Hercules Returns
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| Directed by | David Parker |
| Produced by | Philip Jaroslow |
| Written by | Des Managan |
| Starring | David Argue Michael Carman Mary Coustas Bruce Spence |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Running time | 82 min |
| Country | Australia |
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Hercules Returns is a 1993 Australian comedy film directed by David Parker and starring David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence and Mary Coustas . The film has a huge cult following in Australia and other countries. It has been released in DVD format (Region 4, format 16:9).
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[edit] Synopsis
Film buff Brad McBain (Argue), a frustrated employee of Australia’s largest cinema chain The Kent Corporation, quits his job and decides to set up and re-open the Picture Palace, a palatial disused cinema in St Kilda, Melbourne to show classic old films in the old fashioned style. As a gimmick he chooses the last picture that the cinema featured, Hercules, Samson, Machismo and Ursus Are Invincible, but when the print arrives at the grand gala opening it is in unsubtitled Italian. This calls for desperate measures and McBain, his projectionist Sprocket (Spence) and his publicist Lisa (Coustas) are forced to improvise voice overs for the entire film with hilarious results. His old boss, Sir Michael Kent (Carman), also attends the screening which ends up with McBain breaking the fourth wall when Kent tries to sabotage the show and they have a fight in the projection room.
[edit] Cast
- David Argue as Brad McBain
- Michael Carman as Sir Michael Kent
- Mary Coustas as Lisa
- Bruce Spence as Sprocket
- Voice of Des Mangan Hercules, Samson, Machismo, Ursus, Testiculi
- Voice of Sally Patience Labia, Muriel, Fanny, Delilah
- Voice of Matthew King as Charlie
[edit] Tagline
- The original, classic, theatrical release.
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