public. It seems the BoyTown dream is over for good until Benny G has a brainwave – why isn't the band writing songs for women of their own age?
Casting aside their old songs about tears, eternity, angels and their 'baby', the boys begin to focus on singing about divorce, shopping and picking up the kids from school. Middle-aged women the world over respond to the magic of the reinvented BoyTown, album sales skyrocket and the band embarks on a triumphant world tour.
But as the tour draws to a conclusion, all the personal issues that have been safely buried away for the past twenty years come bubbling to the surface with explosive consequences. Suddenly the band has to deal with allegations of infidelity; paternity tests; a miming fiasco; a band member 'outing' himself live on stage; an awards night disaster; solo albums; a mysterious disappearance and a plane journey that will cement the BoyTown legend forever.
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