Les Patterson Saves the World (1987)

Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reassigned to the Middle East so he can be ... See full summary »

Director:

George Miller

Writers:

Barry Humphries, Diane Millstead

Stars:

Barry Humphries, Pamela Stephenson, Thaao Penghlis

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Barry Humphries	...	Sir Les Patterson / Dame Edna Everage (as Sir Les Patterson/Dame Edna Everage)
Pamela Stephenson	...	Veronique Crudite
Thaao Penghlis	...	Colonel Richard Godowni
Andrew Clarke	...	Neville Thonge
Henri Szeps	...	Dr. Charles Herpes / Desiree Herpes
Hugh Keays-Byrne	...	Inspector Farouk
Elizabeth McIvor	...	Nancy Borovansky
Garth Meade	...	Mustafa Toul
Arthur Sherman	...	General Evans
Josef Drewniak	...	Mossolov
Esben Storm	...	Russian Scientist
Joy Westmore	...	Lady Gwen Patterson
Connie Hobbs	...	Madge Allsop
Christine Hill	...	A Possum for Peace
Kati Edwards	...	A Possum for Peace

Storyline

Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reassigned to the Middle East so he can be tortured to death by the country he insulted. Patterson's arrival is the prefect distract of a coup and he is spared. At a bar Patterson meets a bio weapons scientist who's developed a horrific disease for the KGB whom plan to distribute it to the Pentagon via toilet seats. Patterson of course is far too drunk to understand anything happening and teams up with Dane Edna to save the world.

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Plot Keywords:

middle east | ambassador | scientist | arab | toilet seat | 

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Taglines:

While Diplomats dither and Presidents procrastinate . . . Les Patterson Saves the World

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 April 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Les Patterson Salva o Mundo

Filming Locations:

Australia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Humpstead Productions, J&M Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the restaurant scene, the Russians have a table booked under the name Humphries. Barry Humphries stars as Les Patterson.

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Quotes

Les Patterson: Hey, Nev, where were you when the shit hit the fan, dickhead?

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Crazy Credits

Dame Edna Everage and Dr. Sir Leslie Patterson appear by arrangement with the 'Barry Humphries' (qv) Life Enhancement Facility.

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Soundtracks

"Waltzing Matilda"
(uncredited)
Lyrics by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson
Music by Christina Macpherson
Played by an Arabic band at the official welcome

User Reviews

This should probably be in the "trivia" bit, but I can't find how to get there...

The scene in the revolving restaurant of the Sydney Tower comes a full ten years after The Goodies did it in the "Alternative Roots" episode (1977). Graeme Tim and Bill (in their ancestral guises of Celtic Kilty, County Cutie and Kinda Kinky) have been kidnapped by an unscrupulous tour leader who is taking them on a whirlwind tourist tour of London. He forces them up to the revolving restaurant of the Post Office tower (the same one that Twinkle the giant kitten famously toppled). The restaurant spins faster and faster until all the diners are stuck to the windows via centrifugal force. This scene is of course considerably shorter and less expensive than the one set in the Sydney Tower in Les Patterson Saves the World, but no doubt both sequences derive from a universal and visceral mistrust of revolving restaurants.