Word: outback
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea of a wacky, no-holds-barred goofy kind of outback Australian making his way through the wilds of New York is a charming concept. All sorts of neat possibilities come to mind. Unfortunately, none of them came to Paul Hogan. Instead he offers dumb and offensive jokes about the tribal origins of Blacks and hackneyed scenes of whores and innocents. This is one film that deserves to be transported back to the other side of the earth...
...Americans had to learn from Australians the infinite possibilities not only of 12-meter boats but of ingenuity itself. Somewhere along the U.S. line, as Enterprise begat Courageous begat Freedom begat Liberty, revolutionary breakthroughs had been luffing. Then, in 1983, influenced by Dutch technology, a child of the Outback named Ben Lexcen devised a winged keel for Australia II that altered everything. Ultimately developing wings of his own, Conner agrees, "It basically was an art before. We're just starting to scratch it into a science...
...come up from Down Under since Mel Gibson got his driver's license. "We're doing real well," deadpans the self-described former pub lout. "And I'm feelin' real well." Bet you are, mate. The story of a crocodile poacher who trades the dangers of the Australian Outback for the perils of Manhattan's urban jungle, Dundee was already the top-grossing film in Australian history when it opened in the U.S. For the past six weeks, it has been the No. 1 box-office attraction in the U.S. (over $62 million so far). Hogan, 46, who lives with...
Malcolm (Colin Friels) is a rather unique individual. His questions about everything from how to get money from the bank to how to behave on a date lead us to believe that he was raised in a cave somewhere between the Australian outback and suburbia...
...Australian Outback he is a Tarzan of the Mates, quaffing a few beers before going off to hypnotize the odd buffalo or save a plucky American reporter (Linda Kozlowski) from the jaws of king croc. In the urban jungle of Manhattan he is as flummoxed as King Kong -- wary of escalators, bidets and soul-man handshakes -- but eager to buck the odds. It is The Gods Must Be Crazy in whiteface, and ingratiating enough to make Mick Dundee (Paul Hogan) a man for all box offices. After topping E.T.'s record take in Australia, this shambling comedy (directed by Peter...