Bankstown NSW 1977. www.collectingb... More of a documentary than a drama, a 'docu-drama' if you will, 'The F.J. Holden' movie delivers up Bankstown, NSW, Australia, as it really was for us local rev-heads in the late 1970s.
I'm not sure of the reference but I would assume since it's New South Wales you could effectively throw a rock in any direction and it would hit a Aussie
My Dad grew up on 12 Simmat Avenue, Condell Park. My Mum grew up on 11 Allingham Street, Condell Park. They always tell me how Bankstown was full of Aussies when they were kids. Now it has been taken over by the Lebanese and other ethnic groups. Nothing against Arabs of course.
@@StephenWestSyd You could be right. 1st gen Lebs who migrated 40 years ago are now dying, their kid's and all the millions of dollars in drug money is going to Surtherland Shire, Eastern Suburbs and North Shore lol. It's their turn to be wogged out in the next 40 years. Bankstown will be white again by 2060 hahaha, full circle.
Lived there at this time and worked at Holden motors banks town and lived in strathfield. Long time ago I miss the time when I was there .long time ago.now I live in the usa
this is such a crappy movie! But I love it cause I grew up in the area ( I am 44 now ) . I remember "coles on the bridge" and seeing a holden one tonner furniture body bent in half under the low railway underpass .
It is terribly tedious...like old episodes of _Homicide_ - hours of footage of cars driving around with jaunty library music added for effect! (Great time capsule of old cars an streets, though.)
I'll always be proud to call myself a Bankstown boy. It is actually far nicer than people give it credit for although growing up there was tricky. Thanks to the Middle Eastern crime squad and Goulburn Supermax it has vastly improved since the days of Blue Light Disco stabbings, good old Telopea St and the classy Milperra massacre. Getting belted up by gangs in Bulldogs jerseys for no other reason than you were white and on your own was fun too, ahh the good old days. Nostalgia.
Arrggh I've been transported back in time & it's not all bad ! The Itie in the Valiant these days is dinkie die Ozzie & in reality that Val would have left that old FJ in the dust.
Paul Couzens' only acting job, this movie... I wonder what became of him. Anyone know if he has a Facebook, Instagram or Twitter acoount? Would be nice to ask him some movie details in person...
everyone putting shit on immigrants. spot the aussie this, viet that blah blah. doesnt matter. you born here your Australian. I seen a vietnamese man yell out "this is australia" before punching on with a sudanese guy outfront of bakery. god i love this country.
I haven't thought of the Bankstown roller skating rink for years. I used to think, Wow, how do they do that Nut Bush City Limits dance without falling over.. And on roller skates, in Bankstown. Just a passing thought.
@@traigakhongten3564 Would that be a Vietnamese.. function centre /restaurant? Much (much!) better cuisine than the old roller skating rink, if it is that place. 😉
The height restriction indicator in front of that railway bridge looks like it was built in a men's shed, fair dinkum. The local state member needs a talking to in order to remove this eyesore and get the NSW DMR to come up with something less obtrusive.
Bankstown. Before it was Commonwealth Bank, now it's the Bank of Arabia (which of course deposits the "secret dollar" - which pays for housing and yellow torana's) otherwise known as SCATA ZAKATA MALAKA.
0:30 he literally drove through the Plaza of today where i use to Jig school and hang out with friends, police would catch us and take us back to school after a twitch of the ears, a treat before the cane from principal or the teacher. The best life
Gday GMHNissan, the only place i know would jbhifi, Australian Cinema Collection - Vol 1 pack of 10 Movies Included: Picnic at Hanging Rock The Getting of Wisdom Devils Playground Travelling North Puberty Blues Monkey Grip Malcolm Big Steal Adventures of Barry McKenzie Don's Party FJ Holden Mad Dog Morgan or a great option is your local public library. cheers Gezza
@@raystanley8584 do you know anything about the 1921 building on the South Terrace? Right next to where the jewel theatre used to be (now the asian club)
@@bluemarshall6180 The funny thing you can be racists all you want bankstown was built and Australia infact was built by migrants so burn all you want nothing going to change that. It just shows how racist people can be laugh and smile in your face and behind your back they talk shit
How the hell is Bankstown the same as the projects? I don’t see homeless people flooding Bankstown, I don’t see people getting shot 24/7, I don’t see crackheads there. The most project-like suburb in Sydney really Surry Hills/Redfern. I bet u made up ‘gangstown’, and you have never been to Bankstown, yet you still try to give your opinion of Bankstown. You are entitled to your🐱 opinion of Bankstown, but at least get your white-trash self up out of Vaucluse, and go there to see ‘how bad Bankstown’ is.
Damn, Everyone sure don't like the lebos in the comment section, I don't get it, What have they done to that place. Lol excuse me for being abit confused.
You're excused. Knowing this from being born and raised right smack in Bankstown, quite a bit of the older Lebanese folks are more civilised, however it was a fair percentage of the younger Lebs that wrecked their reputation, with their holier-than-thou attitude, their "I own Bankstown. You stay out of my city" mentality, disregard for authority, etc. But particularly the latter, given the level of disrespect they air out at the police, the amount of carnage they caused through doing burnouts and doughnuts with their cars (normally Japanese), and their level of shouting. But then some of the Bankstown Police have then in turn damaged their own reputation by mixing the badly-behaved crowd with the well-behaved crowd by means of accusations and assumptions leading to innocent folks being arrested or tackled, which then turned the level of rebellion from the reckless young Lebs even further.
Lebanese people have been immigrating to Australia since the 1800’s and early 1900’s. I know a Lebanese guy who used to have the custom plate AUSSIE on his car.
