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I wasn’t disappointed with this film.
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Brilliant film .Barry Humpfries at his best
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"Thank you for lunch, Sir Les." "No worries!" So begins this seminal 1987 classic from Barry Humphries, auteur of bad taste and political incorrectness (before such a thing even existed) about a fanatical Gulf dictator and CIA puppet overthrown by a Castro-esque revolutionary. Humphries plays both Dr Sir Lesley Colin Patterson (the "Henry Kissinger of Australia") and Dame Edna Everage, on her Possums for Peace world tour. When Patterson accidentally sets fire to Mustafa Tuul, leader of the powerful Middle Eastern state Abu-Nivea, at a United Nations conference, Tuul declares a jihad on the clumsy diplomat and the White House sends Patterson to Abu-Nivea hoping to resolve the dispute. Edna, a secret CIA operative, is forced to get involved when it looks like Patterson might not pull it off on his own ("this could be your chance to prove you're a man and not a disgusting slob, Les.") But enough about the story - it really is secondary to the vulgar wit on display and only serves to set up amusing set pieces at a side-splitting rate. There are too many classic moments in this movie to quote them all here, but highlights include Les losing his platform spat up a bad guys behind ("I really put the boot up one of those ratbags. I really sunk the slipper!") and, later, stepping in camel dung with his bare foot. There's also a great scene where an Abu-Nivea street beggar tries to get a donation from Patterson, who only has Australian currency on him, and the gay love scene between Nevil Thong and Inspector Farouk in the hotel room (complete with nipple tassles and bikers caps) has shades of the Blue Oyster bar from Police Academy. The picture and sound quality on this DVD are pretty poor, and make you wonder if it was sourced from the old VHS release that was doing the rounds in the early nineties, but this is not a problem - Les Patterson is a relic of a bygone era, a golden pre-Tarantino age of Vipco video nasties where films were offensive and fun. The purple complexions and tinny sound just increases the overwhelming sense of nostalgia. If you've never experienced Les Patterson Saves the World, you owe it to yourself to check it out as soon as is human possible. If you've seen it before, then naturally you already own a copy! Also worth checking out is Humphries earlier work, the Barry MacKenzie movies starring the magnificent Barry Crocker and Humphries as a younger, pre-Dame Edna Everage. They just don't make 'em like this any more - and it brings a tear to me eye.Read full review
Having converted most of my old video collection to DVD I was thrilled to find this film gem in digital format. If you watch this in widescreen format, it really does the battle scene great justice; coupled with surround sound, you'll be gripped by the amazing cinematography. I would recommend the director's cut that includes scenes about the relationship between the lead character and his estranged wife and helps you to understand the motivation behind his decision. The run time is 183 minutes for the directors cut and 120 minutes for the cinema version. I was, however, disappointed by the lack of extras, which any fan of this classic would expect to be included. There's only a 20-minute interview with the director and other shot "making-of" vignettes.
Not everyone's cup of tea but I loved it. I'm a big fan of Barry H anyway and he pulls all the stops out in this excellent farce. No worries.
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