Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2008)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Mark Hartley

Writer:

Mark Hartley (written by)

Release Date:

28 August 2008 (Australia)

Genre:

Documentary

Tagline:

Finally an Aussie film packed full of boobs, pubes, tubes ... and a bit of kung fu.

Plot:

The story of "Ozploitation" movies - a time when Australian cinema showed an explosion of sex, violence...

Plot Keywords:

Sci Fi Filmmaking | 1970s | Interview | Censorship | Film Discussion

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Abigail	...	Herself (archive footage)
Phillip Adams	...	Himself
Jenny Agutter	...	Herself (archive footage)
Christine Amor	...	Herself
Glory Annen	...	Herself
Victoria Anoux	...	Herself
Alan Arkin	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ian Barry	...	Himself
Briony Behets	...	Herself
Shara Berriman	...	Herself (archive footage)
Alyson Best	...	Herself (archive footage)
Steve Bisley	...	Himself
Jamie Blanks	...	Himself
Graeme Blundell	...	Himself
Gary Bond	...	Himself (archive footage)
Russell Boyd	...	Himself
Richard Brennan	...	Himself
Dan Burstall	...	Himself
Tom Burstall	...	Himself
Don Chipp	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robin Copping	...	Himself
Broderick Crawford	...	Himself (archive footage)
Barry Crocker	...	Himself
Cul Cullen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lynette Curran	...	Herself
Jamie Lee Curtis	...	Herself
Gianni Dei	...	Himself (archive footage)
Cassandra Delaney	...	Herself
Everett De Roche	...	Himself
Ross Dimsey	...	Himself
David Eggby	...	Himself
Bob Ellis	...	Himself
Noel Ferrier	...	Himself (archive footage)
Alan Finney	...	Himself
Richard Franklin	...	Himself
Belinda Giblin	...	Herself
Rebecca Gilling	...	Herself
Antony I. Ginnane	...	Himself
John Grey Gorton	...	Himself (archive footage)
Deborah Gray	...	Herself
David Hannay	...	Himself
Sandy Harbutt	...	Himself
Rod Hardy	...	Himself
Gregory Harrison	...	Himself
Rod Hay	...	Himself
Robert Helpmann	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Hemmings	...	Himself (archive footage)
Carla Hoogeveen	...	Herself
Alan Hopgood	...	Himself
Dennis Hopper	...	Himself
John Michael Howson	...	Himself
Wendy Hughes	...	Herself
Barry Humphries	...	Himself
Bill Hunter	...	Himself (archive footage)
Olivia Hussey	...	Chris Walters (archive footage)
Ivan Hutchinson	...	Himself (archive footage)
John Jarratt	...	Himself
Barry Jones	...	Himself
Brian Jones	...	Himself
Stacy Keach	...	Himself
Graham Kennedy	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ted Kotcheff	...	Himself
John D. Lamond	...	Himself
Nina Landis	...	Herself
George Lazenby	...	Himself
Christopher Lee	...	Himself (archive footage)
Chris Löfvén	...	Himself
Greg Lynch	...	Himself
William Margold	...	Himself
James Mason	...	Himself (archive footage)
Ross Matthews	...	Himself
Donald McAlpine	...	Himself
Bob McCarron	...	Himself
Pat McDonald	...	Herself (archive footage)
Hal McElroy	...	Himself
Greg Mclean	...	Himself
Kris McQuade	...	Herself (archive footage)
John Meillon	...	Himself (archive footage)
George Miller	...	Himself
Spike Milligan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Vincent Monton	...	Himself
Philippe Mora	...	Himself
Katie Morgan	...	Herself (archive footage)
Judy Morris	...	Herself
Russell Mulcahy	...	Himself
Rod Mullinar	...	Himself
Debbie Nankervis	...	Herself (archive footage)
Grant Page	...	Himself
Barbara Parkins	...	Herself (archive footage)
Michael Pate	...	Himself (archive footage)
Susan Penhaligon	...	Herself
George Peppard	...	Himself (archive footage)
Luan Peters	...	Herself (archive footage)
Donald Pleasence	...	Himself (archive footage)
Robert Powell	...	Himself (archive footage)
Chips Rafferty	...	Himself (archive footage)
Steve Railsback	...	Himself
Candy Raymond	...	Herself
Cheryl Rixon	...	Herself
Carmen Russo	...	Herself (archive footage)
Joanne Samuel	...	Herself
Fred Schepisi	...	Himself
John Seale	...	Himself
Ken Shorter	...	Himself
Bruce Spence	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lynda Stoner	...	Herself
Rosie Sturgess	...	Herself (archive footage)
Quentin Tarantino	...	Himself
Rod Taylor	...	Himself
Al Thomas	...	Himself (archive footage)
Henry Thomas	...	Himself
Jeremy Thomas	...	Himself
Jack Thompson	...	Himself
Sigrid Thornton	...	Herself
Brian Trenchard-Smith	...	Himself
James Wan	...	Himself
Garry Wapshott	...	Himself
Roger Ward	...	Himself
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Sally (archive footage)
John Waters	...	Himself
Jacki Weaver	...	Herself (archive footage)
Leigh Whannell	...	Himself
Gough Whitlam	...	Himself (archive footage)
David Williamson	...	Himself
Tony Williams	...	Himself
Simon Wincer	...	Himself
Arna-Maria Winchester	...	Herself
Uri Windt	...	Himself
Norman Yemm	...	Himself
Susannah York	...	Herself

MPAA:

Rated R for graphic nudity, sexuality, violence and gore, some language and drug use.

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

Australia | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:18 | USA:R | New Zealand:R18

Company:

City Films Worldwide

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Excellent Informative doco...

as a lover of 'Ozploitation" films from way back, (hell im a card carrying member of the Turkey Shoot fanclub hahha) to say that Not Quite Hollywood was going to be essential viewing is quite an understatement. And so i finally made the 3 hour trek to Melbourne to see this thing and all i can say is WOW! Mark Hartley has done good with what was available to him, however there were a few other films that never got a mention that are quite vital to the "ozploitation" story.

To my knowledge COSY COOL was the first independent Aussie exploitation film, and it never even got a mention! (admitedly its not a really great "film", but is still an interesting watch).

1979 slasher flick ALISON'S BIRTHDAY never received a mention either, and quite crucially RUNNING ON EMPTY is only shown in a collage of car crashes, but nothing is said about it at all. And don't even get me started on the absence of genuine classics like STIR, THE MONEY MOVERS, LAST OF THE KNUCKLEMEN.

However it all really comes down to time. 2 hours is only really long enough to just skim the surface, which is what NQH does, and does a commendable job of it.

In my eyes there are only 2 problems with NQH, one which is inevitable.. it has to end sometime. The second is why does everyone hate Turkey Shoot so bloody much? It is a genuine classic and is definitely one of the most entertaining films to come out of Australia! In summary a commendable effort and hopefully we will get all of these films appearing on DVD (and yes i already know that most of them are)