Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Director:

Mark Hartley

Writer:

Mark Hartley (written by)

Release Date:

28 August 2008 (Australia)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Finally an Aussie film packed full of boobs, pubes, tubes ... and a bit of kung fu.

Plot:

NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD is the wild, untold story of "OZPLOITATION" movies - a time when Australian cinema...

Plot Keywords:

Sci Fi Filmmaking | Film History | 1980s | Film Discussion | Australian History

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Abigail	...	Herself (archive footage)
Phillip Adams	...	Himself
Christine Amor	...	Herself
Glory Annen	...	Herself
Victoria Anoux	...	Herself
Alan Arkin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ian Barry	...	Himself
Briony Behets	...	Herself
Shara Berriman	...	Herself (archive footage)
Alyson Best	...	Herself (archive footage)
Steve Bisley	...	Himself
Jamie Blanks	...	Himself
Graeme Blundell	...	Himself
Gary Bond	...	Himself (archive footage)
Russell Boyd	...	Himself
Richard Brennan	...	Himself
Dan Burstall	...	Himself
Tom Burstall	...	Himself
Don Chipp	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robin Copping	...	Himself
Broderick Crawford	...	Himself (archive footage)
Barry Crocker	...	Himself
Cul Cullen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lynette Curran	...	Herself
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Herself
Gianni Dei	...	Himself (archive footage)
Cassandra Delaney	...	Herself
Everett De Roche	...	Himself
Ross Dimsey	...	Himself
David Eggby	...	Himself
Bob Ellis	...	Himself
Noel Ferrier	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alan Finney	...	Himself
Richard Franklin	...	Himself
Belinda Giblin	...	Herself
Rebecca Gilling	...	Herself
Antony I. Ginnane	...	Himself
John Grey Gorton	...	Himself (archive footage)
Deborah Gray	...	Herself
David Hannay	...	Himself
Sandy Harbutt	...	Himself
Rod Hardy	...	Himself
Gregory Harrison	...	Himself
Rod Hay	...	Himself
Robert Helpmann	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Hemmings	...	Himself (archive footage)
Carla Hoogeveen	...	Herself
Alan Hopgood	...	Himself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself
John Michael Howson	...	Himself
Wendy Hughes	...	Herself
Barry Humphries	...	Himself
Bill Hunter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Olivia Hussey	...	Chris Walters (archive footage)
Ivan Hutchinson	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Jarratt	...	Himself
Barry Jones	...	Himself
Brian Jones	...	Himself
Stacy Keach	...	Himself
Graham Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ted Kotcheff	...	Himself
John D. Lamond	...	Himself
Nina Landis	...	Herself
George Lazenby	...	Himself
Christopher Lee	...	Himself (archive footage)
Chris Löfvén	...	Himself
Greg Lynch	...	Himself
William Margold	...	Himself
James Mason	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ross Matthews	...	Himself
Donald McAlpine	...	Himself
Bob McCarron	...	Himself
Pat McDonald	...	Herself (archive footage)
Hal McElroy	...	Himself
Greg Mclean	...	Himself
Kris McQuade	...	Herself (archive footage)
John Meillon	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Miller	...	Himself
Spike Milligan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Vincent Monton	...	Himself
Philippe Mora	...	Himself
Katie Morgan	...	Herself (archive footage)
Judy Morris	...	Herself
Russell Mulcahy	...	Himself
Rod Mullinar	...	Himself
Debbie Nankervis	...	Herself (archive footage)
Grant Page	...	Himself
Barbara Parkins	...	Herself (archive footage)
Michael Pate	...	Himself (archive footage)
Susan Penhaligon	...	Herself
George Peppard	...	Himself (archive footage)
Luan Peters	...	Herself (archive footage)
Donald Pleasence	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Powell	...	Himself (archive footage)
Chips Rafferty	...	Himself (archive footage)
Steve Railsback	...	Himself
Candy Raymond	...	Herself
Cheryl Rixon	...	Herself
Carmen Russo	...	Herself (archive footage)
Joanne Samuel	...	Herself
Fred Schepisi	...	Himself
John Seale	...	Himself
Ken Shorter	...	Himself
Bruce Spence	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lynda Stoner	...	Herself
Rosie Sturgess	...	Herself (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself
Rod Taylor	...	Himself
Al Thomas	...	Himself (archive footage)
Henry Thomas	...	Himself
Jeremy Thomas	...	Himself
Jack Thompson	...	Himself
Sigrid Thornton	...	Herself
Brian Trenchard-Smith	...	Himself
James Wan	...	Himself
Garry Wapshott	...	Himself
Roger Ward	...	Himself
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Sally (archive footage)
John Waters	...	Himself
Jacki Weaver	...	Herself (archive footage)
Leigh Whannell	...	Himself
Gough Whitlam	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Williamson	...	Himself
Tony Williams	...	Himself
Simon Wincer	...	Himself
Arna-Maria Winchester	...	Herself
Uri Windt	...	Himself
Norman Yemm	...	Himself
Susannah York	...	Herself

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic nudity, sexuality, violence and gore, some language and drug use.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:18 | USA:R | New Zealand:R18

Company:

City Films Worldwide

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I have wanted to see this film since I saw it advertised at the Melbourne Film festival so naturally I had to see it opening night when it came to my local cinema, I saw it last night and what can I say, it was fantastic, I had no idea that Australia made so many films in the 70's and 80's.

The film features interviews with a lot of Australian directors, filmmakers, critics, some A list Hollywood actors and even Quentin Tarantino, who has an unbelievable knowledge of Australian exploitation cinema.

The film explores the good, the bad and the ugly of Australian genre films. There is no doubt that there were some pretty dodgy ones made at the time but there is no denying that there were also some real gems made as well, it's just a shame that they seemed to do better overseas than they did here.

Weather you are interested in Australian film, Australian culture, or just film in general I highly recommend seeing this film. Listening to the filmmakers stories about how they made there films is both amusing and inspiring.

Over all this is a fun movie that should be seen in the theater.