Ginger Meggs

Loved this movie growing up. Knew a couple of the actors as kids, whilst growing up in the. 80s in Sydney The memories / nostalgia and sets are great.

Producers did a great job making a 1930s Sydney Suburb of Hornsby (where Ginger grew up) . Bowral still looks the same. The bridge where Ginger pulls up the cart is still there , the lake setting in Mittagong etc etc. The school still looks the same, (other than the fencing ) . The use of vintage cars pony carts etc is great and the extras are dressed in detailed perfect tine period clothing

That corner / ice cream bar construction set was well made , should have been kept - it looked that great.

The child acting is poor , and comes over as they are reading a book with no full stops. Minimal emotion But the script isn't the best , some lines don't make sense relating to the movie .

Coogan - Daniel Cumerford is the best child actor , with Mini the worse Meggs / Paul Daniel has minimal charisma

RIP - Daniel Cumerford.

I saw a lot of this movie being made, in fact I met Ginger Meggs and other characters whilst the movie was being made. I have friends and relatives in the movie also, which makes the movie a personal favorite.

Set in and around the township's of Mittagong and Bowral in the Southern Highlands of NSW, this is a true Aussie film, filmed in one of the most picturesque parts of Australia. It holds a special place in my heart, just like another movie that is also filmed in Robertson in the Highlands, Babe. I guess it takes me back to simpler days, where children were easily entertained and having fun with friends mean't riding push bikes and making mud pies :)

I have been trying to find a copy of this movie for years, but have had no luck! If anyone is lucky enough to find this movie please let me know. :)

This is an absolute Australian classic. It's up there with Fortress (Rachael Ward).

I had this on video tape when I was just a girl about 15 years ago. I LOVED it so much and so did my entire family and any friends who stopped by and viewed it.

It's such a tragedy that this is not available on DVD.

It is definitely bright (but not too bright), and a little weird and wonderful but that's why I loved it.

It's rare to see a family friendly movie these days that's full of innocence and adventure. This is a must see!..............But, good luck finding a copy of it.

Most just loved the amazing look of this Aussie eccentric: John Seale (OSCAR for The English Patient) shot it in what was then a very surreal visual style... wild revue acting with a great cast of character actors also made it a lot of fun and it did very well in Oz according to box office figures...the young actors did their best competing with a very stylish set and some Big Top scenes that tended to overwhelm the whole shebang at times. Many of the actors went on to star in other things (John Wood has become a legend in the TV series Blue Heelers, which make the whole movie a rather historic time capsule.

But above all, the sheer high spirited energy and great look of the art direction and cinematography as well as a totally over the top rock(?) soundtrack -when you'd think a mouth organ would have done the job- make this a real and underestimated keeper. But GM never got a DVD release...why?

It's good to see that someone else saw this movie as well, because I remember as a kid watching it, and again when I was about 14, for old time's sake...I remember thinking 'oh my gosh, the acting is SOOOOOO bad!'

But the happy ending was what sucked me into watching the movie again and again as a child. I used to have such a crush on the kid who played Eddie Coogan, but was shocked to see that he was sadly hit by a train not too long after Ginger Meggs was made.

I can still vaguely remember the song that plays at the beginning and end of the movie, it went something like, 'Ginger Ginger Meggs...hey there Ginger!'

I remember the tune, just not the lyrics...but would love to hire it out again one day, just for a laugh, although I'm not sure whether it is still available. Definitely a movie to watch when you're not sober, makes it all the more funnier :-)