Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Director:

Peter Faiman

Writers:

John Cornell (screenplay)
Paul Hogan (screenplay)
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Release Date:

26 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

From the Australian Outback to New York City, Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is about to survive in a different kind of Jungle.

Plot:

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Plot Keywords:

Crocodile | New York City | Australian Outback | Australia | Journalist

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Paul Hogan	...	Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
Linda Kozlowski	...	Sue Charlton
John Meillon	...	Walter Reilly
David Gulpilil	...	Neville Bell
Ritchie Singer	...	Con
Maggie Blinco	...	Ida
Steve Rackman	...	Donk
Gerry Skilton	...	Nugget
Terry Gill	...	Duffy
Peter Turnbull	...	Trevor
Khristina Totos	...	Rosita (as Christine Totos)
Graham 'Grace' Walker	...	Angelo
David Bracks	...	Burt (Roo Shooter)
Brett Hogan	...	Peter (Roo Shooter)
Mark Blum	...	Richard Mason
Michael Lombard	...	Sam Charlton
Irving Metzman	...	Irving - Doorman
Reginald VelJohnson	...	Gus
Rik Colitti	...	Danny
John Snyder	...	Pimp
J.J. Cole	...	Buzzy
Gwyllum Evans	...	Wendell Wainwright
Clarie Hague	...	Dorothy Wainwright
Jan Saint	...	Wino
Peter Bucossi	...	Subway Creek
Sullivan Walker	...	Tall Man
Bobby Alto	...	Pug Nose
Anne Carlisle	...	Gwendoline
Anne Francine	...	Fran
Paige Matthews	...	Party Girl
Paul Greco	...	New Yorker
Caitlin Clarke	...	Simone
Nancy Mette	...	Karla
Barry Kivel	...	Coke Snorter
Tony Holmes	...	Teenage Mugger
Dan Lounsbery	...	Simpson
Dolores Messina	...	Receptionist
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yvonne Erwin	...	Dancer at party (uncredited)
Joe Pentangelo	...	Mounted Cop on horse (uncredited)
David Trim	...	Actor at party (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Faiman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
John Cornell		screenplay
Paul Hogan		screenplay
Paul Hogan		story
Ken Shadie		screenplay

Produced by
John Cornell	....	producer
Jane Scott	....	line producer
Wayne Young	....	associate producer: Australia

Original Music by
Peter Best

Cinematography by
Russell Boyd		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
David Stiven

Production Design by
Graham 'Grace' Walker

Costume Design by
Norma Moriceau

Makeup Department
Elizabeth Ann Fardon	....	hair stylist: Australia (as Liz Fardon)
Elizabeth Ann Fardon	....	makeup artist: Australia (as Liz Fardon)
Jean Paul	....	hair stylist: New York
Carla White	....	makeup artist: New York

Production Management
Kevin Dowd	....	unit manager: New York
Hugh Johnston	....	assistant unit manager: Australia (as Hugh Johnson)
Laura J. Medina	....	assistant production manager: New York
Philip A. Patterson	....	unit manager: Australia (as Phil Patterson)
Mark Silverman	....	pre-production supervisor: New York
Katrina Singer	....	unit manager: second unit, Australia
Peter Sjoquist	....	post-production supervisor: Australia
Peter Sjoquist	....	production manager: Australia
Kelly Van Horn	....	production manager: New York

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Craig Bolles	....	second assistant director: Australia
Jon Kilik	....	second assistant director: New York (as John Kilik)
Richard Schlesinger	....	second assistant director: New York
Mark Turnbull	....	first assistant director
P.J. Voeten	....	third assistant director: Australia (as Peter Voeten)

Art Department
Alan Armytage	....	painter: Australia (as Alan Armatage)
Phillipa Banks	....	art department coordinator: Australia
Andrew Chauvel	....	carpenter: Australia (as Andy Chauvell)
Matthew Connors	....	trades assistant: Australia
Ian Freeman	....	art department assistant: Australia
Kim Hilder	....	model maker: Australia
Geoff Howe	....	carpenter: Australia
Romaine Joseph	....	draughtsperson: Australia
Sebastian Lakosta	....	storyboard artist: Australia
Michael Leather	....	art department production assistant: New York (as Mike Leather)
John-Paul Lucini	....	art department runner: Australia (as John Paul Lucini)
Billy Malcolm	....	scenic artist: Australia
Andrew Merrifield	....	art department runner: Australia (as Andrew Merryfield)
Karan Monkhouse	....	stand-by props: New York/Australia
John Murch	....	model maker: Australia
Martin O'Neill	....	property master: Australia
Martin O'Neill	....	set decorator: Australia (as Martin O'Neil)
Taylor Pattison	....	set dresser: New York
Mark Peltzer	....	inside props: New York
Gretchen Rau	....	set decorator: New York
Dennis Smith	....	construction manager: Australia
Marcus Smith	....	carpenter: Australia
Andy Tickner	....	carpenter: Australia
Steve Wright	....	set dresser: New York

Sound Department
Doug Brady	....	mixing engineer: Australia
Steve Burgess	....	post sync effects recordist: Australia
Adrian Carr	....	dialogue editor: Australia
Craig Carter	....	dialogue editor: Australia
Tim Chau	....	sound effects editor: Australia
Peter Clancy	....	assistant sound effects editor: Australia
Melissa Clark	....	assistant sound effects editor: Australia
Bill Daly	....	sound recordist: New York
Philip Dickson	....	assistant dialogue editor: Australia (as Phil Dickson)
Helen Field	....	sound assistant: Australia
Rebecca Grubelich	....	assistant dialogue editor: Australia
Nick Hammond	....	boom operator: New York
Louise Johnson	....	sound effects editor: Australia
Phil Judd	....	post sync effects mixer: Australia
Robin Judge	....	post sync effects assistant: Australia (as Robyn Judge)
Bruce Lamshed	....	sound effects editor: Australia
Sue Lamshed	....	assistant sound effects editor: Australia
JoAnn M. Laub	....	syncing editor: New York (as Joanne Laub)
David Rawlinson	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby, Australia
Roger Savage	....	sound supervisor: Australia
Andrew Schmetterling	....	sound production assistant: New York
Andrew Steuart	....	post sync effects: Australia
Mark J. Wasiutak	....	boom operator: Australia (as Mark Wasiutak)
Karin Whittington	....	dialogue editor: Australia
Gary Wilkins	....	sound recordist: Australia

Special Effects by
David Hardie	....	special effects: Australia
Chris Murray	....	special effects: Australia

Visual Effects by
Roger Cowland	....	opticals: Australia

Stunts
Max Aspin	....	stunt coordinator: Australia
Jery Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator: New York
Lisa Dalton	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Atkinson	....	additional camera operator: wildlife, Australia
Brian Bansgrove	....	gaffer: Australia
Ian Bird	....	grip: Australia
Ray Brown	....	key grip: Australia
Colin Chase	....	electrician: Australia
Edward Cohen	....	best boy electric: New York (as Eddie Cohen)
Michael Fedack	....	best boy grip: New York
Martin Flemyng	....	camera maintenance: Australia
Paul Gantner	....	best boy electric: Australia
Edward Gold	....	second camera operator: New York (as Eddie Gold)
Stuart Green	....	grip: Australia
Terry Hopkins	....	camera operator: second unit, New York
Robert Ippolito	....	grip: New York
Tony Larkins	....	grip: Australia
Andrew McLean	....	second camera operator: Australia
Peter Menzies Jr.	....	camera operator: Australia
Brandon Odegaard	....	electrician: New York
George Pattison	....	key grip: New York
David Petley	....	assistant camera: second unit, Australia
Jason Rogers	....	generator operator: Australia
Jim Sheldon	....	still photographer: Australia
Jim Sheldon	....	still photographer: New York
Conrad Slack	....	clapper loader: Australia
Rufus Standefer	....	gaffer: New York
Susan Starr	....	clapper loader: New York
Jeff Victor	....	assistant camera: second unit, New York
Barry Wetcher	....	still photographer: New York
Geoffrey Wharton	....	focus puller: Australia (as Geoff Wharton)
Geoffrey Wharton	....	panaglide operator: Australia (as Geoff Wharton)
Zachary Winestine	....	clapper loader: New York (as Zachery Winestine)
John Haddy	....	camera operator: second unit, Australia (uncredited)
Charles Quinlivan	....	grip (uncredited)
Owen Stephens	....	electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Navarro Bertoni	....	extras casting: New York
Loretta Crawford	....	casting consultant: New York
Paula Herold	....	casting: New York
Elizabeth Guber Stephen	....	casting assistant: New York (as Elizabeth Guber)
Riccardo Bertoni	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paulette Aller	....	wardrobe assistant: New York (as Paulette Aller Shelton)
Mel Dykes	....	wardrobe assistant: Australia
Isis Mussenden	....	wardrobe production assistant: New York
Susan Pullen	....	stand-by wardrobe: Australia (as Susie Pullen)
James Watson	....	costumer cutter: Australia
Deirdre N. Williams	....	wardrobe supervisor: New York (as Diedre Williams)

Editorial Department
Peter Carrodus	....	assembly editor: Australia
Dick Fokker	....	assistant editor: Australia
Annette Kelly	....	assistant editor: Australia

Music Department
Peter Best	....	conductor: Australia
Peter Best	....	music arranger: Australia
Doug Brady	....	music recordist: Australia
Bruce Lamshed	....	music mixer: Australia
Roger Savage	....	music mixer: Australia
Trevor Smith	....	music consultant: Australia

Transportation Department
Ralph Clark	....	transportation manager: Australia
Sue Clark	....	transportation assistant: Australia
Jeremy Hutchinson	....	driver: Australia
Herb Lieberz	....	teamster driver: New York
David Thomas	....	driver: Australia (as Dave Thomas)
Dennis Williams	....	driver: Australia

Other crew
Doon Allen	....	unit assistant: New York
Dale Aspin	....	dog handler: Australia
Victor Atkinson	....	assistant: Australia
Elizabeth Benjamin	....	pre-production assistant: New York
Amanda Bennett	....	production secretary: Australia
Craig Bolles	....	location scout: Australia
John Bowring	....	armorer: Australia
Peter Brown	....	ja ja camp coordinator: Australia
Peter Carroll	....	dialogue coach: Australia
John Cornell	....	script editor: Australia
Victoria Cullingham	....	craft service: New York
Margaret Daley	....	location production assistant: New York
H. Clay Dear	....	double: Paul Hogan (as Clay Dear)
H. Clay Dear	....	stand-in: Paul Hogan (as Clay Dear)
Kevin Delaney	....	location production assistant: New York
Lee Dillow	....	assistant: Paul Hogan, Australia
Kevin Dowd	....	location scout: New York
Alan Edwards	....	helicopter pilot: Australia
John Faithful	....	location caterer: Australia (as John Faithfull)
James Fanning	....	teamster captain: New York (as Jim Fanning)
Julie Forster	....	production coordinator: Australia
Graham Gow	....	snake handler: Australia
Bob Hall	....	kakadu liaison: Australia
Richard Harper	....	financial controller: Australia
Lisa Herth	....	stand-in: Linda Kozlowski
Paul Hogan	....	script editor: Australia
Peita Hurcum	....	production accountant: Australia
Kerry Jackson	....	unit runner: Australia
Georgia Kacandes	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Adrienne Kahn	....	promotions: New York
Elyse Katz	....	set assistant: New York (as Elyse H.Katz)
John Kerr	....	location production assistant: New York
Mark Kyle	....	cattle handler: Australia
Claude Lambert	....	safety officer: Australia
Ilene S. Landress	....	crafts production assistant: New York (as Ilene Landress)
Terry Lee	....	helicopter pilot: Australia
Rosemary Lombard	....	assistant to producer: New York
Nene Morgan	....	base office liaison: Australia
Bluey O'Brien	....	aboriginal attachment: Australia (as Bluey)
Daphne Paris	....	continuity: Australia
Anne Phillips	....	production accountant: Australia (as Ann Phillips)
Denise Pinckley	....	production coordinator: New York
Richard Piorkowski	....	laboratory liaison: Australia
David Pomier	....	location manager: New York
Henry Rainger	....	buffalo handler: Australia
Hugh Rawson	....	key production assistant: New York
Bob Rich	....	production associate: New York
Jacquie Robertson	....	nurse: Australia (as Jacqui Robertson)
Sally Roy	....	assistant production coordinator: New York
Jim Sexton	....	office production assistant: New York
David Thomas	....	mechanic: Australia (as Dave Thomas)
Dennis Thompson	....	vet: Australia
Steve Warrington	....	location caterer: Australia
Dennis Williams	....	mechanic: Australia
John Wood	....	armorer: Australia
Peggy Wood	....	secretary to producer and director: Australia
Jordan Derwin	....	double: "Sam" (uncredited)
Philip A. Patterson	....	location manager: Australia (uncredited)
Christina Pierce	....	double: "Sue" (uncredited)
Laura Stillman	....	production accountant: New York (uncredited)
Robert Wess	....	double: "Gus" (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Rimfire Films (presents)

Distributors

• Hoyts Distribution (1986) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (1986) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1986) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (1987) (France) (theatrical)
• Fox Film (1987) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1989) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CBS/Fox Video (1987) (Belgium) (video)
• Paramount Filmes do Brasil (Brazil) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (laserdisc)
• Paramount (2002) (Sweden) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Budget Air  thanks
• Bureau of the Northern Land Council  thanks
• Carlton and United Breweries  thanks
• Cinesure Underwriting Agencies  insurance: Australia (as Cinesure)
• Conservation Commission of the Northern Territory  thanks: Australia
• Featherdale Wildlife Park  kangaroo handlers: Australia
• Forcast  casting: Australia
• Hart Frankel & Company  lawyers: Australia
• MacFarlane Generators  thanks
• National Parks and Wildlife Service  thanks (as The Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service)
• New York City Mayor's Office of Film, Theater & Broadcasting, The  thanks: New York (as The Mayors Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting)
• Northern Territory Department of Primary Production  thanks
• Northern Territory Tourism Commission  thanks
• Optical & Graphics  titles: Australia (as Optical & Graphic)
• Pancontinental Mining  thanks
• Paul Morgan & Co  underwriter
• Qantas Airways  thanks: Australia (as Qantas)
• Queensland Department of Public Works  thanks
• Radio 1026 308  thanks (as Radio 1026 3DB Melbourne)
• Silva Screen Records  soundtrack
• Suzie Howie Publicity  publicity: Australia (as Susie Howie Publicity P/L)
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

'Crocodile' Dundee (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Norway:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG (tv rating) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rimfire Films

Trivia:

The Sydney Harbour Bridge is shown in the beginning of the movie from the hotel window while Sue is on the phone to New York. Paul Hogan helped paint this bridge before he started his life as an actor and was said to have kept his co-workers laughing a good bit of the time.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the scene where Mick is talking to the prostitutes, the pimp asks Mick if he is going to "screw" one of them. During the sentence, his mouth clearly forms the F-word, but it has been dubbed over.

Quotes:

Sue Charlton: [Sue and Mick are dancing] Legend has it a crocodile took half your leg off.
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: ...
[Mick rolls up his trousers]
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: More like a love bite really. Here ya are, enough about me leg. Let me tell you about the rest of me. "Up North in the Never-Never, where the land is harsh and bare, lives a mighty hunter named Mick Dundee
[points to himself]
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: who can dance like Fred Astaire".

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Different World

The Naive Crocodile Dundee Comes To New York

Crocodile Dundee is a great comedy from 1986 which can be enjoyed after repeat viewings. Over the years I've heard a lot of criticism of this film and I cannot understand it. If you don't like this film, then something must be wrong.

It's great to see the tough but naive Crocodile Dundee-played excellently by Paul Hogan-come to New York and after a sequence of events meet up with journalist Sue Charlton played by Linda Koslowski. Koslowski and Hogan made a great team in this film.

Like all comedies I won't spoil the scenes for anyone who hasn't seen the film but there are some great scenes particularly one where two youngsters try to mug Dundee with a knife. You'll laugh at what happens next.

All in all, a great comedy. Ignore any criticism you've heard of this film and enjoy a great film.