Dad and Dave - On Our Selection
1995, 107 minutes, Rated G
"Cripes! Just What This Country Needs...A Bloody Good Laugh!"
A host of outstanding Aussie actors star in this loud, proud, fair dinkum yarn about the original "great Aussie battlers", the Rudds, an unconventional farming family of charming half-wits who survive on boiled pumpkin and parrot stew and half-baked get-rich schemes.
When Dad Rudd (Leo McKern) moves his family out into the scrub to 'select' 150 acres of fly-blown land, he discovers he's surrounded by all sorts of vermin - reptiles, insects, and Riley (Barry Otto), his miserable politician neighbour. Dad decides to beat Riley at his own game and stand for parliament. Dad Rudd M.P. The Farmers Friend!
Dad & Dave - On Our Selection" is a "pioneering" comedy based on the larrikin yarns of Steele Rudd. Full of bush brawls, harvest dances, outback wedding celebrations and bloody good laughs, it's about a family who didn't give a damn about the authorities or the harsh conditions - and made this country what it is today. Too Right!
- Director:
- George Whaley [2],
- Starring:
- Noah Taylor [24], Celia Ireland [2], David Field [12], Robert Menzies [7], Ray Barrett [26], Barry Otto [16], Leo McKern [21], John Gaden [2], Pat Bishop [7], Joan Sutherland [8], Murray Bartlett [1], Geoffrey Rush [40], Nicholas Eadie [6],
- Screen Formats:
- Full Frame 1.33:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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