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David Williamson (written by)
Release Date:
November 1975 (USA)
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When he wasn't fighting...he was getting in OTHER trouble! [Video Australia] more
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Tony Petersen, a married electrician and ex-footballer, goes to university to study English. Petersen is odd man out at the uni...
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Good film of its day, but a bit muddled.
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jack Thompson | ... | Tony Petersen | |
| Jacki Weaver | ... | Susie Petersen | |
| Wendy Hughes | ... | Dr. Patricia 'Trish' Kent | |
| Belinda Giblin | ... | Moira | |
| Arthur Dignam | ... | Prof. Charles Kent | |
| Charles 'Bud' Tingwell | ... | Father | |
| Helen Morse | ... | Jane | |
| John Ewart | ... | Peter | |
| David Phillips | ... | Heinz | |
| Christine Amor | ... | Annie | |
| Sandra McGregor | ... | Marge | |
| Joey Hohenfels | ... | Debbie | |
| Amanda Hunt | ... | Carol | |
| George Mallaby | ... | Executive | |
| Anne Scott-Pendlebury | ... | Peggy (as Anne Pendlebury) |
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'Jock' Petersen (USA)
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107 min | USA:97 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Tony Petersen:
If you tried your best, and you still fail, it can only mean one thing... you are a dumb prick.
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Featured in Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)
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I certainly support wholeheartedly the sentiments expressed in other comments. They almost "say it all". Only a few additional comments.
The film seems a little uncertain of itself. Is it a drama? A comedy? A statement of University life in the 70s? A vehicle for some soft-core porn? It certainly is all of those, but which is the foreground and which is the background?
The funniest part of this movie would have to be where Petersen, heavily disguised as who-only-knows, prepares to have sex in public on the grounds of Melbourne University. It's good to see that this part of the movie, at least, doesn't take itself seriously.
Overall, a very good view of some aspects of mid-70s life. Quite good acting by famous Australian actors/actresses, before they became really famous.