A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
- Big Pat
- (as Jan Oxenbould)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe phrase "Woop Woop", according to the 'Urban Dictionary', is an "Australian term, a collective description for any destination outside your local area, ie: far away" whilst the Wikipedia Website state it "is an Australian term meaning far away from anything of interest, as in 'he lives out woop woop'. Equivalent terms include 'beyond the black stump' (also Australia), 'Boondock' (S. United States) and 'out in the sticks' (E. UK)", with Wikipedia adding, according to Tom Parry in 'Thumbs Up Australia: Hitchhiking the Outback' (2006), "the term is said to have been derived from the nickname given to men who carried fleeces in shearing sheds, after the sound they made as they ran around. It was also the name of a sawmill near the town of Wilga in South West of Western Australia that was abandoned in 1984", and further, according to 'The Dinkum Dictionary' (2010) by Susan Butler, Wikipedia states that "the term was being used in the early 1900s to describe a mythical outback town", which is what "Woop Woop" is in this movie.
- Quotes
Nun in "The Sound of Music": [The entire population of Woop Woop turns out to watch 30 - 40 year old Rodgers & Hammerstein movies, like South Pacific and The Sound of Music, being shown on an outdoor movie theater screen; Nun says with a heavy Austrian accent] Maria, our abbey is not to be used as an escape. What is it you cahn't face?
Angie: [to Teddy] What is it, you cunt face?
[she laughs]
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits the movie picks up "15 years later" with a twist ending.
- Alternate versionsVersion shown at Cannes was 106 minutes; distributor Goldwyn recut it to the 97-minute released length.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Killing Priscilla (2000)
- SoundtracksPerhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
(Quizás, Quizás, Quizás)
Written by Osvaldo Farrés
English lyrics by Joe Davis
Performed by Cake
I enjoyed it. Initially, I didn't want to rent it after reading several negative reviews, but I'm glad I finally did proving that critics are often wrong.
There's one scene which I won't spoil that hit the film's high-point, and let's just say I will never look at the Sound of Music again, or at least Mother Abbess.
The soundtrack was fantastic (especially the "Climb Every Mountain" remix) and the cast were great. Johnathon Schaech and Dee Smart gave nice performances, but the show stealers were arguably Rod Taylor and Susie Porter. Both reigned with charisma and succeeded in entertaining and disgusting audiences with their amazingly repulsive father/daughter performance . Paul Mercurio also makes a humorous cameo reiterating one of the stricter rules of "Woop Woop" ~ "Nobody leaves".
Although some scenes caused me to wince, such as the Woop Woop abbatoir scenes and a funny, yet disturbing incestual relationship, I suggest you check it out.
Welcome to Woop Woop is a brilliant satire of Australian culture.
7.5/10
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Woop Woop
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,621
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,812
- Nov 15, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $37,621
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1