The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Dusan Makavejev

Writers:

Frank Moorhouse (screenplay)
Denny Lawrence (additional dialogue)

Release Date:

14 July 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

A movie felt never so refreshing!

Plot:

An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration...

Plot Keywords:

Coca Cola | Love | Australia | Fish Out Of Water | Irony

Awards:

8 nominations

Cast

Eric Roberts	...	Becker
Greta Scacchi	...	Terri
Bill Kerr	...	T. George McDowell
Chris Haywood	...	Kim
Kris McQuade	...	Juliana
Max Gillies	...	Frank Hunter
Tony Barry	...	Bushman
Paul Chubb	...	Fred
David Slingsby	...	Waiter
Tim Finn	...	Philip
Colleen Clifford	...	Mrs. Haversham
Rebecca Smart	...	DMZ
Esben Storm	...	Country Hotel Manager
Steve Dodd	...	Mr. Joe
Ian Gilmour	...	Marjorie

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 | Australia:M | Argentina:13 | Sweden:7 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Australian Film Commission, The

Trivia:

This film was produced without the knowledge or consent of the international offices of the Coca-Cola Company. However, since both the company and its product were depicted so favorably in the film (as well as the film being free advertising), they took no legal action against the parties involved.

Goofs:

Continuity: Becker takes his glasses off twice when Terri's husband enters the office.

Quotes:

Becker: [meeting a camel-mounted bush ranger] The last thing I ever expected to see up here was a camel.
Bushman: Yeah, I was riding a wombat up until this morning... broke a leg and had to shoot him.

Movie Connections:

References Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964)

Soundtrack:

I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen

Neat!

American capitalistic imperialism satirized. Both well and truly. Eric Roberts (whatever happend to him?) has never been to possessed as the marketing hotshot from Coca-Cola's Atlanta hq, in Australia to sell the last no-Coca-Cola bastion on earth on the drink's "bubbling brown goodness." And Greta Saachi (hubba-hubba) has never been so fetching or as funny. Watch for the unnerving news provided just before the credits.