The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

The Adventures of Barry McKenzie is a 1972 Australian film starring Barry Crocker, telling the story of an Australian yobbo on his travels to the United Kingdom. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. The movie was the first Australian film to surpass one million dollars in Australian box office receipts. A sequel, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, was produced in 1974.

Barry Bazza McKenzie Barry Crocker travels to England with his aunt Edna Everage Barry Humphries to advance his cultural education. Bazza is a young Aussie fond of beer, Bondi and beautiful sheilas. He settles in Earls Court, where his old friend Curly Paul Bertram has a flat. He gets drunk, is ripped off, insulted by pretentious Englishmen and exploited by record producers, religious charlatans and a BBC television producer Peter Cook. He reluctantly leaves England under the orders of his aunt, after exposing himself on television. His final words on the plane home are, I was just starting to like the Poms.Bruce Beresford was living in London and knew Barry Humphries socially when he heard about government funding being given to Australian films. ........

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