Movie
1986
Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 romantic action-adventure comedy film directed by Peter Faiman and starring Paul Hogan as the namesake character and American actress Linda Kozlowski as reporter Sue Charlton. Inspired by the true-life exploits of Rod Ansell, the film was made on a budget of under $10 million as a deliberate attempt to make a commercial Australian film that would appeal to a mainstream American audience,…
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In 1980s Australian cinema began to catch attention of the world audience. That was mostly due to hits like *Mad Max* series of post-apocalyptic films. Its dark and depressive premise (especially in times of re-escalating Cold War), as well as violent content made it unsuitable for film paradigm established by Steven Spielberg’s Hollywood. So, in order for Australian films to really conquer international box office,…More
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