The Coca-Cola Kid
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| The Coca-Cola Kid | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Dušan Makavejev |
| Produced by | Les Lithgow Sylvie Le Clezio David Roe |
| Written by | Frank Moorhouse |
| Starring | Eric Roberts Greta Scacchi Bill Kerr |
| Music by | William Motzing |
| Cinematography | Dean Semler |
| Editing by | John Scott |
| Distributed by | Cinecom Pictures |
| Release date(s) | United States July 14, 1985 UK July 19, 1985 |
| Running time | 98 min. |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
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The Coca Cola Kid is a romantic comedy film, released in 1985. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and starred Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi.
[edit] Plot
Becker, a hotshot American marketing executive (played by Roberts) from the Coca-Cola Company visits their Australian operations and tries to figure out why a tiny corner of Australia - the fictional town of Anderson Valley - has so far resisted all of Coke's products. He literally bumps into the very pretty secretary (played by Scacchi) who is assigned to help him.
Eventually Becker discovers that a local producer of soft drinks run by an old eccentric has been successfully fending off the American brand name products. The executive vows an all out marketing war with the eccentric but eventually comes to reconsider his role as a cog in Coca-Cola's giant corporate machinery. Along the way there are humorous subplots involving the office manager's violent ex-husband, Becker's attempt to find the 'Australian sound', and an odd waiter who is under the mistaken belief that Becker is a secret agent.
[edit] Trivia
- The band in the studio is led by Tim Finn; he sang the song in the commercial that has been overseen by Eric Roberts' character. Tim Finn is a massive star in his native New Zealand & Australia and is the brother of lead vocalist/guitarist Neil Finn of Crowded House. At the time the movie was filmed, Tim was a member of the popular band Split Enz with brother Neil, and after becoming romantically involved with the movie's leading lady, Greta Scacchi, he left the band and went solo.
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