Bad Boy Bubby (1993)

Director:

Rolf de Heer

Writer:

Rolf de Heer (written by)

Release Date:

26 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

Tagline:

All he needs is love.

Plot:

Bubby's buxom mother tricked him to stay locked at home for thirty years, during which she mounts and abuses him. Buddy ends up in the streets groping random women until finding a nurse who is even more buxom than his late mother.

Plot Keywords:

Buxom | Nurse | Groping | Dead Cat | Title Appears In Text On Screen

Awards:

7 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Nicholas Hope	...	Bubby
Claire Benito	...	Mam
Ralph Cotterill	...	Pop
Syd Brisbane	...	Yobbo
Nikki Price	...	Screaming Woman
Ullie Birve	...	Robbed Woman
Audine Leith	...	Fondled Salvo
Natalie Carr	...	Cherie the Salvo
Lucia Mastrantone	...	Pizza Waitress
Carmel Johnson	...	Angel
Jip De Heer	...	Treelopper
James Ammitzboll	...	Little
Grant Piro	...	Salesman
Celine O'Leary	...	Woman in Mercedes
Dave Flannagan	...	Cop / Warder
Paul Philpot	...	Paul (Band Singer)
Todd Telford	...	Little Greg (keyboards)
Paul Simpson	...	Big Greg (drummer)
Stephen Smooker	...	Middle Greg (bass)
Peter Monaghan	...	Steve (guitarist)
Mark Brouggy	...	Mark (roadie)
James Bonifazio	...	Young Man
Emma West	...	Violinist
Bruce Gilbert	...	Dan
Michael Habib	...	Cop #2
Alan Holy	...	Cop #3
Betty Sumner-Lovett	...	Gayle
Nellie Egan	...	Vicki
Michael Constantinou	...	The Animal
Alec Talbot	...	Prison Superintendent
Norman Kaye	...	The Scientist
Michelle O'Regan	...	Fondled Woman
Gordon Poole	...	Penniless Drunk
Jamie Nicolai	...	Number One Fan
Pady Tsimeculos	...	Pandy
Rachael Huddy	...	Rachael
Maryla Sallis	...	Maryla
Janet Kanda	...	Janet
Heather Slattery	...	Heather
Fille Dusselee	...	Shannon
Stephanie Cooper	...	Sharon
Bridget Waters	...	Angel's Mother
Graham Duckett	...	Angel's Father
Andy McPhee	...	Yobbo #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Heather Rose	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Rolf de Heer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rolf de Heer		written by

Produced by
Rolf de Heer	....	producer
Giorgio Draskovic	....	producer
David Lightfoot	....	associate producer
Domenico Procacci	....	producer

Original Music by
Graham Tardif

Cinematography by
Ian Jones

Film Editing by
Suresh Ayyar

Production Design by
Mark Abbott

Costume Design by
Beverly Freeman

Makeup Department
Beverly Freeman	....	hair stylist
Beverly Freeman	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Paul Ammitzboll	....	unit production manager
Sharon Jackson	....	unit production manager
Gina Ploenges	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Ammitzboll	....	assistant director

Art Department
Crispin Joos	....	carpenter

Sound Department
James Currie	....	sound designer
Frederick Stahl	....	binaural sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Cardwell	....	still photographer

Other crew
Tom Heuzenroeder	....	work experience

Production Companies

• Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)
• Bubby Productions
• Fandango

Distributors

• Kulturföreningen Kedjan (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Eureka Entertainment (2009) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Triangelfilm (1995) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Film & Teater (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Blue Underground (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Channel 4 Television Corporation (1997) (UK) (TV) (Cinema Extreme)
• P & B (1997) (USA)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
• Roadshow Home Video
• Sky Movies (1996) (UK) (TV)
• Top Tape (Brazil) (VHS)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2007) (Australia) (DVD) (Vanilla Edition)

Other Companies

• South Australian Film Corporation, The  sound post-production

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Australia | Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

New Zealand:R18 | UK:18 (re-rating, uncut) (2007) | UK:18 (cut) | France:-12 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Company:

Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC)

Trivia:

Rolf de Heer wrote the screenplay on and off for 10 years before finally shooting it.

Quotes:

Bubby: And if the poison doens't get you... God will.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 40,000 Years of Dreaming (1997)

Crazy, insane, black, funny, terrifying, weird, SUPERB.

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.

10/10