Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueIn 1970s suburban Sydney, two friends cruise around in a yellow Holden, drinking and chasing women. When Kevin falls for Anne, a local shop worker, his reckless behavior and a drunken incide... Tout lireIn 1970s suburban Sydney, two friends cruise around in a yellow Holden, drinking and chasing women. When Kevin falls for Anne, a local shop worker, his reckless behavior and a drunken incident lead to trouble with the law.In 1970s suburban Sydney, two friends cruise around in a yellow Holden, drinking and chasing women. When Kevin falls for Anne, a local shop worker, his reckless behavior and a drunken incident lead to trouble with the law.
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This film is essential for anyone who wants to experience the glory days of Aus culture. There is very little plot, but it basically follows the adventures of a guy called Kev, who goes out with a girl called Anne. He fixes up his car (guess what model?), goes drag racing, drives around with his mate Bob, gets drunk, and has excruciatingly bad conversations with his parents.
It also includes a scene where you watch Kev and Bob drink an entire slab of beer, with the actors obviously getting drunker and drunker as they slur and forget their lines.
It's on TV every so often. Don't miss it. Tape it, and show it to all your friends. Bring it out at parties. Keeping this film to yourself is a crime!
It also includes a scene where you watch Kev and Bob drink an entire slab of beer, with the actors obviously getting drunker and drunker as they slur and forget their lines.
It's on TV every so often. Don't miss it. Tape it, and show it to all your friends. Bring it out at parties. Keeping this film to yourself is a crime!
The acting is dodgy (both the main actors had little experience), the storyline pretty boring, the scenery bland.
I grew up in this part of sydney, and movies showing Australian suburbia were rare, so this was reasonably popular as it showed a slice of life of Australia - which we never saw on the big screen.
I remember Australians growing up in the time would refer to it, and it was pretty famous.
But its overall, pretty bad. Bad acting, plot is very basic and not particularly interesting - but it does show what life was like at the time pretty well, so its of value as a historical/social piece. Even a bit of casual racism played off as a joke!
Parts of it are so bad they are funny, and the two actors, instead of acting drunk, actually *really* get drunk in one scene, and can barely say their lines.
Its a really bad Aussie film, but yes, of interest to people who grew up in that time, or that part of Sydney.
I grew up in this part of sydney, and movies showing Australian suburbia were rare, so this was reasonably popular as it showed a slice of life of Australia - which we never saw on the big screen.
I remember Australians growing up in the time would refer to it, and it was pretty famous.
But its overall, pretty bad. Bad acting, plot is very basic and not particularly interesting - but it does show what life was like at the time pretty well, so its of value as a historical/social piece. Even a bit of casual racism played off as a joke!
Parts of it are so bad they are funny, and the two actors, instead of acting drunk, actually *really* get drunk in one scene, and can barely say their lines.
Its a really bad Aussie film, but yes, of interest to people who grew up in that time, or that part of Sydney.
When Australian films are good, they're very very good, but when they're bad they're rotten. F.J Holden is, I think, one of the worst Aussie films I've seen. It's unfortunate because it has all the ingredients of a good film, and frankly, most Australian films fall flat on their faces due to either trying to be too intellectual or too quirky. F.J Holden has the romantic entanglements of a love story, of racial friction (not to mention friction with the law), but most of all, a story of young people caught between their own wishes, and the wants of their elders. It's sad to see such factors handled so slipshod, but as Hitchcock said, "Drama is life with the dull bits left out", and with this movie, the producers left in what should have been left out! On a more positive note, this is one of Sigrid Thornton's first movies, it's a pity we didn't see a little more of her in the film, than a lot of obviously fine actors trying to make something of this very pulpy story.
P.S I grew up in the area this film was made (Panania), and I recognized many of the locations, locations that could have (with a decent story) been utilized better. F.J Holden is one of those films you see, that takes forever to get going, and once it gets going, it goes nowhere.
P.S I grew up in the area this film was made (Panania), and I recognized many of the locations, locations that could have (with a decent story) been utilized better. F.J Holden is one of those films you see, that takes forever to get going, and once it gets going, it goes nowhere.
This is an excellent film. It deserves a lot more respect than it gets. The story of two shady young guys being shady is not much of a plot. However what this film has in spades is a real sense of place. Watching the film (slow and mundane as it seems) it really feels like you are becoming a part of the world of the characters involved.
Furthermore the film seems to touch upon various issues like relationships between the young (a la Puberty Blues a few years later), and the realities of Australian suburbia. There is a fair bit going on here than just the hi-jinx of Kev, Bob, and Anne. Even with these characters you can feel some sort of sympathy (well....at least with Kev and Anne).
There are some other reasons to recommend the film. Spot Prisoner's 'Freak'. Kev's dad is great as a straight talking no nonsense bloke. The cars are great (tho wot's wrong with Valiants. Spot the 'new immigrant' driving one) and some of the dialogue is awesome (Mate.....you're my mate, the biggest dick in Bankstown etc).
This film is all class in a completely unclassy way.
Furthermore the film seems to touch upon various issues like relationships between the young (a la Puberty Blues a few years later), and the realities of Australian suburbia. There is a fair bit going on here than just the hi-jinx of Kev, Bob, and Anne. Even with these characters you can feel some sort of sympathy (well....at least with Kev and Anne).
There are some other reasons to recommend the film. Spot Prisoner's 'Freak'. Kev's dad is great as a straight talking no nonsense bloke. The cars are great (tho wot's wrong with Valiants. Spot the 'new immigrant' driving one) and some of the dialogue is awesome (Mate.....you're my mate, the biggest dick in Bankstown etc).
This film is all class in a completely unclassy way.
FJ Holden is a time capsule of a typical western suburbs working class teenager's life in the 70's albeit that the producers have used an element of poetic license to tell the story. The movie reminds me of American Graffiti, that iconic movie set in the early 60's which spun off onto TV as the very successful Happy Days series. We have always tended to watch this movie from the inside out because my wife and I were a part of some of the major scenes at the infamous "Brickies" or "The Brickyard" where illegal drag races took place late on Friday and Saturday nights. We first met the producers at the old Castlereagh Dragway just outside of Penrith NSW. They approached us after our car, a 1968 Camaro SS had just won several heats and mentioned that they would like both us and our car in the movie. Our car is in the opening scene at Brickies on the right of screen racing toward the camera. It also appears after the race driving past, and as the sun is rising driving away from the police. We were also in several scenes around the fire and when the "stolen" white Pontiac Parisienne (with no motor, I may add....lol) was pushed into Homebush Bay and drifted away refusing to sink. The majority of that scene wound up on the cutting room floor because the roars of laughter from us all as the car unexpectedly drifted into the dark were not to the producers liking. As the car slowly drifted away all went quiet in anticipation and one guy yelled out "Shit, my lumber jacket is in that car, and it has my wallet in it" which made us all break into laughter with the odd inappropriate and unsympathetic comment being made. I also recall that they quickly switched to a long telescopic lens and a large spot light to capture the car finally sinking into the middle of the bay. Probably still there too as no attempts were made to recover it. Then, over the 5 days of shooting these scenes the fire that was used to keep warm and add to the atmosphere of the movie eventually overheated the concrete it was on and the concrete literally blew up with fire going everywhere. Many, many more funny things happened over these 5 days and if the director had kept the outtakes they would have enough material for a movie that would make a more typical 1970's scene than the actual movie could ever have achieved. You just can't write the stuff that happened there, along with the constant wise cracks and sledging from the smart arse westies. All in all, being part of that 5 days of filming made it hard to watch the final movie without a smile on our faces knowing what really went on behind the scenes.
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- AnecdotesThis was the lead actor Paul Couzens's only film appearance.
- ConnexionsFeatured in Robbery (1986)
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- Durée1 heure 41 minutes
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By what name was The F.J. Holden (1977) officially released in Canada in English?
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