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Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 action comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee, and American actress Linda Kozlowski as reporter Sue Charlton. [6]
Intrigued by the near-death experience of the rugged hunter, Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee, after a close encounter with a monstrous saltwater crocodile, the New York City reporter, Sue Charlton, travels to Australia, to meet the legend in person.
- (117K)
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Peter Faiman
- 1986-09-26
The Crocodile Dundee film series [2] consists of action-comedy films centered on a crocodile hunter named Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee. The movies star Paul Hogan in the title role, over the course of three feature films. Hogan refused several proposals for more Crocodile Dundee films.
- Rod Ansell's survival story may have inspired Crocodile Dundee. Paul Hogan told the BBC a trip to New York inspired his fish-out-of-water, tale, saying, "I felt like an alien from another planet, some of the 'Bushie' guys I know would feel even more out of place.
- The lead singer of INXS was one of the film's investors. Per The New York Times, the financing group that funded "Crocodile Dundee" was the brainchild of John Cornell, Paul Hogan's business partner, who envisioned an inventive model to finance the independent comedy.
- Paul Hogan worked on the Sydney Harbour Bridge as a rigger. The first scene in "Crocodile Dundee" has a big Easter egg referencing Paul Hogan's life before acting.
- The cast and crew slept in huts while filming in Australia. "Crocodile Dundee" was filmed on location in Australia and New York City. Per Travel + Leisure, production for the "outback" happened in the isolated Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory, which had been home to a uranium mine.
A New York reporter heads to Australia to interview the living legend Mike Dundee (Paul Hogan). When she finally locates him, she is so taken with him that she brings him back with her to New...
- (36)
- Peter Faiman
- PG-13
- Paul Hogan
Intrigued by the near-death experience of the rugged hunter, Michael J. "Crocodile" Dundee, after a close encounter with a monstrous saltwater crocodile, the New York City reporter, Sue Charlton, travels to Australia, to meet the legend in person.
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When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle.
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