Cause they had one good part here for a black man, and they gave it to Crocodile Dundee!" Kirk Lazarus:"Pump your brakes kid, that man is a national treasure.
What do I as an Australian think of this movie? I was raised in a small Aussie country town, not too far from where this movie is set, in 1986, my mum took me as a 5 year old and my two older brothers to see this at our local theater. In a packed cinema on a Sunday nigh, we sat in the front row on old wooden seats that folded out. When this film came on, the laughs never stopped. The biggest laugh was when Mick got his hands on "Skippy" and fired back at the Roo shooters "Christ, he's got a gun!" HUGE laugh. At the end of the film, when Mick and Sue had their back and forth in the subway, everyone was laughing again. When Mick got onto to peoples shoulders to get to Sue and the music swelled, the whole audience in the theater cheered, stood up and even hugged themselves all the way till and through the credits and there I was, 5 years old, sitting in the front row, towered by all those people in a dark room so happy, that was the day I fell in love with cinema and the magic of making movies and seeing one of our own on the big screen make such emotions to us the audience. Hence why I work in media now.
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski got married in 1990. They started dating during or after filming the sequel in 1988. You guys definitely need to see the sequel it’s great and features Mick doing a pretty great Batman impression. lol
You have to bear in mind that in the 80s there was no internet. The west didn't really hear a whole lot from Australia. The occasional documentary, stuff about the surf scene, and a bit of music. Australians weren't that common, especially in the west. The major Australian cities were still growing.
It is unfathomable to me that Crocodile Dundee is as forgotten as it is. It's as 80's as Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters and Back to the Future. The comedy is done with such elegance and Paul Hogan makes an amazing character. And not to forget the soundtrack. Outstanding.
The romance of the 80's in general is criminally overlooked. Such a great decade that meshed really authentic power dynamics with old fashioned charm. And the characters were so balanced with both beauty and charisma. Seems people are more into the flashy neon aesthetic and IPs with more merchandise. It's sad😔💖
The second movie is definitely worth watching. If you are interested in a western set in 1860s Australia, HIGHLY recommend “Quigley Down Under “ starring Tom Selleck.
As others have pointed out Paul Hogan was already a huge star (known as a sketch comedian) in Australia so this movie was just him becoming internationally recognized.
I'm an Australian, and we pretty much all love this movie :) It really shows the beauty of the land, and it brought that to a worldwide audience. Also, Paul "Hoges" Hogan, is kind of a favourite son of Australia. So glad you enjoyed the movie! Don't let the animals scare you, Australia is safe and beautiful, you should visit! Oh, except the drop bears, they're vicious buggers.
@@DularrYes it was, on tv for many months and all the gossip magazines. He was married to his first wife for around thirty years which he met either before or after becoming a young painter on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
As a Canadian in the 80s I loved Aussie movies! That's when I became a Mel Gibson, Peter Weir, George Miller fan. I think Peter Weir is your greatest director. Did you know they released Mad Max in 1980 in North America with a horrible dub. They thought no one would understand the Aussie accent. So the movie flopped here because of it. It was the release of "Gallipoli" that kicked it off the Aussie invasion. I remember leaving the theatre and all everyone was talking about was Mel Gibson. Then we got "The Man From Snowy River". I love 😂this movie!! "Phar Lap", "The Road Warrior". I saw The Road Warrior 25x in theatre. "The Year of Living Dangerously", "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome". And Dundee! In Canada the lines were around the block for Dundee and it played for months in theatre!
Tropic Thunder: "...Cause they had one good part here for a black man, and they gave it to Crocodile Dundee!" Kirk Lazarus:"Pump your brakes kid, that man is a national treasure."
The second biggest film of 1986 very close behind Top Gun at number one. That's how big it was. I lived in Toronto at the time. The lines were around the block and it played for months in the theatre.
It got me stuck with a nickname when it was still new. And it was only confirmed in the sequel: - You shoulda bought a gun instead of a beer, mate. - Nah. I don't need a gun. I've got a Donk. - You got a what? - Donk!
that was back when people watched tv, it would be on a very local level this was one of the 10 biggest and a cultural phenomeon... as a dane i can think of more then 10 danish movies that beats the hell out of dundee.. and hollywood also did some classics... in scandinavia where im from it was just a ok movie
I truly love this film. It was huge... But it's a trifle really. It's amazing it was so big given it's a small story of a fish out of water, which is like... less than half of it really? It's a sweet light hearted time capsule but... It's current rating in the pantheon of 80's films is about where it deserves.
Just as you were wondering what Australians think of this film it said "Original story by Paul Hogan". So the main character is played by him. So given he wrote the story and acted in the lead role, it might be somewhat authentic.
It can be authentic without Australians liking it. A couple I knew once was heartily sick and tired of being asked silly “Crocodile Dundee” related questions by random strangers. They were the only grumpy Australians I’ve encountered. I assume they don’t usually let grumpy bastards out of the country? 🤔🤷🏼♂️😜
As I heard it back in the day, Hogan (a real city boy) would go on vacations in the wild, to places like Walkabout Creek, and meet bushmen who had never lived in any of the cities in Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, etc.) He decided to take it a step further and go all the way to NYC.
I'm old enough to have seen this when it first came out and the crocodile scene was one hell of a jumpscare! You guys HAVE to watch the second movie. You will enjoy it and it's very worth it.
at least you know they aren't bullshitting about not seeing it like some others I have watched who have clearly already seen a movie but say they haven't.
The stepping on people in the subway is another play at referencing Australia. Cattle dogs here often walk atop the backs of sheep when they're packed densely like that to traverse them
"That's not a knife. *That's* a knife." In the 1980's, Paul Hogan did commercials for the Australian Tourism Commission in an effort to get more people to visit and vacation in Australia. In the commercials, Paul Hogan famously said, "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you". They used the word shrimp instead of prawn because they knew that word was more common in the USA. Also, this film actually got an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. The lead star Paul Hogan also co-wrote the script and got nominated as a result.
I remember during the opening ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics, they did a segment on Australian celebrities. They had model Elle McPherson, golfer Greg Norman, and Paul Hogan. So I think they were proud of him. If I remember right, Hogan was already married when the two met.
This was the Australian invasion. Crocodile Dundee and The Road Warrior (Mad Max) were HUGE Australian films. People didn't realize Crocodile Dundee was a regional release and ended up getting into the US market. The Road Warrior was the first introduction to Mel Gibson. Ironically it was a sequel that introduced the franchise to US audiences. Until cable, no one really knew about Mad Max, the first film.
As a Canadian who went from 15 - 25 in the 80s. I was crazy for the Aussie invasion. Dundee was the last of it. Mad Max was screwed on its release in 1980 because they gave it a horrible dub. Thinking no one would want to hear an Aussie accent. It took me 30 years until the DVD that I could hear the real voices in Mad Max. Here's how the films were released from 1980-86 that built Aussie to becoming the place to go. "Breaker Morant", "Gallipoli"(Mel Gibson), "The Man From Snowy River"(The highest grossing Aussie movie until Dundee), "The Road Warrior"(Mel Gibson), "The Year of Living Dangerously"(Mel Gibson), "Phar Lap", "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"(Mel Gibson). Mel Gibson became an International movie star and was the first The Sexist Man alive on People Magazine. Hollywood begged Peter Weir to come to America to make "Witness"(1985). Harrison Fords best performance. "Dead Poets Society"(1988). "The Truman Show"(1998). I read in the 80s the number one movie every famous band watched on their Tourbus was The Road Warrior.
I have some friends who visited Australia. They struck up a conversation with someone about all of the dangerous wildlife that they had there (crocks, snakes, spiders, etc.) and the Aussie just laughed because he said they had the same impressions of Canada (rattlesnakes, wolves, bears, blackflies, etc.)
where im from we dont have scary animals (we do have wolfs, but come on.... thats just a dog that not scary to a grown person) but still people come and bring them self in problems when it comes to the forces of nature... my guess would also be that more people hurt them self on the nature in austrailia and alaska, then people hurt them self from animals
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were married for many years, only divorcing in 2014. They made 3 Crocodile Dundee movies and one other comedy together. Linda had very few credits, even though she graduated from The Julliard School's Acting Program in 1981 (which only has 20 students a year, and many are asked to leave or quit before graduating). She left acting because the roles were not good enough to her mind. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe for this, and Paul gained a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy, and was nominated for a Best Actor and Best Screenplay BAFTAs, and an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
As an Aussie, um, you saying how friendly Aussies are, warmed my heart. As an Aussie who went to Canada 5 times in the 80s to visit family, I don't remember being considered 'exotic'. I do know I lost my wallet 3 times and people went out of their way to return it to me, and so I became convinced at that impressionable age that Canadians are nicer than Australians. But, Australians ❤ Canadians, and I guess it goes the other way too. We're same-same, but different in small ways that make us like each other even more. That's how I feel about my cousins anyway. As an Aussie, I intellectually hate this movie (stereotypes); but, my heart enjoyed it tremendously.
"I think I have a new crush!" 😍 Paul thought the same and took Linda Kozlowski off the market real quick. She's in a handful of movies in the 90's, but retired more or less after Croc Dundee in LA Most underrated is a little detective thriller - Backstreet Justice
George got tricked into watching a romcom. The RU-vid edit left out what was THE iconic movie catchphrase of the year: "that's not a knife. That's a knife!"
Question from George: was australians considered exotic in the 80's. Before this film, most people probably didn't know Australia from Austria. After this film, Australia became the most coveted exotic travel loction in the world. I was born in 1981, and all of my childhood was grown-ups talking dreamingly about Mozart and Australia. The cultural impact of this film was massive.
I love the fact that in this film, while there are a ton of Aussie and New York stereotypes, but all of them are affectionate: neither the Australians or the New Yorkers are fully the butt of the joke. Great film, watched it a billion times in my childhood, 10/10.
The people staring into the barber shop thing: Mohawks were considered new and bizarre as a hairstyle back then (sort-of pioneered by the emergence of Mr. T as a celebrity), so people were watching folks get 'freaky' haircuts.
In 1986 I was going to school with an exchange student from Scotland. One day he told the class about his favourite thing, his football team (soccer ⚽) Dundee United. We all cracked up laughing. 🤣 But we spent every lunch time playing soccer that winter. The Scottish boy got us into it. So we were just amused by the name of the team that was the same as the Australian movie character. 😂 Also he said everything with the Scottish accent, so we were amused by hearing him say Dundee. Yes we made him say it a few times. 😂 I guess that Dundee is probably from Scotland, the name. 🤔
And since Paul Hogan had made untold millions of dollars through his ownership of _Crocodile Dundee,_ they basically just retired to a life of luxury. They just made a movie every once in a while when they felt like it.
Britain in the 80's was OBSESSED with everything Australian. 80's UK TV was filled with Australian daytime TV shows, such as Neighbours, Home and Away and Anzacs (which also featured Paul Hogan). And the music charts were filled with Australian actors switching to pop performers. Paul Hogan's comedy tv show was also a big hit on the new Channel 4, which prompted multiple tv adverts for Australian, which also featured Paul Hogan.
We can only but apologise for Neighbours and Home and Away 😢 😁 Yes ANZACS was a fantastic mini series!..with Hoges in it 👍👍 He was my childhood hero in the 70s, 80s. The Paul Hogan Show was a must watch. ❤️ Hope they react to Croc D' 2 & 3.
This is the man who Robert Downey Jr. referenced in Tropic Thunder........"watch yourself, that man is a national treasure". The two costars of the movie ended up marrying after this movie, in real life. Having worked with crocodiles for decades and helping Steve Irwin get his start in NYC with the Discovery channel execs (crocodile hunter). This has always had a special place in my heart except the poaching and killing of the crocs and snakes.
As an Aussie I think you can appreciate how massive this was for the country, and giving us an international presence even if you don't connect particularly to the more sterotypical depictions of Australian culture and life. Most of the population grows up in cities not all that disimiliar to Vancouver, but that doesn't mean that the Aussies and culture portrayed in the movie are completely off the mark! Outback life is just something many of us haven't had much experience with, it is a very different way of life, and there are many big personalities like him out there :) Also you can't be toooo angry about having your country image tied to such a likable character, outdated views aside :P A couple of other great Aussie movies you might enjoy if you haven't seen: Priscilla Queen of the Desert & Muriel's Wedding. Some of the best Aussie actors and actresses in those two!
I was a Canadian teenager when Crocodile Dundee came out. I found it really relatable to the experience of living in Canada at the time. - Enormous country with great swaths of wilderness - Heavily mythologized indigenous population - Majority of people live in cities & towns along the U.S. border, but rest of the world thinks we all live in igloos in perpetual winter on the far north tundra - Outdoor life is ubiquitous but waning; more people are familiar with camping, fishing, hunting, foraging for recreation than for survival - Pre-internet, pop culture was regionally isolated & lagged behind the U.S. by years
When I was in highschool, my teacher told a story about her son and how he got lost and stranded in Australia. The people there were so nice and welcoming, her son was just walking down the road and so many people stopped to offer anything they could, a place to stay, money, etc. Ever since I've always wanted to go to Australia, who wouldn't want to go to such a beautiful place with equally nice people??
I think it's funny that George asked Australians what they thought of the movie and portrayal of Australia. It's an Australian produced movie that was later pedaled to the world. Obviously, the Australians that made it thought it was great. It's like wondering what Chinese people think of "House of the Flying Daggers" or how Japanese regard "Seven Samurai".
To be fair, at the time, Americans did, too- it definitely improved Australia's general brand. 'Pump your brakes, kid- that man is national treasure!" - Kirk Lazarus, on Crocodile Dundee, from Tropic Thunder
The point is well made, but Kurosawa was criticized in his own country for allowing too much western influence in movies of his like “Seven Samurai” but that sure didn’t hurt the movie’s box office take. 😊
@@karlmortoniv2951 It's just a mild criticism of the current trend to always look for offended parties at every opportunity. I believe there was an assumption that this was Hollywood's take on Australia, when in fact the movie was homegrown. As for my Kurosawa reference, I just picked the first two examples of foreign produced movies that took place in the same country that came to mind. You can substitute better ones if it makes the point stronger.
I first watched this movie on VHS in the late 80’s. I was probably 12 years old. For anyone at that age, the “swimsuit scene” was.. memorable. Like you both were saying, the movie is surprisingly good mostly because you’re expecting something silly. There’s definitely some silliness to it but it’s also got heart.
25:30 The music playing here haunts my dreams. When this movie came out, I worked in a theater that had just one giant auditorium. We had this movie all summer. One of my jobs was to help people leave so when this music started I would head inside. I've seen the end of this movie at least 200 times. Probably more. And this music. It's awesome. It gets into my soul. It adjusts my heart rate to match the music. It owns me. After hearing it hundreds of times, it is inextricably linked with my being. They're blanking the music for RU-vid's dumb rules, but I hear it with every fiber of my being anyway.
Croc Dundee is a national treasure and we love the movie and paul Hogan......though Hoges was already a beloved comedian from the 70s before this came out
I remember visiting the Australian pavilion in Expo '86 in Vancouver, BC and Hogan narrated the exhibits. It's clear that Aussies love their favorite son.
Yeah, he was also the voice for the aussie tourism ads to the US that gave us the dreaded "Toss another shrimp on the barbie" and we even forgave him for that lol@@scottjohnson7248
20:27 - given the fact that the exact same throw of a can to the head has been in Hot Fuzz, too I now truly believe Edgar Wright or Simon Pegg love good ol' Dundee.
Linda Kozlowski was my first on-screen crush after watching this film in the 90s. She's so beautiful, it's a shame she didn't do more films. She's in all 3 Dundee films which is great.
The original Australian version runs about 6 minutes longer than the international version. It includes more character building in the first half. There is also more swearing which was dubbed out of the international version. The international version puts quotation marks around the Crocodile in the title.
Paul Hogan put Australia on the map as it were. The only thing he ruined was that awful line in some commercial about putting another shrimp on the barbie, because it was an American commercial. Aussies call 'm prawns. Now go watch the second one. That one some people like even better. But you can stop there.
I remember as a kid watching his show on the local PBS station. They used to show Monty Python and Black Adder and his show. I can't remember what it was called but I remember him making toast by nailing it on the wall and browning it with a blowtorch.
I saw the title and immediately thought of how early George would reference Knifey-Spoony. Not sure what that says about George.....not sure what that says about me.
In the USA the 80’s there was a brief infatuation with Australia and Australians. This movie was the biggest part of that but there were a few others. For context, Crocodile Dundee was a HUGE part of American pop culture for many years. It’s under-represented today as far as it’s actual impact back then.
Second biggest movie of the year, an inch behind Top Gun. In the 80s Mel Gibson was their biggest import. His 4 Aussie movies made him an international movie star.
Yep, Australia was flavour of the month (well, 2-3 years) right there around this movie. Paul Hogan and Men at Work. And Mental as Anything who peaked around number 30 in the billboard charts with the song "Live it Up" which featured in this movie - the scene with the coke fiend.
An 80's classic. It has a couple jokes that didn't age well, but overall a very fun movie. I remember seeing this in 86, and Linda Kozlowski was one of my first crushes. Seriously WOW! She and Paul Hogan were married from 1990-2014 He's 18 years older than her.
A lot of people don't realize that Paul Hogan was a hilarious comedian back in the 70's and had his own tv show; Australia's answer to Benny Hill. He has lot's of vids on RU-vid - tons of cheesecake!!
Just for some context, in 1932 the Australian military fought "The Great Emu War" and lost. The Emu's had been devastating farmers crops and the military was deployed to wipe out the ever larger numbers of Emu's but soon after the Emu's started dispersing into small groups of around 5 making it difficult to kill enough in a timely manner given the amount of fuel and trucks required to track them down. It also took many rounds of ammunition for the Emu's to even react to being shot much less die. After one month the military was recalled and the government decided to give guns and ammo to the farmers to help the farmers protect their own crops.
Well according to Robert Downey Jr. in Tropic Thunder, Crocodile Dundee is a national treasure.This movie also has one of the fastest movie title drops ever. The sequel is ok but I think the third one is not worth watching. Another movie you guys would like is "The Gods Must Be Crazy". Set in Africa, has a similar vibe but more of a documentary style, pretty funny.
The sitting in the front thing is actually pretty common here in aus. Particularly if you're by yourself. Even for someone like myself that has social anxiety it seems anti-social to sit in the back.
16:59 PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHY YOU NEED TO STOP LOOKING AWAY FROM THE SCREEN OR CLOSING YOUR EYES WHEN YOU LAUGH...if you really must then pause the video first!
I'm not Australian but I did hear it had a great effect on the Australian film industry and gave great opportunities to future generations to excel in Hollywood. This film was every 80's movie producers dream, appealed to the majority of women with the romantic element, the men have a masculine, live off the land hero to root for and the fish out of water comedy was used really well , add the stunning cinematography and the unique pacing of half in the Australian outback and the other in New York so American audiences could relate to it more and you have one of the most successful and fondly remembered rom-coms ever
Dude, I got a reference! I also saw the clip of a croc death rolling another’s leg off. It was pretty wild I’m just glad that George and share the same corner of the internet
The 'getting in front in a taxi' is an Australian thing. Taxi drivers in other countries won't even ask where you are from if you go to sit in the front they'll just start with 'You're from Australia then.'
The cop bringing him back on horseback reminds me of being in Charleston SC for a wedding. Got way too drunk on Friday and went on a walk about for a couple of miles away from the city center. There was a limo in closed grocery store parking lot and I started talking to driver. He told me to get in and he took me back to the bar where everybody was. Right as I got out of the limo my friends were walking out of the bar. They all did double takes and were like WTF is going on?!?
I like that final scene on the subway station. I think most people are helpful when given the opportunity. That is true even in New York. People there are just more guarded and afraid of being scammed.
The sequels are good as well, especially the second one. 29:11 Paul Hogan was married at the time he did the first movie. He had divorced his first wife once and they got divorced a second time before he married Linda, from whom he became divorced in 2014.
In the 80s, we were inundated with ACDC, MIDNIGHT OIL, and MEN AT WORK on the radio, and the Aussie accent really caught on with this film. "G'day mate" became a catch phrase in common reference and "Naww,,....That's a knife" was a hit. This started our Australian curiosity, and then Steve Irwin cemented our cravings in the 90s and so on.
There was a time, during the 80s, when suddenly everything Australian was cool. Paul Hogan actually became like the cultural ambassador for the country here in the U.S. Men at Work, Crocodile Dundee, Road Warrior, and other films. I guess they were sort of exotic, but for some reason it just became a trend. Men at Works "Land Down Under" became a huge hit and suddenly Australia was all over. I've always wanted to go, but being terrified of flying makes it hard... Oh, and Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were married for a time.
The big difference back in the 80s compared to now is that Australia seemed much more isolated from the rest of the world. The internet didn't really exist in a mainstream way yet. Mail and phone calls were a much bigger hassle back then. We're just a lot more connected now.
