The Honourable Wally Norman

The Honourable Wally Norman (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Australian Film Institute
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
New Zealand ( PAL/Region 4 )

Running Time:
84 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2003 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Ted Emery

Written By:
Andrew Jones
Rick Kalowski

Actors:
Kevin Harrington ..... Wally Norman
Alan Cassell ..... Willy Norman
Shaun Micallef ..... Ken Oats
Rosalind Hammond ..... Dolly Norman
Nathaniel Davison ..... Myles Greenstreet
Greig Pickhaver ..... The Chairman
Octavia Barron-Martin ..... Laurie Norman
Tom Budge ..... Normie Norman
Bryan Dawe ..... Richard Nicholls
Melissa Madden-Gray ..... Rebecca-Jane Thompson
Paul Kelman ..... Gary
Reg Evans ..... Barry
Keith Robinson ..... Meatworks Owner 1
Bruce Venables ..... Meatworks Owner 2
Len Firth ..... Duncan

Synopsis:

Australian filmmaker Ted Emery directs the fish-out-of-water comedy The Honourable Wally Norman. Kevin Harrington stars as the down-to-earth Wally Norman, a foreman at a meat-packing plant who generally gets along with everyone in the small town of Givens Head. The upcoming election for the county seat involves the conservative Total Country Party member F. Ken Oats (played by comedian Shaun Micallef) and the Australian People's Party member Willy Norman (Alan Cassell). Due to a corrupt government scam, Wally's name appears on the ballot and he is approached to run for Federal Parliament. He decides to run just for the heck of it and brings his entire family along with him. Melissa Madden-Gray plays political reporter Rebecca Jane Thompson and John Singleton appears in a cameo role as the Prime Minister.

The economy of the small town of Givens Head depends on the local meat-processing plant. Wally Norman, Kevin Harrington, works there and lives a reasonably contented life with his wife, Roz Hammond, and kids. A federal election is looming, and Givens Head is the seat which may decide the outcome, a contest between the TCP, Total Country Party, which is VERY conservative, and the mildly conservative APP, Australian Peoples Party. Currently, the sitting member is the TCP's appalling Ken Oats, Shaun Micallef, a smooth, shifty, corrupt operator; his opponent is the amiable but seriously alcoholic Willy Norman, Alan Cassell. When an inebriated Willy mistakenly fills in Wally Norman's name on the paperwork - essential for a would-be MP if he wants to stand for parliament - it's an initially reluctant Wally who finds himself on the hustings.If ever we needed some pungent political satire it's now, but, disappointingly, The Honourable Wally Norman seriously lacks bite; it's a determinably retro affair, amiable and mildly amusing, but pretty bland. Kevin Harrington possesses an engaging personality, and he does the best he can to bring the character of Wally, the Aussie battler, to life; but he doesn't have enough to work with, and nor do such agreeable players as Greg Pickhaver, who plays the Chairman of the APP, or Bryan Dawe, as a TV anchorman. Ted Emery, director of the popular Kath and Kim TV series, disappointingly doesn't show much aptitude for feature film comedy.

Wally Norman, runs for election to help save the local meatworks from being shut down.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 15 November, 2005.

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