Bubby has spent thirty years trapped in the same small room, tricked by his mother. One day, he manages to escape, and, deranged and naive in equal measures, his adventure into the modern and nihilistic life begins.
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Ralph Cotterill | ... | Pop |
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Ullie Birve | ... | Robbed Woman (as Ulli Birve) |
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Audine Leith | ... | Fondled Salvo |
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Lucia Mastrantone | ... | Pizza Waitress |
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Jip De Heer | ... | Treelopper |
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James Ammitzboll | ... | Little |
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Grant Piro | ... | Salesman |
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Dave Flannagan | ... | Cop / Warder (as Dave Flanagan) |
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Bad Boy Bubby is just that: a bad boy. So bad, in fact, that his mother has kept him locked in their house for his entire thirty years, convincing him that the air outside is 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>
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26 April 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$750,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Bubby: You're a sexy woman. God, you've got great tits. Great big whoppers, if you can say.
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One of four theatrical feature film collaborations of editor Suresh Ayyar and writer-director Rolf de Heer. The movies are: 'Dingo' (1991), 'Bad Boy Bubby' (1993), 'Tale of a Tiger' (1984), and 'Incident at Raven's Gate' (1988). See more »Quotes
[approaching buxom Angel for the first time]Bubby: You're a sexy woman. God, you've got great tits. Great big whoppers, if you can say.
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Crazy Credits
The closing credits play over a scene showing Bubby playing in a garden with his children. See more »Alternate Versions
The 18-rated UK release of this film was cut by 3s for the cinema version and a further 20s for video. The 3s cut for the cinema version was to remove a scene of a tethered cat being pulled by a string (a scene which contravened the UK Animals Act). All the cuts were waived for the 2007 DVD release. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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This film changed my life. No, really. It was a Friday night, and the parents were away. I was on my own in front of the television, and Channel 4 (UK + Irish viewers will know of it) was showing Bad Boy Bubby as part of some cult film season. Well, to cut a long story short, I was glued to the screen for the duration of the film (I drooled and stared at it during the commercial breaks) and when it was over, I realised that the dinner was entirely burnt. Not a particularly relevant story, you may think, but note that the television was IN THE KITCHEN, mere feet from the oven. That's how good this film is. It features possibly the greatest crazy monologue ever committed to celluloid (the pub/microphone scene), two of the most disturbing murders in any movie I've seen (and I've seen thousands), one of the most unsettling relationships I've seen, and an unbelievable central performance. This film is darker than dark, and stranger than Eraserhead. Just as Bubby is on his own throughout the film, so is the viewer. Alone, confused and disturbed beyond words.
And I've never thought of the Salvation Army in the same way since.
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