Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss
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German title | Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss |
Original title | Crocodile Dundee |
Country of production | Australia |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1986 |
length | 98 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 12 |
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Director | Peter Faiman |
script |
John Cornell Paul Hogan Ken Shadie |
production | John Cornell |
music | Peter Best |
camera | Russell Boyd |
cut | David Stiven |
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Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss (Original title: Crocodile Dundee ) is an Australian comedy film from 1986 . The title role is played by Paul Hogan .
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The American journalist Sue Charlton from New York City travels to Walkabout Creek in the Northern Territory in Australia to meet Mick "Crocodile" Dundee, from whom she has read adventurous stories about a victorious battle with a crocodile . When he travels with her through the bush, Sue gets to know and love the country and its people. Fascinated, she invites the hillbilly Mick to take her to New York. There he has to learn how to survive in the “urban jungle” and his lack of knowledge of city life causes numerous misunderstandings.
The film is a modern twist on the fable of the town mouse and the field mouse. Paul Hogan also pokes fun at the quirks of his Australian compatriots. The linguistic peculiarities due to the Australian dialect, which takes getting used to, are largely lost in the German dubbed version, since all participants are synchronized in High German .
background
- Mick Dundee was modeled on Rodney Ansell , who was killed in a police shootout in 1999.
- Paul Hogan had his first leading role in this film.
- In 1990 Hogan married his film partner Linda Kozlowski .
- The song Live It Up by the band Mental as Anything again reached high chart positions in Europe thanks to the film.
- Crocodile Dundee grossed $ 328 million worldwide.
Reviews
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“A sympathetic old-fashioned comedy that the Australian television star Paul Hogan has written for himself. The punch lines, which are primarily derived from the constellation 'spoiled party girl in the jungle' or 'nature boy at the cocktail party', are of lovable simplicity and never disturb the harmonious flow of a well-made family film. Nevertheless, even the experts were surprised that this was a global success (...) "
"Wonderfully dry humor and sometimes almost poetic comedy."
"The straightforwardly told, amusing story cleverly confronts the set pieces of the adventure genre with contemporary phenomena that are difficult to understand simply, which gives the story a cheerful, appealing note."
Awards
- The film was nominated for an Oscar in 1987 for Best Original Screenplay.
- Paul Hogan won in 1987 a Golden Globe in the category Best Actor - Comedy or Musical .
- Crocodile Dundee was nominated for the Saturn Award in two categories.
- The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating “valuable”.
Sequels
The film had two sequels:
- 1988: Crocodile Dundee II
- 2001: Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski also played the leading roles in it.
Web links
- Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile for kissing in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile for kissing at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
- Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile for kissing at Metacritic (English)
- Crocodile Dundee - A kissable crocodile in the online movie database
- Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to be kissed in the German synchronous file
- Comparison of the cut versions BBFC 15 VHS - FSK 12 from Crocodile Dundee II at Schnittberichte.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/412364.stm
- ↑ Shootout: Real "Crocodile Dundee" killed. In: Spiegel Online . August 4, 1999, accessed June 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss. In: Box Office Mojo . Retrieved September 9, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss at Rotten Tomatoes , accessed February 5, 2015
- ↑ Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ↑ Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed November 4, 2017 .
- ↑ Crocodile Dundee - A crocodile to kiss on fbw-filmbeval.com