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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
John O'Grady (novel)
Emeric Pressburger (writer)
Release Date:
13 October 1966 (Australia) more
Tagline:
The Hilarious best-seller now becomes... The funniest film ever made about Australians!
Plot:
Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant who arrived in Australia with the promise of a job as a journalist on his cousins magazine... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
An icon of Aussie culture! more (12 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Walter Chiari | ... | Nino Culotta |
| Claire Dunne | ... | Kay Kelly |
| Chips Rafferty | ... | Harry Kelly |
| Alida Chelli | ... | Giuliana |
| Ed Devereaux | ... | Joe Kennedy |
| Slim DeGrey | ... | Pat |
| John Meillon | ... | Dennis |
| Charles Little | ... | Jimmy |
| Anne Haddy | ... | Barmaid |
| Jack Allen | ... | Fat Man in Bar |
| Red Moore | ... | Texture Man |
| Ray Hartley | ... | Newsboy |
 | Tony Bonner | ... | Lifesaver |
| Alan Lander | ... | Charlie |
| Keith Peterson | ... | Drunk Man on Ferry |
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Runtime:
112 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Certification:
Australia:PG (TV rating) | Iceland:L | Australia:G
Filming Locations:
128 Greenacre Road, Greenacre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia more
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The opening week attendances at the State Theatre, Sydney broke a 37-year record for the theatre. The scenes of Nino being rescued from the surf were filmed from a duck (amphibious vehicle) borrowed from the Australian Army. more
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Featured in The Story of Making the Film They're a Weird Mob (1966) more
Soundtrack:
In This Man's Country more
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Recently restored and remastered (within a limited budget) for DVD release, this movie was a revelation in Aussie ways and customs, a near-to-totally honest portrayal of what it was like for immigrants arriving here back in the last half of the 20th Century (yes, it seems a long time ago).
The house that Nino built occupied a block in Greenacre, NSW, less than half a mile from where I was living at the time. I must have driven by it thousands of times. Previous prints screened on TV have been abysmal with washed out colour and scratchy images and sound. To see this near-as pristine print (for the most part) was an eye-opener and the scenes of Greenacre, Bankstown and other Sydney locations brought memories flooding back.
The cast of fine supporting actors makes the film worth watching, while the lead actor is simply perfect. One can't imagine anyone else in the part. The film flags towards the end but generally, it's great viewing.