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The first australian film to be made in 7 years, its success meant that the australian government was pressed to provide money for further film funding. The stars of the comedy film the weird mob having lunch on the marconi chiari, ed devereaux etc. Its an australia that no longer exists, making the film something of a social document worth watching. While weird mob does indeed cast a strangers eye over some unflattering aspects of australian culture, my concern here is with the way a strangers eye is cast over the city of sydney. They re a weird mob is a popular australian comic novel written by john ogrady under the pseudonym nino culotta, the name of the main character of the book. Nino culotta walter chiari is an italian journalist who is lured by his brother into coming to australia to work. Learning to speak australian is one of the many trials faced by an italian journalist who emigrates down under. They re a weird mob by culotta, nino ogrady, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The story of making the film theyre a weird mob 1966 imdb.

The first of two features made in australia by great british auteur, michael powell the red shoes, peeping tom, theyre a weird mob features italian star walter chiari as a visiting sports reporter culturally in over his head when he arrives in sydney expecting to work for a bilingual magazine but discovers his contact has skipped town. In the years after theyre a weird mob, he had wanted to make another film in australia called the coastwatchers, set during the second world war. Leaving aside the film s willingness to engage with national stereotypes for laughs, and its domestic box office success, the film can actually be credited with the first stirrings towards government intervention in and support of the local industry. Theyre a weird mob is a 1966 australian film based on the novel of the same name by john ogrady under the pen name nino culotta, the name of the main character of the book. He gets a job as a builders labourer, learns to talk and drink like an australian, and falls in love with an australian girl clare dunne.

By the time of ogradys death in 1981, theyre a weird mob was in its fortyseventh impression, with sales approaching the one million mark. Overview of theyre a weird mob, 1966, directed by michael powell, with walter chiari, claire dunne, chips rafferty, at turner classic movies. Le film theyre a weird mob 1966 vostfr admin 20170615t19. Theyre a weird mob movie poster 1966 walter chiari rare. Theyre a weird mob 1966 720x576 download torrent tpb. The story of nino culotta, an italian immigrant coming to australia with the promise of a job at his cousins magazine, allows the directors to play with the australian slang and portray a stereotypical aussie. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading theyre a weird mob. The tensions of the rich wave of migration to australia after world war ii were satirised and sanitised by the enormously popular adaption of nino culottas john ogradys comic novel they re a weird mob.

Aug 08, 2012 trailer to the movie theyre a weird mob, 1966 film based on the novel of the same name by john ogrady under the pen name nino culotta, the name of the main character of the book. Mar 25, 2020 regarded as a classic, this film takes a kindhearted look at sydney in the mid 60s. Punchbowl railway station and greenacre road from 1966 movie theyre a weird mob. The last post lest we forget i grew up in mortdale. Contexts in which to place theyre a weird mob and into which. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Theyre a weird mob 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Theyre a weird mob italian import walter chiari scores in a role that seems tailormade an italian journalist who emigrates to australia to write for an italian journal in sydney edited by. The cultural atlas of australia is an interactive digital map that explores australian places and spaces as they are represented in and through films, novels, and plays. Theyre a weird mob the 100 greatest australian films. This is an australian film, about australians with australian financial backing.

He wanted to make a film in russia about the ballerina. Certainly everybody in the motion picture in australia is vitally interested in the success of the film. Walk into hell original movie still 4 new guinea tribesmen walk into paradise. He soon gets a job as a builders labourer, learns to talk and drink like an australian, and falls in love with an australian girl. The weird mob of the film s title refers not to the migrant but to the very strangeness of australian culture as perceived via the gaze of a foreigner. Sep 25, 2014 based on author john ogradys bestselling novel of the same name, director michael powells 1966 classic theyre a weird mob follows italian migrant nino walter chiari as he arrives in. This movie version of the book titled they re a weird mob was made in 1966, and, as well as sticking roughly to the novels plot, is a marvellous snapshot of sydney in the 1960s. Theyre a weird mob is sometimes credited with reviving the australian film industry. I would like to hear more what people think of this classic. Le film theyre a weird mob 1966 vostfr film complet.

All critics 1 fresh 1 regarded as a classic, this film takes a kindhearted look at sydney in the mid 60s. Theyre a weird mob rewatched luke buckmaster film the. The book was the first published novel by ogrady, with an initial print run of 6,000 hardback copies. Again, i sat there with my jaw lolling unattractively as nino culotta stumbles from one misadventure to another. Mar 05, 2014 in 1966, english filmmakers michael powell and emeric pressburger adapted for the screen the australian comic novel theyre a weird mob. Download theyre a weird mob 1966 720x576 torrent or any other torrent from video movies direct download via magnet link. They re weird mob is one of the original funny movies australia produced with an international cast complete with local actors who later in life also filled our screens in memorable movies. Instead, theyre a weird mob was written by author john ogrady under the pseudonym of nino culotta. The nationalityof theyre a weird mobs director, as with other aspects of the production, has caused occasional debate about whether the film can in fact be classified as australian and, given powells foreignness, about the particular perspective it is taking of australian culture. It was the penultimate collaboration of the british filmmakers michael powell and emeric pressburger. Nino culotta walter chiari, an italian sports journalist, arrives in australia to find his cousins new magazine for migrant italians has folded.

The hedonistic modernity of sydney in theyre a weird mob. Theyre a weird mob 1966 clip 1 on aso australias audio. Theyre a weird mob is a 1966 film based on the novel of the same name by john ogrady under the pen name nino culotta. This documentary treats comedy fans to a behindthescenes look at the making of theyre a weird mob, an australian film about an italian man who arrives in sydney to work at his cousins magazine, only to discover that the job no longer exists and he cannot understand what any of the locals are saying. Essay by peter krausz, reproduced from 100 greatest films of australian cinema with permission. This film is a story of the fair go, and how a generation of new australians were embraced as part of society as a whole. Nov 11, 2016 like most film makers, powell abandoned more films than he managed to make. They re a weird mob is a fish out of water story based on the 1957 best selling novel by john ogrady of an italian immigrant whos hoodwinked into coming to sydney and is taken in by his coworkers and finds romance.

Firstly they propose, through cinematic form, a clash between a. Based on a popular australian novel, this comedy was produced down under in 1966. Theyre a weird mob is destined to be one of the great successes in 1966 in australia. Watch film clips from the 1966 film production of theyre a weird mob on australianscreen, a website operated by the national film and sound archive. If you like they re a weird mob you are looking for movies about with love, male female relationship, journalist, beach, father daughter relationship, debt and beer themes of adventure, comedy and romance genre shot in australia or uk. He mixes with bricklayers, policemen, lifesavers, makes friends, learns the language, engages in fisticuffs, gets married and makes a niche for himself in oz. Theyre a weird mob is an hilarious snapshot of the immigrant experience in menziesera australia, by a writer with a brilliant ear for the australian way with words. In australia, sydneys tcn9 bought the first 52 episodes of the samurai in march 1964 but did not show them until monday 28 th december 1964 at 3. He wanted to make a film called taj mahal with rudolf nureyev. Article about the film in the australian womans weekly, 29th june 1966 article about judith arty dixie in the australian womans weekly, 4th june 1969 page 1 page 2. I arrived that very year and before getting a reporting job on a country paper, i, too, dug holes. Nino culotta is an italian immigrant, newly arrived in australia.

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