At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture
Directed bySimon Heath
Written bySimon Heath
Produced byDavid Joseph
StarringSteve Rackman
Gary Kliger
Alyson Best
Robert Baxter
Angry Anderson
CinematographyDavid Eggby
Edited byJohn Scott
Production
company
Bullamakanka Film Productions
Distributed byThorn EMI (video)
Release date
  • 1983 (1983)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$1.2 million[1]

At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture is a 1983 Australian comedy film directed by Simon Heath and starring Steve Rackman, Gary Kliger, Alyson Best, Robert Baxter, and Angry Anderson, Adrian Bernotti The plot is about a small town visited by a government official. It is noticeable for the number of music acts that appear.[2]

Premise

Rhino Jackson is seeking re-election as Mayor. He works with his son Taldo to hold a concert and win a horse race.

Claire and her father Walter own a property being taken over by Jackson.

Cast

Musical acts

Production

According to David Stratton, "the film had a very troubled and lengthy production history which presumably accounts for the first two words tacked on to the title".[3]

References

  1. "Production Survey", Cinema Papers, May–June 1983 pp. 147–148
  2. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p9
  3. David Stratton, The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry, Pan MacMillan, 1990 p154


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