The Steeler & 'Coca-Cola' Kid Reunited Photo credit Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images. Becker (Eric Roberts) is an American marketing expert working for the Coca-Cola Company. By Mo & Styckman. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. [3], The Coca-Cola Kid was shot on location in Sydney–various city landmarks can be seen briefly throughout the film. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 29, 2020, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 29, 2014, Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum. More on Genius "The Coca Cola Kid" Track Info. It's a cute movie, and I smiled most of the way through it. "The Coca-Cola Kid" is light on violence and the politics are implied rather than stated (Coke represents American imperialism, I think). Yes, it was the Coca Cola Kid Colin Kazim-Richards. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. Summary: An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. Ut. Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2019, Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2002. The Coca-Cola Kid Style A (1984) Single Sided, Decorative Wall Poster Print. When a sharp marketing exec from Coca Cola takes aim at a small town soda maker in Australia, he finds bullets headed in his direction. It is an original U.S. one-sheet poster. An charming & accurate if distorted & superficial snapshot of a certain time. Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2019. The title figure is a young whiz-kid troubleshooter out of Atlanta, sent to Australia by Coca-Cola h.q. From not good enough for Brighton in League One to helping Turkey go all the way to the semi finals in Switzerland and Austria, where they were eliminated 3-2 at the hands of Germany. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and starred Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2020. Select the department you want to search in. The film is based on the short stories The Americans, Baby, and The Electrical Experience by Frank Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay. February 1, 2020 02/01/2020 12:33 am. … It is priced lower than most other sellers! Coca-Cola Kid tackles Pepsiman, and he tries to block it, but Coca-Cola Kid powers through, and hits Pepsiman back. Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2020. Travelling or based outside United States? Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. He is extremely dedicated to his work and travels the world pushing the product on as many places as he can. Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2009. Coca-Cola Kid is a Japan-exclusive Sega Game Gear side-scrolling action video game released in 1994. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a I originally viewed this movie in the 80s and had positive feelings about the story and the cast. Came with a game called Coca-Cola Kid, where you ride a skateboard and throw bottle caps. The paper size is approximately 27 x 40 Inches - 69cm x 102cm . Eric Roberts is the "Coca-Cola Kid". Shows that Dušan Makavejev was not a really good film director. This is an amazing original movie poster from 1985. He is extremely dedicated to his work and travels the world pushing the product on as many places as he can. The Coca−Cola Kid is an Australian romantic comedy film, released in 1985. And herein is the only real problem with the movie - it's based on a set of short stories, and thus the screenplay can get a little disjointed at times, when one screwball character and a subplot is inexcplicably grafted onto the main storyline. Most of them aren't just that funny. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 15, 2016. Video availability outside of United States varies. TITLE: The Coca-Cola Kid Eric Roberts Greta Scacchi CAST: Eric Roberts Greta Scacchi DIRECTOR: Dusan Makavejev PRINTING INFO: US 101. I enjoyed it even more. The Coca Cola Kid book. Eric Roberts leads with confident charm as Becker, the American golden boy envoyed Down Under to ensure that Coke’s offices there are sufficiently covering the map with its sugary soft drink. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. When the DVD release became available I purchased and viewed it again. He has been sent to Melbourne, Australia by Coke in Atlanta, Ga. U.S.A. His job is to find a problem, identify exactly what the … [5], The Coca-Cola Kid was released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in May 2009. No pinholes or tape and has never been hung or displayed. This one isn't sidesplittingly hilarious, but it is a lot of fun and borders on outright zany without crossing into stupidity, the way a lot of comedies do. [7], "Film Victoria // supporting Victoria's film television and games industry - Film Victoria", Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Coca-Cola_Kid&oldid=1009775614, Films based on works by Australian writers, All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat-VIAF identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 2 March 2021, at 06:58. The film is based on short stories in The Americans, Baby, and The Electrical Experience by Frank Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay. This isn't the original cut of the movie. In 1986 I really -- really liked this film. Becker (Eric Roberts) is an American marketing expert working for the Coca-Cola Company. Makavejev seems to have been overwhelmed in Australia & had little control over the finer details of the film. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. to root out whatever trouble might have been overlooked by the local company representative. I love this film! Sign in to see videos available to you. [6], MGM Home Entertainment released the Region 1 DVD in the United States on April 16, 2002. He encounters an odd assortment of kooky characters, including the estranged daughter of Coke's main competitor in a portion of Australia, who, even though she sees the Coke executive as a possible love interest, attempts to get the goods on him by manuevering him into a gay party with a photographer waiting in the wings, her ex-husband, who makes his own vodka out of wood chips and is definitely a Crocodile Dundee parody, a hotel employee who thinks he is a CIA agent, and the like. Denny Lawrence came on board the film as a consultant. It's worth watching if you missed it back when it was new. One of the more bizarre comedies out there, The Coca-Cola Kid is a wildly swinging, off-the-rails unpredictable farce that mixes in broadly unfocused satire of Australian and American character and the whole globalization v. outback self-reliance sensibility. It is funny and although there is nudity and sexual content,it is a gentle and sweet movie with abundant humor. I am amazed that I had never seen it before, in all these years. The Coca Cola Kid Find out what he did, and if he had good intentions The Coca Cola Kid Heard he flipped his lip I think he's in the wrong direction. "Abundantly rewarding" (Los Angeles Times) and "filled with moments of inspiration" (Roger Ebert), The Coca-Cola Kid celebrates both the Outback way of life and American pride! . Becker (Eric Roberts) is an American marketing expert working for the Coca-Cola Company. He is extremely dedicated to his work and travels the world pushing the product on as many places as he can. Production of the movie was difficult in part because of Makavejev's work methods, which were different from the way films were normally made in Australia. In addition to a standalone release, it was also included with a special red Game Gear bundle. Eventually Becker discovers that a local producer of soft drinks run by an old eccentric has been successfully fending off the American brand name products. Coca-Cola Kid lands on his feet, and throws 2 frisbees at Pepsiman, which Pepsiman blocks. [4], The Coca-Cola Kid grossed $36,365 at the box office in Australia. An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. Weird and ill conceived film. The Coca-Cola Game Gear, a collaboration between Sega and Coca-Cola, only sold in Japan in 1994. The film is based on the short stories The Americans, Baby, and The Electrical Experience by Frank Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay. Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2016. The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) is an off-beat romantic comedy "as Australian as a chicken wire canoe, as Australian as a shot sandwich." Ex-marine turned Coca-Cola marketing guru Becker (Roberts) is on a mission to boost sales in Australia when he discovers a dry spot in the Outback, where everyone is guzzling a homegrown brewand not a drop of his company's cola! Come to think of it, COCA-COLA KID was probably geared to cash in on the success of GREGORY'S GIRL and LOCAL HERO. The executive vows an all out marketing war with the eccentric but eventually comes to reconsider his role as a cog in Coca-Cola's giant corporate machinery. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It reminded me of the worst aspects of his Sweet Movie which is an even weirder turkey. Managed to get one in excellent condition. It is not a reproduction. The Coca−Cola Kid is an Australian romantic comedy film, released in 1985. This is the story of a coca-cola trouble shooter and an independent pop producer in Australia and the Coca-cola man's (Kid)effort to have coca-cola expand into the market area of the independent brand.Doen't sound funny but it is. But the sex is accompanied by the usual Makavejev trademark, an interest in textures. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and starred Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. The condition of this item is brand new - mint condition. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. It is the "land down under" and even here, Coca-Cola is king. The game stars the Coca-Cola Kid, Coca-Cola's Japanese mascot of the 1990s. David Stratton gave a copy of Frank Moorhouse's book The Americans, Baby to Dusan Makavejev when he attended the Sydney Film Festival in 1975 with Sweet Movie. The Coca-Cola Kid is directed by Yugoslavian Dusan Makavejev (Montenegro) with his usual idiosyncratic flair for political commentary and sexual hijinks. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. It stars Eric Roberts as a super marketing troubleshooter from the corporate offices in Hotlanta, International division. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. The movie deals with a young American ex-marine who now works as a troubleshooter for Coca Cola, and come to Australia to help boost Coke's sales down under. When he realizes that there is a part of Australia where absolutely nobody buys Coke, he vows to change that. This is one movie I missed during the 80s, and my first impression was that this was almost a parody of all the 80's Aussie movies that were spearheaded by Crocodile Dundee, except, of course, that it wasn't. Starker Film mit außergewöhnlichen Schauspielern. The Coca-Cola Kid (76) IMDb 6.0 1 h 36 min 1985 R An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. 23 Short stories. He literally bumps into the secretary (played by Scacchi) who is assigned to help him. the coca-cola kid Separate addresses with a comma Please email me a copy I wish to receive the Festival de Cannes newsletter * * * Required fields Separate addresses with a comma Link copied! Dusan Makavejev`s ``The Coca-Cola Kid`` is a sweet little entertainment that, apart from some nudity, could have been made for commercial TV. This was as Australian movie - I doubt it could have been made in America and kept the references to Coca Cola. Not one of Makavejev's best, and fans probably shun it as a "commercial job," but it's charming in the same vein that Bill Forsyth's 80s comedies were. Activists in Georgia are calling for a boycott of Coca-Cola until the Atlanta-based company comes out against the state’s new election-law changes. "Abundantly rewarding" (Los Angeles Times) and "filled with moments of inspiration" (Roger Ebert), THE COCA COLA KID celebrates both the Outback way of life and American pride! In "Sweet Movie," sex took place on giant mountains of sugar. When he realizes that there is a part of Australia where absolutely nobody buys Coke, he vows to change that. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. Uneven Dusan Makavejev comedy, lightened by offbeat acting, Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2002. ''The Coca-Cola Kid'' is of more interest for these oddball peripheral touches than for its awkward attempts at satire. The Coca-Cola Kid (1985) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley. Becker, a hotshot American marketing executive (played by Roberts) from The Coca-Cola Company, visits their Australian operations in Sydney and tries to figure out why a tiny corner of Australia (the fictional town of Anderson Valley) has so far resisted all of Coke's products. That sums up Kazim-Richards’ bizarre career really. The Coca−Cola Kid is an Australian romantic comedy film, released in 1985. It reminds me a lot of one of my favorites, Local Hero, which is also a quirky, quiet story about a guy caught up in corporate America who discovers there are far more important things in life than serving greed. There is no chemistry between Greta Scacchi and Eric Roberts so anyone looking for an erotic film should be disappointed. It … Along the way there are humorous subplots involving the office manager's violent ex-husband, Becker's attempt to find the 'Australian sound', and an odd waiter who is under the mistaken belief that Becker is a secret agent. An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. To be honest, I have a problem with comedy movies. The COCA-COLA Kid (DVD, 2002) This is a quirky but cute movie. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and starred Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The Coca-Cola Kid Synopsis: An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. Coca-Cola Kid throws some frisbees at Pepsiman, hitting him in the face twice. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. The DVD is compatible with all region codes and includes special features such as the theatrical trailer, and an interview with Greta Scacchi and David Roe titled The Real Thing. 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