The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

Name: The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1972-10-12
Duration: 1 h 54 min
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Dick Bentley

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5.7/10

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Comedy

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

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

929

YOUR RATING

Director
- Bruce Beresford
Writers
- Bruce Beresford
- Barry Humphries
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
This picture was one of fifty Australian films selected for preservation as part of the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia's Kodak / Atlab Cinema Collection Restoration Project.

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.

Quotes
Barry McKenzie: Now listen mate, I need to splash the boots. You know, strain the potatoes. Water the horses. You know, go where the big knobs hang out. Shake hands with the wife's best friend? Drain the dragon? Siphon the python? Ring the rattlesnake? You know, unbutton the mutton? Like, point Percy at the porcelain?
Blanche: I think he wants to go to the loo.

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.'

Connections
Featured in The Graham Kennedy Show: Episode dated 26 September 1972 (1972)

Soundtracks
Waltzing Matilda
(uncredited)
Words by A.B. 'Banjo' Paterson
Music by Christine MacPherson
Heard during the drinking session at Curly's flat and as a theme at the television studio

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Cracking Film

It's a crying shame that this film is unavailable on video.

It really is a great film, crude yes, broad yes, but really very funny. There's a whole new generation of film goers (admittedly British and Australian, I can't see this garnering a wide US audience) who think Bad taste comedy started with 'There's something about Mary' and it's ilk. This is so much better yet it's being hidden. *sigh*

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