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As Time Goes by

  • 1988
  • 1h 36m
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5.5/10
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As Time Goes by (1988)
ComedySci-Fi

A surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes that it is not a diner at all - it is a spaceship disguised as one, and the "owners" of the diner are aliens... Read allA surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes that it is not a diner at all - it is a spaceship disguised as one, and the "owners" of the diner are aliens.A surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes that it is not a diner at all - it is a spaceship disguised as one, and the "owners" of the diner are aliens.

  • Director
    • Barry Peak
  • Writer
    • Barry Peak
  • Stars
    • Bruno Lawrence
    • Nique Needles
    • Ray Barrett
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    159
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    • Director
      • Barry Peak
    • Writer
      • Barry Peak
    • Stars
      • Bruno Lawrence
      • Nique Needles
      • Ray Barrett
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Bruno Lawrence
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    • Ryder
    Nique Needles
    Nique Needles
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    Ray Barrett
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    • J.L. Weston
    Marcelle Schmitz
    • Connie Stanton
    Mitchell Faircloth
    • James McCauley
    Max Gillies
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    • Joe Bogart - The Alien
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    • Cheryl
    Christine Keogh
    • Margie
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    • Ern
    Ian Shrives
    • Greaser
    Jane Clifton
    • Mechanic
    Mitch Harrison
    • Crim
    Fred Peter
    • Boneman
    John Barrett
    • Sandhill Bob
    Rex Greeney
    • Town Drunk
    Matthew King
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    Chris Kiely
    • Connie's Father
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    entertaining but too self-conscious cult film wannabe
    The idea of a sci-fi western parody probably wouldn't make sense anywhere else but in the remote Australian outback, maybe the perfect setting for this contrived madcap spoof. Among the cast of eccentrics are, in no particular order: a slightly goony surfer who's been waiting a quarter century to keep an appointment in the back of beyond; a bitter outback cop who once accidentally killed his own son during a cricket game; a scientist who dresses like Pee Wee Herman and hopes to capture a Nobel Prize and a genuine extraterrestrial; a cattle tycoon with plans to make the desert bloom using the Earth's ozone layer; his two sheep-hating henchmen; a shopkeeper with a passionate fear of dust; a spaceship that sells Budweiser beer; a cocktail shaker time machine; and a radioactive alien named Joe Bogart, played by Max Gillies, who behaves as if he wants to be known (fat chance) as Australia's answer to Robin Williams. With characters like this, who needs a plot?
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    • Release date
      • September 8, 1988 (Australia)
    • Country of origin
      • Australia
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • As time Goes by - Bogarts Bar kehrt zurück
    • Filming locations
      • Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Valhalla Films
      • Monroe Stahr Productions
      • Monroe Stahr Productions
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      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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