Absolutely bonus points. When they started questioning/guessing about the cow/ox/bull , I thought, oh no, two stereotypical ' blondes' , ahum. But than their reasoning between human interactions caught me, simply , I had to subscribe, I want to hear more of those two girls.
More so than the writers of these films. In reality, her character is a cheater with no principles.. not a catch at all. It's like the Notebook.. the moral: cheat on your fiancee with your ex and you will live happily ever after... sure. Moral of this story.. go to another country and cheat on your bf/fiancee who is a good guy... you'll live happily ever after.
I was 5, born and raised in Australia and living in a country town not too far from the outback and my mum took me and my two older brothers to the cinema to watch this and it was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. The small local cinema was full to the brim on a Sunday night and we were sitting in the front row. I still remember to this day all the laughs (especially from the Roo shooting the gun) The biggest moment was at the end when they were using people to tell Mick Sue loves him, and when he got on top of peoples shoulders, the whole cinema stood up and cheered and clapped and hugged and I remember being a small 5 year old sitting down and watching all these grown people cheers and scream standing up over me. It was from that moment on I knew I wanted to be involved in movies and to some degree, that is what I have been doing over the last 10 years. An experience I will never forget seeing one of our own on screen and the cheers.
@@PhantomFilmAustraliaI mean to be fair, prawns and shrimp are different animals. Ive met some people who think its just a dialectical difference. Even seen youtube videos talking about how americans call them shrimp while brits call them prawns
@@PhantomFilmAustralia my point is that many people believe shrimp and prawn to be different words for the same animal when they're actually different, like alligators and crocodiles. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard/read someone say "we call shrimp prawns" I'd have enough money to buy bubba gump. The same can be said for americans who call prawns shrimp, it goes both ways. Furthermore, several species of shrimp can be found in the waters in and around australia, they just aren't as common as they are on the other side of the pacific or even further north around china.
Ladies, in case you didn't recognize him, Gus the limo driver is played by Reginald VelJohnson, who is also known for being Carl Winslow on the TV sitcom "Family Matters".and was Al in the Die Hard franchise.
This movie is a GEM! The scene where a guy is snorting coke, and Dundee think he has a bloked nose, is so funny, but I had no idea what was going on when I first watched it as a kid.
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.
@@Dularr It's my understanding that his kids were in their 20s when he got a divorce. Obviously not a good thing, but falling in love with his costar doesn't make him a villain or all that unique in Hollywood.
Thanks for the names. Very sad and surprised to hear that John Mellion died the year after the movie came out. Hopefully, he got to experience some of the fame and acclaim.
The pub used in the film, the 'Walkabout Creek' pub, is a real small town pub in outback Queensland. It is in the town of McKinlay about halfway between Winton and Cloncurry. The film producers were going to use locals as extras in the pub scene but thought viewers would not believe they were real so they had to use actors. The locals actually made the Crocodile Dundee character look a bit tame. I grew up as a kid in the area at Mt Isa to the northwest of McKinlay and have passed through it many times before it became famous.
I work at Eloise copper mine 40 klms up the road from McKinlay,been to the pub quite a few times and the wet mess at the mine is called the Walkabout bar.
I saw this in the theater when it came out, and the whole theater burst into cheers and applause at the ending, probably the greatest final scene in a romantic comedy. This was very popular the year it came out, and I still like it a lot. You identified its vibe very well. It unavoidably reminds me of “Tarzan’s New York Adventure” (1942), the best of Weismuller’s later Tarzan movies. Paul Hogan became known in the U.S. for a very popular series of commercials he did for the Australia Tourism Board. He presented the same sort of character, a super-friendly regular guy who invited you to visit him in Australia. He capitalized on that popularity to make this movie. Unfortunately, you may notice that he was getting a bit old for his co-star, and after the two sequels, he didn’t do much else that was notable, probably because he had aged out of leading man roles.
I was nine years old when this movie came out and it was BIG. Everyone at school was quoting this movie. Parents loved it, kids loved it. They just don't make good movies like this anymore.
Aussie here. My dad went traveling around the US a few years after this movie came out. He was in a dinner in I think Idaho. Waitress came over to take his order "I'll have the spuds thanks love." His American friend translated "He'll have the potato's". Waitress came back "Management would like to offer you a complimentary dessert. He just loves the way ya talk~" He also got his friend out of a parking ticket using his accent
Geeze, I'd have thought that if anywhere in America would know the term 'spud' (and everywhere in America knows the term 'spud') it would be Idaho, where spuds are like the official State Identity.
You wrote" "" He was in a dinner in I think Idaho. "" How was he actually cooked ? And I suppose Idaho potatoes were served with him. I was not aware that cannibalism still existed in IDAHO
I remember when this came out and there was no internet, no streaming video, no crocodile hunter. Most people didn'teven have cable TV. So for many of us this film was our first introduction to Australia.
@@rivercitymudTruly. He was here today, gone today. Course it was during the whole Bill and Ted, Pauly Shore/Encino Man hype, and many were just tired of the buffoonery. Hate to say it, but Bill and Ted 2 blew ass.
My favorite thing from this movie was when he was using a regular shaving razor when he thought she wasn't looking but then switched to shaving with the huge knife when she looked around so he could appear tough. It's such a great thing showing him messing with her to create that persona. Much of the persona was real, but you could see he was also exaggerating it some. Yes, there is a Crocodile Dundee 2 that you would enjoy watching too.
Paul hogan used to paint bridges. In one of his later films he drives over a bridge saying I wonder who and how long to paint it. It was a bridge he helped paint. It was his work mates that advised him to do comedy. Nice one mate.
FUN FACT: The part where Dundee says he didnt know his exact age is funny because his costar David Gulpilil (Neville Bill) really didn't know his birthday. He was an actual Indigenous Australian. He said Christian missionaries literally just guessed the one he uses. 😂
@@douglasabler3581 I first saw him in his first film, "Walkabout". When the film was over, he literally took off his costume and walked back out into the bush. When he was wanted for another film, they had to send someone out to look for him because nobody knew where he was.
0:55 Canada Day is July 1st. I know that because one of my cats is named Lisa (after Pamela Anderson's character on the tv series Home Improvement). Pamela was a Centennial Baby, she was born on the date of the 100th anniversary of Canada's establishment (she was famous upon birth).
Excellent choice. A great 80s comedy. Hopefully, you’ll watch the sequel. Another really good comedy you should consider is “City Slickers” starring Billy Crystal.
1980s: Good old days when movies were great or at least good! So different from today's crap! "Crocodile Dundee" part 1(1986) & part 2(1988) were great classic comedies! Girls, you need to do part 2 too!
G'day ladies from Australia and thank you for acknowledging Australia Day by watching one of the greatest and successful Australian movies. This movie introduced Australia to the world and the world has never lost sight of it's love affair with Australia. This movie is iconic and has etched a place in Australian film industry. Other Australian movies to watch would be "The Man from Snowy River" (a movie based on the famous poem of the same name written by Banjo Patterson), "The Light Horsemen" (a movie based on the Australian soldiers in the first World War) and "The Dish" (based on Australia's involvement in bringing TV pictures from NASA's space mission which included the famous 'Moon Walk' by Neil Armstrong in the 1960's). All of these movies have a strong story, a bit of romance, action and unique Australian humour. I hope one day that you will be able to watch these movies and for us to watch your reactions to them all. Keep up the great work ladies. This content and your channel is really special. Take care.
The ending scene where Mick is walking over people is normally recognized by Aussies; is a reference to when sheep dogs climb over sheep to get around to the other side.
It's kind of funny that Paul Hogan is actually an absolute city-boy, born and raised in the suburbs of Sydney. He claimed to be from Lightning Ridge (a small town in the outback) to help his acting career, and after he became famous he kept up the story to help out the town - being the "home town" of one of the most famous people in Australia at the time brought a lot of tourists.
I was 19years old and had a motorbike accident on the way to work (Australia), i was mostly ok and just outside a movie theatre, I hobbled in and saw Crocodile Dundee - loved it !, great memories.
yeah... but wasn't it that one or both of them were already married and cheated on their spouses during filming causing multiple divorces for them just to break up a couple of years later anyway? I didn't google this, going from memory so my facts might be off a bit, but I just remember thinking this isn't a storybook romance, it was more two selfish people destroying worlds to be together. anyhoo...
Hogan and his first wife, Noelene Edwards, married in 1958. They separated and divorced in 1981 and remarried less than one year later. They Divorced again in 1986. While there was a lot of speculation, or gossip as it should be called, they were already separated before the movie was shot. Hogan was Kozlowski's first husband. They were married for 23 years.
Hey Cassie & Carly, Paul Hogan was already well known in the US before this movie came out, for being the spokesman for Australian tourism in a series of commercials on US television. His famous line in these commercials was that " he'll put an extra shrimp on the barbie for you" if you came to Australia. Those ads were very successful for Australian tourism. Loved this movie when it came out, and loved your reactions. Thank you ladies.
Paul Hogan co-wrote the script, and it's amazing how well he and his co-writer understood 1980s New York. When Mick says that New York "must be the nicest city in the world," he sounds naïve. But despite the gruff exterior of the city's seven million inhabitants, most of them quite nice in a way few outsiders understand. The characters Mick meets in New York City are so true-to-life, which makes the emotional payoff on the subway platform so believable and emotionally satisfying, despite its cornyness.
Paul Hogan's filmography is mostly Australian film and television. He had his hits and misses in the US. Outside of Crocodile Dundee, his films include Almost an Angel, the movie adaptation of Flipper with Elijah Wood, and the Western comedy Lightning Jack. Paul and the actress who played Sue were married in 1990 and divorced in 2014. They have one son together.
Best gag in any film, and I'll die on that hill! Sue: "How does he find his way in the dark?" Mick: "He thinks his way. A lot of people believe they are telepathic." Nev: "Oh, fuck. I hate the bush"
Its worth noteing that Dundee is based off a real guy. He visited the big city after his big survival story and details like the bed on the floor and the baffling bidet are based on things he actually did.
"Nice one Skippy" when he uses the kangaroo to scare off the shooters - a reference to Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo. It's like the Australian version of "Flipper."
The scene where he walks on the people is a reference to an Australian muster dog called a Kelpie. When the sheep are jammed in the stock yard the Kelpies will often walk along on top of the sheep. The inference is obvious.
Back 1987 drove from Sydney to Darwin through Queensland, actually stopped at the town with the fictional "never never tours", stopped for fuel, went into the pub (Bar) saw all the photos of film crew and actors, drank two bottles of beer rapidly, and was on the road again.
I never understood why Linda Kozlowski didn't blow up after this. Plays the female lead and audience POV character in a blockbuster smash hit, has the looks and the talent, yet who can name another movie she's in?
She ended up married to Paul Hogan, didn't she? Perhaps she wanted to focus on raising a family or something similar. I seem to recall a bit of a story about him divorcing his wife of some years and marrying her shortly after these movies came out. I'm not saying he was "a jerk" or anything, because I don't know the details and there could have been many reasons, but I do recall hearing this.
Paul has had an interesting life. He got married at 19. Was married for something like 23 years and then divorced. A year later he and his ex remarried and were together another 7 years. He and his costar in this movie Linda Kozlowski married in 1990 and were together for like 23 or 24 years. He is now single and living in Australia. He is I think 84 yrs old. This was a fun movie and was huge in it's popularity. The sequel is fun as well.
Paul Hogan, the driving force behind the success, was always a funny and charismatic character. Watched enough times to pretty much know the script by heart. You start to appreciate just how much impact Peter Best's soundtrack enhances everything, especially the iconic scenes. He captures the tone to perfection.
I was 11 or 12 years old when I went with my parents to see this movie in the theater. The “that’s not a knife…that’s a knife” line was epic and had the people roaring!
Same with the go-anna in part 2..."Needs garlic". Never saw three (same with Beverly Hills Cop - seems like by #3 it's just milking it and there are no more ideas for the IP) but part 2 is pretty darn good. "It's not a game." "It is to him."
I saw someone in the chat mention 'The Last Starfighter'. It is easily one of my favourite movies. Total kid wish fulfilment. It's also got a surprising number of jokes that went right over my head as a kid that only made me appreciate how well constructed the whole thing is when I watched it like 20 times as an adult. It makes a perfect double bill with 'Flight of The Navigator'. I think you'd enjoy 'Flight of The Navigator for sure and I'm 90% certain you'll like 'The Last Starfighter'.
In "Flight of the Navigator" Max was studying an alien on his ship which was from the planet "Feenastarus" from the "Pixar Elliptic" galaxy. It's where Disney got the name for it's digital animation company "Pixar".
The Last Starfighter had everything for the 80's kid that played video games and wanted to be an astronaut. Loved that movie. The special effects are primitive by current standards but were amazing at the time.
"The Last Starfighter" hit HBO when my brother was 4 or 5. If anyone else here is old enough to remember, HBO showed the same 5 or 6 movies over and over, so my brother was able to quote that movie, and he did...lol. Because we were watching him, we were also watching "The Last Starfighter" just as much. It might not be the best movie ever made, but it was ahead of its time with the special effects, and Lance Guest was actually believable. Dan O'Herlihy was wonderful as Grig, too. If I'm channel surfing and see that it's on somewhere, I'm totally watching it. "The Last Starfighter" and "Night of the Comet" are an excellent double feature 😊🙂.
Croc Dundee is a great film. Don’t know if you’ve ever heard how the movie was cobbled together. Paul Hogan was a huge comedy star in Australia, his shows ran for years, and attracted audiences of millions. When the idea of making a movie came along, he chose as many of the really memorable, funniest and popular sketches from his shows and use£ them as set pieces in his movie. If you enjoyed this, then possibly try the sequal, Croc Dundee 2. If anything, theres a bit more action and adventure in that one, but equally funny and equally charming.
In Australia, sheepdogs walk on the backs of sheep when they are in the pen.....the last scene in the subway was a homage to that. Great movie, a lot of fun. Made for $8.8 million, grossed $328 million, making it one of the highest percentage grossing movies of all time and (from Wiki): it was the highest-grossing film of all time in Australia, the highest-grossing Australian film worldwide, the second-highest-grossing film in the United States in 1986, the highest-grossing non-US film at the US box office ever and the second-highest-grossing film worldwide for the year. A success!
You are wrong , sorry He had to beg friends and business acquaintances to invest in the movie. They made it on the cheap. Less than $100,000 it grossed over $400 million. I’m now retired, but, at the time I worked in the industry.
@@c8Lorraine1 You are delusional if you think that was made for $100,000.... who are you, Rain Main? Does a candy bar, and a new car also cost about $100?
@stevemurrell6167 Wicki is right. All in all there were about 1,500 investors, lot of the cast included (and Mick Hutchence). Hogan an his business partner contributing $600,000 between them. $100,000 is a bit fanciful.
Great reaction! The movie was released in Australia (my home) in early 1986. Saw it then, and arrived in the US in May 1986. The movie was released here later in the year, saw it again with an American audience. There were a few differences, mostly jokes edited for each market. Gags that had us rolling in Oz fell mostly flat here, while others got a bigger response than back home. At times I was the only one laughing in the whole theater. Surreal experience. The movie put us on the map, finally. Like being discovered all over again. 1986 was a weird time. No one here knew anything about Australia. Nothing made the news. A newspaper took a week to get here. I’d listen to shortwave radio at night to try and pick up Radio Australia, maybe some news. No one wrote. Making a phone call at a phone booth was a process, very expensive, buckets of quarters. I’ve been stuck out in the bush in Australia alone as a kid, but nothing prepared me for the loneliness here, half a world away. Of course the internet changed all that. I can’t explain to my kids now what it was like to be that isolated in a time without all the perks they take for granted now.
At this point, Americans didn't know much (or have much exposure) about Australians so this was a HUGE awakening - Mick was so crazy and completely foreign to us! And we ALL were obsessed with him. I love the sequel so much - it gets right into it (no introductions needed, etc). After all these decades, I still frequently say the phrase, "That's not a knife - THAT's a knife." I was 6 when this came out and so that crocodile jump scare was on the BIG SCREEN. I'm surprised I didn't have nightmares lol PS i can't believe you didn't recognize the limo driver as the cop from Die Hard! and Die Hard 2!
@@rodneypayne4827 I know,I’m just trying to get a cheap laff. I wonder if these are the same water buffalo that the milk for real mozzarella cheese comes from,probably.
Sloppy Croc (dance scene jukebox song) by Mental As Anything can be heard on You Tube. I bought the soundtrack back in the 80's and that song wasn't on it.
A lot of the scenes in the movie are references to Australian life. The final scene where he walks on people's shoulders to get across the subway platform is a nod to the Australian shepherd that will run across the backs of a flock of sheep when they're tightly jammed together in a pen.
Thank You so much for watching this Iconic Australian Film on my home country's day - AUSTRALIA DAY!!! Made in the 80's and still one of Australia's most successful films to go around the globe!
INXS, Men at Work, Midnight Oil, Ac Dc, John Farnham, Mad Max, Young Einstein and mostly the 2 Crocodile Dundee Movies made Australia the Land of my Dreams in the 80's . This Movie, together with Part 2 are on my alltime favorite list! 😍
While AC/DC was formed in Australia, Malcolm and Angus were in fact born in Glasgow, Scotland. Their parents moved to Australia in 1063 when Malcolm was 10 and Angus was 7 years old. R.I.P. Malcolm!!
Now you need to react to Crocodile Dundee 2 (and Crocodile Dundee 3 for that matter). Also, to Quigley, Down Under, as Tom Selleck, is another one of those great actors with a lot of charisma. (He would have been the best Indiana Jones ever, in my opinion).
As a young man he worked as a life guard at Granville pool in the sixties and Granville is where i grew up untill the eighties, My best friend's Dad borrowed a suit from Paul for his wedding back then too 👍
Funny story for you ladies... The Aboriginal (Nevil) was played by David Gulpalil. He acted in an ABC TV miniseries called "A Timeless Land" with Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving. I was also in the series and its kinda funny looking back on it after this scene. Where Nevil walks off in the dark and steps on something that hurt... "A hate the bush". The reason it's funny to me is because we were shooting a scene in "A Timeless Land" where he and several other Aboriginals came out the bushes to face Capt Cook as he landed ashore in Botony Bay and every time the director called "cut" "first positions" the Aboriginals (all city dwellers in reality), were in agony walking on stones and scarp stickes going back to their first position to do another take... it was so funny... "ouch, ahhhh, oow, ouch........ "
Omg, I have seen this movie so many times since I was a kid in the '80s and I never noticed the knife in the wall at his hotel. Y'all should watch part 2 for sure. It's just about as good as the original.
I'm an Aussie and we were in New York recently. Once cab drivers found out where we were from they immediately quoted lines out of this movie. Especially 'That's not a knife - this is a knife'. It was great that this movie still lives in the hearts of New Yorkers as much as it does us Aussies after so long. 🇦🇺🇺🇸
@jasonrenfro3938 i 'd say everyone i know likes this movie and enjoys the light hearted humor it's one of those remote drop movies whenever it was on i'd have to drop the remote and watch it all the way through ! A feel good movie i really needed this evening CHEERS .
So, that’s a water buffalo. They typically live in Asia and Northern Territory. Linda Kozlowski, she is the sister of my year 12 English Teacher. Keith Urban is indeed Australian. They use the term “Aboriginie” in this movie, that is considered very offensive these days and would absolutely not fly. It is considered more appropriate to say “Aboriginal peoples” or “Indigenous Peoples” (as Indigenous includes Torres Strait Islander Peoples as well). While on that topic, there’s a growing movement in Australia to change the date of Australia Day, as it’s on the day Europeans landed in Australia. Some people call it “Invasion Day”, some call it “Survival Day”. Some people are steadfast and say we shouldn’t change this historical day. It’s a tough one. Another interesting fact, in the beginning, you see the Sydney Harbour Bridge out the window as she was talking on the phone. Before Paul Hogan made it in entertainment, he held a job as a painter on the Harbour Bridge.
I lived in North East New Jersey when I was a kid in the mid 80s and every week night they'd show the Paul Hogan Show right after The Benny Hill Show starting around 11pm. What a great back to back that was.
Hogan used to (paint ?) steel bridges as his occupation, before going into entertainment. People he worked with on the bridges affirmed that he was just a regular, genuine guy. He did the comedy sketch series "The Paul Hogan Show" on Australian TV, before breaking out internationally with the "Crocodile Dundee" movies, and becoming a spokesman for Australian tourism. As mentioned by other commenters: His Intro monologue at the Oscars was Comedy Gold.
He was a Rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, not a painter. They took some publicity shots of him in the early days of him with a paint tin and brush on top of the bridge, but he was actually a rigger.
I actually met the crocodile 🐊 in the outback scene 13:19 (which was filmed in Kakadu National Park). The crocodile now lives in Crocasaurus Cove in Darwin. The creature at 6:51 is a Water Buffalo 🐃. 16:17 is cooked Perentie Lizard🦎. Wichitty Grubs can turn into giant moths. A grub is the moth equivalent of a caterpillar 🐛.
" well don't you wanna have a voice? " " yeah but oo's gonna ere it aht ere " wish I could be like that now! 😁 and when Wally says " dasn't know...dasn't care " perfect! 😊😊😊😊
@Popcorn In Bed - As an Aussie myself, it is an iconic film that most of us are pretty proud of. You ladies should also check out "Crocodile Dundee 2", not quite as good as the first one but still pretty good. And a lot of Aussie guys are pretty laid back, go with the flow and are easy, cheeky and fun to hang out with, so you should definitely save your dollars and come down for a holiday, especially around capital cities like Brisbane and the world famous and fabulous Gold Coast / Surfers Paradise, that is just down the road. Lots of fun and no where near as expensive as Sydney, Melbourne or other parts of the country... 🤠
13:15 One of the best jump scares in cinema history. First, they side track us with Dundee hitting his head on the log while he's being a peeping tom. It's worse if you're a guy - we're all checking out Linda Kozlowski's, um, bathing suit - makes us let our guard down.
A bull is an intact adult male bovine / cow used for breeding a steer is a young male that has been castrated and are typically used for food and such an ox is older castrated male that's used for labor like pulling wagons or plows or such
Brilliant job ladies. We moved to Oz the year that this movie came out. One of our daughters was born there and she has lived there for 8+ years and counting. Such a pleasure to enjoy it with you all for the first time!
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I cannot overstate what a phenomenon this movie was when it came out.
100% agreed. We were acting it out at schools and adults were at work lol.
Yeah, this movie was HUGE!
It played in the theatre for months.
This film was absolutely part of the zeitgeist.
Outback Steakhouse is a legacy of the Australia craze, that "Crocodile Dundee" spawned.
"That's not a knoife. THAT'S a knoife." That's one of the best movie quotes of all time.
I can't count the number of times it's been used in other tv shows, movies, at work, in a bar, with friends, and on and on and.....
Also one of the most misquoted quotes of all time
Thats not a knife thats a spoon
@@bartellender6782- where is the "that's not a knife scene" ?? That's a classic!! Haha I must have missed it?
27:18 When the mugger wanted his wallet and pulled out a small knife😀@@Davelakful
Bonus points for being so considerate of Micks' feelings. Its so rare to hear "Oh no she better not hurt him!"
They don't mean it lol. Women are the most devious heartless things to ever exist
Absolutely bonus points. When they started questioning/guessing about the cow/ox/bull , I thought, oh no, two stereotypical ' blondes' , ahum. But than their reasoning between human interactions caught me, simply , I had to subscribe, I want to hear more of those two girls.
Good women "get it" don't they...
More so than the writers of these films. In reality, her character is a cheater with no principles.. not a catch at all.
It's like the Notebook.. the moral: cheat on your fiancee with your ex and you will live happily ever after... sure.
Moral of this story.. go to another country and cheat on your bf/fiancee who is a good guy... you'll live happily ever after.
@@KendrickJ2 Lots of chick flicks are about making excuses for cheating or playing multiple dudes at once..
I was 5, born and raised in Australia and living in a country town not too far from the outback and my mum took me and my two older brothers to the cinema to watch this and it was the first movie I ever saw in the theater. The small local cinema was full to the brim on a Sunday night and we were sitting in the front row. I still remember to this day all the laughs (especially from the Roo shooting the gun) The biggest moment was at the end when they were using people to tell Mick Sue loves him, and when he got on top of peoples shoulders, the whole cinema stood up and cheered and clapped and hugged and I remember being a small 5 year old sitting down and watching all these grown people cheers and scream standing up over me. It was from that moment on I knew I wanted to be involved in movies and to some degree, that is what I have been doing over the last 10 years. An experience I will never forget seeing one of our own on screen and the cheers.
I love Crocodile Dundee 1 and 2. But I think QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER is a good if not better movie !!!
That's an awesome story.
Wow! What a heartwarming memory! Thank you for sharing it.
That’s so awesome. Congratulations!
@@jamesgreenhow108 quigley and this were childhood faves of mine ❤❤
Sue: "How does he find his way in the dark?"
Dundee: "He thinks his way through."
Neville: *"OWW. I hate the bush!!!"*
- Gets me EVERY TIME 🤣🤣🤣
That's one of my favorite bits.
Inorite? He's probably out there because his uncle got married or something, and can't wait to get back to the city.
My sister and I would rewind that part constantly 😂
Always a good one
You missed out the "Clonk!"
The sequel to this movie is one of the chosen few, which lives up to the original. I can wholeheartedly recommend you give it a view.
Absolutely! Needs garlic!
Crocodile Dundee II - "He wants to know if we're allowed to eat these men?"
Just don't touch the 3rd!
You don’t need the 3rd when the awesome vol II has got a Donk!
Part 2s the best cuz it’s got a Donk! 😂
Who would have imagined that the greatest jump scare in RUclips reaction history would result from watching a lighthearted comedy
13:15 "Thank God they weren't holding puppies"
- my daughter 😂😂😂😂
I❤This Movie Series!
@@clevelandcbi Or popcorn 🤣
LOL her feet went level with her head at one point if you go frame by frame hahaha
I had to replay that a couple times and even show it to my son.
Paul Hogan is a national treasure in Australia. This movie single-handedly boosted their tourism to unbelievable heights. Plus, he's a cool guy.
Except he made the world think we called prawns "shrimp" and drink a vile beer like "Fosters." 😂😂
Not sure his first wife would agree about the "cool guy" part, after he dumped her for Linda Kozlowski.
@@PhantomFilmAustraliaI mean to be fair, prawns and shrimp are different animals. Ive met some people who think its just a dialectical difference. Even seen youtube videos talking about how americans call them shrimp while brits call them prawns
@@josefstalin9678 Shrimp aren't found in waters around Australia. Prawns are. What's the point you're trying to make?
@@PhantomFilmAustralia my point is that many people believe shrimp and prawn to be different words for the same animal when they're actually different, like alligators and crocodiles. If I had a dollar for every time I've heard/read someone say "we call shrimp prawns" I'd have enough money to buy bubba gump. The same can be said for americans who call prawns shrimp, it goes both ways. Furthermore, several species of shrimp can be found in the waters in and around australia, they just aren't as common as they are on the other side of the pacific or even further north around china.
We were all obsessed with him way back when. He was just so adorable that we all wanted to go to Australia and find our own Crocodile Dundee.
Hope you girls enjoy this one. The sequel is as good or better than the original. Same basic cast but with a twist. Have fun.
The third one though...
@@Ishai1 What third one? The Dundee cinematic universe consists of exactly two movies and a few appearances in MAD Magazine.
@@Jsingle911crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (3rd). The vhs version had a few scenes deleted from the DVD version.
Agreed, cannot wait for that one. Soo damn good!
#3 is set ?? ten years later, in Los Angeles.
Ladies, in case you didn't recognize him, Gus the limo driver is played by Reginald VelJohnson, who is also known for being Carl Winslow on the TV sitcom "Family Matters".and was Al in the Die Hard franchise.
Also played a cop in Ghostbusters. (Crocodile Dundee is the only role I know where he doesn't play a cop)
@@chrispswann6825 He also plays the cop on Die Hard.
He was also the detective trainee in Turner & Hooch.
@@godssheep3959 I actually said that in the original post.
@ForceMaximus84 I forgot to mention that especially as I think that I remember Cassie watching that.
This movie is a GEM! The scene where a guy is snorting coke, and Dundee think he has a bloked nose, is so funny, but I had no idea what was going on when I first watched it as a kid.
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.
...and Austrians have hated Paul Hogan ever since.
@@squirrelsinjacket1804 well what happened to his marriage would sour people.
@@squirrelsinjacket1804Why, because he wasn't promoting their country??? You got auto-corrected (Austria)😀
@@squirrelsinjacket1804 I mean, hard for Paul Hogan to promote Austria, but ok... lol
@@Dularr It's my understanding that his kids were in their 20s when he got a divorce. Obviously not a good thing, but falling in love with his costar doesn't make him a villain or all that unique in Hollywood.
Mentioned in the live chat, "Quigley, Down Under". I think you both would LOVE it.
Yup good movie.
One of my favorites!
Probably the second best Western of the 90s after Tombstone.
Surprisingly good adventure. Was hoping it would be the first of a franchise.
Quigley is a very good movie, if it's the first movie Cassie sees of Tom Selleck it's a really good one!
The music is beautiful in this film. It’s such a small movie and yet it adds such scale to everything.
Part two is an absolute must see. Both are among my most favourite feelgood movies. They are effortlessly funny.
RIP to two Australian legends who appeared in this movie. David Gulpilil and John Mellion
TEN CANOES is a great movie
I have yet to watch Charlie's Country
David Gulpilil appeared in a major milestone film "Walkabout" and famously his name is not spelled correctly in the credits
Thanks for the names. Very sad and surprised to hear that John Mellion died the year after the movie came out. Hopefully, he got to experience some of the fame and acclaim.
The pub used in the film, the 'Walkabout Creek' pub, is a real small town pub in outback Queensland. It is in the town of McKinlay about halfway between Winton and Cloncurry. The film producers were going to use locals as extras in the pub scene but thought viewers would not believe they were real so they had to use actors. The locals actually made the Crocodile Dundee character look a bit tame.
I grew up as a kid in the area at Mt Isa to the northwest of McKinlay and have passed through it many times before it became famous.
I work at Eloise copper mine 40 klms up the road from McKinlay,been to the pub quite a few times and the wet mess at the mine is called the Walkabout bar.
The actor who played the limo driver is the same who played the police officer who befriended John McClain (Bruce Willis) over the radio in *DIE HARD*
And the dad on Family Matters.
A cop in ghostbusters
I.e Mr 80s Cop
@@busimagen cop in an episode of Chuck
Reginald ValJohnson, great actor!
You DEFINITELY need to watch Part 2. :)
probably should stop there, though.... the last one was pretty forgettable
I’d say the Very Excellent Mr Dundee is the best way to end the Paul Hogan film lineup
And 3
I saw this in the theater when it came out, and the whole theater burst into cheers and applause at the ending, probably the greatest final scene in a romantic comedy. This was very popular the year it came out, and I still like it a lot. You identified its vibe very well. It unavoidably reminds me of “Tarzan’s New York Adventure” (1942), the best of Weismuller’s later Tarzan movies.
Paul Hogan became known in the U.S. for a very popular series of commercials he did for the Australia Tourism Board. He presented the same sort of character, a super-friendly regular guy who invited you to visit him in Australia. He capitalized on that popularity to make this movie. Unfortunately, you may notice that he was getting a bit old for his co-star, and after the two sequels, he didn’t do much else that was notable, probably because he had aged out of leading man roles.
The sequel is really good too. Another good Australian movie is "The Man From Snowy River"
Was coming here to say exactly this. Such a beautiful movie!
One of my all time favorites.
I love that movie!
This is fantastic Cassie and Carly. The Man From Snowy River is brilliant. an amazing love story which you both love. ❤️
Great recommendation! I had completely forgot about that movie, but found it very endearing.
I was nine years old when this movie came out and it was BIG. Everyone at school was quoting this movie. Parents loved it, kids loved it. They just don't make good movies like this anymore.
I was 13. Same for me -- couldn't escape people quoting it, especially "That's not a knife. THIS is a knife!"
Aussie here. My dad went traveling around the US a few years after this movie came out. He was in a dinner in I think Idaho. Waitress came over to take his order "I'll have the spuds thanks love." His American friend translated "He'll have the potato's". Waitress came back "Management would like to offer you a complimentary dessert. He just loves the way ya talk~"
He also got his friend out of a parking ticket using his accent
Geeze, I'd have thought that if anywhere in America would know the term 'spud' (and everywhere in America knows the term 'spud') it would be Idaho, where spuds are like the official State Identity.
Great story. Thanks for sharing!!
You wrote"
"" He was in a dinner in I think Idaho. ""
How was he actually cooked ?
And I suppose Idaho potatoes were served with him.
I was not aware that cannibalism still existed in IDAHO
@@andrew_koala2974Hahah!
I was in LA at the time and some looking African Americans heard my accent and asked me to repeat the knife line which i did. They were thrilled.
I remember when this came out and there was no internet, no streaming video, no crocodile hunter. Most people didn'teven have cable TV. So for many of us this film was our first introduction to Australia.
Not long after that, Yahoo Serious got mega-famous for like a month, then vanished from the Earth just as quickly as he appeared.
great point
@@rivercitymudTruly. He was here today, gone today. Course it was during the whole Bill and Ted, Pauly Shore/Encino Man hype, and many were just tired of the buffoonery. Hate to say it, but Bill and Ted 2 blew ass.
Young Einstein!!!!!!!@@rivercitymud
Mad Max...Road Warrior...Beyond Thunderdome....and a few others.
My favorite thing from this movie was when he was using a regular shaving razor when he thought she wasn't looking but then switched to shaving with the huge knife when she looked around so he could appear tough. It's such a great thing showing him messing with her to create that persona. Much of the persona was real, but you could see he was also exaggerating it some.
Yes, there is a Crocodile Dundee 2 that you would enjoy watching too.
And he tucks the regular razor into the waistband of his pants in full view
I actually like the second movie better in some ways.
The tone is amazing. Some of his stuff is legitimate, but just enough is an act to show you that he actually cares what she thinks.
Also when he checks the guy's watch, then walks over to her and looks up at the sun and tells her what time it is lol
Paul hogan used to paint bridges. In one of his later films he drives over a bridge saying I wonder who and how long to paint it. It was a bridge he helped paint. It was his work mates that advised him to do comedy. Nice one mate.
FUN FACT: The part where Dundee says he didnt know his exact age is funny because his costar David Gulpilil (Neville Bill) really didn't know his birthday. He was an actual Indigenous Australian. He said Christian missionaries literally just guessed the one he uses. 😂
I also remember him from The Right Stuff
@@douglasabler3581 I first saw him in his first film, "Walkabout". When the film was over, he literally took off his costume and walked back out into the bush. When he was wanted for another film, they had to send someone out to look for him because nobody knew where he was.
David Gulpilili had a big role in the movie "Australia" with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. He played the grandfather "King George",
I was sad to hear that David Gulpilil passed away in 2021.
Did you ladies recognize Reginald Velljohnson(the limo driver) as Al Powell in "Die Hard?" He also starred in "Family Matters."
Check out Paul Hogan's apperance at the Oscars where he advises the audience on how to act as only he can! Absolute perfection of comic timing.
That's a brilliant speech.
I just watched this out of curiosity. You’re not overselling it. It’s perfect.
Really wished he would say that now!
0:55 Canada Day is July 1st.
I know that because one of my cats is named Lisa (after Pamela Anderson's character on the tv series Home Improvement).
Pamela was a Centennial Baby, she was born on the date of the 100th anniversary of Canada's establishment (she was famous upon birth).
"... that man is a national treasure !" -- Robert Downey Jr. in one of the many Crocodile Dundee jokes in Tropic Thunder . 😅
“A dingo ate my baby!”…
“Pump your breaks, kid” 😂
“We come from a land down under”
RDJr's part was so funny
Downey is a creep. He supports Biden
Excellent choice. A great 80s comedy. Hopefully, you’ll watch the sequel. Another really good comedy you should consider is “City Slickers” starring Billy Crystal.
I think they would love City Slickers.
That's a must!
City Slickers is amazing. Moo Norman...I'll leave it there.
@@bartellender6782 "Rollin', rollin', rollin', keep them dogies rollin', man my ass is swollen, Rawhide!"
@@bartellender6782 They would totally be wanting to adopt a cow after seeing Norman.
1980s: Good old days when movies were great or at least good! So different from today's crap! "Crocodile Dundee" part 1(1986) & part 2(1988) were great classic comedies! Girls, you need to do part 2 too!
If I'm not mistaken those two actually got married. The chemistry was real.
Yup for like 25-30years
Yup, the chemistry was very real. They were together for nearly 30 years, and married for 24 of them.
Yeah, Paul left his wife to be with her.
He married her and turned her into a plus plus size version of his ex
@@realPromotememediaAlways a clown with a bitter after taste. Congratulations on that 🙄
As an Aussie who is sitting here on Australia day I'm really happy you ladies watched this. Happy Australia day to all celebrating!!
Rum rebellion day. Hope it was a good one
Happy Australia Day to you!
Hope u had a good one M8 🇦🇺
Same to you mate
hope ya having a good one :) i did i had a bbq with family
G'day ladies from Australia and thank you for acknowledging Australia Day by watching one of the greatest and successful Australian movies. This movie introduced Australia to the world and the world has never lost sight of it's love affair with Australia. This movie is iconic and has etched a place in Australian film industry. Other Australian movies to watch would be "The Man from Snowy River" (a movie based on the famous poem of the same name written by Banjo Patterson), "The Light Horsemen" (a movie based on the Australian soldiers in the first World War) and "The Dish" (based on Australia's involvement in bringing TV pictures from NASA's space mission which included the famous 'Moon Walk' by Neil Armstrong in the 1960's). All of these movies have a strong story, a bit of romance, action and unique Australian humour. I hope one day that you will be able to watch these movies and for us to watch your reactions to them all. Keep up the great work ladies. This content and your channel is really special. Take care.
The last good Australian movie I watched was "Beautiful Kate", but that movie is not for everyone.
The last good Australian movie I watched was "Beautiful Kate", but that movie is not for everyone.
The ending scene where Mick is walking over people is normally recognized by Aussies; is a reference to when sheep dogs climb over sheep to get around to the other side.
Never realized the cultural significance of that scene. Good to know 👍
40 years late, but thanks.
Colin Quinn. 😁😁😁😁
Wonder how much they had to pay the people to be walked on.
Specifically, an Australian Pelkie - this breed of dog was featured in "Red Dog", another great Aussie movie with Josh Lucas.
It's kind of funny that Paul Hogan is actually an absolute city-boy, born and raised in the suburbs of Sydney. He claimed to be from Lightning Ridge (a small town in the outback) to help his acting career, and after he became famous he kept up the story to help out the town - being the "home town" of one of the most famous people in Australia at the time brought a lot of tourists.
He's from Granville Sydney NSW where i grew up.
I was 19years old and had a motorbike accident on the way to work (Australia), i was mostly ok and just outside a movie theatre, I hobbled in and saw Crocodile Dundee - loved it !, great memories.
As an Aussie, I can confirm that every Aussie has some degree of Dundee in them.
Not always a good thing
I've heard some of them actually have twodees in them.
Let's not talk about your mum like that.@@rivercitymud
Watch out for the bogans
Florida man
Their chemistry was great because they actually fell in love and married afterwards. ❤❤
yeah... but wasn't it that one or both of them were already married and cheated on their spouses during filming causing multiple divorces for them just to break up a couple of years later anyway? I didn't google this, going from memory so my facts might be off a bit, but I just remember thinking this isn't a storybook romance, it was more two selfish people destroying worlds to be together. anyhoo...
@oktober-vh6gl I had to Google it to be certain of years, but they married in 1990 and divorced in 2014. They had one son together.
@@oktober-vh6gl Yeah, others may not agree, but I always felt like it's a great movie, but real life they were both pretty awful people.
@@oktober-vh6gl I believe they were married for 23 years.
Hogan and his first wife, Noelene Edwards, married in 1958. They separated and divorced in 1981 and remarried less than one year later. They Divorced again in 1986. While there was a lot of speculation, or gossip as it should be called, they were already separated before the movie was shot. Hogan was Kozlowski's first husband. They were married for 23 years.
Hey Cassie & Carly, Paul Hogan was already well known in the US before this movie came out, for being the spokesman for Australian tourism in a series of commercials on US television. His famous line in these commercials was that " he'll put an extra shrimp on the barbie for you" if you came to Australia. Those ads were very successful for Australian tourism. Loved this movie when it came out, and loved your reactions. Thank you ladies.
Paul Hogan co-wrote the script, and it's amazing how well he and his co-writer understood 1980s New York. When Mick says that New York "must be the nicest city in the world," he sounds naïve. But despite the gruff exterior of the city's seven million inhabitants, most of them quite nice in a way few outsiders understand. The characters Mick meets in New York City are so true-to-life, which makes the emotional payoff on the subway platform so believable and emotionally satisfying, despite its cornyness.
It was more a documentary
Yes. I found New Yorkers to be nice. Busy and in a hurry, but when I asked for directions or other assistance, I always got help.
Paul Hogan's filmography is mostly Australian film and television. He had his hits and misses in the US. Outside of Crocodile Dundee, his films include Almost an Angel, the movie adaptation of Flipper with Elijah Wood, and the Western comedy Lightning Jack.
Paul and the actress who played Sue were married in 1990 and divorced in 2014. They have one son together.
Almost an Angel is pretty good. Same charm as Crocodile Dundee, but instead of being clueless in a big city he's street smart
When Hogan and Linda Koslowski (Sue) got together it was a big scandal. Hogan left his wife for Koslowski.
Lightning Jack is on RUclips. It’s a Western comedy that co-stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. as a deaf cowboy.
Pitt/Jolie
Depp/Heard
And so on. Lots of couples start up when filming together. Long hours, physically close etc
Lightning Jack was great. I looked for it on dvd for years and never found it.
Best gag in any film, and I'll die on that hill!
Sue: "How does he find his way in the dark?"
Mick: "He thinks his way. A lot of people believe they are telepathic."
Nev: "Oh, fuck. I hate the bush"
Its worth noteing that Dundee is based off a real guy. He visited the big city after his big survival story and details like the bed on the floor and the baffling bidet are based on things he actually did.
Hope y’all watch the sequel!🤞💕
Yes, please.
A MUST!!!
I honestly think in some ways I like it better but both are great
I honestly think it's even better.
"Nice one Skippy" when he uses the kangaroo to scare off the shooters - a reference to Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo. It's like the Australian version of "Flipper."
I think they set a new record for how high they jumped when croc lunged out of the water.😂😂😂
I find it ironic that two North Americans can wish us Happy Australia Day while so many ‘Aussie’s’ can’t. Much appreciated C&C!!
It’s a shame that people want to divide and destroy us like that. It’s not about changing the date, it’s about destroying our society.
It's cause they are Canadian
HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY mate!
Don't worry. Not very many modern-day Americans even know when the 4th of July is or what it means. HAPPY AUSTRALIA DAY!!!
@@thedragonreborn9856 wrong
The scene where he walks on the people is a reference to an Australian muster dog called a Kelpie. When the sheep are jammed in the stock yard the Kelpies will often walk along on top of the sheep. The inference is obvious.
The croc jump scare was hilarious!😂 Yes 16 or 18 feet for the salt water croc. They get bigger than that!
That both-sisters jump scare was the best in a while.
I saw feet lol 👣👣
it's one of the best IN MOVIE HISTORY
Back 1987 drove from Sydney to Darwin through Queensland, actually stopped at the town with the fictional "never never tours", stopped for fuel, went into the pub (Bar) saw all the photos of film crew and actors, drank two bottles of beer rapidly, and was on the road again.
I never understood why Linda Kozlowski didn't blow up after this. Plays the female lead and audience POV character in a blockbuster smash hit, has the looks and the talent, yet who can name another movie she's in?
Crocodile Dundee II? (lol)
Yeah she was smoke.
@noodle_fc "Village of the Damned" (1995).
She ended up married to Paul Hogan, didn't she? Perhaps she wanted to focus on raising a family or something similar. I seem to recall a bit of a story about him divorcing his wife of some years and marrying her shortly after these movies came out. I'm not saying he was "a jerk" or anything, because I don't know the details and there could have been many reasons, but I do recall hearing this.
Almost An Angel, also with Paul Hogan. And the miniseries Favourite Son, co-starring Harry Hamlin.
The fact that Linda Koslowski maintained that fantastic 80s hair in the outback is the chef's kiss of 80s film. Bravo!
13:15 Congratulations. You now have a greater grasp of just how terrifying saltwater crocodiles actually are to encounter in the wild.
Paul has had an interesting life. He got married at 19. Was married for something like 23 years and then divorced. A year later he and his ex remarried and were together another 7 years. He and his costar in this movie Linda Kozlowski married in 1990 and were together for like 23 or 24 years. He is now single and living in Australia. He is I think 84 yrs old. This was a fun movie and was huge in it's popularity. The sequel is fun as well.
That's not a loife, this is a loife.
He's living in LA.. he left Australia because of tax issues..
❤ love the croc series
@HVG67 He splits his time, but was predominately LA whilst his and Linda's son was growing up.
@HVG67 didn't he hold up in his house with some rifles daring them to try and get him for taxes?
If true or not I still love the thought of it😂
Paul Hogan, the driving force behind the success, was always a funny and charismatic character. Watched enough times to pretty much know the script by heart. You start to appreciate just how much impact Peter Best's soundtrack enhances everything, especially the iconic scenes. He captures the tone to perfection.
The music in the final scene is phenomenal
The musis fantastic
I was 11 or 12 years old when I went with my parents to see this movie in the theater. The “that’s not a knife…that’s a knife” line was epic and had the people roaring!
“Youcan live off it, but it tastes like sh*%” doesn’t get enough love as a movie quote.
Same with the go-anna in part 2..."Needs garlic". Never saw three (same with Beverly Hills Cop - seems like by #3 it's just milking it and there are no more ideas for the IP) but part 2 is pretty darn good. "It's not a game." "It is to him."
I saw someone in the chat mention 'The Last Starfighter'. It is easily one of my favourite movies. Total kid wish fulfilment. It's also got a surprising number of jokes that went right over my head as a kid that only made me appreciate how well constructed the whole thing is when I watched it like 20 times as an adult. It makes a perfect double bill with 'Flight of The Navigator'. I think you'd enjoy 'Flight of The Navigator for sure and I'm 90% certain you'll like 'The Last Starfighter'.
Compliance!!
In "Flight of the Navigator" Max was studying an alien on his ship which was from the planet "Feenastarus" from the "Pixar Elliptic" galaxy. It's where Disney got the name for it's digital animation company "Pixar".
it was me that mentioned it in the chat - im trying to get cassie's attention to react to that....
The Last Starfighter had everything for the 80's kid that played video games and wanted to be an astronaut. Loved that movie. The special effects are primitive by current standards but were amazing at the time.
"The Last Starfighter" hit HBO when my brother was 4 or 5. If anyone else here is old enough to remember, HBO showed the same 5 or 6 movies over and over, so my brother was able to quote that movie, and he did...lol. Because we were watching him, we were also watching "The Last Starfighter" just as much. It might not be the best movie ever made, but it was ahead of its time with the special effects, and Lance Guest was actually believable. Dan O'Herlihy was wonderful as Grig, too. If I'm channel surfing and see that it's on somewhere, I'm totally watching it. "The Last Starfighter" and "Night of the Comet" are an excellent double feature 😊🙂.
Croc Dundee is a great film. Don’t know if you’ve ever heard how the movie was cobbled together.
Paul Hogan was a huge comedy star in Australia, his shows ran for years, and attracted audiences of millions. When the idea of making a movie came along, he chose as many of the really memorable, funniest and popular sketches from his shows and use£ them as set pieces in his movie.
If you enjoyed this, then possibly try the sequal, Croc Dundee 2. If anything, theres a bit more action and adventure in that one, but equally funny and equally charming.
I still use the “that’s not a knife” line at dinner times 😂 They really don’t make movies like this anymore.
I grew up on this mate. So many great quotes.
In Australia, sheepdogs walk on the backs of sheep when they are in the pen.....the last scene in the subway was a homage to that. Great movie, a lot of fun. Made for $8.8 million, grossed $328 million, making it one of the highest percentage grossing movies of all time and (from Wiki): it was the highest-grossing film of all time in Australia, the highest-grossing Australian film worldwide, the second-highest-grossing film in the United States in 1986, the highest-grossing non-US film at the US box office ever and the second-highest-grossing film worldwide for the year. A success!
You are wrong , sorry
He had to beg friends and business acquaintances to invest in the movie. They made it on the cheap. Less than $100,000 it grossed over $400 million. I’m now retired, but, at the time I worked in the industry.
@@c8Lorraine1 I guess Wiki is wrong then.....but honestly, I can't see this movie being made for a hundred grand.
@@c8Lorraine1 You are delusional if you think that was made for $100,000.... who are you, Rain Main? Does a candy bar, and a new car also cost about $100?
@stevemurrell6167 Wicki is right. All in all there were about 1,500 investors, lot of the cast included (and Mick Hutchence). Hogan an his business partner contributing $600,000 between them. $100,000 is a bit fanciful.
Great reaction!
The movie was released in Australia (my home) in early 1986. Saw it then, and arrived in the US in May 1986. The movie was released here later in the year, saw it again with an American audience. There were a few differences, mostly jokes edited for each market. Gags that had us rolling in Oz fell mostly flat here, while others got a bigger response than back home. At times I was the only one laughing in the whole theater. Surreal experience. The movie put us on the map, finally. Like being discovered all over again.
1986 was a weird time. No one here knew anything about Australia. Nothing made the news. A newspaper took a week to get here. I’d listen to shortwave radio at night to try and pick up Radio Australia, maybe some news. No one wrote. Making a phone call at a phone booth was a process, very expensive, buckets of quarters. I’ve been stuck out in the bush in Australia alone as a kid, but nothing prepared me for the loneliness here, half a world away. Of course the internet changed all that. I can’t explain to my kids now what it was like to be that isolated in a time without all the perks they take for granted now.
At this point, Americans didn't know much (or have much exposure) about Australians so this was a HUGE awakening - Mick was so crazy and completely foreign to us! And we ALL were obsessed with him. I love the sequel so much - it gets right into it (no introductions needed, etc). After all these decades, I still frequently say the phrase, "That's not a knife - THAT's a knife." I was 6 when this came out and so that crocodile jump scare was on the BIG SCREEN. I'm surprised I didn't have nightmares lol PS i can't believe you didn't recognize the limo driver as the cop from Die Hard! and Die Hard 2!
Ox is an neutered bull. Used for work. The beast in the show is a water buffalo.
A neutered bull is called a steer. Oxen are a different type of cattle breed.
A young neutered bull is called a steer. An adult steer is called a bullock.
I call bullshit😆
@@Whateva67 the original comment is correct. Water buffalo are feral here and do a lot of damage to the native habitat.
@@rodneypayne4827 I know,I’m just trying to get a cheap laff. I wonder if these are the same water buffalo that the milk for real mozzarella cheese comes from,probably.
I always loved the music score to this film. it can pull the heart strings.
Sloppy Croc (dance scene jukebox song) by Mental As Anything can be heard on You Tube. I bought the soundtrack back in the 80's and that song wasn't on it.
That piece when they're swimming always hits some notes inside.
That ending though. Up there with an Officer and a Gentleman for romantic endings
Officer and a Gentleman also ends on a freezeframe doesn’t it?
@@Enthymene yeah it does 👌🏾
And what is clever is that it's a woman running after a man this time
A lot of the scenes in the movie are references to Australian life. The final scene where he walks on people's shoulders to get across the subway platform is a nod to the Australian shepherd that will run across the backs of a flock of sheep when they're tightly jammed together in a pen.
I've seen a clip of that...astounding agility and skill to break up the jam of sheep on a ramp.
Not an Australian Shepherd, usually a kelpie, border collie or Aussie Cattle Dog. Australian Shepherds are actually an American breed 😊
@@shadowqueen99 Right...what she said. Thanks for the clarification on breeds. It does matter for the location and work. 🙂
a dog that is.. not a human
Australia Day isn’t in the summer for holiday weather it’s literally the actually date The First Fleet landed in Australia 🇦🇺.
This is definitely a two parter. The sequel I'd just as good.
Thank You so much for watching this Iconic Australian Film on my home country's day - AUSTRALIA DAY!!! Made in the 80's and still one of Australia's most successful films to go around the globe!
It's a fun, light-hearted, east to watch movie - and the screenplay was nominated for an Oscar and a BAFTA, and Hogan won a Golden Globe for it.
Mick is the definition of genuine. He just oozes it and thats why hes so cool.
INXS, Men at Work, Midnight Oil, Ac Dc, John Farnham, Mad Max, Young Einstein and mostly the 2 Crocodile Dundee Movies made Australia the Land of my Dreams in the 80's . This Movie, together with Part 2 are on my alltime favorite list! 😍
The song "Solid Rock" by the band Goanna doesn't get talked about enough.
While AC/DC was formed in Australia, Malcolm and Angus were in fact born in Glasgow, Scotland. Their parents moved to Australia in 1063 when Malcolm was 10 and Angus was 7 years old. R.I.P. Malcolm!!
The two of you make watching these movies again with you both so much fun and entertaining and special Thank you for that
As a proud and patriotic Australian, hearing Carly and Cassie both attempt the oka Aussie accent was beautiful moment 🥰🇭🇲
In today's day and age I'm surprised they weren't canceled just kidding of course
@@noway3372 97.5 % of Australia is technically guilty of misappropriation, I think we can let some humour slide
I may be wrong, but don't you think aussie accent and german accent are not so different?
@@hendrikpehlke4973 if you mean Germans that identify as South Africans then I would agree
Now you need to react to Crocodile Dundee 2 (and Crocodile Dundee 3 for that matter).
Also, to Quigley, Down Under, as Tom Selleck, is another one of those great actors with a lot of charisma.
(He would have been the best Indiana Jones ever, in my opinion).
He wanted to but was killing the role of magnum pi 😊 great show
Quiqley is quite a good Western, for not even being in North America.
As a young man he worked as a life guard at Granville pool in the sixties and Granville is where i grew up untill the eighties, My best friend's Dad borrowed a suit from Paul for his wedding back then too 👍
Funny story for you ladies... The Aboriginal (Nevil) was played by David Gulpalil. He acted in an ABC TV miniseries called "A Timeless Land" with Sam Neill and Hugo Weaving. I was also in the series and its kinda funny looking back on it after this scene. Where Nevil walks off in the dark and steps on something that hurt... "A hate the bush". The reason it's funny to me is because we were shooting a scene in "A Timeless Land" where he and several other Aboriginals came out the bushes to face Capt Cook as he landed ashore in Botony Bay and every time the director called "cut" "first positions" the Aboriginals (all city dwellers in reality), were in agony walking on stones and scarp stickes going back to their first position to do another take... it was so funny... "ouch, ahhhh, oow, ouch........ "
Omg, I have seen this movie so many times since I was a kid in the '80s and I never noticed the knife in the wall at his hotel. Y'all should watch part 2 for sure. It's just about as good as the original.
I'm an Aussie and we were in New York recently. Once cab drivers found out where we were from they immediately quoted lines out of this movie. Especially 'That's not a knife - this is a knife'. It was great that this movie still lives in the hearts of New Yorkers as much as it does us Aussies after so long. 🇦🇺🇺🇸
As a child I loved the second part of Dundee, it was my favorite movie, along with Enemy Mine. Both movies were shown in soviet cinemas.
Enemy mine is gold!
Enemy Mine would make a great sci fi recommendation for Cassie.
Dundee II was pretty awesome
You couldn't pick a better movie to watch for the first time
@jasonrenfro3938 i 'd say everyone i know likes this movie and enjoys the light hearted humor it's one of those remote drop movies whenever it was on i'd have to drop the remote and watch it all the way through !
A feel good movie i really needed this evening
CHEERS .
@@harveylee51 Yeah, there's definitely something wrong with someone if they don't like this movie.
So, that’s a water buffalo. They typically live in Asia and Northern Territory. Linda Kozlowski, she is the sister of my year 12 English Teacher. Keith Urban is indeed Australian. They use the term “Aboriginie” in this movie, that is considered very offensive these days and would absolutely not fly. It is considered more appropriate to say “Aboriginal peoples” or “Indigenous Peoples” (as Indigenous includes Torres Strait Islander Peoples as well). While on that topic, there’s a growing movement in Australia to change the date of Australia Day, as it’s on the day Europeans landed in Australia. Some people call it “Invasion Day”, some call it “Survival Day”. Some people are steadfast and say we shouldn’t change this historical day. It’s a tough one. Another interesting fact, in the beginning, you see the Sydney Harbour Bridge out the window as she was talking on the phone. Before Paul Hogan made it in entertainment, he held a job as a painter on the Harbour Bridge.
I lived in North East New Jersey when I was a kid in the mid 80s and every week night they'd show the Paul Hogan Show right after The Benny Hill Show starting around 11pm. What a great back to back that was.
Hogan used to (paint ?) steel bridges as his occupation, before going into entertainment. People he worked with on the bridges affirmed that he was just a regular, genuine guy.
He did the comedy sketch series "The Paul Hogan Show" on Australian TV, before breaking out internationally with the "Crocodile Dundee" movies, and becoming a spokesman for Australian tourism.
As mentioned by other commenters: His Intro monologue at the Oscars was Comedy Gold.
He was a Rigger on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, not a painter. They took some publicity shots of him in the early days of him with a paint tin and brush on top of the bridge, but he was actually a rigger.
@@kenlawton1531 Thanks for the correction :)
His granddaughter works for channel 7, Mylee Hogan
the moment the end music kicks in, is when it hits me whats going to happen. love the ending of this movie, so memorable.
I actually met the crocodile 🐊 in the outback scene 13:19 (which was filmed in Kakadu National Park). The crocodile now lives in Crocasaurus Cove in Darwin. The creature at 6:51 is a Water Buffalo 🐃. 16:17 is cooked Perentie Lizard🦎. Wichitty Grubs can turn into giant moths. A grub is the moth equivalent of a caterpillar 🐛.
"Are they going to talk about that kiss, in the bush" Phrasing.
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" well don't you wanna have a voice? " " yeah but oo's gonna ere it aht ere " wish I could be like that now! 😁 and when Wally says " dasn't know...dasn't care " perfect! 😊😊😊😊
HAHA 😂 That jump scare with the croc was hilarious! Your blanket almost went flying! Love it!
Heavy 80's vibes. Still the best decade ever. And this movie can show you, why.👍❤❤❤
@Popcorn In Bed - As an Aussie myself, it is an iconic film that most of us are pretty proud of. You ladies should also check out "Crocodile Dundee 2", not quite as good as the first one but still pretty good. And a lot of Aussie guys are pretty laid back, go with the flow and are easy, cheeky and fun to hang out with, so you should definitely save your dollars and come down for a holiday, especially around capital cities like Brisbane and the world famous and fabulous Gold Coast / Surfers Paradise, that is just down the road. Lots of fun and no where near as expensive as Sydney, Melbourne or other parts of the country... 🤠
13:15 One of the best jump scares in cinema history.
First, they side track us with Dundee hitting his head on the log while he's being a peeping tom.
It's worse if you're a guy - we're all checking out Linda Kozlowski's, um, bathing suit - makes us let our guard down.
Cassie's ready for The Gods Must be Crazy 1980 :)
Most definitely "The Gods Must be Crazy". A film with about the same flavor as the beginning of Dundee, but with way more hilarity.
That movie gave me a real appreciation for indie filmmaking. ❤
Heartedly support this.
Such a gem! I hope they see it!
@@whawaiislapstick
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Brilliant job ladies. We moved to Oz the year that this movie came out. One of our daughters was born there and she has lived there for 8+ years and counting. Such a pleasure to enjoy it with you all for the first time!