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The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
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14 July 1985 (USA)
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A movie felt never so refreshing!
Plot:
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration...
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8 nominations
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strangely sweet
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Eric Roberts | ... | Becker |
 | Greta Scacchi | ... | Terri |
| Bill Kerr | ... | T. George McDowell |
| Chris Haywood | ... | Kim |
| Kris McQuade | ... | Juliana |
| Max Gillies | ... | Frank Hunter |
 | Tony Barry | ... | Bushman |
| Paul Chubb | ... | Fred |
| David Slingsby | ... | Waiter |
| Tim Finn | ... | Philip |
| Colleen Clifford | ... | Mrs. Haversham |
| Rebecca Smart | ... | DMZ |
| Esben Storm | ... | Country Hotel Manager |
| Steve Dodd | ... | Mr. Joe |
 | Ian Gilmour | ... | Marjorie |
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98 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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This film was produced without the knowledge or consent of the international offices of the Coca-Cola Company. However, since both the company and its product were depicted so favorably in the film (as well as the film being free advertising), they took no legal action against the parties involved.
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Continuity: Just after Becker takes the old lady from the Tiger Moth and carries her over to his Jeep, the airplane has turned around by itself and moved over to the side of the road.
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References Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964)
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Waltzing Matilda
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This film is not without flaws. It is quirky at times, to the point of being disorienting. But it is dotted with poignant moments so profound that I am thoroughly inclined to forgive its minor problems. Eric Roberts is enigmatic, while still being sympathetic. It is an interesting course of development that in the beginning of the film, he is the strangest thing we see and by the end, we find him overwhelmed by the strangeness and complexity of the world he has entered. And in the end, the filmmaker takes perhaps the boldest risk of all, which is to end a film of unrelenting madness, with a simple romantic tie-up (and a strange quip about the end of the world, but whatever...) The comedy works, the characters are appealing, the message is simple yet profound and the music (by the brothers Finn and other ex-members of the Split Enz) is outstanding. What more could you ask for in a movie?