The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) on Netflix
Barry McKenzie heads to England with his aunt, Edna Everage, hoping to advance his cultural education. The beer-loving Australian settles in Earls Court, where his friend Curly has a flat.
- Watch on NetflixThis title is not on Netflix right now. Please check back later for updates.
- Watch on NordVPN
- Netflix2.8/5
- IMDb5.6/10993 votes
- Rotten TomatoesNot available
Trailer
Plot summary
Barry McKenzie leaves Australia for England with his aunt, Edna Everage. The trip is meant to advance his cultural education. A young Australian known as Bazza, he is an innocent abroad with a taste for beer, Bondi and beautiful women. In London he settles into the Australian ghetto of Earls Court, where his old friend Curly already has a flat.
Cast
Show all 15 cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Bruce Beresford said in a 1999 interview that both Barry McKenzie films hurt his career: despite their commercial success they put him out of work, and he feared he would never work again.
- Phillip Adams wanted Paul Hogan to play Curly, but Hogan turned the role down; Adams suspected he doubted his ability to work with professional actors.
- Local unions complained about the presence of British technicians in the crew, and the dispute was settled by a compromise in which Australian technicians joined the crew.
- The Adventures of Barry McKenzie was the first Australian film to surpass $1 million at the national box office, and it also led the Australian box office in 1972.
- Bruce Beresford, then living in London, and Barry Humphries won government money for a film from the Private Eye comic strip by pitching it on the fact that funding was available but almost no one was competing for it.
- Slang used in the film, including the words "chunder" and "tubes of beer", entered the English language, the Radio Times Guide to Films noted in its review.
