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Bad Boy Bubby

  • 19931993
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
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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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 an... Read allBubby 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.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.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
14K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
9,404
2,061
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    • Director
      • Rolf de Heer
    • Writer
      • Rolf de Heer
    • Stars
      • Nicholas Hope
      • Claire Benito
      • Ralph Cotterill
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Rolf de Heer
    • Writer
      • Rolf de Heer
    • Stars
      • Nicholas Hope
      • Claire Benito
      • Ralph Cotterill
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 106User reviews
    • 46Critic reviews
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 3 nominations

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    Nicholas Hope and Celine O'Leary in Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
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    Nicholas Hope
    Nicholas Hope
    • Bubby
    Claire Benito
    Claire Benito
    • Mam
    Ralph Cotterill
    Ralph Cotterill
    • Pop
    Syd Brisbane
    • Yobbo
    Nikki Price
    • Screaming Woman
    Ullie Birve
    • Robbed Woman
    • (as Ulli Birve)
    Audine Leith
    Audine Leith
    • Fondled Salvo
    Natalie Carr
    Natalie Carr
    • Cherie the Salvo
    Lucia Mastrantone
    • Pizza Waitress
    Carmel Johnson
    Carmel Johnson
    • Angel
    Jip De Heer
    • Treelopper
    James Ammitzboll
    • Little
    Grant Piro
    Grant Piro
    • Salesman
    Celine O'Leary
    • Woman in Mercedes
    Dave Flannagan
    • Cop
    • (as Dave Flanagan)
    • …
    Paul Philpot
    Paul Philpot
    • Paul (Band Singer)
    Todd Telford
    • Little Greg (keyboards)
    Paul Simpson
    • Big Greg (drummer)
    • Director
      • Rolf de Heer
    • Writer
      • Rolf de Heer
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      There were 32 different Directors of Photography during the shoot. The idea was to have a different D.P. for every new place that Bubby went to not only give the film more of an experimental feel, but also to eliminate the worry of having to always have the same crew on set every day.
    • Quotes

      The Scientist: [plays organ music in church]

      Bubby: Jesus can see everything I do... and he's going to beat me brainless!

      The Scientist: Come down.

      [Scene change; they are in a factory]

      The Scientist: You see, no one's going to help you Bubby, because there isn't anybody out there to do it. No one. We're all just complicated arrangements of atoms and subatomic particles - we don't live. But our atoms do move about in such a way as to give us identity and consciousness. We don't die; our atoms just rearrange themselves. There is no God. There can be no God; it's ridiculous to think in terms of a superior being. An inferior being, maybe, because we, we who don't even exist, we arrange our lives with more order and harmony than God ever arranged the earth. We measure; we plot; we create wonderful new things. We are the architects of our own existence. What a lunatic concept to bow down before a God who slaughters millions of innocent children, slowly and agonizingly starves them to death, beats them, tortures them, rejects them. What folly to even think that we should not insult such a God, damn him, think him out of existence. It is our duty to think God out of existence. It is our duty to insult him. Fuck you, God! Strike me down if you dare, you tyrant, you non-existent fraud! It is the duty of all human beings to think God out of existence. Then we have a future. Because then - and only then - do we take full responsibility for who we are. And that's what you must do, Bubby: think God out of existence; take responsibility for who you are.

    • Crazy credits
      The closing credits play over a scene showing Bubby playing in a garden with his children.
    • 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Century of Cinema: 40,000 years of dreaming (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Largo from Xerxes
      Written by George Frideric Handel (as G. F. Handel)

      Performed by the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra

      Conducted by Jose Serebrier

      licensed from KEM Enterprises Inc USA

    User reviews106

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    From His Head Down To His Shoe, He's Bad Boy Bubby Blue
    This film is listed as a Comedy, Crime, Drama, and it definitely is. But know that this is definitely a comedy first and foremost, a comedy layered with a light dose of satirical social commentary.

    This film came out before Forrest Gump, but it definitely is comparable in many ways. Try to imagine a darker Forrest Gump on hallucinogenic steroids and you basically have Bad Boy Bubby. Just like Gump, not much of the story is told in a very believable way. In the case of both films however, neither let that get in the way of telling a good story. And in the case of this film, there is definitely some hint of substance that accompanies the fantastical madness. When I first saw the film, I couldn't help thinking that this is just what Forrest Gump would have been like if a young David Lynch had written and directed it. Mainly because there is no film more comparable to Bad Boy Bubby than Lynch's intense social commentary masterpiece, Eraserhead. This film basically is a light Eraserhead, but with a darker Forrest Gump type character as the lead. Both films stories and commentary are delivered in a similar manner. Though it would also be fair to say that Eraserhead is definitely far more complex in it's detailed metaphors and far deeper in it's overall vision and social commentary.

    All that said, this film is a well under the radar standout in its own right. Every adult film lover should see this film. It has a little something to say, and it also delivers a lot of laughs.

    7/10
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    • Dec 13, 2012

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    • Release date
      • April 26, 2005 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Australia
      • Italy
    • Official sites
      • Blue Underground
      • Vertigo Productions
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Непослушный Бабби
    • Filming locations
      • Commercial Road, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    • Production companies
      • Bubby
      • Fandango
      • The South Australian Film Corporation
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    • Budget
      • $750,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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