Dad and Dave: On Our Selection ( Dad & Dave: On Our Selection )

Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Dad & Dave: On Our Selection
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
107 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Behind the scenes
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1995 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
George Whaley

Written By:
George Whaley
Geoffrey Atherden
Steele Rudd

Actors:
Leo McKern ..... Dad Rudd
Joan Sutherland ..... Mother Rudd
Geoffrey Rush ..... Dave Rudd
Ray Barrett ..... Dwyer
Barry Otto ..... J.P.Riley
Nicholas Eadie ..... Cyril Riley
Noah Taylor ..... Joe
Robert Menzies ..... Cranky Jack
Essie Davis ..... Kate
Celia Ireland ..... Sarah
David Field ..... Dan
Murray Bartlett ..... Sandy Tayler
Pat Bishop ..... Maude White
John Gaden ..... Rev McFarlane
Bruce Venables ..... Petersen

Synopsis:

A host of outstanding Aussie actors star in this loud, proud, fair dinkum yarn about the original 'great Aussie battlers', the Rudds, an unconventional farming family of charming half wits who survive on boiled pumpkin and parrot stew with half baked get rich schemes. When Dad Rudd (Leo McKern) moves his family out into the scrub to 'select' 150 acres of fly blown land, he discovers he's surrounded by all sorts of vermin - reptiles, insects, and Riley (Barry Otto), his miserable politician neighbour. Dad decides to beat Riley at his own game and stand for parliament. Dad Rudd M.P. The Farmers Friend! 'Dad & Dave' - On Our Selection' is a 'pioneering' comedy based on the larrikin yarns of Steele Rudd. Full of bush brawls, harvest dances, outback wedding celebrations and bloody good laughs, it's about a family who didn't give a damn about the authorities or the harsh conditions - and made this country what it is today. 'Too Right!'

This Australian period comedy set at the turn-of-the-century, is based on the anecdotal books of Steele Rudd (the pen name for author Arthur Hoey) that described life on a rural 'selection' (a small farm) in Queensland. Like the original written tales, the film is anecdotal and chronicles events from the lives of the Rudd family. The story begins when the parents and their five grown children first arrive at their desolate selection. Their lives are as barren as the land as they struggle to work. The result of their toil is a meager harvest, which they try to sell in a depressed market. Despite their constant hard work and few rewards, the family is a lively bunch and despite their difficulties are able to stay together through thick and thin.

Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 13 July, 2006.

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