![]() Session introduced by producer David Roe. Official Selection, 1985 Cannes Film Festival The original songs, including the incredibly catchy “Coca-Cola Jingle,” come from Tim Finn, founding member of popular New Zealand rock band "Split Enz". ![]() ![]() The film’s attractive primary locations-cosmopolitan Sydney and the stunning Blue Mountains region-are stylishly shot by Mad Max cinematographer Dean Semler. Serbian auteur Dušan Makavejev ( Montenegro and W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism) brings his celebrated off-kilter and boundary-pushing sensibilities to this classic screwball comic set-up, so that the narrative remains refreshingly unpredictable, unconventional and subversive throughout.īecker, Terri and McDowell originate in the short stories of Miles Franklin award-winning novelist Frank Moorhouse, who adapted them for the film’s screenplay. He is extremely dedicated to his work and travels the world pushing. The previously unflappable Becker, however, finds his own resolve challenged by Australia’s unique character and characters-namely Terri (Greta Scacchi, The Player and White Mischief), his beautiful and very eccentric secretary, and McDowell (Bill Kerr, Gallipoli and Razorback), the stubbornly independent soft drink entrepreneur. Becker (Eric Roberts) is an American marketing expert working for the Coca-Cola Company. But then he meets not only McDowell (Bill Kerr), a local entrepreneur who manufactures. When a small-town Australian soda maker refuses to convert his factory to Coca-Cola production, the parent company sends in its whiz kid “troubleshooter” Becker (Eric Roberts, The Pope of Greenwich Village and Star 80) to resolve the issue. When he realizes that there is a part of Australia where absolutely nobody buys Coke, he vows to change that. From the Director of Montenegro… A New Formula for Comedy
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