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Overview

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5.9/10   1,268 votes
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Director:
Dusan Makavejev
Writers:
Frank Moorhouse (screenplay)
Denny Lawrence (additional dialogue)
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Release Date:
14 July 1985 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Romance more
Tagline:
A movie felt never so refreshing!
Plot:
An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration... more | add synopsis
Awards:
8 nominations more
User Comments:
An underappreciated gem more

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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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
Country:
Australia
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby

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Trivia:
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. more
Goofs:
Continuity: Becker takes his glasses off twice when Terri's husband enters the office. more
Quotes:
Terri: If we got sex out of the way, we could relax. more
Movie Connections:
References Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) more
Soundtrack:
Home For My Heart more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
An underappreciated gem, 7 July 1999
Author: Jim Corrigan from Newton, MA

The Coca-Cola Kid is sort of an Australian version of Local Hero, with the crucial difference that it's much darker.

In short, it is about Coca-Cola being brought to the one place on earth where the locals don't already drink it, but it turns out there's a good reason why they don't drink it.

This movie should have put Eric Roberts on the map more than it did. It certainly put Greta Scacchi on the map. She plays the daughter of the local softdrink seller, and she's very good, as is Roberts. The scene where he holds a glass of Coke aloft while describing it in near-poetic terms is great satire.

For hormonal appeal, the scene where they sleep together on a bed of white feathers is as erotic as anything I've ever seen. At the end, when she smiles at him, suggesting a reprise of that scene, the effect is devastating.

This movie is full of good scenes. My personal favorite is the "Waltzing Matilda" scene, which I'd rather not give away.

I was surprised at the negative tone of the other comments. This movie deserves a look, so check it out.

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