YEAR:
2005
WRITER/DIRECTOR:
Cathy Henkel
PRODUCERS:
Cathy Henkel and Jeff Canin
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WORLD PREMIERE:
Adelaide Film Festival, supported by Adelaide Film Festival Fund.
BROADCAST:
ABC (Australia), BBC4 and BBC1 (UK), RTE (Ireland), CBC (Canada) and many other broadcasters.
SELECTED:
Melbourne, Brisbane and DOCNZ International Film Festivals.
NOMINATED:
Film Critics Circle of Australia: Best Documentary and DVDA Brilliant Awards, Best Theatrical Film DVD.
SYNOPSIS
An intimate and deeply personal portrait of comic genius Spike Milligan through the eyes of his brother, three daughters and third wife. Each saw a very different side of this complex and multifaceted man who forever changed English comedy and trampled on the notions of decorum and deference. For the first time his family have opened up their personal archives to reveal Spike as a brilliant, tortured and visionary man who trod the thin line between genius and debilitating depression.