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- A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.
The Castle is a 1997 Australian comedy film directed by Rob Sitch.
The film stars Michael Caton, Anne Tenney, Stephen Curry, Anthony Simcoe, Sophie Lee and Wayne Hope as the Kerrigan family, as well as Tiriel Mora, Robyn Nevin, Eric Bana, Costas Kilias and Bud Tingwell.
Shot in 11 days on a budget of approximately A$750,000, The Castle gained widespread acclaim in Australia, where it is considered one of the greatest Australian films ever made. It grossed A$10,326,428 at the box office in Australia.
Famous quotes:
- This is going straight to the pool room.
- So much serenity.
- Tell him he's dreaming.
- It's the vibe of the thing.
- Bonnie Doon
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"Tell 'im he's dreamin'"
Love ya to watch a movie starring Heath ledger and Orlando bloom called “Ned Kelly” if you haven’t heard of Ned Kelly his a real bloke wh o some say was persecuted. Some call him a hero some call him a cold blooded murderer. Please check it out
Bonnie Doon is a real town. In Australia you can - or used to be able to lease a bit of land cheaply in some country municipalities and put a "shack" up on it. I think they have a shack at Bonnie Doon. A few shacks still exist but for the most part the councils stopped renew the leases so shacks for the workng man are pretty much no more.
Can ya smell that? Yeah, two-stroke.
You are really pretty, love your smile 🫠.
Fun fact, Costas Kilias, who play Farouk, is actually a Magistrate (ie. kind of a lower court judge) in Victoria. "He say plane fly overhead, drop value. I don't care. In Beirut, plane fly over, drop bomb. I like these planes"
Apparently it’s his robe and gown that Bud Tingwell wears in the courtroom scenes.
I like the scene where he says "you got friend, I got friend. I get friend to put bomb under car and blow you sky high"
That's one of my favourite lines!!
"What's with Wogs and cash"😀🇦🇺
👍👍
"Straight to the pool room" "ah the serenity" and "tell 'im he's dreaming" are just part of the Aussie vernacluar now as is so much else from this movie. It's just the vibe down here.
Great choice.
In our house it was always " jousting sticks?" if you though it was overpriced. lol
"Smell that, two stroke"
My mate when he's fangin' his boat across Lake Eildon (ie. goin' to Bonnie Doon)..."Listen to that! Singing like a bird!"... Every time!!
"Adds a bit of charm" is used a lot with my mates doing anything to their houses or cars.
I have a little step that I use to reach my microwave; it's name is Microwave Jenny. Also when anyone misses a big prize, we say "If only they'd known the price of the luggage."
Im an Australian lawyer. When I was a litigator, if the other side screwed up, everyone would mock them quietly - "its the vibe". Similarly, if a client wanted us to do something that wouldnt work - behind their backs: "its the vibe".
References to "the vibe" have actually been made in the High Court
@@shkacatou I recall reading an analysis of a HCA judgment in which 'the vibe' was addressed metaphorically by the paper's author, although the phrase itself wasn't used in proceedings.
The power of film
dennis denuto worlds greatest litigator lawyer hands down.
@@thewonkyembouchure you inspired me to do a search of cases. And here it is - Poonsup v Ku-Ring-Gai Council [2010] NSWLEC 1304 (Land and environment court) - aptly regarding an application for planning approval for a brothel in Kuringgai:
"JUDGMENT
COMMISSIONERS: In the iconic Australian comedy, The Castle, Tiriel Mora, playing Dennis Denuto, an advocate seeking to find the basis for his submissions, says:
“In summing-up, it is the constitution. It's Mabo, it's justice, it's the law, it's the vibe and, no, that's it, it's the vibe.”
In this case, the cri-de-coeur from Mr Baird, barrister for the applicant, was that “it is not the vibe”, a proposition that we accept. The vibe is not the basis upon which to consider the application for approval of a brothel in the Gordon Shopping Centre, proper consideration of the genuine planning issues is the only basis upon which we can proceed.
Equally, as we described at the commencement of the onsite evidence from the objectors, the Court is not an arbiter of public morality. With those two observations in mind, we commence our determination of this matter."
Such a brilliant Australian story. "Tell him he's dreamin'" has found it's way in to our lexicon. One thing Australia is known for (but something that is sadly fading) is being a classless society, whether you are people of basic means and education (like the Kerrigans) or highly educated, successful and affluent (like Laurie, the QC), no-one is any better than anyone else. At the end of the movie the narrator says "Laurie even went fishing with Dad, he thought it was just to be polite, but he goes all the time". I can verify the sentiment shown as I know an elderly couple who were not well-off and the husband was a real knock-about bloke. When his wife was battling cancer they had one of the countrie's leading specialist (thanks to Medicare). The highly skilled surgeon and the husband became mates and did go fishing together for years after the wife died. The Castle might be simplistic, the dialogue basic, but the sentiment at the heart of the story is so Australian and so lovingly told.
It does resonate with my Aussie DNA but I'm not sure if current generation would feel the same.
throw away the computers and internet and go outside a dig a hole for starters. the kids will eventually become men.
well said.
Mabo refers to one of Australia’s most famous cases that overturned the idea of “Terra Nullius” which allowed the British to colonise land claimed by no other nation. It paved the way for Aboriginal land rights, and so is a strangely relevant legal joke due to the idea that you can’t just come in and take someone’s home…
yeah we know.
@PhilMacraken-kz9su good for you. She will not though, Americans know very little history outside their own.
Small correction: Aboriginal land rights already existed. South Australis had enacted them in the '70s. Mabo made them nationwide and under a single, unified legal rubric rather than a state-by-state basis.
Favorite quote." How's the serenity ". I had the privilege of meeting Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in the late 1990s and he was as much of a humble gentleman in private as he was on screen. R.I.P. Bud 1923-2009.
🙏🙏
I remember listening to Martin and Molloy on the radio (one timezone later) and everybody having no clue who the celebrity in the bag was and asking stupid, stupid questions while I was screaming at the dashboard "it's Bud bloody Tingwell, ask him if he was in a movie with Richard Burton!" He had such a distinctive voice, how on earth could you not recognise it?
And he was a war hero
I noticed there are several changes between the original version and the version for international distribution.
- "Travel...from Melbourne to Sydney" was originally "Airbus...Brisbane via Sydney"
- "...rob the gas station" was originally "...rob the petrol station."
- "Meatloaf" was changed from "Rissoles."
- "Sunshine Tech" was changed from "Sunshine Tafe."
- "Three weeks later, Dad went to the High court of Australia, which is the highest court of Australia" was the change from "Three weeks later, Mr Hammill, Dad, and Dennis went to the High Court in Canberra."
Much of the soundtrack music was also replaced, which is a shame as the original music added a lot of charm.
Yeah I noticed it didn’t say rissoles.
Thank you! I thought I was losing it lol
@@darrenramm4874 I also thought that gas station didn't sound right.
Grew up down the street where Sunshine Tafe is now Sunshine tech's on the other side of Ballarat road
Sacrilege! Did they change the trading post to want ads?
This movie has informed so much of my family's language. A nice calm evening (how's the serenity), driving fast (see that? Back there), any time my kids bring something home from school (this is going straight to the pool room). It's a classic and one of the best Australian movies ever made.
Browsing FB Marketplace, all my family hears from my room is "Tell em their dreamin"
My sister had a farm near Bonnie Doon, so my kids hate me!
Don’t forget this slice of gold…
😆🖕 “Suffer in ya jocks!”
We only use how's the serenity when it's bloody noisy. Like taking your life in your hands crossing the road in the middle of Hanoi traffic.
“See that chimney there, fake” why is it there? “Charm adds a bit of charm”
This is one of the most quoted movies ever, at least in Australia.
Nearly 30 years on, and I regularly hear Castle-isms in everyday life. I do still use several myself!
As kiwi, me and a friend still do the 'jousting stick' line, so good.
@@Dannyvirk one of my favourites 😂
of course, it's the vibe.
@@Dannyvirk how much for jousting sticks? Tell him he's joking
I think another Aussie film worth watching is "The Dish" (2000).
Gettin square!
Yes, Gettin Square
yeah , classic 🫡
Also Bad Eggs
Getting Squzre was hilarious.😂
8 years after this Eric Bana was playing the lead role in a Spielberg historical drama. Amazing.
i'm always amazed seeing big actors in small beginnings.
Munich ? Awesome movie.
@@potterj09 Should've won best picture that year, was a lot better than Crash.
@@twrampage Everything nominate3d that year as. we live in a world where the nonsense of Hurt Locker won Best Picture and Black Hawk Down didn't get close despite being the most realistic War film ever - such is life.
@@alphaomega2117 Yeah, I know. Saving Private Ryan losing to Shakespeare in Love, of all things, was just nonsense too.
Don't take offense when an Aussie is making fun of you/giving you a hard time. Take it as a compliment, we only make fun of people we like.
This is actually one of Adam Sandlers favourite comedies. Thanks for reacting to it.
Edit: the film took five weeks from original inception to final cut. The screenplay was written in two weeks, shot in ten days and taken to rough cut in two weeks
And had a budget of $50,000 Australian
And rob Snider
Would it also be Eric Bana's first big movie?
🐶 Working Dog Production 👍👍 👍
@@jaxsonaction7921 His first movie of any sort, he had done a fair bit of comedic work on tv before this though.
Melbourne bloke here. I grew up around the corner from the actual place. The actual house is in Strathmore, and Coolaraoo is nowhere near it. (It's about 5km away). I grew up in the flight path of the Essendon Airport. The front yard of the house it was filmed in is STILL full of cars. We're going to have to sell the old place because Mum's passed and Dad is in a nursing home and no longer knows who we are. Also, in the 1940's my Grandfather was Chief Warder at Pentridge, which is now a housing development, not a prison anymore.
Oh and another thing....4 years ago I move to a neighbourhood with an autobodywork shop in it. It's called Kerrigan's! I though it was a huge joke for about a year.....then I found out it was the place that this film borrowed the wrecker from. Rather than repaint the truck, they rewrote the script, and the family was renamed as The Kerrigans.
Oh and another other thing...."suffer in ya jox!"
Bud Tingwell's mastery of the thespian arts was self-evident in the demanding role of Gramps in that highbrow segment drama, 'Charlie the Wonder Dog'-the shining light of The Late Show.
Champagne comedy. 🍾
Don't forget the Pissweak kids 🤣🤣
...and The Pissweak Kids.
Honourable mention to the Pissweak kids.
Mick Malloy in the Shit Scared segment was the funniest
Chrissie, you did such a great job getting gist of the Aussie vernacular and slang! You also seemed to pick up the heavy accents in Chopper very well and it’s about as hard as it gets to follow for non aussies. At its base The Castle is a simple heartwarming story about a loving family that seems to touch us all. Another great film to consider from the same production company is The Dish (2000). As a side note the real property was sold some years ago and the new owners wanted to build a new house on the land. Thankfully someone was able to buy the house and have it picked up and freighted up to Beechworth further North in the state. The “holiday house” in Bonnie Doon is available to rent on Airbnb complete with outdoor punching bag, dog kennels and a pool room!
Yes the Dish, another favourite
I never knew they changed some dialogue for American viewers.
So sweet.
My family and I absolutely adore this movie.
Fantastic storytelling.
So heartfelt
Not doubting you and couldn't imagine this film would resonate with the yanks, but to change the dialouge would make the whole movie pointless.Yank's have tried it on before ,leave well enough alone. they have some really great stuff but the castle was just for us.Unigue and ours
@4:53 In the original version, they are eating rissoles. Since the US wouldn't understand this, they dubbed the line with meatloaf.
Ohhh!! I wondered why he said "these" when referring to meatloaf 😅
my mum nick'd name them "rissoles" arseholes when i was a kid, was funny when mum said we having arseholes for dinner....
Also Sunshine TAFE not Sunshine Tech.
That and I believe the US version refers to the family watching SNL, not Hey Hey it’s Saturday!
It was funniest home videos :)
@@chrissiereacts ah yeah - altered for US audiences, anyway!
Straight to the pool room.
If you liked this, there is another very Aussie movie called Malcolm from 1986. Not as well known as The Castle, but is another comedy gem. Might not be a big hit for the channel though...
I rewatched Malcolm not long ago, it's still holds up surprisingly well. Lovely film.
Great film 💯
my top 3 The Castle Muriels Wedding and Malcolm .. fun fact lol ..drove past them filming the getaway bit at the end of the with the tram front I used to work in Preston and there was a small bridge for just the trams to go over the train line and they filmed there for around 3-4 days.
This and The Big Steal
I always thought Colin Friels would end up becoming a major star internationally. Glad he didn't. I think he's one of those humbler guys with serious acting chops and a social conscience.
27 Years later I'll be fishing with friends or family, doesn't really matter where. In a quiet moment, someone always comes out with the line, "How's the serenity"
I was given a gift at work for my birthday a few weeks ago. ‘Straight to the poolroom’ was part of my thank you speech. The building I work in is part of the old Sunshine TAFE (Tech) 😁
You missed one of Eric Bana's best lines! "The food, was a credit to the airline" Hahahaha
Great movie, and influential, I opened an adult Shop in Adelaide and called it ‘The Vibe’
Pretty good name for an adult shop😂
The Castle is an absolute classic, but I’ve got to admit that unless you’re an Aussie a lot of the funny calls will go right over people’s heads.
I was born a lower class Australian, worked hard and did well... and this is one of my most fave movies ever. I met an upper class English girl, we got married. I tried showing my new English family this movie as it meant so much to me... they didn't get it. In fact they got bored. And they were honestly really good people. It was after that I understood this movie only makes sense to the downtrodden, regardless of nationality. Adore this movie so much...: straight to the pool room' is forever in my vocabulary. X
Your English in-laws are very astute. This so called comedy is a one joke film, namely taking the piss and laughing at a bunch of Melbourne embiciles is thin comedic material indeed. I too am from a working class Australian background and glad you can be so easily amused. Oh, the inanity of it all.
@@davidparris7167 Out of alllll the words to misspell, it had to be "imbeciles". The irony is delicious!
I take offence at people being labelled as 'working, lower class ' in Australia. There is no class system in Australia such as that in Britain. Aussies are not inhibited by such a derogatory label and 'kept in their place'. In Australia we have the freedom to not have such labels put on us. Thankfully we do not have an UNELECTED House Of LORDS, there because of ancient hereditary titles, in the upper house in our Government. We value each other by our conduct, of being good and descent people, not by how by much wealth, status and titles that we have.
@@nowwithtusks2556 What a bozo. Can't even spell ''all''.
@@davidparris7167 there are many senses of humour, not everyone likes the same thing...and to degenerate someone for having a different sense of humour to yours... well that's just ignorant, deadset. As the band Suicidal Tendencies once said...'just coz you don't like it, doesn't mean it isn't good... and just coz you don't understand it, don't mean it doesn't make sense '. Wise words indeed.
If you liked this movie you should see the Australian comedies The Dish and Crackerjack which were created by the same team as The Castle. The Dish is about how instrumental the Parkes Radio Telescope located outside a small rural Australian town was to the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon while Cracerjack is about a small lawn bowling club fighting to not be taken over as a gambling venue. It's the vibe.
The Dish was created by the same team, but Crackerjack was not.
also Mr Reliable
This was just one of a swathe of great Aussie movies in the 90's. You need to check out the others : The Nugget, Takeaway, Crackerjack, The Craic, The Dish, Looking for Alibrandi, He died with a falefal in his hand, Muriels Wedding, Welcome to Woop Woop, Rabbit proof fence, and the list goes on. Also if you want a real treat, check out some older films like : The Club, Malcolm, Running on empty, The cars that ate Paris, Stormboy, The odd angry shot, and there is probably dozens more I've forgotten about. I love a lot of Hollywood films, but there is so much great Aussie cinema that most people overseas, and indeed many Australians have have never seen. thanks to your channel though, so many people will get to experience these great films. Thanks for your channel, and keep up the great content 🙂
Maybe could add Wog Boy, Bad Eggs and for something a bit out there, Siam Sunset (I used to find it amusing because it took 3 days to get from Two Wells to Adelaide by bus....but from memory i had some typically dry Australian humour too).
The house (Castle) was about a 5 minute drive from where I live. It's been moved elsewhere. I also spent a night in Bonnie Doon in the late 1970s. AND, I frequently go shopping very near Dennis Denuto's office. It was up for sale recently.
I absolutely loved this movie. I watched it so many times growing up before I realised that when Dale said he dug another hole and it's filling with water, he accidentally hit a water main.
More Aussies quote from The Castle, than any movie ever..”tell him he’s dreamin,” strait to the pool room, and many more. I’ve seen this movie several times and still love it. The acting, the respectful they have for each other, can’t beat it. It’s soooo Australian. ♥️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Rob Sitch and the Working Dog team's greatest work is the series Frontline, a behind the scenes comedy about a fictional evening current affairs show. If I had a pool room, it would go straight there. The perpetually broken photocopier was also a running gag in Frontline, where the repairman was often seen in the background working on it.
I haven't googled it, but wasn't The Games a working dog thing?
@@jeremykothe2847 The games was produced by Beyond International & ABC TV, created and written by Ross Stevenson and John Clarke RIP (of Clarke & Dawe). Same calibre of comedy.
@@leepalmer5821 cheers :)
Utopia, their recent one is along the same lines and just as scarily accurate and funny.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan can confirm
Muriel’s wedding? Sophie’s in that too!
oh yea, great movie
She's brilliant in Muriel's Wedding.
"I'm a bride, I'm BEAUTIFUL!"
You can see why this is a well beloved Aussie classic; it has heart
You do know that with the death of the Queen, all of the Queen’s Counsels (Q.C) became the King’s Counsels (K.C) in Australia. So today, in Australia, there is no Q.C.
Time they were all ACs* and drop the foreign monarchy altogether. ( Not air conditioning..)
Bonnie Doon is a town in Victoria Australia about 90mins NE of Melbourne, on the edge of Lake Eildon. Population is only a few hundred permanent residents but on weekends and holidays it becomes thousands who bring up their boats, jetskis, caravans, tents etc. Eildon finally has a decent amount of water in it after many years of drought that made boating on the lake pretty tough.
It's beautiful up there as well. I live in Morwell, a couple hours away from there and we used to go water skiing on weekends. This was the early 90's too.
I used to go to Eildon regularly when Mum and Dad lived there 70's to around 05. Dad was the Jerusalem Creek caravan & houseboat park manager before taking over the town center sports store. He retired in the late 1980's
Aka Bogan Heaven.
Australia as its best. Try Malcolm (1986). so many people dont know this movie exists but its brilliant. It has the same "VIBE" as the castle
Malcolm is my absolute favourite. 😊
I joined the Army in 1996. All the guys i worked with used to get together and watch this every Friday night before going out to the pub
I remember this being in my mums VHS collection when I was a kid. heartwarming, I can appreciate it now.
Australians are so understated, have a way of speaking that leaves lots of things unsaid. and lots of statements are voiced like questions. "How's the serenity" isn't a question, it's more of a statement, like 'This is good, I'm enjoying this'.
You get it
@@justice6480 Hope so, been living in Australia most of my life. Far from perfect, but generally well intentioned people. I'm far from perfect myself, who am I to complain?
Yes and ....
@@thewonkyembouchure I see what you did there. Nice!
Really enjoyed your reaction to this iconic Aussie Movie. It was actually filmed in 10 days by a production company called Working Dog. Everyone down here quotes this movie. “This is goin’ straight to the pool room”, “how’s the serenity”, “you are an ideas man”, “I think we can test it better”, “it’s the vibe”, “tell em they’re dreamin”, “now that is a head of hair”, “we’re goin’ to Bonnydoon”, “what do you know about lead?” and the list goes on.
Eric Bana actually started out as a comedian on Australian sketch comedy shows with the people who formed Working Dog called Full Frontal. Quite politically incorrect by today’s standards in afraid but hugely popular.
Anyway, here endeth the lesson, glad you enjoyed it. All the best
Growing up, my grandparents lived in the street where the this was filmed, and one of my best friends lived in the neighbour’s house, and her auntie and uncle lived at “the Kerrigans” 😂 the airport is really at the end of that street, Essendon Airport. It always gives me such a kick when non Aussies discover this little gem. My dad says “tell him he’s dreamin’” at least once a week
Thankyou for reviewing this at this time. Our family is going thru many difficulties atm and this is exactly what I had to see again, it brought tears to my eyes.
Cheers.
As an 50yo Aussie I can relate to this movie so much. My parents/ familyare very much like this. Walking cliches, close and love to take the piss. Australia is this and so much more and I know after this you’ll want to visit. And if nothing else, The Castle "got you dreamin!”
Whenever I watch American television, I require subtitles to comprehend American English. Being from England, I grasp Australian English well. However, the invention of new English words by Americans often poses a challenge to understanding them.
Tell em thier dreamin
The broken photo copier always gets me 😂
F3, what the fuxk is that😂
🤣🤣👍👍
'ah the serenity' and 'tell him he's dreaming" are iconic lines that you'll still often hear people using.
We pass through Bonnie Doon a couple of times a year on the way to visit relatives. Great spot to take break. There’s a restaurant at the rest stop which proudly serves the Serenity Burger.
The Castle 🙌 pure genius writing and amazing acting..
Dale “I dug a hole” Kerrigan.
The entire production cost for the movie was only AU$30,000. Just goes to prove that a great story always wins. Tell Hollywood they’re bloody dreamin’.
And in 17 days too. Santo chose quality food service and a short shoot over a long shoot and cheap food.😂
'You can't buy what I've got'
❤
Brilliant film iconic in Australia. Still quoted almost daily 20+ year's on! Especially Tell'm their dreaming and That's going straight to the pool room!
Loved the breakup of the movie. Most of the best items that have become local language. Tell him he's dreamin, the vibe, suffer in your jocks (which was missed in your clips) & many more. Has to be one of the best comedy movies ever coming from Australia. The Working Dog Production team were responsible for it. They also produced another brilliant comedy called The Dish which is a story about the landing on the moon of Apollo 11 which needed the satellite dish in Parkes New South Wales to maintain a connection to Apollo 11.
The whole team at 'Working Dog ' ,the production company that made this, have success after success in their history. Over 30 years of tv shows ( even a cartoon), movies, books ,radio shows. Not one dud. Currently 3 prime time tv shows . Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Cheap Seats and Thank God You're Here.
Legends.
FYI 'Mabo' refers to the seminal high court ruling on aboriginal land rights. A hilariously irrelevant case precedent that Dennis Denuto cited there.
While he is grasping at straws, it is actually relevant to his argument about the government taking away someone's home. It's very much the core of the vibe.
My favourite quotes come from Farooq. “In Beirut, plane fly over, drop bomb… I like these planes” and “You have friend? I have friend. My friend come to your place, put bomb under your car and BLOW YOU TO FUCKING SKY!” 🤣🤣🤣
As Australians, this movie is gold to us. Iconic, laconic Australian humour layered with sentiment. Brilliant with its simplicity.
I think the best line is, ''it's not a house, it's a home''. There is a difference.
One of my favorite scenes is when all the neighbors are having a meeting and the woman says, "Get your hand off it Darrel", And the old guy with the glasses and sticking up hair says, "Fuck em". 😂
Bud Tingwell was a legend on Australian TV (the QC) and all of the actors are huge Australian actors. The best part of the review "I knew they were from Melbourne because I've watched so much Kath and Kim" - you know your stuff Chrissie! Ha ha ha. Thank you for watching such an Aussie movie! Ps. The brother was in Pentridge jail, which is where Chopper served! Very Melbourne 😂😂😂
Young Steve Curry, brilliant as 'The King' Graham Kennedy
Eric Bana, nuff said.
Bud Tingwell great ol fella was even younger in 'Summerfield' 1977 movie,
"Seaasoning" is always said in our house like in The Castle whenever we use any kind of herb or spice on any meal! haha
Regarding the accent, it's not the Melbourne accent - it's everywhere. Just the standard bogan accent, one of the strongest forms (but not the very strongest)
This came before Chopper, this was 1997, Chopper was 2000. Eric had been in a Melbourne sketch show in the 90s called Full Frontal so he was only known for comedy when he did this. There's alot of debate about whether Australians have provincial accents cos we are only 200 years old which isn't very long to develop them but yes this is a very Melbourne centric comedy cos Melbourne is a very industrial city not as picturesque as Sydney so alot of people do live near the airport, infact there's an actual suburb called Airport West. Cut his lunch meant steal his date, Mabo was a law passed with regards to Aboriginal rights named after Eddie Mabo who started the campaign. You may have heard a reference to them watching Letterman in the film, the original was Hey Hey it's Saturday a Saturday evening variety show which ran for 30 years on Melbourne TV. It was changed to Letterman for American audiences which Aussies didn't like cos they felt they were pandying to foreigners by not leaving our own local show in the edit. Rob Schneider was a fan of this film and the older actor is Bud Tingwell who was in alot of older films and English TV shows including The Avengers if you know of it. I hope some of this info helps.
Bonnie Down - a small Victorian town popular for water sports on Lake Eildon - when there's not a drought. It was originally a gold mining town but was eventually flooded (compulsorily acquired) to build Eildon Dam.
Another good fact - the whole movie was done in 11 (minus post-prod) days for 750k.
More hilarious Aussie comedies to watch are:
Crocodile Dundee
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Muriel's Wedding
Kenny
Gettin' Square starring David Wenham, Sam Worthington and Timothy Spall is for me, by far the funniest Australian movie ever. A little known gem of a movie, set in the Qld Gold Coast. There is a court-room scene that is absolutely side-splittingly freakin hilarious
The guy telling him to take the offer, with the mo and black leather jacket is the actual Chopper Reed.
The next movie Eric Bana was in was Chopper. After that he ditched comedy and Australia.
If you wanna see a VERY heartbreaking but brilliant australian film, watch Angel Baby 1995, very underrated, it would have won oscars galore if it was a US made film I think
If you grew up in suburban Australia in the 80s when this movie's set, it hits home in the craziest ways 😅 Its funny and really wholesome
Hi there . Romper stomper next I recon if you have time 😊
To American sci-fi geeks, Anthony Simcoe is best known for playing D'Argo on the sci-fi adventure series, "Farscape".
I live in Sydney. I used to have a holiday house up the coast around Lake Macquarie. It was called Bonnie Doon! We'd often sit on the back deck of an evening and enjoy the serenity. I also owned a boat on Lake Macquarie called "Dreamin'". Downstairs, on the wall, I had the poster of the movie surrounded by a pair of home made jousting sticks, a collage of powerline pictures, a couple of greyhound pictures and a framed front page of The Trading Post dated the day we settled on the property. The Castle is my all time favourite movie!!
"rob a gas station"...that was a very interesting choice of words for the film, as an Australian would never use this terminology. It would be service station (servo) or petrol station.
Enjoyed seeing a non-Australian discover this. Interesting you mention Kath and Kim. While technically there’s not any crossover of major creatives between this and Kath and Kim, the people who did this were part of the same generation of comedians and there was a lot of crossover and interaction on projects along the way. And obviously there are distinct similarities jn the sort of person they are lovingly portraying (a variation on / subtype of the Australian bogan stereotype.)
In January 2011, 3491 Maintongoon Road, Bonnie Doon was listed for sale. The property appeared in the film as the Kerrigan family holiday house. The property's real estate agent reported that many people called and after requesting the vendor's asking price, replied with a quote from the movie: "Tell him he's dreamin" 😂
Fave quote: "Suffer in ya jocks!"
Describing The Castle as wholesome is so wholesome ❤
Aussie classic. Extremely quotable too. This was always on rotation when the teacher was sick and they brought the VHS tapes out
As an aussie i love this movie, this house actually exists and still standing but nobody lives in it though
Its not a house mate..... its a home !
@@Zed483 wrong it is his castle
@@Bubble0seven”…and a man’s home is his castle”
@@shmick6079 sorry my bad i be more serious next time :P
Wayne Hope the brother in jail writes heap of Aussie tv comedy with his wife Robyn Butler. The Librarians , Upper Middle Bogan, Very Small business. I think he has a hand in Kath and Kim also.
Upper Middle Bogan is brilliant.
every Australian relates as we all grew up this way in suburbs . There is bit of The Kerrigans in every Aussie family. Eric Bana first movie, he was comedian first.
It’s a classic/ Charles (bud) Tingell who plays the qc was acting royalty in Australia. I met him years ago and he told me how he got into acting. He was in The airforce during the war and his demob suit hadn’t turned up. So he had to wear his RAAF blues for a while. He was trying to get a job at the airport doing air traffic control and he was strolling across the tarmac when someone yelled out- hey, want to be an actor? He got the gig coz he could supply his own uniform. Castle quotes that get a workout at my place - “how’s the serenity” when the neighbours are noisy. “That’s going straight to the pool room” when you get a crap present. “Tell him he’s dreaming’” when the price is too high for anything.
Honestly this is my favorite film.
I'm not sure if it's in the international version, and I haven't watched the DVD in a while so I can't quite remember the exact line, but my favourite joke was when Daryl was talking to Tracey in the living room and Steve walks in and says, "Dad, have you got the keys to the Torana? I've gotta move the Cortina to get to the Monaro". It's not just the bogan cars, it's the way it's just casually dropped in to the scene, no attention drawn to it, and then Daryl and Tracey just keep on with their convo. Brilliantly understated but hilarious. The first time I watched it I didn't even notice it until a few seconds later. Hang on... did they just list every clichéd bogan Aussie car at once?
Thankyou for the great reaction, can't believe someone reacted to this .. aussie humor is a bit different and if you have watched Kath & Kim it's noice different unusual haha ...this is my fave aussie movie followed by Muriels Wedding and Malcolm .. we have many more but that is my top 3 ..some of the actors are well known in Australia 'Darryl' was 'Uncle Harry' in a 70's show The Sullivans... 'Sal' was 'Molly' in well loved aussie show A Country Practice and a couple other shows and 'Tracy' was a main character in Muriels Wedding and of course Eric Bana was in Chopper after the castle but was well known for being on a comedy show with the ladies that are Kath & Kim I guess a bit like your SNL .. Eric played a character called Poida (Peter). As you can tell we love this movie and the quotes from the movie are well used still today. fun fact for our family that when daryl first goes to see dennis he ties the dogs up outside the Brunswick Town Hall my hometown I went to High School in.
All time classic! So many quotable lines, I still use it's the vibe and tell him he's dream'n after 20 years from when I first saw this movie.
I really like your videos. This movie is still quoted to this day. It’s not uncommon to hear someone say on receiving something nice “this is going straight to the poolroom” or when you having difficulty explaining something “it’s Mabo, it’s the vibe”.
That was cool, I’m Australian so I’ll say you did a good job, didn’t miss much at all. Keep it up
If you love Australian movies and Eric Bana you’ve gotta see ‘The Dry’. The first one. The cinematography is unbelievable.
I don't think the film is to be taken too seriously. It's a caricature of Aussieness, a play of deadpan humour with a touch of humanity. So it didn't get lost in it's need to be funny as many films do and it channels the "Aussie battler" that many Boomer generation (post WWII) understand in their bones. It's much revered here because of the identification with being ordinary, but wholesome..Funny arse bastards is something only Aussies can truly understand.
Holy crap Dale was so typical of the mid 80s. Its shocking how spot on this was. Sadly I think I heard the house in Melbourne this movie was filmed in was bulldozed a couple of years ago. End of an era. Lol Sunshine tech. Oddly that accent showcased in Melbourne is only still heard in pockets - it was quite common back in the day.
I thought the house had been moved and was for rent on air b&b a few years ago.
@@petrichor3947 it was the bonnydoon house that got moved and put on Airbnb
Yeah ... Pockets of Australians.
The house is in Beechworth. Very run down It was going to be used as the office of a Caravan Park. There is a Wooden statue of Darryl our the front with a woolen beanie and tell them their dreaming carved around the bottom. I have photoes of it.
Great to see you shining a light on Australian and New Zealand made movies 😊
Love the channel, keep up the amazing woman.
So the prison that the brother, Wayne, was in is Pentridge Prison in Coburg. In the movie Chopper, the first act is in H-Division of Pentridge. I remember driving past there many times as a kid and being amazed at its high bluestone walls and barbed wire all the way around. It was recently sold and mostly demolished to make way for a new housing estate. But this movie, The Castle, is still one of my all time favourite Aussie stories. You should check out "Crackerjack" - it's another brilliant film from down under.
It's craaazy to see this on the 'react' side of youtube it was always put on in school on rainy days when we couldn't play outside, it feels like so many Australians 'grow out' of this stage and don't like this accent or attitude but there's something very comforting about seeing this movie again
As a single, Australian male, who wants nothing more than to have a friendly woman to watch my favourite movies with, this channel and Chrissie couldn't be more perfect 😅🖤 She so GENUINELY enjoys them and gets involved as much as I always imagined/wanted my ex partners to be involved in a movie... Thank you Chrissie! :)
what I like is that Dennis was on the right track with the legal precedent of Mabo, he just wasn't able to make a decent argument