Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Has anyone seen the "Coca Cola Kid'? We were office chatting about movies set in Australia yesterday and that's one of my fav's along with the origional "The Gods must be crazy" <-- A must see if you have not.

I've seen it but I don't really have any memory of it one way or another. I assume you're connecting it to The Gods Must Be Crazy through the Coke bottle and not for being set in Australia?

Puts to mind though, a mini-film festival of Coke-centric movies. Not just standard product placement but where Coca Cola somehow plays a central part to the story.

One! Two! Three! - James Cagney is a regional Coke executive trying to get his product beyond the Iron Curtain.

The Gods Must Be Crazy - A Coke bottle exposes malignancies in a southern Africa bush tribe and one man goes on a quest to destroy it.

The Coca-Cola Kid - Eric Roberts is a Coke executive sent to find out why one small Australian town isn't drinking coke.

Lesser but key role:

On the Beach - Nuclear war has wiped out the northern hemisphere leaving Australia to wait for death as radiation slowly spreads. A nonsensical morse code signal is received from San Diego, however, and a submarine is sent to investigate only to find that it is from a Coke bottle trapped in a some blinds and randomly hitting a telegraphy key.

Anything else? Would GC attend this film festival?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Alex

I've seen it but I don't really have any memory of it one way or another. I assume you're connecting it to The Gods Must Be Crazy through the Coke bottle and not for being set in Australia?

I was just thinking of movies I liked which are set in Australia (I've got down under on my mind these days....) the coke connection is more of a coincidence in this case.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I was just thinking of movies I liked which are set in Australia (I've got down under on my mind these days....) the coke connection is more of a coincidence in this case.

Gods Must be Crazy is Africa.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Gods Must be Crazy is Africa.

Really?

Huh. I would have bet big it was set in Australia. Funny the way memory works. Now I'll have to watch it again.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Originally Posted by SzczerbiakManiac

Twenty Two Dollars!?! Where are you seeing films?

Originally Posted by Alex

I assume she is referring that she has to foot the bill for her boyfriend as well.

Yup. When you're +1, everything costs double.

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Watched My Name is Bruce.

I was disappointed. And I didn't really expect much from it.

Aww, I liked it. It was perhaps a little bit of a let down for me, though I actually liked the fanboy's style.

It brought to mind other movies that are about film stars who think they've been hired for a role but it's a real situation. Three Amigos, Galaxy Quest. Are there any more?

Originally Posted by Alex

On the Beach - Nuclear war has wiped out the northern hemisphere leaving Australia to wait for death as radiation slowly spreads. A nonsensical morse code signal is received from San Diego, however, and a submarine is sent to investigate only to find that it is from a Coke bottle trapped in a some blinds and randomly hitting a telegraphy key.

Wow, this is one of those movie plots that my father has mentioned to me a million times over the years but I've never heard referenced anywhere else. You never cease to amaze, Alex.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Three Amigos, Galaxy Quest. Are there any more?

Two along a similar vein that immediately come to mind are:

In The Last Shot, Matthew Broderick plays a movie director hired to make a movie. Unknown to him, it is actually an FBI sting operation.

In The Man Who Knew Too Little, Bill Murray thinks he's participating in a a bit of theater playing out in the real streets but is actually involved in spy business.

Wow, this is one of those movie plots that my father has mentioned to me a million times over the years but I've never heard referenced anywhere else. You never cease to amaze, Alex.

I'm curious as to how this would come up in conversation very often.

It is an end-of-the-world movie worth seeing. A bit melodramatic (and Fred Astaire plays an Australian) but understated in good ways that modern end of the world never will be again.