The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.

Director:

Bruce Beresford

Writers:

Bruce Beresford (screenplay), Barry Humphries (screenplay)

Stars:

Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Dick Bentley

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Barry Crocker	...	Barry McKenzie
Barry Humphries	...	Aunt Edna Everage / Hoot / Dr DeLamphrey
Dick Bentley	...	Detective
Peter Cook	...	Dominic
Avice Landone	...	Mrs. Gort
Spike Milligan	...	Landlord
Dennis Price	...	Mr. Gort
Joan Bakewell	...	Self
Paul Bertram	...	Curly
Margo Lloyd	...	Mrs. McKenzie
Wilfred Grove	...	Customs Officer
Bernard Spear	...	Cabbie
Jonathan Hardy	...	Groove Courtenay
Maria O'Brien	...	Caroline Thighs
Jenny Tomasin	...	Sarah Gort

Storyline

Young Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | man wears eyeglasses | woman wears eyeglasses | barry mckenzie character | name calling | 

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Taglines:

Cripes!! The things these pom sheilahs will do in front of a camera !!!! [Australian theatrical daybill movie poster]

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bruce Beresford worked 20 hour days to get the film finished in time for its premiere.

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Goofs

In Caroline Thigh's flat Barry empties the curried chicken and prawn aphrodisiac down his boxers, staining his t-shirt. When he is thrown out of her flat the t-shirt is clean.

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Quotes

Dominic: Lesley, I don't know where we went wrong... I'm sure it was 50% your fault...

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Crazy Credits

'Based on the "Barry McKenzie" comic strip written by Barry Humphries with drawings by Nicholas Garland, as published in "Private "Eye" from an idea by Peter Cook.'

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Connections

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

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Soundtracks

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Lyrics by Barry Humphries
Music by Peter Best
Sung by Smacka Fitzgibbon

User Reviews

My Experience Promoting "The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

I worked with MCA Australia as the Assistant Film Promotions Manager on The Adventures of Barry McKenzie. MCA was the film distributer throughout the major cities in Australia of this film. At that time, it was rated the most popular Australian film in their history. I worked directly with Barry Humphries who not only starred in the movie as four different characters, but was instrumental in introducing Foster's Lager, the Bazza McKenzie Hat and the Aunt Edna character (who manifested herself into Dame Edna, who is widely recognized world-wide). Not to forget Bruce Beresford and Barry McKenzie! I still have a copy of the comic strip "Bazza Pulls it Off" and "The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie" (which the movie script was derived from). Sadly, I lost the Barry McKenzie Soundtrack.

I'll never forget the Grand Opening Premiere at The Ascot Theatre in Sydney with all the cast, producers, directors, etc. The after party was held at The St. George's Club where Foster's Lager was consumed in abundance.

If anyone knows how to obtain a copy of this film in a video format, I'd love to purchase it. It would bring back so many of my memories of the wonderful experiences I had during the four and half years I lived in Australia.

Please feel free to e-mail me at if you have any idea how to access a copy of the movie.

Deborah Faurot, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Details

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 1972 (Australia)

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

Filming Locations:

The King's Head, 17 Hogarth Place, Kensington, London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Longford Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1