The adventures of barry mckenzie finally gets the transfer and presentation it deserves. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he soon settles into the australian ghetto in earls court, where his old mate curly has a flat. Titlethe adventures of barry mckenzie publication number34620 mediumfilm. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 rotten tomatoes. Barry crocker, barry humphries, peter cook, paul bertram, spike milligan, dennis price, avice landone, mary ann severne director. Umbrella entertainment is patriotically proud to present the adventures of barry mckenzie splashing across the screen uncut, uncensored and in. The adventures of barry mckenzie movie trailer, news, cast. The english are very much in on the joke and there are some prominent english comedians in the film, such as peter cook and spike milligan. In this fanbloodytastic classic, australias favourite wild colonial boy, barry mckenzie, journeys to the old country accompanied by his aunt edna everage to take a captain cook and further his.
The popular australian comic strip the wonderful world of barry mckenzie was first brought to the screen in this raunchy 1972 romp. Jan 18, 2007 the success of the film also spawned a sequal in 1974 with, barry mckenzie holds his own. Film synopsis a ghastly, vulgar film george hannan, liberal senator for victoria 197074. The adventures of barry mckenzie movie trailer, news. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 r 1h 54min comedy 12 october 1972 australia young australian, barry mckenzie, travels to england with his aunt edna. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 cast and crew. The films themselves are fairly terrible, but they do offer the opportunity for some earlydays edna archaeology. While the film was panned by critics, it was a huge hit among australian audiences, some of whom were hearing australian accents and. Beresford reflects on his colossal mistake movie news sbs movies. The adventures of barry mckenzie has been ranked 780 times, wins 38. In this fanbloodytastic classic, australias favourite wild colonial boy, barry mckenzie, journeys to the old country. This article examines aspects of the film music of the barry mckenzie films directed by bruce beresford the adventures of barry mckenzie, australia, 1972, and barry mckenzie holds his own australia 1974, with particular regard to the ways in which the music places the films in a set of historical contexts. View all photos 4 the adventures of barry mckenzie quotes. This film produced by phillip adams and adapted for the screen by barry humphries from his popular comic strip character, bazza, which appeared in.
The adventures of barry mckenzie, adapted from a comic strip written by barry humphries, is a landmark film in the revival of australian cinema. This is a series of new zealand classifications of the adventures of barry mckenzie. The adventures of barry mckenzie turner classic movies. What i am saying is the picture quality is poor, not terrible, but poor. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 dvd planet store. He wont be alone in his journey however, as his aunt edna barry humphries will be at his side, but he plans to focus on booze and women, rather than high. The adventures of barry mckenzie is a 1972 australian comedy film directed by bruce beresford and starring barry crocker, telling the story of an australian. The adventures of barry mckenzie film the guardian. Barry mckenzie was originally a character created by barry humphries for a cartoon strip in private eye. The adventures of barry mckenzie dvd, 2007 for sale. But if youre a fan of antipodean bad taste or you ever lived in earls court youll love the adventures of barry mckenzie and the superior 1974 sequel, barry mckenzie holds his own 1975. Barry mckenzie sets off for england with his aunt, edna everage, to advance his cultural education. It begins in sydney, where aussie barry mckenzie barry crocker receives an inheritance, and is to go to england to.
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In this fanbloodytastic classic, australias favourite wild colonial boy, barry mckenzie, journeys to the old country accompanied by his aunt edna everage to take a captain cook and further his cultural and intellectual education. The adventures of barry mckenzie 114 min comedy 1 january 1972 barry mckenzie sets off for england with his aunt, edna everage, to advance his cultural education. Adventures of barry mckenzie, the umbrella entertainment. No quotes approved yet for the adventures of barry mckenzie. He makes straight for earls court to join up with his mates, and from there rampages through london with his. The adventures of barry mckenzie ozploitation classics. The adventures of barry mckenzie is within the scope of wikiproject australia, which aims to improve wikipedia s coverage of australia and australiarelated topics. Its a comedy movie with an average imdb audience rating of 5. The adventures of barry mckenzie pictures rotten tomatoes. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 clip 1 on aso. The adventures of barry mckenzie film, ozploitation.
The adventures of barry mckenzie rewatched crude but. Download and print the adventures of barry mckenzie sheet music for lead sheet fake book by barry humphries in the range of g3g5 from sheet music direct. The adventures of barry mckenzie ek 1972 mein bana english film hain. Bazza is a young aussie fond of beer, bondi and beautiful. Played by barry crocker in director bruce beresfords toilet bowl classic the adventures of barry mckenzie 1972, the film may well also have been a mockumentary if it were made today. Loudmouthed, beercrazy bazza encounters a totally alien culture and becomes embroiled in a series of strange vicissitudes, from being pressured to marry the unattractive daughter. The movie is still as funny as i remember from my days in oz, where it came. Barry mckenzie barry crocker has just inherited a nice sum of cash, but in order to claim the windfall, he must venture to england, where he is to continue his familys grand tradition in the nation.
Barry humphries comments in the making of extra that they had the money to make a panavision wide screen film also the dvd seems to have a 4. Touring england as a standup comic, barry runs across several odd characters. In the dvd extras dame edna barry humphries, who costars as mckenzie. The adventures of barry mckenzie sort of a predecessor to the bro comedies we have now, ocker comedies originated in australia in the 70s. Barry mckenzie the adventures of barry mckenzie quotes. Watch the adventures of barry mckenzie online vimeo on. Mckenzie became so popular, in fact, that two films were made about him, the adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 and barry mckenzie holds his own 1974, in both of which the hero is accompanied by his aunt edna. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 movie moviefone. Barry crocker, barry humphries, spike milligan, peter cook directors. A third barry mckenzie film was later considered, but was never made. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 the adventures of. The adventures of barry mckenzie is a 1972 australian comedy film directed by bruce beresford and starring barry crocker, telling the story of an australian yobbo on his travels to the united kingdom. Cook star in this groundbreaking flick that captured bazzas celebrated yawn in glorious technicolor and put the oz film industry on the map. The adventures of barry mckenzie by bruce beresford barry.
Thats the paradox of the adventures of barry mckenzie, the quintessential 1972 ocker comedy about an aussie innocent in pommy land. I will now waffle a bit to fill up the required 10. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 cast and crew barry mckenzie is a diehard aussie who is sent to england by his family, accompanied by his eccentric aunt edna everage. Adventures of barry mckenzie, the 1972 nostalgia central. Despite its issues with structure and pace, the script is full of colorful characters and dialogue that overflows with unique, aussiespecific slang terms. Bazza is an innocent abroad, fond of beer, bondi and beautiful sheilas, but he soon. Yea film mein barry crocker, barry humphries, spike milligan, peter cook acting kiye the. Mckenzie bazza to his friends is a lanky, loud, hatwearing australian whose two main interests in life are sex despite never having had any and fosters lager. Aug 29, 2014 played by barry crocker in director bruce beresfords toilet bowl classic the adventures of barry mckenzie 1972, the film may well also have been a mockumentary if it were made today. Available on dvd through au a ghastly, vulgar film george hannan, liberal senator for victoria 197074. I am still whistling the tune to the adventures of barry mckenzie after having watched it. Barry mckenzie holds his own is the 1974 sequel to the 1972 australian comedy film the adventures of barry mckenzie. Barry humphries, barry cocker, spike milligan and peter cook star in this groundbreaking flick that captured bazzas celebrated yawn in glorious technicolor and put the oz fillum industry on the map. Barry crocker plays the title character, a carefree aussie.
Jun 12, 2010 barry mckenzie an australian ingenue in early70s london whilst looking for a toilet encounters his wouldbe fatherinlaw, gort, who has a hidden agenda the collquialisms he uses are quite. The adventures of barry mckenzie was a hugely popular satire with australian and british audiences, partly because it conformed so well with each countrys view of the other. Sir les patterson sandy stone character barry mckenzie dame edna everage peter oshaughnessy peter cook camberwell, victoria oliver. Barry, bazza to his mates is an innocent australian nincompoop, visiting england, here pictured as a land mostly filled with degenerates and perverts. It should also be noted that the adventures of barry mckenzie was the first australian film to surpass one million dollars in australian box office receipts.
May 30, 2008 goofy aussie comedy from bruce beresford with barry humphries aka dame edna and spike milligan. The adventures of barry mckenzie is a 1972 ocker comedy about the aussie who everyone in australia knows, barry mckenzie barry crocker. The adventures of barry mckenzie started life as a satirical comic strip in private eye, written by barry humphries and based on an idea by peter cook. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 trailer youtube. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 trivia on imdb. In 1974, a sequel, barry mckenzie holds his own, was made. His producing credits include the adventures of barry mckenzie, don. Returning from the original film is barry crocker in the title role, as well as barry humphries in the role of barrys aunt, edna. In this fanbloodytastic classic, australias favourite wild colonial boy, barry mckenzie, journeys to the old country accompanied by his aunt edna everage to. Like it or not, the film played a key role in the resurrection of the australian film industry during the early seventies and helped local filmmakers to define an identity on the cinema screen. Dec 15, 2014 in this fanbloodytastic classic, australias favourite wild colonial boy, barry mckenzie, journeys to the old country accompanied by his aunt edna everage to take a captain cook and further his.
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That term may still be obscure in america, but down under it denoted an entire subgenre filled with young, upbeat, lowbrow men who love their women and beer, not necessarily in that order. Barry crocker plays the title character, a carefree aussie cowboy with an inordinate fondness for beer and sheilas. The getting of wisdom and abra cadabra, and he was ep on lonely hearts and we of the never never. Watch the adventures of barry mckenzie prime video. With barry crocker, barry humphries, spike milligan, peter cook. Unappealing spinoff from the private eye comic strip, chronicling the adventures, with and without his aunt edna, of a loudmouthed, sexcrazed innocent from oz newly arrived in earls court. If you want an escape from the restrictions of current day political correctness, then you simply cant go past the adventures of barry mckenzie.
Jan 28, 2010 starring barry crocker, barry humphries, spike milligan, peter cook, and dennis price. If you would like to participate, visit the project page. The adventures of barry mckenzie social film discovery. The adventures of barry mckenzie pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released the adventures of barry mckenzie pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten. It could be argued that the whole grossout comedy genre was born in londons earls court in 1972, not with john landis or john waters, but with bruce beresford yes, thats the nice bruce beresford who scored a brace of best picture nominations for tender mercies and driving miss daisy. Also returning in the directors chair is bruce beresford. Jan 21, 2014 barry bazza mckenzie barry crocker travels to england with his aunt edna everage barry humphries to advance his cultural education. While the film was panned by critics, it was a huge hit among australian audiences, some of whom were hearing australian accents and seeing australian characters on screen for the first time. Region 4 this version of the dvd will probably not be viewable in other countries. The adventures of barry mckenzie is a 1972 australian film starring barry crocker, telling the story of an australian yobbo on his travels to the united kingdom. Showing the england of the seventies as seen by an australianbread lad and lads behavioral features as seen by local pomes distinguishes traditionally between australia and mother country of england by usual madeinaustralia way.
The adventures of barry mckenzie was instrumental in the revival of the australian film industry in the 1970s. A ghastly, vulgar film george hannan, liberal senator for victoria 197074. See where to watch the adventures of barry mckenzie on. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 bruce beresford. Film locations for the adventures of barry mckenzie 1972. The adventures of barry mckenzie 1972 clip 3 on aso. That said, those interested in australian film might still find the adventures of barry mckenzie worth seeing. A wild colonial heads off for london with a legacy left to him by an uncle.
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