Gone Lesbo Gone: The Untold Tale of an Unseen Film!
A retrospective documentary on filmmaker Andrew Leavold's debut feature Lesbo-A-Go-Go. This is the tale of a man with big ideas but no budget who assembled a crew and set out to make a faux sixties exploitation film, the kind of film he would want to see though sadly at the time due to the niche nature of the subject matter very few else did. Despite its entrapment in distribution limbo for over a decade, Lesbo-A-Go-Go has garnered a minor cult reputation internationally and this documentary explores the film's sordid production history as well as its enduring legacy. A no-holds-barred tell-all tale with interviews from cast, crew and industry professionals interspersed with never-before-seen alternate takes, bloopers and behind-the-scenes footage from the film.
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Jarret GahanDirectorBudget Cuts
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Jarret GahanWriterBudget Cuts
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Andrew LeavoldProducerThe Search For Weng Weng, The Last Pinoy Action King, Lesbo-A-Go-Go
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Jarret GahanProducerBudget Cuts
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Kimberley SweeneyProducerLesbo-A-Go-Go
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Andrew LeavoldKey CastThe Search For Weng Weng, Escape From The Planet Of The Tapes
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Pauline BellKey CastLesbo-A-Go-GO
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Kimberley SweeneyKey CastLesbo-A-Go-GO
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Caren GuaraldoKey CastLesbo-A-Go-Go
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Fred NegroKey CastBirds Of Destruction, Fred Sounds, Lesbo-A-Go-Go
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Richard WolstencroftKey CastBloodlust, Pearls Before Swine, The Second Coming Volume 1, The Beautiful and Damned,
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Kristen CondonKey CastUnder A Kaleidoscope, Start Options Exit, Lesbo-A-Go-Go
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Geoff CorbettKey CastLesbo-A-Go-Go
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Lloyd BarrettKey Cast
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Glenn CochraneKey Cast
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Dick DaleKey Cast
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Evil DickKey Cast
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Michael HelmsKey Cast
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Gregory HilleardKey Cast
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Kentch HilleardKey Cast
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Michael KlosowskiKey Cast
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Leslie MorrisKey Cast
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Joshua MullinsKey Cast
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Jarret GahanKey Cast
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The Screaming MeaniesScoreThe Search For Weng Weng, The Last Pinoy Action King
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Jarret GahanCinematographerBudget Cuts, Lesbo-A-Go-Go
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AnomieCamera
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Jarret GahanCamera
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Jarret GahanEditor
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Project Type:Documentary, Feature
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Runtime:1 hour 21 minutes 40 seconds
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Completion Date:January 4, 2015
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Production Budget:2,350 AUD
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Country of Origin:Australia
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Country of Filming:Australia
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Brisbane Underground Film FestivalBrisbane QLD, Australia
January 8, 2015
Australian Premiere -
Melbourne Underground Film FestivalMelbourne, VIC, Australia
September 13, 2015
Victorian Premiere
Best Documentary -
Diamond In The Rough Film FestivalSan Jose CA, United States
September 26, 2015
North American Premiere
Special Jury Prize -
I Filmmaker International Film FestivalMarbella, Spain
December 8, 2015
Special Mention
A university film graduate, Jarret Gahan has written, produced & directed a combination of over twenty short films, music videos and documentaries. His recent short 'Budget Cuts' has played to audiences across the world in over eighteen film festivals including Film4 Fright Fest, Monsterfest & Sydney Underground Film Festival. Gahan's most recent work is a feature-length documentary on the troubled 2003 film 'Lesbo-A-Go-Go', titled 'Gone Lesbo Gone: The Untold Tale of an Unseen Film!', it has garnered a number of awards including Best Documentary at the Melbourne Underground Film Festival & a Special Jury Award at the Diamond In The Rough Film Festival.
Filmmaker Jarret Gahan has toiled in short form storytelling for well over a decade, producing everything from award-winning short films to music videos to more recently supplemental features for home entertainment releases. When asked why the transition to feature-length he said “despite it being a logical transition, it was more happenstance in the case of this documentary. Initially it started as a retrospective featurette for a potential DVD release of 'Lesbo-A-Go-Go'. When that release fell through I was left with the featurette and upon reviewing it I realised there was a deeper story to be told and more voices out there to tell it”. When pressed as to what makes this story feature-worthy he responded that “the film 'Lesbo-A-Go-Go' is unlike anything ever produced in Australia, it really is a unique beast and the tale behind its production is both sordid and hilarious but above all inspiring. I believe the documentary to be an accurate and at times an all too honest time-capsule of its production over a decade ago”.