Children of the Revolution (1996)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Peter Duncan

Writer:

Peter Duncan (written by)

Release Date:

30 April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

What do you do when your father is no ordinary Joe?

Plot:

Few knew that Stalin spent his last night in the arms of a young Australian woman. Few still knew that...

Plot Keywords:

Australia | Vietnam | 1950s | 1960s | Black Comedy

Awards:

6 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Judy Davis	...	Joan
Sam Neill	...	Nine
F. Murray Abraham	...	Stalin
Richard Roxburgh	...	Joe
Rachel Griffiths	...	Anna
Geoffrey Rush	...	Welch
Russell Kiefel	...	Barry Rogers
John Gaden	...	Prof. C.W. 'Wilf' Wilke
Ben McIvor	...	Joe - 8 Years (as Ben McIver)
Marshall Napier	...	Brendan Shaw
Ken Radley	...	Bernard Shaw
Fiona Press	...	Mavis Craig
Alex Menglet	...	Yuri Nikolayev
Rowan Woods	...	Col Slansky
Barry Langrishe	...	Ted

MPAA:

Rated R for some strong sexuality and language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-15 (2001 rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Sweden:11 | USA:R | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Exhibition Hall, Royal Agricultural Showground, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Australian Asset Securities Limited

Goofs:

Continuity: A newspaper refers to the "LEA" several scenes before Young Joe forms this organization.

Quotes:

Zachary Welch: [in reference to the pub closing] I don't know, frankly, how we'll ever get the revolution going with 6 o'clock closing.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Who Is Bernard Tapie? (2001)

Soundtrack:

L'Internationale

LOVE COMRADE

This must be one of the most refreshing surprises I saw in a long time! Looks boring but it's ultrahilarious. In documentary style we learn something about Australia's dirty history (well this is a satire so don't check out the net for verification, okay?) We go back in the early fifties at where we find an Australian communist Joan Fraser (Judy davis) who really would give her life for the red star, it goes so far that she can arrange to meet the man Stalin himself (all of course before the public knew of his slaughters) and what Joan never expected...she ends up in bed with Stalin but as the man is walking on his last feet, he dies... Agent Nine (Sam Neil) tells her she's a hero who saved Russia and that same night she also ends up in his bed.... Not knowing what to do Joan returns to Australia finding out that she is pregnant. She doesn't tell her Australian boyfriend who the father of her child is....but the poor b*****d accepts. But soon trouble happens when agent Nine returns to the land of the kangaroos...cos the question is : who is the father? He or Stalin? Things of hilarious things are following and we follow the days of the child Joe welch (Richard Roxburgh). For communist mum he's a perfect child...always to be seen at manifestations against the Vietnamwar but then the nightmare strikes...Joe falls in love with a female cop! Really it's totally hilarious even if the personages always stay sober but it's the kind of script that leaves you not one minute in silence. A perfect film from a rather unknown director, see it!!!!