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Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
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Director:
Writer:
Rolf de Heer (written by)
Release Date:
26 April 2005 (USA)
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All he needs is love. more
Plot:
Bubby's buxom mother tricked him to stay locked at home for thirty years, during which she mounts and abuses him. Buddy ends up in the streets groping random women until finding a nurse who is even more buxom than his late mother. full summary | add synopsis
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7 wins
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2 nominations
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(10 articles)
DVD Release List: August 11, 2009: Wicked Women Lead The Wild Man to The Crypt of Bad Boy Bubby
(From Dread Central. 10 August 2009, 4:53 PM, PDT)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 8/11/2009
(From Fangoria. 8 August 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
(From Dread Central. 10 August 2009, 4:53 PM, PDT)
Weekly DVD & Blu-Ray Chopping List 8/11/2009
(From Fangoria. 8 August 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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Original, powerful, hilarious study of an outsider
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Nicholas Hope | ... | Bubby |
| Claire Benito | ... | Mam |
| Ralph Cotterill | ... | Pop |
| Syd Brisbane | ... | Yobbo |
| Nikki Price | ... | Screaming Woman |
| Ullie Birve | ... | Robbed Woman |
| Audine Leith | ... | Fondled Salvo |
| Natalie Carr | ... | Cherie the Salvo |
| Lucia Mastrantone | ... | Pizza Waitress |
| Carmel Johnson | ... | Angel |
| Jip De Heer | ... | Treelopper |
| James Ammitzboll | ... | Little |
| Grant Piro | ... | Salesman |
| Celine O'Leary | ... | Woman in Mercedes |
| Dave Flannagan | ... | Cop / Warder |
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114 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:R18 |
UK:18 (cut) |
UK:18 (re-rating, uncut) (2007) |
France:-12 |
Argentina:18 |
Australia:R |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
Iceland:16
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The "wheelchair robbery" scene was based on an actual event that the director had witnessed while writing the script.
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Referenced in "Game-On: (#3.2)" (1998)
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The first thirty minutes of "Bad Boy Bubby" are great horror. Bubby (Nicholas Hope), a strange, retarded man-child, has been imprisoned by his mom (Claire Benito) for thirty years. He hasn't left the house, can't leave the house, because mom's been busy having sex with him and perverting his sponge-like mind. Early on, the film alienates viewers by throwing in a scene involving the killing of a cat. We then follow Bubby as he ventures into the outside world and has a series of amazing, hilarious adventures in which his outsider status is often misinterpreted. He fronts a rock band, gets intimate with a real disabled woman (Heater Slattery), and discovers life beyond the walls of his prison. The film is extremely original and daring, and Hope's performance as Bubby is totally believable. It was shot over a long period by a number of cinematographers, although only Ian Jones gets IMDb credit. It has a unique, anarchic tone, and it is amazing watching how "normal" people interact with the unpretentious, unhinged protagonist. Ultimately, Rolf de Heer succeeds in creating a dark, surreal, powerful study of an outsider in a film that someone ought to double bill with Hal Ashby's "Being There". It's a triumph.