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Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writers:

Bruce Beresford (writer)
Barry Humphries (writer)

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Release Date:

12 October 1972 (UK) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

Cripes!! The things these pom sheilahs will do in front of a camera !!!! [Australian theatrical daybill movie poster] more

User Comments:

Great movie to watch with a can of Fosters more (11 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Barry Crocker ... Barry McKenzie
Barry Humphries ... Aunt Edna Everage / Hoot / Dr DeLamphrey
Spike Milligan ... Landlord
Peter Cook ... Dominic
Paul Bertram ... Curly
Dennis Price ... Mr. Gort
Avice Landone ... Mrs. Gort
Mary Ann Severne ... Lesley
Jenny Tomasin ... Sarah Gort
Dick Bentley ... Detective
Julie Covington ... Blanche
Judith Furse ... Claude
Christopher Malcolm ... Sean
Maria O'Brien ... Caroline Thighs
Margo Lloyd ... Mrs. McKenzie
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Additional Details

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:R (original rating) | UK:15 (re-rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:M


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Leslie and Claude live in a house called 'Radcliffe Hall'. This is a reference to the novelist Radcliffe Hall, author of the 1928 lesbian novel 'The Well of Loneliness' - at one point Claude asks Edna if she has ever 'dipped into' it. more

Goofs:

Continuity: In Caroline Thigh's flat Barry empties the curried chicken and prawn aphrodisiac down his boxers, staining his t-shirt. When he is thrown out of her flat the t-shirt is clean. more

Quotes:

Dominic: Lesley, I don't know where we went wrong... I'm sure it was 50% your fault... more


FAQ

what kind of hat does Bazza Wear?
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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Great movie to watch with a can of Fosters, 13 October 2001
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Author: wayne peake from Sydney Australia

I love this movie like no other. Another time I will try to explain its virtues to the uninitiated, but for the moment let me quote a few of pieces the remarkable dialogue, which, please remember, is all tongue in cheek. Aussies and Poms will understand, everyone else-well?

(title song lyric)"he can sink a beer, he can pick a queer, in his latest double-breasted Bondi gear."

(another song lyric) "All pommies are bastards, bastards, or worse, and England is the a**e-hole of the universe."

(during a television interview on an "arty program"): Mr Mackenzie what artists have impressed you most since you've been in England? (Barry's response)Flamin' bull-artists!

(while chatting up a naive young pom girl): Mr Mackenzie, I suppose you have hordes of Aboriginal servants back in Australia? (Barry's response) Abos? I've never seen an Abo in me life. Mum does most of the solid yacca (ie hard work) round our place.

This is just a taste of the hilarious farce of this bonser Aussie flick. If you can get a copy of it, watch and enjoy.

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