This is fairly standard Hill/Spencer stuff, except for the fact that Joe Bugner (the former British, Commonwealth, European and Australian Heavyweight champion) plays the part of the villain. The film is worth watching simply for Joe's fantastic acting and South African accent. As expected in Hill/Spencer films, Joe gets beaten up in the end with the usual variety of kitchen utensils and everything ends up happily ever after.
Reviews
3 Reviews
Five is right out!
8 October 1998
Of all the silliness in this film, the holy hand grenade sketch still makes me laugh the most.
Three is the number that ye shall count and the number of the counting shall be three..............
This along with the knights who until recently said ni, the killer rabbit, the black knight and the "well she turned me into a newt" bit make this the funniest film I've ever seen or likely ever to see. Not that I really like it.
Three is the number that ye shall count and the number of the counting shall be three..............
This along with the knights who until recently said ni, the killer rabbit, the black knight and the "well she turned me into a newt" bit make this the funniest film I've ever seen or likely ever to see. Not that I really like it.
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
(1974)
Antipodean Epic
8 October 1998
If you ever get the chance to see this masterpiece of Australian culture, you will see what a great film this is.
The plot consists of Dame Edna being mistaken for the Queen by Count Erich Von Plasma, a transylvanian vampire and head of a Stalinist state which has no tourist industry. He hopes by kidnapping the queen he will be able to attract tourists.
Edna's nephew Barry and his chums (including a permanently intoxicated Clive James) have to travel into darkest Transylvania (on Vamp-Air) to rescue her. Once Plasma discovers she is Dame Edna and that Norm of Melbourne is not a codename for Prince Phillip, he puts her onto his patent vampometer and is rapidly building up his collection of Chateau Everage.
In the course of this film there are numerous sight gags and sub plots most of which are either racist, sexist or both. The French and the Poms are the main targets, although a scene involving a van loan of illegal immigrants and a DHSS office would not be tolerated if it were filmed today.
Throughout the film, which will make you proud to be an Australian, cans of Fosters are opened with monotonous regularity and Advance Australia Fair is played everytime Barry thinks about his beloved homeland.
This film is funny and different to anything else I've seen and as such is very difficult to describe. All I can say is whatever you do, try and see it.
The plot consists of Dame Edna being mistaken for the Queen by Count Erich Von Plasma, a transylvanian vampire and head of a Stalinist state which has no tourist industry. He hopes by kidnapping the queen he will be able to attract tourists.
Edna's nephew Barry and his chums (including a permanently intoxicated Clive James) have to travel into darkest Transylvania (on Vamp-Air) to rescue her. Once Plasma discovers she is Dame Edna and that Norm of Melbourne is not a codename for Prince Phillip, he puts her onto his patent vampometer and is rapidly building up his collection of Chateau Everage.
In the course of this film there are numerous sight gags and sub plots most of which are either racist, sexist or both. The French and the Poms are the main targets, although a scene involving a van loan of illegal immigrants and a DHSS office would not be tolerated if it were filmed today.
Throughout the film, which will make you proud to be an Australian, cans of Fosters are opened with monotonous regularity and Advance Australia Fair is played everytime Barry thinks about his beloved homeland.
This film is funny and different to anything else I've seen and as such is very difficult to describe. All I can say is whatever you do, try and see it.
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