The Coca-Cola Kid ( The Coca Cola Kid )

The Coca-Cola Kid (DVD) (*)

$22.99

Alternate Title: The Coca Cola Kid
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

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

Running Time:
97 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1985 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Dusan Makavejev

Written By:
Frank Moorhouse
Denny Lawrence

Actors:
Eric Roberts ..... Becker
Greta Scacchi ..... Terri
Bill Kerr ..... T. George McDowell
Chris Haywood ..... Kim
Kris McQuade ..... Juliana
Max Gillies ..... Frank Hunter
Tony Barry ..... Bushman
Paul Chubb ..... Fred
David Slingsby ..... Waiter
Tim Finn ..... Philip
Colleen Clifford ..... Mrs. Haversham
Rebecca Smart ..... DMZ
Esben Storm ..... Country Hotel Manager
Steve Dodd ..... Mr. Joe
Ian Gilmour ..... Marjorie

Synopsis:

An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After 'the Kid's' persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.

Arguably Dusan Makavejev's most accessible and entertaining film, The Coca-Cola Kid is a genial comedy with a rare light performance by Eric Roberts, whose subsequent roles devolved largely into villains and psychotics. Makavejev plays off Roberts' clenched line readings to suggest that here is a man who just needs a little loosening up, and he'll be okay. In fact, Roberts' Becker is a distant cousin to Susan Anspach's uptight American in Makavejev's most popular film, Montenegro. The Coca-Cola Kid also pokes fun at the Australians, too; if Becker is wound a bit too tight, they're shown as making a fetish out of being laid-back. Their "no worries mate" philosophy does begin to loosen up Becker, and it helps to have a sexy woman (Greta Scacchi in her second important film after a stunning debut in Heat and Dust) as the bait.

Satire. An American representative from the Coca Cola Company is sent to sort out problems in the Australian branch, where there is strong competition from a local soft drinks company.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 April, 2013.

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