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Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Contrary. Passionate. Outspoken. Over 45 years Midnight Oil helped shape modern Australia. This is their trailblazing story for the first time on film.

Director

Paul Clarke

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Blink TV,Beyond Entertainment

Awards

1 nomination

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[audience cheering,
applauding faintly] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[audience cheering, applauding faintly]

Oils! Oils! - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[camera whirring] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[camera whirring]

♪ Free market
And labour rights♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Free market And labour rights♪

♪ Women's vote
And hunger strikes♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Women's vote And hunger strikes♪

[indistinct chatter] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[indistinct chatter]

♪ Please don't say
That nobody...♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Please don't say That nobody...♪

♪ Standing up to those
Who sell fear♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Standing up to those Who sell fear♪

[camera whirring] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[camera whirring]

♪ We resist♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ We resist♪

[car engine revving] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[car engine revving]

[reporter 2] The people of
Australia go to the polls today - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[reporter 2] The people of Australia go to the polls today

About six and a half million
electors are entitled to vote... - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

About six and a half million electors are entitled to vote.....

-["Lucky Country" playing]
-[lawn mower whirring] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-["Lucky Country" playing] -[lawn mower whirring]

[indistinct chatter] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[indistinct chatter]

-And maybe it was.
-[children exclaiming] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-And maybe it was. -[children exclaiming]

[phone ringing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[phone ringing]

-[machines whirring]
-[indistinct clamouring] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-[machines whirring] -[indistinct clamouring]

[indistinct clamouring] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[indistinct clamouring]

[mid-tempo music playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[mid-tempo music playing]

I didn't know that many people
that played music - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

I didn't know that many people that played music

It was just Rob,
Andrew James and Jim... - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

It was just Rob, Andrew James and Jim...

-[young Jim] Swampy Moose!
-[guitar playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-[young Jim] Swampy Moose! -[guitar playing]

[Jim] It was a bit of a shock,
as it always is with people, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Jim] It was a bit of a shock, as it always is with people,

And then the music came along - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

And then the music came along

[young Jim] Repeat! [chuckles] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[young Jim] Repeat! [chuckles]

[Rob] There'd never be any
Midnight Oil music at all - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Rob] There'd never be any Midnight Oil music at all

We just kind of
hit it off immediately - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

We just kind of hit it off immediately

-[guitar playing]
-[indistinct chatter] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-[guitar playing] -[indistinct chatter]

Bands like Tamam Shud
and guitar bands. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Bands like Tamam Shud and guitar bands.

It was... was horrendous, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

It was... was horrendous,

[upbeat music playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[upbeat music playing]

-["Head Over Heels" playing]
-[guitar playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-["Head Over Heels" playing] -[guitar playing]

And I think he thought - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

And I think he thought

♪ Head over heels♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Head over heels♪

They were very different kinds
of people from me, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

They were very different kinds of people from me,

[Jim] He seemed
much more grown up - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Jim] He seemed much more grown up

[introspective music playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[introspective music playing]

You know, they feel incredibly
collectively responsible - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

You know, they feel incredibly collectively responsible

[audience cheering] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[audience cheering]

But Rob writes
a beautiful melody - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

But Rob writes a beautiful melody

-[audience cheering]
-[screams] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-[audience cheering] -[screams]

Without his fine-tuning
of the message, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Without his fine-tuning of the message,

[mid-tempo music playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[mid-tempo music playing]

The bottom line is that
Midnight Oil is much more - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

The bottom line is that Midnight Oil is much more

-[camera whizzing]
-["Used And Abused" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

-[camera whizzing] -["Used And Abused" playing]

♪ I said♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Rob] We basically formed
as a kind of a prog-surf band, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Rob] We basically formed as a kind of a prog-surf band,

♪ And I was taken to the man♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ And I was taken to the man♪

[John] There was something
about the period - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[John] There was something about the period

[Rob] So that's when we started - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Rob] So that's when we started

♪ The smile of disbelief♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ The smile of disbelief♪

And at the time, do it yourself - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

And at the time, do it yourself

["Back on the Borderline"
playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

["Back on the Borderline" playing]

[Peter] And occasionally
a large and fat gentleman - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Peter] And occasionally a large and fat gentleman

["Bus to Bondi" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

["Bus to Bondi" playing]

♪ I'm making an inroad
To my one and only♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ I'm making an inroad To my one and only♪

♪ Then I'll stop the games♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Then I'll stop the games♪

♪ Then I'll shop
At New World♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Then I'll shop At New World♪

[Rob] So we started off
at the Antler - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Rob] So we started off at the Antler

And then we started packing
this surf pub out. - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

And then we started packing this surf pub out.

♪ I've decided
I'm here to stay♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ I've decided I'm here to stay♪

[Nick] There's a bunch of kids
who played out their best - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Nick] There's a bunch of kids who played out their bes...

It was a whirlpool of sweat
and human bodies - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

It was a whirlpool of sweat and human bodies

Everybody just descended
to the same level - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Everybody just descended to the same level

[synth warbling] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[synth warbling]

[Peter] And I think,
in those days, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Peter] And I think, in those days,

[upbeat music playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[upbeat music playing]

...and that could have
grave consequences - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

...and that could have grave consequences

♪ Who can wear the fashion?♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Who can wear the fashion?♪

So I had to announce - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

So I had to announce

[Jim] You know,
you had to be fit to sort of - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Jim] You know, you had to be fit to sort of

[Andrew] There was no way
that the band - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Andrew] There was no way that the band

I was just a young,
blue-collar worker - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

I was just a young, blue-collar worker

♪ Playing games
With the light♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Playing games With the light♪

And that very much
changed the image of the band - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

And that very much changed the image of the band

["Run by Night" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

["Run by Night" playing]

♪ We all run by night♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ We all run by night♪

...before we even played a note,
he's destroyed the stage - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

...before we even played a note, he's destroyed the sta...

[guitar playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[guitar playing]

He lost his mum - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

He lost his mum

I think if anyone
witnesses their mum - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

I think if anyone witnesses their mum

Suddenly they had
no money, no home, - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Suddenly they had no money, no home,

[Peter] The fact
that I couldn't rescue my mum - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Peter] The fact that I couldn't rescue my mum

[guitar playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[guitar playing]

["Stand in Line" playing] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

["Stand in Line" playing]

♪ Get around, get around
All that money in the ground♪ - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

♪ Get around, get around All that money in the ground♪

[Peter] But by the late '70s,
right-wing governments - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

[Peter] But by the late '70s, right-wing governments

Young people
were quite marginalised - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

Young people were quite marginalised

And we didn't have
any money either. [chuckles] - Midnight Oil: The Hardest Line

And we didn't have any money either. [chuckles]

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Contrary. Passionate. Outspoken. Over 45 years Midnight Oil helped shape modern Australia. This is their trailblazing story for the first time on film.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Paul Clarke

Writer: Paul Clarke

Production: Blink TV,Beyond Entertainment

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.8

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 05 Jun 2024

Awards: 1 nomination

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