Cold Chisel are the quintessential Aussie band who wrote the soundtrack for a generation.

The empowering 1979 classic Australian film My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored as part of the NFSA Restores program.

The empowering 1979 classic Australian film My Brilliant Career has been digitally restored as part of the NFSA Restores program. 

Film Synopsis

A dinner party scene in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn and Sam Neill as Harry Beecham in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

Judy Davis as Sybylla Melvyn in My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, Australia, 1979).

See highlights from our 1970s music television panel 'Right There On My TV', featuring Lee Simon and John Paul Young, at the 2018 St Kilda Film Festival.

This image captures one of the most disastrous, yet charming, moments in the history of Australian television.