Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
93 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Documentary
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1974 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Bruce Beresford

Written By:
Bruce Beresford
Barry Humphries

Actors:
Barry Crocker ..... Barry McKenzie/Rev. Kevin McKenzie
Barry Humphries ..... Aunt Edna Everage/Dr. Meyer Delamphrey/Offensive Buck-toothed Englishman/Senator
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/Prime Minister
Margaret Whitlam ..... Herself
Frank Windsor ..... Police Sergeant
Katya Wyeth ..... Germaine

Synopsis:

Comedian, actor, and author Barry Humphries wrote and co-stars in this sequel to the surprise international hit The Adventures of Barry McKenzie, based on the comic-strip character created by Humphries. Well-meaning but dunderheaded über-Aussie Barry McKenzie (Barry Crocker) is escorting his aunt, self-proclaimed 'housewife superstar' Edna Everage (Barry Humphries), on a trip to France, where they've learned Barry's twin brother, Ken McKenzie, a progressive priest, will be speaking as part of a seminar on 'Christ and the Orgasm.' En route, a pair of Transylvanian agents, working under the command of the evil Communist vampire Count Plasma (Donald Pleasance), become convinced that Edna is actually Queen Elizabeth II, and not long after arriving in Paris, they kidnap Edna and spirit her away to the count's castle. When Barry learns that his aunt has fallen victim to foul play, he and his mates, including transplanted Australian Colin the Frog (Dick Bentley), set out to find her -- when they're not busy chasing 'Shelias,' swilling Foster's Lager, or projectile vomiting. In addition to playing Edna Everage, Humphries takes on two other roles in Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, and managed to persuade former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and his wife to make a cameo appearance in the film.

Self-confessed megastar Aunt Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) is returning from London to Sydney with her hapless loud-mouthed, sex crazed nephew, Barry McKenzie (Barry Crocker), when she is mistaken for the Queen of England by a couple of Eastern European ratbags. Edna is kidnapped and taken to Transylvania in a bid to boost their struggling tourist industry. But once the sinister Erich Count Plasma (Donald Pleasance) discovers that Edna is an ordinary Australian housewife - and that 'Norm of Melbourne' is not a codename for Prince Phillip - he straps her into his patent pending 'Autovamp' machine and starts building up his collection of Chateau Everage. Excitement brews and Fosters flows as Bazza sets out to rescue the Dame-to-be in distress aided by his long-lost identical twin brother, Kev the Rev (also Barry Crocker) and a motley group of ex-patriot Australians (including perpetually inebriated Clive James, Dick Bentley and Ed Devereaux) disguised as Bondi University students. Bazza will need to use all his native Australian cunning to outwit, outfight and outyodel the evil Count. Strewth! Can Bazza keep it up right to the climax? Filmed at huge expense in London, Paris, Sydney and Transylvania and packed full-as-a-boot with Aussie slang, ribald humour, good lookin' hosties, great musical numbers and projectile chunder, 'BARRY McKENZIE HOLDS HIS OWN ' has long been hidden away, preserved in a vault of amber fluid. Now, finally, it is available to take home. So, don't come the raw prawn! Wring the rattlesnake, grab your Sheilah, crack a tube and slap the film in your DVD machine faster than a rat up a rhododendron!

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 06 December, 2005.

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