Crocodile Dundee (1986)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

Peter Faiman

Writers:

John Cornell (screenplay)
Paul Hogan (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

From the Australian Outback to New York City, Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is about to survive in a different kind of Jungle.

Plot:

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Plot Keywords:

Crocodile | New York | Australian | Australian Outback | Australia

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Paul Hogan	...	Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
Linda Kozlowski	...	Sue Charlton
John Meillon	...	Walter Reilly
David Gulpilil	...	Neville Bell
Ritchie Singer	...	Con
Maggie Blinco	...	Ida
Steve Rackman	...	Donk
Gerry Skilton	...	Nugget
Terry Gill	...	Duffy
Peter Turnbull	...	Trevor
Khristina Totos	...	Rosita (as Christine Totos)
Graham 'Grace' Walker	...	Angelo
David Bracks	...	Burt (Roo Shooter)
Brett Hogan	...	Peter (Roo Shooter)
Mark Blum	...	Richard Mason

Also Known As:

'Crocodile' Dundee (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Norway:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG (tv rating) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rimfire Films

Trivia:

After Mick chases off a group of drunken kangaroo poachers by assuming a kangaroo's carcass and firing a rifle at them from behind it, he turns to the dead kangaroo and says "Good one, Skippy." This is a reference to the 1960s Australian children's show "Skippy" (1966).

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Mick enters the subway at the 59th Street-Columbus Circle station at the end of the film, but the wall tiles feature the number 9, since the scene was filmed at the 9th Avenue station on the BMT Culver Line.

Quotes:

Neville Bell: Oh no, you can't take my photograph.
Sue Charlton: Oh, I'm sorry, you believe it will take your spirit away.
Neville Bell: No, you got lens-cap on it.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Bart vs. Australia (#6.16)" (1995)

Soundtrack:

Live It Up

Charismatic croc goes walkabout in the Big Apple

What a wonderful adventure romance! This is a film that neither my husband, my teenage son, or myself can resist watching time after time, whenever it happens to be on TV.

The movie tells the tale of Mick Dundee, a charismatic adventurer from Walkabout Creek in the Australian outback, who ends up as a 'croc out of water' (as some reviewers have cleverly phrased it) in New York City. Naturally, there's a 'sheila' with him, a love interest in the form of beautiful blonde American journalist, Sue Charlton. The sparks fly between them, the chemistry cooks, and so on.

This movie of course is made solely by the legendary character of Mick Dundee, played to charming perfection by Paul Hogan, both in his native bush and also Big City settings. You'll be in stitches, you'll cheer for him, you'll be amazed at his adaptation of his unique Down Under bush survival skills to the streets of the Big Apple. The knife incident...what can I say? He displays an endearing innocence of the seedier aspects of Big City life, notably its drugs and prostitutes. But it's not only Mick's humour and charisma, this adventurer is a guy with integrity that would put most everyone, rural or urban, Australian or American, to shame.

The greatest supporting role here must surely go to Mick's bush buddy, Wally, who's basically 'all talk and no action', yet one of the most likable ever film characters.

The ending? I won't give it away, but it's a dilly, a dandy, and a doozy. Just one of the many reasons I can watch this great movie again and again. The first Crocodile Dundee sequel is equally entertaining, and though the second (Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles) doesn't quite measure up, I can never resist watching Mick in action.