Les Patterson Saves the World

Les Patterson Saves the World

DVD cover
Directed by George T. Miller
Produced by Sue Milliken
Written by Barry Humphries
Diane Millstead
Based on Characters by
Barry Humphries
Starring Barry Humphries
Pamela Stephenson
Joy Westmore
Thaao Penghlis
Music by Tim Finn
Cinematography David Connell
Edited by Tim Wellburn
Distributed by Hoyts (Australia)
Recorded Releasing (UK)
Release dates
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
98 minutess
Country Australia
Language English
Budget A$7.3 million[1]
Box office A$626,000 (Australia)

Les Patterson Saves the World is a 1987 Australian comedy film starring Barry Humphries as his stage creations Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage.

Plot

The uncouth Sir Les Patterson, played by Barry Humphries, teams up with Dame Edna Everage (again played by Barry Humphries) to save the world from a virulent bioterror attack ordered by Colonel Richard Godowni of the Gulf State of Abu Niveah.

Cast

Production

The film was co-written by Humphries with his third wife Diane Millstead, and directed by George Miller of The Man from Snowy River fame.

The film was originally meant to be made by Thorn EMI in Britain but was eventually established in Australia with entirely Australian money.[3]

Box Office

Les Patterson Saves the World grossed $626,000 at the box office in Australia.[4] "It was a disaster of major proportions," said Jonathan Chissick of Hoyts, who distributed the film in Australia.[3] David Stratton wrote in 1990, "The gala opening was an embarrassing occasion, and it is still rumoured in the industry today that the Federal Treasurer Paul Keating, who attended, was so angry that he decide to end rorts in the film industry."[3]

The movie was released to British cinemas in 1988 but was not successful there either.

Critical reception

Michael Adams included Les Patterson Saves The World on his list of "worst ever" Australian films.[5]

See also

References

  1. "Australian Productions Top $175 million", Cinema Papers, March 1986 p64
  2. "Les Patterson Saves the World". Empire. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 David Stratton, The Avacado Plantation, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p308
  4. Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office Archived 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. Michael Adams, Showgirls, Teen Wolves, and Astro Zombies : a film critic's year-long quest to find the worst movie ever made. New York : Itbooks, 2010. ISBN 978-0-06-180629-2 (p.144)


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