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Australia will never elect a Donald Trump – and it’s due to one national trait[: our culture of not getting too big for your boots] (www.brisbanetimes.com.au)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Huh? I'm pretty sure it was Paramount Pictures - Crocodile Dundee was an American movie, set in America, which happened to have an Australian actor.

Australia's national hero the year that film came out was was Dick Smith. A rich businessman who used his fortune at the time to pay for high profile TV and newspaper ads that said "Smoking kills our kids".

By contrast - the star of Crocodile Dundee was also a star in TV ads encouraging people to smoke. He's no hero.

[–] Zagorath 2 points 7 months ago

I agree that Crocodile Dundee is certainly not a national hero here, but fwiw the movie was directed by an Aussie, written by 3 Aussies, starred a bunch of Aussies, shot by an Aussie, scored by an Aussie, and produced by a company that as far as I can tell is Australian, under Australian film union (e.g. Actors' Equity of Australia) rules. Its setting was in both Australia and America. It was distributed in America by an American company, as well as by a second American company internationally, but distributed in Australia by an Aussie company.

I think it's at least fair to say it was an Australian/American film, rather than a straight-up American Hollywood production.