A successful Australian writer discovers that he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to reconnect with his estranged wife and daughter.
Originally, Waters' character was meant to board a plane to Los Angeles, with no one knowing he had returned home to die.
[5] Howson placed significant emphasis on the film's music: We recorded a great deal of those songs in LA with people like Richie Havens, Dan Hill, and Marc Jordan.
It earned songwriters Frank Howson, John Capek, Beeb Birtles, and David Schofield a nomination for the 1989 ARIA Award for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.
Track listing: John Waters earned an AFI Award for Best Actor for his performance in Boulevard of Broken Dreams.