Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[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.

[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.

[Nephythys]

Coraline comes out on DVD on July 21st- if you have not seen this, well, you should!

[Not Afraid]

Australia movices that come to mind:

Mad Max (1&2)
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Walkabout
My Brilliant Career
The Last Wave
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Strictly Ballroom
Sirens

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Not Afraid

Australia movies that come to mind:

Mad Max (1&2)
The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert
Walkabout
My Brilliant Career
The Last Wave
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Strictly Ballroom
Sirens

Also Rabbit-Proof Fence

You could do a NZ fest too:

The Piano
Whale Rider
Once Were Warriors
Heavenly Creatures
Lord of the Rings trilogy (although it was just shot there, not "set" there)

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Also Rabbit-Proof Fence

You could do a NZ fest too:

The Piano
Whale Rider
Once Were Warriors
Heavenly Creatures
Lord of the Rings trilogy (although it was just shot there, not "set" there)

There's no such place as New Zealand.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by JWBear

There's no such place as New Zealand.

Cool, guess I've been to nowhere 5 times!

[Nephythys]

Originally Posted by JWBear

There's no such place as New Zealand.

Huh?


-am I missing the joke?