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Film Details - Reg Grundy Enterprises , 1974
Producers:
Bruce Beresford (Producer)
Jane Scott (Executive Producer)
Production Companies:
Reg Grundy Enterprises
Director of Photography:
Donald McAlpine
Editors:
William M. Anderson
John Scott
Production Designers:
John Stoddart
Composer:
Peter Best
Cast:
Incl. Barry Crocker (Barry McKenzie/Rev. Kevin McKenzie), Barry Humphries (Aunt Edna Everage/Dr Meyer Delamphrey/Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman/Senator Douglas Manton), Donald Pleasence (Erich, Count von Plasma), Dick Bentley (Colin 'The Frog' Lucas), Louis Negin (Hugo Cretin), Paul Humpoletz (Modeste Imbecile), Beatrice Aston (Cherylene McKenzie), Nancy Blair (Clothilde), Ishaq Bux, Nell Campbell (Nerida Brealey), Craig Canning (Tassie), Chantal Contouri (Zizi), Ed Devereaux (Sir Alec Ferguson), Michael Downey (Skeeter), Arthur English (Cockney Spiv), Gail Galih (Indian Girl), Robert Gillespie (Dorothy), Deryck Guyler (Police Constable), Clive James (Paddy), John James (Transylvanian Waiter), Julian Jebb (Second Offensive Englishman), Merdelle Jordine (Rhonda Cutforth-Jones), Roy Kinnear (Bishop of Paris), John Le Mesurier (Robert Crowther), Philip Lloyd (Transylvanian Guide), Andrew Lodge (Scrotum Baker), Michael Newman (Foureyes Fenton), Margo Reid (Noeleen), Fiona Richmond (French Stripper), Don Spencer (Quizmaster), Meiji Suzuki (Kung Fu Champion), Brian Tapply (Sir Nigel Stewart), Desmond Tester (Marcel Escargot), Tommy Trinder (Arthur McKenzie), Lincoln Webb (Ambrose Cutforth-Jones), Gough Whitlam (Himself), Margaret Whitlam (Herself), Frank Windsor (Police Sergeant), Katya Wyeth (Germaine), Bruce Beresford (voice of Foureyes Fenton - uncredited)
Release Dates:
1. World premiere held simultaneously at the Bryson Theatre, Melbourne and the Ascot Theatre, Sydney (Australia) on 12 December 1974. Other known release dates are London (June 1975) and New York City, USA (24 January 1985).
2. Released on DVD format in 2003 by Umbrella Entertainment. Also re-released as a three-DVD set (with The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and Dame Edna's Work Experience) by Umbrella Entertainment in 2005.
Notes:
1. The then-Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, and his wife Margaret Whitlam appeared as themselves in the film. The final scene has Whitlam 'officially' bestowing the title of dame on Barry's aunt, Edna Everage.
2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), p. 360.
Subjects:
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Transylvania,
cRomania,cEastern Europe, Europe,
Settings:
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Transylvania,
cRomania,cEastern Europe, Europe,
