Crocodile Dundee (1986)

Director:

Peter Faiman

Writers:

John Cornell (screenplay)
Paul Hogan (screenplay)

Release Date:

26 September 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy

Tagline:

From the Australian Outback to New York City, Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee is about to survive in a different kind of Jungle.

Plot:

An American reporter goes to the Australian outback to meet an eccentric crocodile poacher and invites him to New York City.

Plot Keywords:

Crocodile | New York City | Australian Outback | Australia | Journalist

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 7 nominations

Cast

Paul Hogan	...	Michael J. 'Crocodile' Dundee
Linda Kozlowski	...	Sue Charlton
John Meillon	...	Walter Reilly
David Gulpilil	...	Neville Bell
Ritchie Singer	...	Con
Maggie Blinco	...	Ida
Steve Rackman	...	Donk
Gerry Skilton	...	Nugget
Terry Gill	...	Duffy
Peter Turnbull	...	Trevor
Khristina Totos	...	Rosita (as Christine Totos)
Graham 'Grace' Walker	...	Angelo
David Bracks	...	Burt (Roo Shooter)
Brett Hogan	...	Peter (Roo Shooter)
Mark Blum	...	Richard Mason

Also Known As:

'Crocodile' Dundee (UK) (USA)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Norway:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG (tv rating) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:PG | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:PG | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

5th Avenue, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Rimfire Films

Trivia:

The wild and ferocious buffalo that Mick Dundee pacified was drugged.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the subway scene, right after Crocodile Dundee climbs up to walk over the crowd in the subway station, if you look at his feet you can briefly see the platform used to assist him in walking.

Quotes:

Sue Charlton: How does he find his way in the dark?
Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee: He "thinks" his way. A lot of people believe that they're telepathic.
[Sounds of branches breaking, splashing]
Neville Bell: OOOOh, God, I hate the bush.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in High Octane: Detonate (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Live It Up

Winning Formula Made This A Big Hit

When you mix good comedy with action and a very likable leading character you get a hit movie. I never met anyone who didn't like this film, although there are always detractors to any movie and no movie is perfect, either.

However, this was an extremely entertaining that made an international star out of Australian Paul Hogan. Two sequels followed this movie. They were decent but could not measure up to this effort.

Not only was this a big success for Hogan and everyone else connected with it, but I believe he got a wife out of this wife, going on to marry his co-star Linda Kozlowski.

As someone pointed out, Hogan, as crocodile man "Mick Dundee" made the rest of the world aware of a number of Aussie phrases. Few men played as manly as likeabe and charismatic a hero in the 1980s as Hogan and "Mick."

Twenty years later, this is still a fun movie to watch now and then.