The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)

Directed by

Bruce Beresford

Genre

comedy film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 56m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 29 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Australian man travels to the United Kingdom and gets into many awkward situations. The film follows his adventures as a loud and unsophisticated outsider.

funnygoofylivelyplayfulsatiricalcrudeenergetic

What happens

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie is a 1972 Australian comedy film directed by Bruce Beresford (in his feature film directorial debut) and starring Barry Crocker and Barry Humphries. It tells the story of an Australian yobbo on his travels to the United Kingdom. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. It was the first Australian film to surpass one million dollars in Australian box office receipts. A sequel, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, was produced in 1974. Barry Humphries appears in several roles, including: a hippie, Barry McKenzie's psychiatrist Doctor de Lamphrey, and as Aunt Edna Everage (later Dame Edna Everage). Humphries would later achieve fame with the character of Dame Edna in the UK and US. The film was produced by Phillip Adams. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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