Many of the best scenes have the same whimsical quality as "The Gods Must Be Crazy," in which a character with a truly direct and open mind is able to see right through the strange conventions of civilization. Show WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons Request access Access fees SummaryAt a bush camp, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) is at first spooked by the quiet arrival of an Aboriginal man in face paint. Mick (Paul Hogan) introduces Neville (David Gulpilil), a 'real city-boy’, and then goes with him to a corroboree. Sue disregards Mick’s clear instruction not to follow, but she is shocked to discover he can sense her presence. Summary by Paul Byrnes. CURATOR'S NOTESThis is a fascinating scene for its cultural complexities. It reveals Mick as an initiated member of the Pitjantjatjara tribe (even though their traditional lands are a long way from Arnhem Land); it suggests that skin colour is no indicator of Aboriginality, a view that many Aborigines would endorse. It makes fun of traditional white misunderstandings and cultural taboos ('You think it will steal your spirit?’) but makes clear that such taboos exist and must be respected (when Sue raises, then lowers, her camera). There is also the idea that cities corrupt black men like Neville, who has lost touch with some of his culture (although when we see him dancing later, this seems to play against that idea).
Crocodile Dundee synopsisA glamorous American reporter, Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski), goes to the Northern Territory to interview a man who survived a crocodile attack. Michael J 'Crocodile’ Dundee (Paul Hogan) charms her with his bushman’s humour and toughness. He is both more complex and more mysterious than she expects. She invites him to New York, a city that expands his horizons and tests his survival skills.
Crocodile Dundee Curator's notesCrocodile Dundee is not just the most commercially successful Australian film ever made, it is one of the most successful non-Hollywood films of all time. The reasons for its success are complex. Paul Hogan was already a well-established star of television comedy in Australia, but he was also becoming well-known in the US, because of an extraordinarily successful tourism campaign in 1984. For most Americans, before the movie came out, Hogan was that funny Aussie bloke who told them he’d 'put another shrimp on the barbie’ if they visited Australia. In a sense the movie is a continuation of the campaign. The first half of the movie showcases both the beauty of the Northern Territory and the cultural quaintness of the Territorians. John Meillon’s character, Wally, acts as Sue Charlton’s guide to this odd, but friendly, masculine world. Wally knows about the rest of the world and tries to spin her the kind of yarn he thinks she wants, for her news magazine. Mick Dundee, though less worldly, is also more truthful, capable of telling tall stories himself, which often turn out to be true. The film both constructs and deconstructs an idea of Australian masculinity. That is one of the main preoccupations of Australian cinema, going back to the silent era – but few films have done it so cleverly, or with so many layers. Mick Dundee is all things to all people – self-made man, tough guy, bush philosopher, romantic lead, old-fashioned knight, defender of women, tamer of wild animals, and wandering free spirit. As a pioneer frontiersman, he appeals specifically to the foundation mythologies of both Americans and Australians – but he goes further, as a fully initiated member of an Aboriginal clan. Indeed, he’s 'blacker’ than some other members of his clan, notably his mate Neville (David Gulpilil), who’s described as a real city boy who finds his cultural obligations 'a drag’. The film’s attitudes to colour and Aboriginality are central to its meaning and preoccupations. Far from being 'unpolitical’, Mick has firm views about the question of land rights, as 'two fleas fighting over the same dog’. In New York, his reactions to and interactions with people of colour are a clue to the film’s awareness of American unease with issues of race. The film’s most famous joke – 'That’s not a knife’ – is a gesture to mainstream anxiety about both New York and young black men. The fact that Mick is saved from a beating by Gus the chauffeur, another black male, is no accident. The film is constantly creating 'solidarities’ across cultural, or colour, lines. The cementing of a sense of community between Australians and Americans is what Hogan’s tourism advertisements also set out to do. Crocodile Dundee continued that process, in spectacularly successful and non-threatening fashion. The debate about whether that was an act of cultural assertion, as many Australians believed, or the ultimate demonstration of Australian subservience, is still going on. Notes by Paul Byrnes
Education notesThis clip shows a night scene with Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) and Mick 'Crocodile’ Dundee (Paul Hogan) at their campsite. Neville Bell (David Gulpilil) appears through the trees wearing face and body paint. It is revealed that Neville is an Aboriginal mate of Mick’s and is reluctantly on his way to a corroboree. Mick decides to follow Neville to the corroboree, leaving Sue behind. Sue defies Mick’s warning that women are forbidden and approaches the corroboree with her camera, but quickly retreats when Mick senses her presence and catches her eye.
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Education notes provided by The Learning Federation and Education Services Australia. CREDITSProduction company Rimfire Films Producer John Cornell Associate producer Wayne Young Director Peter Faiman Screenplay Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell Composer Peter Best TRANSCRIPTThis clip starts approximately 39 minutes into the feature. Rapidly increasing rhythm sticks underscore the tense music heard. Sue is sitting alone in the bush, looking up tensely at the sound of someone approaching. As Mick and a group of Indigenous men perform the corroboree, Sue is crouching in the long grass nearby with her camera. As she zooms in with the lens, she catches Mick’s eye. He gives her a warning look, she lowers the camera and walks away. He smiles. The corroboree continues. Was heißt Crocodile Dundee?In den Hauptrollen sind Paul Hogan als Buschjunge Michael J. „Crocodile” Dundee und Linda Kozlowski als amerikanische Journalistin Sue Charlton zu sehen.
Welches Messer hat Crocodile Dundee?Ein wuchtiges Bowie Messer an dem Crocodile Dundee Messer seine wahre Freude hätte.
Wo gibt es Crocodile Dundee?Amazon.de: Crocodile Dundee [dt./OV] ansehen | Prime Video.
Wie heißt Crocodile Dundee mit zweitem Vornamen?Handlung. Mick Dundee, der Krokodil-Jäger aus dem Urwald Australiens, findet sich in dem Großstadt-Dschungel Manhattans sehr gut zurecht. Er vertreibt sich die Zeit mit Spaziergängen auf dem Fenstersims im 23.
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