Wills & Burke (1985)

Wills & Burke | Australia

Parody of historical epics that focuses on real-life Australian explorers William John Wills and Robert O'Hara Burkes, who tragically tried to cross the Australian continent from the south, to the north, a distance of 3,250 km.

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Description

Director

Bob Weis

Stars

Garry McDonald
Robert O'Hara Burke

Kim Gyngell
William John Wills

Peter Collingwood
Sir William Stawell

Jonathan Hardy
John Macadam

Roderick Williams
George Landells

Mark Little
John King

Roy Baldwin
Charley Gray

Wynn Roberts
William Wright

Nicole Kidman
Julia Matthews

Alex Menglet
William Brahe

Others...

Budget

100.00

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Keywords

explorer, spoof, 19th century, australian outback, starvation, theatre play, camel, correspondence, ozploitation, urinal, didgeridoo, foolish leader, mythical, the fateful day

Production

Film Victoria, Australian Film Commission, Stony Desert

Actor

Garry McDonald, Kim Gyngell, Peter Collingwood, Jonathan Hardy, Roderick Williams, Mark Little, Roy Baldwin, Wynn Roberts, Nicole Kidman, Alex Menglet, Tony Rickards, Kirk Alexander, Chris Haywood, Stephen Kearney, Dalibor Satalic, Simon Thorpe, Colin Hay

Creators

Bob Weis (Director), Margot McDonald (Producer), Nino Gaetano Martinetti (Director of Photography), Paul Grabowsky (Music), Helen Gaynor (Continuity), Edward McQueen-Mason (Editor), Philip Dalkin (Writer), Red Symons (Music), Murray Boyd (Unit Manager), Liz Mullinar (Casting), Livia Ruzic (Dialogue Editor), Rose Chong (Costume Designer), John Wild (First Assistant Director), Michael McIntyre (Second Assistant Director), Tracy Watt (Production Design), Karen Merkel (Costume Designer), Ros Tatarka (Production Manager)

Alternative titles

Wills & Burke: The Untold Story (US)

Release dates

23.10.1985 (AU)
23.10.1985 (AU)