Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
| Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Bruce Beresford |
| Produced by | Bruce Beresford |
| Written by |
Bruce Beresford Barry Humphries |
| Starring |
Barry Crocker Barry Humphries Donald Pleasence Dick Bentley |
| Music by | Peter Best |
| Cinematography | Don McAlpine |
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| Distributed by | Roadshow (Australia) |
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Release date
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12 December 1974 |
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | A$450,000 |
| Box office | A$1,407,000 (Australia) |
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own is the 1974 sequel to the 1972 Australian comedy film The Adventures of Barry McKenzie.
Returning from the original film is Barry Crocker in the title role, as well as Barry Humphries in the role of Barry's aunt, Dame Edna. Also returning in the director's chair is Bruce Beresford. The then Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, along with his wife Margaret Whitlam, made cameo appearances as themselves.
Barry Humphries contends that Barry McKenzie was an inspiration for the later film Crocodile Dundee.
The film continues directly where The Adventures of Barry McKenzie ended with Barry McKenzie (Barry Crocker) and his aunt Dame Edna returning home to Australia from England.
During the flight two henchmen of Count Plasma (Donald Pleasence) (a Dracula-type Minister of Culture from the People's Republic of Transylvania) mistake Dame Edna for the Queen of England and kidnap her during their brief stopover in Paris, believing that she will draw tourists to their country.
It is then up to Barry, his identical twin brother the Reverend Kevin McKenzie, his Parisian expatriate Aussie friend "Col the Frog" (Dick Bentley) and his other expatriate mates in France and England to head a team of Australian agents to be parachuted into Transylvania and rescue Edna.
Barry and Edna return home to Australia and are greeted by Gough Whitlam and his wife. Whitlam makes Edna a Dame.
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