Stork ( The Coming of Stork )

Stork (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Coming of Stork
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/Region 2.4 )

Running Time:
85 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1971 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Tim Burstall

Written By:
David Williamson

Actors:
Bruce Spence ..... Graham 'Stork' Wallace
Graeme Blundell ..... Westy
Sean McEuan ..... Tony
Helmut Bakaitis ..... Clyde
Jacki Weaver ..... Anna
Larry Stevens ..... Farmer
Nanette Goode ..... Farmer's Wife
Dennis Miller ..... University Lecturer
Brian Moll ..... Priest
Michael Duffield ..... Judge
David Bilcock ..... Explorer
Robin Copping ..... Explorer
Alan Finney ..... Tailor
George Whaley ..... Businessman
Lynne Flanagan ..... Matron

Synopsis:

In this off-beat comedy from Australia, a skinny, awkward fellow is troubled by his inability to hold a job and lose his virginity. He ends up moving in with three buddies and a free-spirited girl with whom each of the young men ends up in bed with. The trouble begins when the girl gets pregnant. Of course she doesn't know which fellow fathered the child. Still the girl gets married. Unfortunately, the skinny one causes all kinds of slapstick mayhem and ruins the ceremony.

Made under the aegis of what was then called the Experimental Film and Television Fund for $70,000, this bawdy comedy, an adaptation by David Williamson of his own play The Coming of Stork, is recognised as the kick-off for the Australian film renaissance of the 70s. Burstall's 2nd feature after the disastrous experience of his arthouse opener 2000 Weeks, this film with its chunder jokes and scatological anti-authoritarianism is squarely aimed at the common man. It worked a treat with audiences who found in it the larrikin humour they could relate to (Burstall was even more commercially successful 2 years later with Alvin Purple). Although the film wears out its welcome and grinds to an uninventive finish, when it is good, which is often enough, it is enjoyable, thanks to some good writing by Williamson and an energetic performance by Bruce Spence as the eccentric hypochondriacal would-be-leftie-but-not-really-anything-except-lonely Stork. Iconic 70's jugband The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band appears in one extended sequence along with Hans Poulsen who wrote the music for the film, whilst Jane Clifton appears uncredited in one scene.

The film follows a group of people sharing a house in Carlton, Australia during the 1960s.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 02 October, 2011.

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