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."
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.
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.
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
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.
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
"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 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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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'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
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
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.'
In US in the 80's there was a short lived obsession with Australia. There was an influx of Australian films and it was THE place to travel to for awhile. Jamaica was another one that captured public attention in the 80's. There were probably more but those are the ones I remember.
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.
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.
Yes, there must've been some actual chemistry between the leads because Paul Hogan divorced the wife he had married when he was a teen after 30 years of marriage (and 5 children) in 1989, just three years after this film was released and one year after its sequel. He married his costar here, Linda Kozlowski, the following year. _They_ had one son and were married for about 24 years before divorcing.
"Thats not a knife? Thats a knife" Just one of the greatest and fun 80s movies ever Paul Hogan is iconic "Pump your breaks kid that man is a national treasure!" great reaction guys 😂
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.
I saw this movie as a kid in Mississauga. I fell in love with it and always wanted to visit Australia. Now…….I live here. It is the most beautiful place on earth. Everyday is magic. Visit Australia if you can.
The barbershop in NYC where everyone was looking inside was Astor Place Hair, a really hip place at the time. Lots of celebrities got their hair cut and styled there. It's still there, and still pretty hip, but not what it used to be back in the 80s and 90s.
Yes, Paul and the leading lady met and fell in love on the set and married. They were married for decades. Don't know if they still are... that's why the chemistry was so good. And as an Aussie, i love this film. There are so many great films from here that aren't reacted to.
Im Australian and not embarrassed by this movie at all. A few things are inaccurate, we dont drink fosters, we only export fosters for the most part, its shite. This movie and more so it's sequel portray native Australians in a very positive light and show their culture well:) that part is awesome about this movie/movies.
13:28 _"In the 80's, were Australians considered exotic?"_ Well, they were very "IN" for a time as the bands *_Men at Work, INXS, Split Enz, Midnight Oil_* and more, were all part of an Aussie wave, of sorts.
I was 11yrs old in 1985 when they filmed this in Kakadu National Park. Know all the film locations for Croc Dundee and Croc Dundee 2. Saw Charlie the buffalo years later in Adelaide River (he was very friendly). After he died they did a a full body taxidermy mount of him and I think he is in the Adelaide River Roadhouse these days.
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were actually together for over 20 years. He actually divorced his first wife to be with her. Paul and Linda split up, though, maybe 10-15 years ago. And to answer your question: Yes. There was a minute in the late 80s/early 90s when Australia was considered a cool, trendy thing in America: Paul Hogan did commercials for Foster's beer (an Australian brand), and we somehow let an Australian who called himself "Yahoo Serious" make a movie with a major American studio (no, I don't get that part, either...), but it was pretty short-lived..
When I was a little kid, I happened to see the poster advertising this movie kind of near an automotive store at the mall. For years after, I thought the poster was selling tires. I saw the movie when I was a bit older, didn't connect it to the poster. Only as an adult, I saw the poster again and was like, "OOOOHHHH".
Yeah Paul Hogan ain't no dummy lol we watched this a lot as kids and we were always in awe of her beauty her cool voice and her grace, and he's ridiculously charming❤
I'm from Northern Europe, but one of my favorite places in the world is Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, where this was shot. So beautiful, and those rockpools are amazing.
As an Australian, great movie and I never tire of it. You guys need to watch crocodile dundee 2 if you want more of this classic. Cheers from Australia 🍻
Well about the same time in the UK, we had Neighbours appear on the BBC. We also had Prisoner Cell Block H which first aired in 1984. But Australians were a little exotic.
The thing I got taught in the army about local wildlife in places like Australia and Africa was "if it has more legs than you or less legs than you, it CAN kill you!" - be careful out there folks!
22:02 You’re right. It has been parodied about a million times. I wonder what the original reference is from? Heh, jk. This is it. It’s been a good movie for so long, and that line is so great, and that scene is so great, that a lot of pop culture references this movie. One of the biggest Australian influences on American culture and television, right up there with the Men Without Hats (Land Down Under) and Crocodile Dundee 2.
I love this movie so much. Reminds me of my childhood. back when I didn't have a VCR with recording capability I had to ask people to tape stuff for me. I watched this movie over and over until the tape slowly gave out and the picture started to lose colors and clarity.
He's not stepping on their heads but they're holding him up by his feet. Come on you kids. Paul Hogan was nominated for an oscar for the script and was one of the best hosts of the awards back in 1987.
Paul Hogan said in interviews that countless times when he goes out to dinner invariably the chef comes out with one of their knives and says that line:) they all think they were the first to think of it lol
I've been to NYC, and what New Yorkers are is something different than the stereotype: Rather, they're normally in a hurry, and they don't want to be a bother to you. People there were helpful every time I asked for assistance. Patient too, really.
Paul Hogan co-wrote this movie. By this time he was rather well known esp in the UK etc as he had a comedy skit show for years but this defines him forever.
While, yes...Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski did marry in 1990 after filming a few movies together (and had a son, Chance)...they sadly divorced in 2014. At least, according to her bio on IMDb.
The two actors getting together during filming was a massive controversy in Australia because Paul Hogan was married at the time. It was the Brad and Angelina of the time!
6:00 Studies done in the USA and Africa showed animals (including bears, lions and cougars) are terrified of the human voice, even more than gunshots or lion roars. They would play recorded sounds at bait stations and watering holes to see what sounds made the animals flee the most, human voices won. Which makes sense as a small group of humans with just pointy sticks can take down any large animal. And anytime a dangerous animal gets too brave and attacks us, it gets put down eventually. This was true even in the stone age so animals have had thousands of years to evolve a fear of any sign of us. You can see the contrast when you go to a place where humans only arrived recently and wild animals will come right up to you, no fear.
Don't have brain eating amoebas in the water (AFAIK), but in the Territory there are flesh eating bacteria in the ground that come to the surface in the wet season, causes Melioidosis . This was partly filmed near my wife's childhood home.
RIP Anne Francine, Caitlin Clarke, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Mark Blum, Michael Lombard, Paul Greco, Sullivan Walker and Terry Gill. Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were married from 1990-2014. Kozlowski and Hogan have one son, Chance.
i watch a lot of fishermen on twitch and one time was watching this couple in florida when a gator charged at the girl, jaws open. absolutely terrifying
Back in the days before Al Gore created the Internet, you just watched what was on TV, and some films could shown in the afternoon, the evening, when a football match had a riot or the stadium caught on fire. I can honestly say I have watched Crocodile Dundee and crocodile Dundee 2 more times than I have eaten pot noodles. Oddly enough Predator 2 was always being shown after midnight for some reason in the 90s
I grew up wandering around the woods. Tracking and hunting bear, mountain lions, moose and things like that. I would not want to be left alone in Australian outback. That place is full of crazy things.
I remember for most of my life and all Australians sat in the front seat of a taxi, it's when i started traveling over the world I had to get used to sitting in the back. And we do say hello a lot and how yah goin to everyone lol.
We love the movie, I only spent a few years there growing up in NSW but for every normal city relative I have there's someone like cousin Colin who once casually told me he'd hit a kangaroo while driving and not wanting to waste it, he took it home and cut it up for his dogs. Cool fella.
Mr Hogan was a Longshoreman before he got famous. he was always cutting up and telling jokes, and his friends talked him into trying out for a talent contest. he won first place and was given a comedy skit show. It was the biggest show in Austrailia for 10 straight years. And then came the movie.
I thought the story was he saw game show hosts talking down to/belittling the contestants. So he got on one of the shows and gave the host some of their own medicine.
George: In the 80's Aussies weren't unknown to people, but it was a treat to get a movie like this show casing an Aussie from the Outback. As for The Breakfast Club sushi, that was more unknown for the high school age bracket, more so than 80's in general knowing about sushi. Though sushi does seem more prevalent nowadays.
I’m Australian. The movie and Paul Hogan (the writer/actor) are kind of unfairly maligned here, because I think people got embarrassed by the stereotypes the movie engaged in. Most Australians live in the city and are more like the reporter character than Mick, so I think it was kind of annoying that some Americans watched this and thought we were all crocodile hunters in the outback. Steve Irwin and Mad Max contributed to that perception in the 80s and 90s. But the movie itself isn’t bad, it’s just a simple and sweet clmexy
A weird thing is, the idea that they would pay to send Dundee to the US seems crazy nowadays, but I lived in a town called Esperance, and when Nasa's Skylab deorbited some of it crashed into the area around Esperance, and a young guy found some bits of it and through steps that I don't understand he ended up being flown to the US. My mum and dad knew him but I didn't think I ever met him, I went to school with his son I think. This was back in 1979.
Aussie born and bred here...Its true that this film kinda put us on the world stage...and Hoges (as we call him) did leave his wife of many many years to date/marry/divorce Linda...but this film is still legendary! Although it does still surprise me all these years later about all the misconceptions people still have about our country..the whole 'everything will kill you' reputation. Ive spent a shedload of time literally everywhere from city to outback and truly the thing thats most annoying is the insects like cockroches which is kinda typical everywhere! x Love your work x
In answer to your question, I wouldn't say that Australians were "exotic" in the mid-'80s, but they _were_ uncommon enough that this film pretty much defined for many of us what it meant to be Australian.
Australians entered the mainstream in a big way in late 70's and 80's... Olivia Newton John, Bee Gees, a number of bands that went number one on the charts and of course, Mad Max.. a bit of a mania for all things Australian. ..was a cultural explosion out of Australia at the time.
I believe the movie was filmed in linear fashion. Paul didnt even allow him or Linda to meet until their first scene together and Linda was pissed off. Her reactions are how she actually felt. But as the movie progressed Paul began to win her over and they started to fall in love. Their chemistry is not acting. Ahh its beautiful.
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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.
Was it true his divorce was a national soap opera?
@@Dularr Not than I can remember. The gossip mags all made a fuss, of course, but most people didn't care. At least as far as I could see.
@@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!
There is a good 60 mins. Doc on Paul Hogans life. Tells everything. @@Dularr
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."
2:14 Like famous Australian actor Kirk Lazarus said "That man is a national treasure."
Amen xd
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.
Can hear it in Lincoln Osiris’s voice 😂😂
Pump your brakes, kid.
@@EShelby2127 “your about to cross some Lines”
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.
You're not alone George. Linda Kozlowski is one of the underrated hotties of the 80s. Definitely in my top 10 of the decade.
I think her and Kelly Lynch are easily my top 2 underrated 80's blondes.
She was in a terrific TV miniseries about the same time but the name escapes me.
Classic slavic beauty
The only other movie I’ve seen her in was Death of a Salesman.
Kelly Lynch, Linda Kozlovski and JoBeth Williams from Poltergeist
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
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.
I remember Linda's derriere more than the crocodile. Early teens and hormones, I guess.
@@aimmethodOne of many 80's babes that made me realise I liked the Ladies as much as Gents. She's insanely beautiful!💗
I used to work with a guy from Australia. All of his stories ended with either rolling a car over or “but the police were really nice”.
At 18 or 19 my friend got in a barfight in Aus. I watched. The two were so Australian they bought each other a beer, while fighting.
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.)
Sorry, crocs.
I visited Australia in 1998 for 3 weeks and the most annoying thing for me in the outback were the myriads of flies!!!
Blackflies. Horrible.
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
"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.
Sorry, slight correction: "That's not a knoif. That's a knoife!"😂
Look at Dundee bending those buildings in that poster, literally decades before _Inception_ .
It's the Twin Towers 😮. WTC 😢
"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
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They actually fell in love on the set of Crocodile Dundee and were married for over 20 years.
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.
13:54 It's weird to hear someone say "Hey look it's the cop from Die Hard" instead of "Hey look it's Carl Winslow"
IKR! 😂
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.
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
I actually moved from Australia to Canada a bit over a decade ago, and was pretty surprised at all the cultural parallels!
They need to see Hugo Weaving in all his glory in Priscilla!!!!
@@adrianowen476 Absolutely!!! :)
The dark side of Australia's outback is exposed in 70s classic Wake In Fright - which was directed by a Canadian.
Man they having too much fun with the thumbnails.
What a terrible day to be blessed with the gift of sight
This thumbnail better not awaken anything in me!
@@daxriley8195I unDEANstood that reference
The sequel, as well as Quigley Down Under and The Man From Snowy River are all excellent movies also set in Australia
What about Priscilla, Queen of the Desert?
Also The Castle and Muriel's Wedding
I was 47 before i went on an aircraft. Absolutely loved it. Still do. All the best.
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.
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.
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.
I had a crush on her to Dude.
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'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
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
Linda Koslovsky was absolutely gorgeus here, I agree with you, definetly. Those eyes... my god !
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.'
It's standard in the UK too if you're taking a taxi alone.
In US in the 80's there was a short lived obsession with Australia. There was an influx of Australian films and it was THE place to travel to for awhile. Jamaica was another one that captured public attention in the 80's. There were probably more but those are the ones I remember.
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.
Greetings from NZ🇳🇿 - As a kiwi, this film is an absolute classic & treasure from Aust🇦🇺 , respects!
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 think his first wife will say he ruined their marriage as well.
@@aussiejojo73 Can't be blamed for not knowing that. I don't read the glossies.
Yes, there must've been some actual chemistry between the leads because Paul Hogan divorced the wife he had married when he was a teen after 30 years of marriage (and 5 children) in 1989, just three years after this film was released and one year after its sequel. He married his costar here, Linda Kozlowski, the following year. _They_ had one son and were married for about 24 years before divorcing.
Sue:
That croc was going to eat me alive.
Mick:
Oh, I wouldn't hold that against him. Same thought crossed my mind once or twice.
🐊😂
Helluva call, George.
"Thats not a knife? Thats a knife" Just one of the greatest and fun 80s movies ever Paul Hogan is iconic "Pump your breaks kid that man is a national treasure!" great reaction guys 😂
Aussie here, yes, a great rep of what you'll find in the outback. Much love for the channel
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.
Another Australian "import": Midnight Oil with the song "Beds Are Burning".
I think there was a movie where Steve Guttenberg was a shlub who couldn't attract women until he faked an Aussie accent (among other changes).
I saw this movie as a kid in Mississauga. I fell in love with it and always wanted to visit Australia. Now…….I live here. It is the most beautiful place on earth. Everyday is magic. Visit Australia if you can.
A heart-warming classic.
The barbershop in NYC where everyone was looking inside was Astor Place Hair, a really hip place at the time. Lots of celebrities got their hair cut and styled there. It's still there, and still pretty hip, but not what it used to be back in the 80s and 90s.
Yes, Paul and the leading lady met and fell in love on the set and married. They were married for decades. Don't know if they still are... that's why the chemistry was so good. And as an Aussie, i love this film. There are so many great films from here that aren't reacted to.
I believe they are recently divorced
Mary Cherry reacted to this & enjoyed it. She lives in Australia
I cannot unsee George in the one piece…so thanks for that 😂
I also remember Linda Kozlowski being incredibly sexy in the now mostly forgotten miniseries "Favorite Son".
Im Australian and not embarrassed by this movie at all. A few things are inaccurate, we dont drink fosters, we only export fosters for the most part, its shite. This movie and more so it's sequel portray native Australians in a very positive light and show their culture well:) that part is awesome about this movie/movies.
Simone's reaction to her name in the film is *chef's kiss* & yes George Linda is SAF (well so's Simone :D)
24:52 Gus: "Hey, Mick, I realize _you're_ the one from the Land Downunder, but I need to have an Australian moment, here."
R.I.P Steve Urren
Respectfully, it is "Irwin" 🙂
@@PewteyArthur 0:20 Tell that to George 😀
13:28 _"In the 80's, were Australians considered exotic?"_ Well, they were very "IN" for a time as the bands *_Men at Work, INXS, Split Enz, Midnight Oil_* and more, were all part of an Aussie wave, of sorts.
As an American, Australians are the best people in the world! Never met people so fun and amazing!
I was 11yrs old in 1985 when they filmed this in Kakadu National Park. Know all the film locations for Croc Dundee and Croc Dundee 2. Saw Charlie the buffalo years later in Adelaide River (he was very friendly). After he died they did a a full body taxidermy mount of him and I think he is in the Adelaide River Roadhouse these days.
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were actually together for over 20 years. He actually divorced his first wife to be with her. Paul and Linda split up, though, maybe 10-15 years ago. And to answer your question: Yes. There was a minute in the late 80s/early 90s when Australia was considered a cool, trendy thing in America: Paul Hogan did commercials for Foster's beer (an Australian brand), and we somehow let an Australian who called himself "Yahoo Serious" make a movie with a major American studio (no, I don't get that part, either...), but it was pretty short-lived..
When I was a little kid, I happened to see the poster advertising this movie kind of near an automotive store at the mall. For years after, I thought the poster was selling tires. I saw the movie when I was a bit older, didn't connect it to the poster. Only as an adult, I saw the poster again and was like, "OOOOHHHH".
Yeah Paul Hogan ain't no dummy lol we watched this a lot as kids and we were always in awe of her beauty her cool voice and her grace, and he's ridiculously charming❤
I'm from Northern Europe, but one of my favorite places in the world is Kakadu National Park in northern Australia, where this was shot. So beautiful, and those rockpools are amazing.
They are both in the movie "ALMOST AN ANGEL" (1990)
Great movie 👍
George is right, Linda is insanely gorgeous
As an Australian, great movie and I never tire of it. You guys need to watch crocodile dundee 2 if you want more of this classic. Cheers from Australia 🍻
"Thats a spoon"
Yes, this movie introduced the world to Australia. By the way, Paul Hogan was the guy who said "Throw another shrimp on the barbie".
Mary Cherry is Australian and she reacted to this movie if you are curious on what an Australian has to say about the movie.
Yay! I’m so glad y’all enjoyed this movie! It’s one of my favorite movies from growing up. It never gets old.
Well about the same time in the UK, we had Neighbours appear on the BBC. We also had Prisoner Cell Block H which first aired in 1984. But Australians were a little exotic.
The thing I got taught in the army about local wildlife in places like Australia and Africa was "if it has more legs than you or less legs than you, it CAN kill you!" - be careful out there folks!
A) Simone deserves all the coffee & B) George - yeah re: Linda. Yep.
22:02 You’re right. It has been parodied about a million times. I wonder what the original reference is from?
Heh, jk. This is it. It’s been a good movie for so long, and that line is so great, and that scene is so great, that a lot of pop culture references this movie. One of the biggest Australian influences on American culture and television, right up there with the Men Without Hats (Land Down Under) and Crocodile Dundee 2.
The Simpsons parodied the “that’s not a knife” perfectly.
“I see you’ve played Knifey-Spooney before!”
One of my absolute favorite movies as a kid
I love this movie so much. Reminds me of my childhood. back when I didn't have a VCR with recording capability I had to ask people to tape stuff for me. I watched this movie over and over until the tape slowly gave out and the picture started to lose colors and clarity.
14:56 Fish-out-of-water humor gives _very_ generously.
He's not stepping on their heads but they're holding him up by his feet. Come on you kids. Paul Hogan was nominated for an oscar for the script and was one of the best hosts of the awards back in 1987.
Paul Hogan said in interviews that countless times when he goes out to dinner invariably the chef comes out with one of their knives and says that line:) they all think they were the first to think of it lol
I've been to NYC, and what New Yorkers are is something different than the stereotype: Rather, they're normally in a hurry, and they don't want to be a bother to you. People there were helpful every time I asked for assistance. Patient too, really.
Paul Hogan co-wrote this movie. By this time he was rather well known esp in the UK etc as he had a comedy skit show for years but this defines him forever.
While, yes...Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski did marry in 1990 after filming a few movies together (and had a son, Chance)...they sadly divorced in 2014. At least, according to her bio on IMDb.
The two actors getting together during filming was a massive controversy in Australia because Paul Hogan was married at the time. It was the Brad and Angelina of the time!
6:00 Studies done in the USA and Africa showed animals (including bears, lions and cougars) are terrified of the human voice, even more than gunshots or lion roars. They would play recorded sounds at bait stations and watering holes to see what sounds made the animals flee the most, human voices won. Which makes sense as a small group of humans with just pointy sticks can take down any large animal. And anytime a dangerous animal gets too brave and attacks us, it gets put down eventually. This was true even in the stone age so animals have had thousands of years to evolve a fear of any sign of us. You can see the contrast when you go to a place where humans only arrived recently and wild animals will come right up to you, no fear.
Don't have brain eating amoebas in the water (AFAIK), but in the Territory there are flesh eating bacteria in the ground that come to the surface in the wet season, causes Melioidosis . This was partly filmed near my wife's childhood home.
RIP Anne Francine, Caitlin Clarke, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, Mark Blum, Michael Lombard, Paul Greco, Sullivan Walker and Terry Gill. Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were married from 1990-2014. Kozlowski and Hogan have one son, Chance.
i watch a lot of fishermen on twitch and one time was watching this couple in florida when a gator charged at the girl, jaws open. absolutely terrifying
This is one of the best rom coms of all time in my opinion. It was MASSIVE at the time. You would constantly see people re-enact or dress the parts.
Back in the days before Al Gore created the Internet, you just watched what was on TV, and some films could shown in the afternoon, the evening, when a football match had a riot or the stadium caught on fire. I can honestly say I have watched Crocodile Dundee and crocodile Dundee 2 more times than I have eaten pot noodles.
Oddly enough Predator 2 was always being shown after midnight for some reason in the 90s
I laughed right out loud at that one. I’m sure most people didn’t get the Al Gore reference. 😀
I'm Australian, this movie is a bit of a cliche down here, but still hesitantly beloved, begrudging respect ❤
I grew up wandering around the woods. Tracking and hunting bear, mountain lions, moose and things like that. I would not want to be left alone in Australian outback. That place is full of crazy things.
I remember for most of my life and all Australians sat in the front seat of a taxi, it's when i started traveling over the world I had to get used to sitting in the back. And we do say hello a lot and how yah goin to everyone lol.
We love the movie, I only spent a few years there growing up in NSW but for every normal city relative I have there's someone like cousin Colin who once casually told me he'd hit a kangaroo while driving and not wanting to waste it, he took it home and cut it up for his dogs. Cool fella.
As an Australian. Yeah, Proud of this is an Aussie movie.
Mr Hogan was a Longshoreman before he got famous. he was always cutting up and telling jokes, and his friends talked him into trying out for a talent contest. he won first place and was given a comedy skit show. It was the biggest show in Austrailia for 10 straight years. And then came the movie.
I thought the story was he saw game show hosts talking down to/belittling the contestants. So he got on one of the shows and gave the host some of their own medicine.
This and the sequel, were played all the time on TV as a kid...
George: In the 80's Aussies weren't unknown to people, but it was a treat to get a movie like this show casing an Aussie from the Outback. As for The Breakfast Club sushi, that was more unknown for the high school age bracket, more so than 80's in general knowing about sushi. Though sushi does seem more prevalent nowadays.
I agree with George, Dundee's hat is awesome.
As an Aussie who loves your channel loved you did this movie. I love this movie it's hilarious
I’m Australian. The movie and Paul Hogan (the writer/actor) are kind of unfairly maligned here, because I think people got embarrassed by the stereotypes the movie engaged in. Most Australians live in the city and are more like the reporter character than Mick, so I think it was kind of annoying that some Americans watched this and thought we were all crocodile hunters in the outback. Steve Irwin and Mad Max contributed to that perception in the 80s and 90s. But the movie itself isn’t bad, it’s just a simple and sweet clmexy
A weird thing is, the idea that they would pay to send Dundee to the US seems crazy nowadays, but I lived in a town called Esperance, and when Nasa's Skylab deorbited some of it crashed into the area around Esperance, and a young guy found some bits of it and through steps that I don't understand he ended up being flown to the US.
My mum and dad knew him but I didn't think I ever met him, I went to school with his son I think. This was back in 1979.
One of my fav movies ever , All the Dundee movies are a great watch , Croc Dundee 2 and 3 are also fun movies , worth watching .
Aussie born and bred here...Its true that this film kinda put us on the world stage...and Hoges (as we call him) did leave his wife of many many years to date/marry/divorce Linda...but this film is still legendary! Although it does still surprise me all these years later about all the misconceptions people still have about our country..the whole 'everything will kill you' reputation. Ive spent a shedload of time literally everywhere from city to outback and truly the thing thats most annoying is the insects like cockroches which is kinda typical everywhere! x Love your work x
In answer to your question, I wouldn't say that Australians were "exotic" in the mid-'80s, but they _were_ uncommon enough that this film pretty much defined for many of us what it meant to be Australian.
dont forget, there is a sequel. Also...."Legend" 1985 and “The Fountain” 2006….would love your take on The Fountain especially. Thank You Cinebinge!!!
Australians entered the mainstream in a big way in late 70's and 80's... Olivia Newton John, Bee Gees, a number of bands that went number one on the charts and of course, Mad Max.. a bit of a mania for all things Australian. ..was a cultural explosion out of Australia at the time.
I believe the movie was filmed in linear fashion. Paul didnt even allow him or Linda to meet until their first scene together and Linda was pissed off. Her reactions are how she actually felt. But as the movie progressed Paul began to win her over and they started to fall in love. Their chemistry is not acting. Ahh its beautiful.