How to watch Australia’s Open in Australia
Australia’s biggest sporting event goes under the microscope in a riveting new documentary.
Australians just love our tennis. Now a new documentary charts the fascinating and often fraught history of our premiere tournament, from its humble beginnings in the 1970s to its current status as the highest-profile sporting event in the country.
How to watch Australia’s Open in Australia
Australia’s Open is now playing in Australian cinemas.
What is Australia’s Open about?
Tennis.
Oh, okay. As the official synopsis breathlessly tells us: “This heart-pumping documentary from The Leadership director Ili Baré thrusts you back to the stadium roars and down-the-line shots, interweaving archival material with footage from some of the Open’s most legendary games. Featuring interviews with sports journalists (Tracey Holmes, George Megalogenis), industry figures (Paul McNamee, Craig Tiley), and players old and new (Pat Cash, Rennae Stubbs, Liam Broady), it also explores sport’s relationship with patriotic pride, athletes’ duality as heroes and humans, and the controversies courted by this million-dollar business. From the producers of The Australian Dream and supported by the MIFF Premiere Fund, Australia’s Open is a candid account that illuminates just how entwined the stories of the tournament and the nation truly are.
The cast of Australia’s Open
Pretty much everyone important in Australian tennis who’s still above ground and more besides, including Bruce McAvaney, Courtney Walsh, Craig Tiley, Damien Cave, Geoff Dyer, George Megalogenis, Jeff Kennett, Jon Werthiem, Josh Frydenberg (Member for Kooyong, former home of the Open), Katrina Adams, Liam Broady, Pat Cash, Paul McNamee, Rennae Stubbs, Shelley Ware, Tracey Holmes.
Australia’s Open trailer
What are the critics saying about Australia’s Open?
Not too much as yet, with reviews looking a bit thin on the ground at the moment. Over at The Curb, Andrew Peirce raved about it, calling the film “…a genuinely compelling and riveting experience that engages on a level grander than the mere spectacle of the sport itself.”
