Hercules Returns
1993
Hercules Returns follows in the footsteps of Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily by totally re-voicing, revamping and revitalising this muscle bound epic. Film buff Brad McBain, a frustrated employee of Australia's largest cinema chain The Kent Corporation, decides to set up on his own and re-open a palatial disused cinema to .. Read more
| Starring | David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence |
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| Director | David Parker |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Hercules Returns
Hercules Returns follows in the footsteps of Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily by totally re-voicing, revamping and revitalising this muscle bound epic. Film buff Brad McBain, a frustrated employee of Australia's largest cinema chain The Kent Corporation, decides to set up on his own and re-open a palatial disused cinema to show classic old films. He chooses the last picture that the cinema featured, Hercules, Samson, Machismo and Ursus Are Invincible, but when the print arrives at the grand gala opening it is in unsubtitled Italian. This calls for desperate measures, and McBain, his projectionist and his publicist are forced to improvise voice-overs themselves with hilarious results that bring the house down! Beautiful bodies, baby oil and muscles abound in this outrageous, side-splitting Australian re-run of the old Italian sword and scandal classic, featuring Hercules as a cabaret artist, his true love Labia, Samson as a wimp and Testiculi, a regular at the Pink Parthenon nightclub in Climidia.
| Starring | David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence |
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| Director | David Parker |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 17 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: unknown Production year: 1993 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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A one-joke film — but a joke that's so good it just about sustains the whole running time of the film. David Argue, Bruce Spence and Mary Coustas are battling to reopen a classic cinema, much to opposition of slimy businessman Michael Carman, who plots to destroy their opening night by providing them with an Italian version of an old Hercules epic. It falls to the intrepid trio to provide all the voices themselves. The plotting is tenuous, but the redubbed beefcake epic is a constant delight.
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An opened-out movie version of an apparently popular live performance by Double Take (Des Mangan and Sally Patience), who improvise new dialogue to bad old films, a joke that requires more wit than is on display here.
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1 out of 1 person found this review helpful
carry on...grecian style
Film inside a film...a picture house reopens and on the opening evening they play the last film featured there - 'Hercules'. The only problem is they didn't check the soundtrack and it's not in English, so they create their own live dubbing...to hilarious effect.
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Most recent members' review
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Awesome comedy - It'll have you in tears
One of the funniest films I've ever seen. I can promise after seeing this you'll want your own copy. It's full of ADULT humour, even from things like the names of the characters (Labia, Testes, etc). If you appreciate the Australian sense of humour or enjoy Monty Python, Mel Brookes etc you'll love this. I now own my own copy and watch it time and time again.
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Hercules Returns
Hercules Returns follows in the footsteps of Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lily by totally re-voicing, revamping and revitalising this muscle bound epic. Film buff Brad McBain, a frustrated employee of Australia's largest cinema chain The Kent Corporation, decides to set up on his own and re-open a ...
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