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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”
What do I as an Australian think of this movie? I was raised in a small Aussie country town, not too far from where this movie is set, in 1986, my mum took me as a 5 year old and my two older brothers to see this at our local theater. In a packed cinema on a Sunday nigh, we sat in the front row on old wooden seats that folded out. When this film came on, the laughs never stopped. The biggest laugh was when Mick got his hands on "Skippy" and fired back at the Roo shooters "Christ, he's got a gun!" HUGE laugh. At the end of the film, when Mick and Sue had their back and forth in the subway, everyone was laughing again. When Mick got onto to peoples shoulders to get to Sue and the music swelled, the whole audience in the theater cheered, stood up and even hugged themselves all the way till and through the credits and there I was, 5 years old, sitting in the front row, towered by all those people in a dark room so happy, that was the day I fell in love with cinema and the magic of making movies and seeing one of our own on the big screen make such emotions to us the audience. Hence why I work in media now.
@gutz1981 That's beautiful, thank you for sharing with us.
Wonderful story!🥰
wait wooden seats, wtf...
why ????
@@Hansen710 Cause it was an old theater and this was 1986 in an old Aussie country town.
Beautiful story! 😊
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski got married in 1990. They started dating during or after filming the sequel in 1988.
You guys definitely need to see the sequel it’s great and features Mick doing a pretty great Batman impression. lol
Wasn't he in a tv series before coming famous film actor
@@markcutting6504 Yes he was. The Paul Hogan Show. In the UK, it was shown on channel 4 in the late eighties.
@@markcutting6504he had a comedy sketch show called, strangely enough, The Paul Hogan Show.
And they got divorced in 2014 I think.
Yes tought so.days of tv coming to england😀mork & mindy,happy days,
'Pump your brakes kid, that man's a national treasure!'
“You know that’s a true story? A lady lost a kid? You about to cross some fuckin’ LINES..”
@@goldenageofdinosaurs7192 that's the theme song for the Jeffersons!
@@kidd522666 just because it's a theme song don't make it not true
isn't that a quote from the dude playin' the dude, disguised as another dude!
"For a hundred years, that word has kept us down" ,gripping intensifies
The second movie is definitely worth watching. If you are interested in a western set in 1860s Australia, HIGHLY recommend “Quigley Down Under “ starring Tom Selleck.
Just throwing out Man From Snowy River as a great ‘Australian scenery’ film.
Honestly I think the second movie is better. You get to see him really in his element.
Bump for Quigley! One of my personal favorites.
Agreed on both points.
Quigley 👍
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
It is unfathomable to me that Crocodile Dundee is as forgotten as it is. It's as 80's as Indiana Jones, Ghostbusters and Back to the Future.
The comedy is done with such elegance and Paul Hogan makes an amazing character. And not to forget the soundtrack. Outstanding.
The romance of the 80's in general is criminally overlooked. Such a great decade that meshed really authentic power dynamics with old fashioned charm. And the characters were so balanced with both beauty and charisma. Seems people are more into the flashy neon aesthetic and IPs with more merchandise.
It's sad😔💖
and Romancing the Stone!
Forgotten by who its still just as well known in its country of origin.
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."
Romancing the Stone has the same vibe as this. Another one for the list.
If it wasn't for Romancing the Stone we never would have gotten Back to the Future.
???@@reesebn38
Without Lawrence of Arabia we would have never had Back to the Future.
This film was a cultural phenomenon when it came out.
One of the 10 biggest films of the 80s.
The second biggest film of 1986 very close behind Top Gun at number one. That's how big it was. I lived in Toronto at the time. The lines were around the block and it played for months in the theatre.
It got me stuck with a nickname when it was still new.
And it was only confirmed in the sequel:
- You shoulda bought a gun instead of a beer, mate.
- Nah. I don't need a gun. I've got a Donk.
- You got a what?
- Donk!
that was back when people watched tv, it would be on a very local level this was one of the 10 biggest and a cultural phenomeon...
as a dane i can think of more then 10 danish movies that beats the hell out of dundee..
and hollywood also did some classics...
in scandinavia where im from it was just a ok movie
@@Hansen710 I don’t follow your thinking.
I truly love this film. It was huge... But it's a trifle really. It's amazing it was so big given it's a small story of a fish out of water, which is like... less than half of it really? It's a sweet light hearted time capsule but... It's current rating in the pantheon of 80's films is about where it deserves.
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! 😂
As a Sydneysider, I am proud to write that “Crocodile Dundee” is an Aussie classic, starring local boy made good Paul Hogan.
I remember that Paul Hogan had a big part in the Sydney Summer Olympics ceremonies in 2000. He was riding a float in the giant shape of his bush hat.
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.
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 pretty sure we all know what the most memorable quote of this movie is.
“That’s not a knife. Now that’s a knife.” 😅🔪
“That’s not a knife, that’s a spoon.”
Pretty sure it's spelled "knoife" :P
@@Wezt334I see you've played Knifey-Spooney before.
@@30noir well played sir
That’s a… penis
Probably the best "fish out of water" comedy ever made. Brilliant!
This is the man who Robert Downey Jr. referenced in Tropic Thunder........"watch yourself, that man is a national treasure". The two costars of the movie ended up marrying after this movie, in real life. Having worked with crocodiles for decades and helping Steve Irwin get his start in NYC with the Discovery channel execs (crocodile hunter). This has always had a special place in my heart except the poaching and killing of the crocs and snakes.
“Did we look at the wrong poster?”
Guys, you’re like 20 minutes into the movie.
😆
@@MrDman21 😂
They are so literal about everything. "He doesn't look like a Crocodile!"
😂😂@@RetroView66
at least you know they aren't bullshitting about not seeing it like some others I have watched who have clearly already seen a movie but say they haven't.
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.
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.
As others have pointed out Paul Hogan was already a huge star (known as a sketch comedian) in Australia so this movie was just him becoming internationally recognized.
Brilliant Movie, You've got to Crocodile Dundee 2.
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!💗
"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!"😂
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
Look at Dundee bending those buildings in that poster, literally decades before _Inception_ .
It's the Twin Towers 😮. WTC 😢
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.
The last subway scene references how herding dogs walk over corralled sheep in pens.
"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
I love the fact that in this film, while there are a ton of Aussie and New York stereotypes, but all of them are affectionate: neither the Australians or the New Yorkers are fully the butt of the joke. Great film, watched it a billion times in my childhood, 10/10.
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.
George got tricked into watching a romcom.
The UA-cam edit left out what was THE iconic movie catchphrase of the year: "that's not a knife. That's a knife!"
This was the Australian invasion. Crocodile Dundee and The Road Warrior (Mad Max) were HUGE Australian films. People didn't realize Crocodile Dundee was a regional release and ended up getting into the US market. The Road Warrior was the first introduction to Mel Gibson. Ironically it was a sequel that introduced the franchise to US audiences. Until cable, no one really knew about Mad Max, the first film.
Don’t forget about Men at Work.
In Mad Max they dub over Mel Gibson voice for the US release. When the Road Warrior hit it big, they re-released it with his Aussie accent.
As a Canadian who went from 15 - 25 in the 80s. I was crazy for the Aussie invasion. Dundee was the last of it. Mad Max was screwed on its release in 1980 because they gave it a horrible dub. Thinking no one would want to hear an Aussie accent. It took me 30 years until the DVD that I could hear the real voices in Mad Max. Here's how the films were released from 1980-86 that built Aussie to becoming the place to go. "Breaker Morant", "Gallipoli"(Mel Gibson), "The Man From Snowy River"(The highest grossing Aussie movie until Dundee), "The Road Warrior"(Mel Gibson), "The Year of Living Dangerously"(Mel Gibson), "Phar Lap", "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome"(Mel Gibson). Mel Gibson became an International movie star and was the first The Sexist Man alive on People Magazine. Hollywood begged Peter Weir to come to America to make "Witness"(1985). Harrison Fords best performance. "Dead Poets Society"(1988). "The Truman Show"(1998). I read in the 80s the number one movie every famous band watched on their Tourbus was The Road Warrior.
Don’t forget Yahoo Serious
Isn't that when America got Outback Steakhouse?
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.
My stepmother is Aussie. She told me once that Paul Hogan was basically Australia's Al Bundy. No idea if its true or not.
A bit of a throwback, but still likeable and a type of direct honesty. 😁
As an Australian, that’s not far from the truth, except paul hogan has charisma 😂
25:30 The music playing here haunts my dreams.
When this movie came out, I worked in a theater that had just one giant auditorium. We had this movie all summer.
One of my jobs was to help people leave so when this music started I would head inside.
I've seen the end of this movie at least 200 times. Probably more.
And this music.
It's awesome. It gets into my soul. It adjusts my heart rate to match the music. It owns me.
After hearing it hundreds of times, it is inextricably linked with my being.
They're blanking the music for UA-cam's dumb rules, but I hear it with every fiber of my being anyway.
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 '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.
Linda Kozlowski was my first on-screen crush after watching this film in the 90s. She's so beautiful, it's a shame she didn't do more films. She's in all 3 Dundee films which is great.
"Grown man stepping on my head? Welllll, as long as he's in LOVE..." 😂
The scene of Mick Dundee walking on top of the people in the subway was inspired by the way sheepdogs can walk across sheep when they are penned.
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
Britain in the 80's was OBSESSED with everything Australian.
80's UK TV was filled with Australian daytime TV shows, such as Neighbours, Home and Away and Anzacs (which also featured Paul Hogan).
And the music charts were filled with Australian actors switching to pop performers.
Paul Hogan's comedy tv show was also a big hit on the new Channel 4, which prompted multiple tv adverts for Australian, which also featured Paul Hogan.
Rather less understandable was Fosters & Castlemaine XXXX!
Er, what’s changed? I think more Brits watch Neighbours or Home & Away than locals do.
We can only but apologise for Neighbours and Home and Away 😢 😁
Yes ANZACS was a fantastic mini series!..with Hoges in it 👍👍
He was my childhood hero in the 70s, 80s.
The Paul Hogan Show was a must watch. ❤️
Hope they react to Croc D' 2 & 3.
I think it's funny that George asked Australians what they thought of the movie and portrayal of Australia. It's an Australian produced movie that was later pedaled to the world. Obviously, the Australians that made it thought it was great.
It's like wondering what Chinese people think of "House of the Flying Daggers" or how Japanese regard "Seven Samurai".
Exactly!
It did to Australia, what Lord of the Rings did to New Zeeland
To be fair, at the time, Americans did, too-
it definitely improved Australia's general brand.
'Pump your brakes, kid- that man is national treasure!"
- Kirk Lazarus, on Crocodile Dundee,
from Tropic Thunder
The point is well made, but Kurosawa was criticized in his own country for allowing too much western influence in movies of his like “Seven Samurai” but that sure didn’t hurt the movie’s box office take. 😊
@@karlmortoniv2951 It's just a mild criticism of the current trend to always look for offended parties at every opportunity. I believe there was an assumption that this was Hollywood's take on Australia, when in fact the movie was homegrown.
As for my Kurosawa reference, I just picked the first two examples of foreign produced movies that took place in the same country that came to mind. You can substitute better ones if it makes the point stronger.
Half Sharon Stone/Half Meg Ryan, George is a Smitten Kitten 😍
As soon as he said that I can't not see it. Absolute bullseye George, spot on.
More Kim Cattrall than Meg Ryan, imo. Can definitely see the Sharon Stone similarly....💖
yes we do have brain eating bacteria in the water here in australia , it is called meningococcal and if most present when it is extremely hot.
You guys should check out "Quigley down under"!!
"I really want his hat, it's awesome!"
"We talked about this George!!"
I love you guys!😂😂😂
Helluva call, George.
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
Part 2 too plz, its as good as Part 1 :))
He did a TV series and it was hilarious. You've heard of short shorts but he did Australian short shorts
I like that final scene on the subway station. I think most people are helpful when given the opportunity. That is true even in New York. People there are just more guarded and afraid of being scammed.
When I was in highschool, my teacher told a story about her son and how he got lost and stranded in Australia. The people there were so nice and welcoming, her son was just walking down the road and so many people stopped to offer anything they could, a place to stay, money, etc. Ever since I've always wanted to go to Australia, who wouldn't want to go to such a beautiful place with equally nice people??
Just for some context, in 1932 the Australian military fought "The Great Emu War" and lost. The Emu's had been devastating farmers crops and the military was deployed to wipe out the ever larger numbers of Emu's but soon after the Emu's started dispersing into small groups of around 5 making it difficult to kill enough in a timely manner given the amount of fuel and trucks required to track them down. It also took many rounds of ammunition for the Emu's to even react to being shot much less die. After one month the military was recalled and the government decided to give guns and ammo to the farmers to help the farmers protect their own crops.
Linda Koslovsky was absolutely gorgeus here, I agree with you, definetly. Those eyes... my god !
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.
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.
I was 47 before i went on an aircraft. Absolutely loved it. Still do. All the best.
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
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.
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.
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 during the opening ceremonies of the Sydney Olympics, they did a segment on Australian celebrities. They had model Elle McPherson, golfer Greg Norman, and Paul Hogan. So I think they were proud of him. If I remember right, Hogan was already married when the two met.
You have to bear in mind that in the 80s there was no internet. The west didn't really hear a whole lot from Australia. The occasional documentary, stuff about the surf scene, and a bit of music. Australians weren't that common, especially in the west. The major Australian cities were still growing.
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.
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.
Question from George: was australians considered exotic in the 80's.
Before this film, most people probably didn't know Australia from Austria. After this film, Australia became the most coveted exotic travel loction in the world.
I was born in 1981, and all of my childhood was grown-ups talking dreamingly about Mozart and Australia.
The cultural impact of this film was massive.
Kind of depends on where you're from, though.
Here, they're Australien and Österrike.
I always like that you get two fish out of water perspectives in this movie. As an Australian I can say it’s well appreciated here, especially for anyone who was alive in the 80s. It’s a classic movie
The barber shop was "Astor Place" in Greenwich Village. In the '80s it was a popular place for Mohawks, Asymmetricas, and all kinds of creative hairstyles. People used to stand outside and watch.
He does a great speak at the Oscars would highly recommend a quick watch.
Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski were married for many years, only divorcing in 2014. They made 3 Crocodile Dundee movies and one other comedy together. Linda had very few credits, even though she graduated from The Julliard School's Acting Program in 1981 (which only has 20 students a year, and many are asked to leave or quit before graduating). She left acting because the roles were not good enough to her mind. She was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Golden Globe for this, and Paul gained a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy, and was nominated for a Best Actor and Best Screenplay BAFTAs, and an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay.
Total guilty pleasure for me this one. And the sequel. Must have watched it dozens of times.. the ending's still guaranteed to get a tear or two
It is a great ending - not such a fan of the freeze-frame, but the rest of the subway scene is iconic and the music is just wonderful.
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.
🐊😂
Throw another Simone on the Georgie for me, will ya, Mate? LOL
So happy to see them react to this one...they are gonna LOVE Paul and Linda!
@brudnick39 Whoa, take it easy they're just friends!😮😬😆🤣
The cop bringing him back on horseback reminds me of being in Charleston SC for a wedding. Got way too drunk on Friday and went on a walk about for a couple of miles away from the city center. There was a limo in closed grocery store parking lot and I started talking to driver. He told me to get in and he took me back to the bar where everybody was. Right as I got out of the limo my friends were walking out of the bar. They all did double takes and were like WTF is going on?!?
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.
I also remember Linda Kozlowski being incredibly sexy in the now mostly forgotten miniseries "Favorite Son".
R.I.P Steve Urren
Respectfully, it is "Irwin" 🙂
@@PewteyArthur 0:20 Tell that to George 😀
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).
Greetings from NZ🇳🇿 - As a kiwi, this film is an absolute classic & treasure from Aust🇦🇺 , respects!
Mary Cherry reacted to this & enjoyed it. She lives in Australia
George could totally pull off that hat
I cannot unsee George in the one piece…so thanks for that 😂
We love it. One of the best fish out of water films. I love part 2 aswell when he takes on the Colombian drug lord in the outback.
Fun fact: JRR Tolkien based the character of Strider on Mick Dundee
A heart-warming classic.
"Thats a spoon"
This is the first film I watched in a cinema. With my father. I was eight when it came to my country. I could barely catch up to the subtitles but I remember I was loving it. My first cinema experience and it starded with a masterpiece like Crocodile Dundee. You can get any better. That man is a national treasure🙂
In Australia, people working at sheep ranches, if they need to get from one side of a large, crowded lot of sheep, they would walk across the backs of the sheep.
Really? Ive seen plenty of Aussie sheep dogs doing it but never an adult human doing it.
@@FuriousGinger76Bob's reinventing the cattle dogs quirks to fit humans = bending the truth 😄
@@FuriousGinger76 Yeah, I think the OP must have misheard or misunderstood. It is sheepdogs who can walk across flocks of sheep. A sheep would struggle to support the weight of a full-grown man.
George is right, Linda is insanely gorgeous
Aussie here. This movie is part of the Australian invasion including; the man from snowy river, mad max, and young Einstein. From what I remember these movies were fondly received and we were so proud to break into international waters with our movies. Before this Hollywood only came here to make reckless stunt movies taking advantage of our lacks laws and killed a bunch of stuntmen, hired a plethora of real biker gangs for stand in hard men and did a lot of crazy independent horror and action flicks. After this period Australia kept trying hard to break the world stage again, movies like; the castle, the dish, and chopper. Movies you guys should really check out, since the nineties the industry has changed much and Hollywood comes here regularly for the half price cost of making a movie. Our ties to China and the barriers that Jackie chan broke in the nineties is why there was almost a decade of amazing stunt/choreography work in Hollywood movies starting around the matrix movies, which holly wood left behind for shaky cam filming over hard work.
Norm Macdonald's bit on the Crocodile Hunter is EPIC! 😆😆😆
Omg George, your thumbnail is doin' somethin'.... Lol 🤣🤣
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❤
That mans a National treasure
In 1986 I was going to school with an exchange student from Scotland. One day he told the class about his favourite thing, his football team (soccer ⚽) Dundee United. We all cracked up laughing. 🤣
But we spent every lunch time playing soccer that winter. The Scottish boy got us into it. So we were just amused by the name of the team that was the same as the Australian movie character. 😂
Also he said everything with the Scottish accent, so we were amused by hearing him say Dundee. Yes we made him say it a few times. 😂
I guess that Dundee is probably from Scotland, the name. 🤔
Mary Cherry is Australian and she reacted to this movie if you are curious on what an Australian has to say about the movie.
So happy you reacted to this iconic movie. I'm thinking about it, fish out of water. How many people born after 2000 would feel like a fish out of water.
* No cell phones
* No internet
* To call Australia (during the day (its a big difference, daytime phone rates) probably cost 200 dollars.
* A flight to Australia would cost thousands and they were rare.
* To call local would cost you 25 cents and most times you had to memorize the number.
* Airports before 9/11 - You wouldn't even recognize.
* Your allowed to smoke everywhere including the flight.
* People have to use maps to find things.
* Credit cards machines were not everywhere, you mostly carried cash or traveler checks.
* You had to have a watch to know what time it is.
* Nobody knew where you are. If you got lost, you got lost.
* The father owned the newpaper (It's like owning CNN, Fox, and MSNBC at the same time) - Everybody got newspaper everyday.
* I did not know or meet one single Austrain before this film (I was 13 years old) - I live near Washington DC
"I'm sure you're not the only one.... so everythings fine" with the way simone looked at the camera was so funny.
The way Paul Hogan portraited the Aussies reminds me of the way Sir Anthony Hopkins portraited the Kiwi Burt Monro in the rather unknown prime movie “The Worlds Fastest Indian”.
They just appear to be friendly and positive to all they meet.
As a non-Aussi who lost her heart to that land about 20yrs back, I can say that it's quite accurate portrayal of (Northern) Australians. I've watched the movie when I was a kid and later again in Australia. Not gonna lie - I laughed so hard about the parts that played in the NT after having been there.
Also: NEVER go into a billabong. There's always a croc in it.