The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
UK 30th Anniversary DVD
Directed by	Bruce Beresford
Produced by	Phillip Adams
Written by	Bruce Beresford, Barry Humphries
Starring	Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook
Music by	Peter Best
Cinematography	Donald McAlpine
Editing by	John Scott, William Anderson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Video Ltd.
Release date(s)	1972
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English
Budget	AUD$250,000
Followed by	Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie is a 1972 Australian film starring Barry Crocker, telling the story of an Australian 'yobbo' on his travels to the United Kingdom. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. The movie was the first Australian film to earn a million dollars, and a sequel Barry McKenzie Holds His Own was made. ^[1]

Barry Humphries appears in several roles, including: a hippie, Barry McKenzie's psychiatrist Doctor De Lamphrey, and as Aunt Edna Everage (later Dame Edna Everage). Humphries would later achieve fame with the character of Dame Edna in the UK and USA.

The film was produced by Phillip Adams, who became a prominent op-ed journalist and broadcaster, and directed by Bruce Beresford, who went on to direct the Academy-award winning film Driving Miss Daisy in 1989.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

Barry 'Bazza' McKenzie (Barry Crocker) travels to England with his aunt Edna Everage (Barry Humphries) to advance his cultural education. Bazza is a young Aussie fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful 'sheilas'. He settles in Earl's Court, where his old friend Curly (Paul Bertram) has a flat. He gets drunk, is ripped off, insulted by pretentious Englishmen and exploited by record producers, religious charlatans and a BBC television producer (Peter Cook). He reluctantly leaves England under the orders of his aunt, after exposing himself on television. His final words on the plane home are, "I was just starting to like the Poms."

[edit] Cast

• Barry Crocker as Barry McKenzie
• Barry Humphries as Aunt Edna; Hoot; Meyer De Lamphrey; Les Patterson
• Peter Cook as Dominic
• Spike Milligan as Landlord
• Dick Bentley as Detective
• Dennis Price as Mr. Gort
• Julie Covington as Blanche
• Avice Landone as Mrs. Gort
• Joan Bakewell as herself
• Paul Bertram as Curly

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• The Adventures of Barry McKenzie at the Internet Movie Database
• The Adventures of Barry McKenzie at the National Film and Sound Archive
• Barry McKenzie fanpage

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