the comic strip by Barry Humphries drawn by Nicholas Garland
Produced by
Phillip Adams
Starring
Barry Crocker Barry Humphries Spike Milligan Peter Cook
Cinematography
Donald McAlpine
Edited by
John Scott William Anderson
Music by
Peter Best
Production company
Longford Productions
Distributed by
Phillip Adams Columbia Pictures Video Ltd.
Release date
12 October 1972 (1972-10-12)
Running time
114 minutes
Country
Australia
Language
English
Budget
A$250,000[1]
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.[2] A sequel, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, was produced in 1974.[3]
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.
^Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p265
^Don Groves, "Beresford reflects on his 'colossal mistake': A TV screening of an iconic Australian comedy brings back mixed memories for the filmmaker." SBS, 23 March 2010.
^"Australianscreen.com.au – The Adventures of Barry McKenzie". National Film and Sound Archive. Retrieved 22 December 2008.
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