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Adapted for the screen by David Williamson from his own stage play, Tim Burstall’s broad, low-budget comedy is one of the earliest, and most commercially successful, releases of the 1970s Australian film ‘renaissance’.
The adventures of the seven-foot-tall, Marcuse-quoting, would-be-revolutionary ‘ocker’, Stork, (Bruce Spence) satirise many aspects of contemporary Australian society and values. “The targets of its humour are the social goals and values of the middle-classes - conformity, ambition, marriage, the pretensions of the corporate world or the academic and art establishments.” (Tim Burstall).
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
316198
Language
English
Audience classifications
MA
Mediatheque - not for children (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards - Australia
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures, Australian
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → National characteristics, Australian
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → National characteristics, Australian
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Preservation Print (Section 5)