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Welcome To Woop Woop (1998)
Released By: Orion Home Video   Rating: R   In Theaters: N/A
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Studio: Orion Home Video
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Stephen Elliott
Language: English
Official Website: N/A
Theatrical Release: N/A
Home Video Release: N/A
Cast: Paul Mercurio, Rod Taylor, Jonathon Schaech, Rachel Griffiths, Susie Porter
Published ID: 7808
UPC: N/A
Plot: In part, filmmaker Stephan Elliott (best known for The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) made this black, surrealistic and subversive comedy to bid farewell to Australian cultural traditions (i.e. excessive beer drinking, racism and sexism) that are rapidly disappearing due to the increasing infiltration of urban sophistication and political correctness into even the county's most remote regions. Unfortunately, Elliot's outrageous tribute to past 'traditions' is presented with such vulgar abandon that many Australians are sure to be offended, not tickled, even though Elliot did try to tone down the mean spirit of the original script which was first titled 'Big Red.' The story centers on Teddy, a fugitive con-artist who has fled New York and gone into the Australian outback. His troubles begin when he is picked up at a lonely gas station by the blonde and brassy Angie who quickly seduces him and then knocks him out cold. Teddy awakens to find himself in the dusty town of Woop Woop. Surrounded by steep cliffs, the town, which was built near a now-defunct asbestos mine, is ruled by Angie's father Daddy-O, who is as much a warden as he is a local leader, deciding when and who will enter and leave Woop Woop. A weird place that is supported by a kangaroo-meat dog-food factory, it is populated by beer-swilling rednecks, crude eccentrics (and a giant kangaroo named Big Red) who find endless entertainment listening to Oscar & Hammerstein musicals (the town's ramshackle drive-in runs The Sound of Music and South Pacific continuously). Teddy quickly discovers that he is in effect the burg's newest prisoner and is expected to constantly service the sexually insatiable Angie. Not willing to remain a captive, Teddy begins planning his escape. The story's surrealism comes from Elliot's deliberately inappropriate use of musical numbers to punctuate events. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Comedy
Added 1/12/2009

An absolutely nutty movie from the Aussies. It is "Sound of Music" on mescalene. I laughed my butt off. It is about as far out as you can get.
A lot of weird fun here.........a real gem but only if you are in the mood.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
woop woop
Added 11/2/2008

Received item intact and in ashort amount of time a great seller to buy from
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Homebrewer
Added 6/30/2007

I watched most of this movie late one night on HBO (or Cinemax/Showtime). Anyway, I woke up in the morning and thought this movie was some kind of a dream that I had. This movie is over the top strange (Right up my alley). I haven't seen this movie since and I'm long awaiting the DVD of this movie to come out, so I can watch this again. Like I said, I love strange, bizarre movies and this one is way out there. I'm waiting for the DVD to come out (not sure what the hold up is). Why are there a handful of movies that never get released on DVD? Lost Highway, Prospero's Books, etc. Well to sum this one up. It was like watching a surreal dream come true.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
Welcome to insanity!
Added 12/22/2006

"The only good roo is a dead roo." So says the crazed leader of an isolated Australian town that turns roos into dog food and doesn't let anyone leave...ever. When a con-man named Teddy (Johnathon Schaech) runs from trouble in America he lands right in the hot frying pan after meeting the oversexed Angie (Susie Porter) and being kidnapped to become her husband, till death do they part. This is one slick yank that almost wishes he'd let the lone-shark back in America shoot him rather than tangle with the mad bunch living in Woop Woop. This is a great comedy, though be warned there's some sex scenes you won't want youngsters to see. Be sure to watch past the credit lines. There's a hidden conclusion mates!

Chrissy K. McVay - Author

5 out of 5 people found this helpful.
Black Comedy with a Punch
Added 6/14/2004

Welcome to Woop Woop amounts to a farce with a very unique (and appalling) storyline. The town Woop Woop is literally "off the map" and its inhabitants interact in a surreal and disturbing fashion.

Fleeing from danger in New York, the lead character (Johnathon Schaech) makes it to Australia, only to walk into a much bleaker situation - a kind of time-warp - where Daddy-O is the law, the judge, and the executioner. Rule number one: no-one escapes from Woop Woop.

Unfairly criticized as vulgar and offensive, many have missed what this film is all about. Properly understood, however, this makes for highly entertaining (if somewhat foreboding) viewing. Great stuff!


7 out of 7 people found this helpful.
Comedy
Added 1/12/2009

An absolutely nutty movie from the Aussies. It is "Sound of Music" on mescalene. I laughed my butt off. It is about as far out as you can get.
A lot of weird fun here.........a real gem but only if you are in the mood.

0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
woop woop
Added 11/2/2008

Received item intact and in ashort amount of time a great seller to buy from
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Homebrewer
Added 6/30/2007

I watched most of this movie late one night on HBO (or Cinemax/Showtime). Anyway, I woke up in the morning and thought this movie was some kind of a dream that I had. This movie is over the top strange (Right up my alley). I haven't seen this movie since and I'm long awaiting the DVD of this movie to come out, so I can watch this again. Like I said, I love strange, bizarre movies and this one is way out there. I'm waiting for the DVD to come out (not sure what the hold up is). Why are there a handful of movies that never get released on DVD? Lost Highway, Prospero's Books, etc. Well to sum this one up. It was like watching a surreal dream come true.
2 out of 2 people found this helpful.
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