The Adventures of Barry McKenzie

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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie
Directed by	Bruce Beresford
Written by	Bruce Beresford, Barry Humphries
Starring	Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Spike Milligan, Peter Cook
Release date(s)	1972
Running time	114 min.
Country	Australia
Language	English
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The Adventures of Barry McKenzie is a 1972 Australian film starring Barry Crocker, telling the story of an Australian 'yobbo' on his travels to the United Kingdom. Barry McKenzie was originally a character created by Barry Humphries for a cartoon strip in Private Eye. The movie was the first Australian film to earn a million dollars, and a sequel Barry McKenzie Holds His Own was made.

Barry Humphries appears in several roles, including: a hippie, Barry McKenzie's psychiatrist Doctor Delamphrey, and as Aunt Edna Everage (later Dame Edna Everage). Humphries would later achieve fame with the character of Dame Edna in the UK and USA.

The film was produced by Philip Adams, who became a prominent op-ed journalist and broadcaster, and directed by Bruce Beresford, who went on to direct Academy-award winning movies such as Driving Miss Daisy.

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• The Adventures of Barry McKenzie at the Internet Movie Database
• National Film and Sound Archive
• The Adventures of Barry McKenzie at the National Film and Sound Archive

• Barry McKenzie fanpage

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