Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Nicholas Hope | ... | Bubby | |
Claire Benito | ... | Mam | |
Ralph Cotterill | ... | Pop | |
Syd Brisbane | ... | Yobbo | |
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Nikki Price | ... | Screaming Woman |
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Ullie Birve | ... | Robbed Woman (as Ulli Birve) |
Audine Leith | ... | Fondled Salvo | |
Natalie Carr | ... | Cherie the Salvo | |
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Lucia Mastrantone | ... | Pizza Waitress |
Carmel Johnson | ... | Angel | |
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Jip De Heer | ... | Treelopper |
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James Ammitzboll | ... | Little |
Grant Piro | ... | Salesman | |
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Celine O'Leary | ... | Woman in Mercedes |
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Dave Flannagan | ... | Cop / Warder (as Dave Flanagan) |
Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house he's not entering middle age, by convincing him the air outside's poisonous. After a visit from his estranged father, circumstances force Bubby into the waiting world, a place which is just as unusual to him as he is to the world. Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
Bad Boy Bubby had been recommended to me while I was living in Australia in 1995. I picked it up at the video shop a few times and put it back, intimidated by its disturbing subject matter. Since returning to the States, I have developed a strong fondness for all films Australian and went to check this out when it finally premiered at the UC Theater in Berkeley. Several people walked out, but I was fascinated by this dark, perverse but ultimately (hang in there if you start to watch) very uplifting film. Bubby is Forrest Gump in hell, and the jaw dropping claustrophobia and dysfunction of his world is a sewer to escape from. But Bubby has a kind heart and a decent soul and much bravery is accomplished in his escape from his lifelong confinement. Severely disabled people are treated with dignity and attention which is very rare in film. I would highly recommend this film to the open minded.