This page will contain discussion groups about Crocodile Dundee, as they become available.Crocodile DundeeCrocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy film set in the Australian Outback in the area around "Walkabout Creek" and in New York City. Inspired by the truelife exploits of Rodney Ansell, the film was made on a budget of under $10 million as a deliberate attempt to make a commercial Australian film that would appeal to a mainstream American audience, but proved to be a worldwide phenomenon. Released on September 26, 1986 in the United States, it was the second highest grossing film in the USA in that year and went on to become the No. 1 film worldwide at the box office. Primary cast:
The plot concerns Mick "Crocodile" Dundee (so nicknamed because he allegedly fought a crocodile and lived to tell the tale). He falls for an American journalist who comes to the outback to interview him, and returns with her to New York City, where he is faced with a culture he doesn't understand. Most of the humour is drawn from his attempts to adapt to the unfamiliar features of this society, such as crowds, crime and bidets. The most famous line from the movie is often misquoted as, "That's not a knife - this is a knife!" The proper quotation is, "That's not a knife. (draws bowie knife) Now that's a knife."
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The most famous line from the movie is often misquoted as, "That's not a knife - this is a knife!" The proper quotation is, "That's not a knife. One of Jenner's interests was hot air ballooning. Most of the humour is drawn from his attempts to adapt to the unfamiliar features of this society, such as crowds, crime and bidets. Jenner's house in Berkeley, also known as The Chantry, is now the Jenner Museum. He falls for an American journalist who comes to the outback to interview him, and returns with her to New York City, where he is faced with a culture he doesn't understand. He studied anatomy and surgery under the guidance of John Hunter, a prominent surgeon in London, then returned to Berkeley to start a practice. The plot concerns Mick "Crocodile" Dundee (so nicknamed because he allegedly fought a crocodile and lived to tell the tale). For this pioneering work in vaccination Jenner is regarded as the Father of Immunization.
Inspired by the truelife exploits of Rodney Ansell, the film was made on a budget of under $10 million as a deliberate attempt to make a commercial Australian film that would appeal to a mainstream American audience, but proved to be a worldwide phenomenon. Jenner then applied the standard smallpox inoculation; the boy was completely unaffected, showing that cowpox had made him immune to smallpox. Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian comedy film set in the Australian Outback in the area around "Walkabout Creek" and in New York City. The boy contracted cowpox, and after six weeks, recovered safely. Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - (Linda Kozlowski). On May 14, 1796, he tested cowpox, infecting an eight year old boy named James Phipps in the same manner as used in smallpox inoculation, but using material from a cowpox pustule. BAFTA Award for Best Actor – (Paul Hogan). Cowpox is related to smallpox and Jenner realized that if the folk tradition were true it offered considerable advantages over the use of smallpox in inoculation. BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenply – (Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell). (It has been theorized that the romantic image of the beautiful milkmaid came from the fact that milkmaids often contracted cowpox, and would thereafter be immune to the disfigurement of smallpox.). Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay – (Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell). There was a local folk tradition amongst those who milked cows, that an infection with the so-called 'cowpox' protected one from contracting smallpox. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy. This made them a risk to any family or acquaintances not already immune. Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy – (Paul Hogan). However, it had two major disadvantages: it was dangerous, and until the infection from inoculation had run its course, the subject was infected, and infectious, with actual smallpox. Michael Lombard : Sam Charlton. In Jenner's time, the practice of smallpox inoculation was commonplace in England. Mark Blum : Richard Mason. Jenner's early education included a spell at Cirencester Grammar School, where one of the school 'houses' was named after him in later years to commemorate his achievements. Graham 'Grace' Walker : Angelo. Edward Jenner (May 17, 1749 - January 26, 1823) was an English country doctor practicing in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England, famous for his work introducing the Smallpox vaccine. Christine Totos : Rosita. Vaccination. Peter Turnbull : Trevor. Vaccine. Terry Gill : Duffy. Gerry Skilton : Nugget. Steve Rackman : Donk. David Gulpilil : Neville Bell. John Meillon : Walter Reilly. Linda Kozlowski : Sue Charlton. 'Crocodile' Dundee. Paul Hogan : Michael J. |