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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| Nicholas Hope | ... | Bubby | |
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Claire Benito | ... | Mam |
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Ralph Cotterill | ... | Pop |
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Syd Brisbane | ... | Yobbo |
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Nikki Price | ... | Screaming Woman |
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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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Carmel Johnson | ... | Angel |
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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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Celine O'Leary | ... | Woman in Mercedes |
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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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locked in room | captivity | bred in captivity | held in captivity | resocialization |Taglines:
He's been in his room for 35 years. It's time to let him out! See more »Parents Guide:
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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: 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 ...
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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
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 ...
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I dont think i have ever seen a film quite like Bad Boy Bubby or am ever likely to see another like it. It is a piece of film making that is not scared to show or say anything that might be seen as taboo in many people's eyes. We see scenes that involve incest,Murder,exploitation , extremely bad language and the mentaly handicapped yet this film, disturbing as it is , has a certain charm like no other. Nicholas Hope is fantastic as Bubby and gives a display like none that i have seen in a long while. It could not have been easy taking on the role of a retarded man and having to do the thing that he does in the film.
As i have mentioned this film is disturbing and may upset many people. i would not recommend it for family viewing but i would recommend it to any film buff. Finally i must repeat the line that the factory worker teaches to Bubby, because it is so true and it stands for everything that i believe in. " Think god out of existance,it is our duty to insult him,strike me down if you dare to,you tyrant, you non existent fraud. It is the duty to think god out of existance , because then and only then do we take full responsibility for who we are!" A quite brilliant piece of writing. 7 out of 10.