Films 78 comments 1 followers 25 according to a book published in 2006, edited by scott hocking, that i bought in melbourne in 2007, which collates the choices of various critics and other. It sold the best part of a million copies and the movie derived from it in 1966 echoed the novels success by breaking all boxoffice records for a local production, according to jacinta tynan in the introduction to this new edition. Theyre a weird mob by culotta, nino ogrady, john and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Johnny ashcroft theyre a weird mob 1999, cd discogs. Easy going, down to earth and hilariously funny people. In a way, theyre a weird mob reads just as much as a loveletter to the australian language as it does as a paranorma of immigration and cultureshock in 1950s sydney. The film is an example of the work of famous british filmmaker michael powell 190590. In fact, theyre a weird mob was reprinted every year for the next thirtyeight years. James michael follow my teams and i help small business owners get that grin on their. Dave gibson guitar, keyboards, vocals, renee reighart bass, vocals, adam brock drums, vocals, bryan hoffa guitar, vocals and kris hough keyboards, vocals. Theyre a weird mob is a fish out of water story based on the 1957 best selling novel by john ogrady of an italian immigrant whos hoodwinked into coming to sydney and is taken in by his coworkers and finds romance. Thus the making of theyre a weird mob afforded a personal antipodean opportunity for british director, powell. With walter chiari, claire dunne, chips rafferty, alida chelli. In 1965, a sprawling, growing city of three million people.
Theyre a weird mob rewatched like crocodile dundee in reverse a rare 1960s hit from the codirector of the red shoes, this warm tale of. In 1966, english filmmakers michael powell and emeric pressburger adapted for the screen the australian comic novel theyre a weird mob. Theyre a weird mob is a 1966 australian film based on the novel of the same name by john ogrady under the pen name nino culotta, the name of the main character of the book. Walter chiari, ed devereaux, john meillon, tony bonner, clare dunne, chips rafferty, alida chelli, slim degrey, charles little, anne haddy, michael powell, theyre a weird mob they are a weird mob, theyre a weird mob, they are a weird mob, michael powell, walter chiari, ed devereaux. Theyre a weird mob by ogrady john nino culotta abebooks. Theyre a weird mob the 100 greatest australian films.
Filming locations 10 filming dates 1 filming locations. Based on a popular australian novel, this comedy was produced down under in 1966. Goodreads members who liked theyre a weird mob also liked. Theyre a weird mob who were the 56,214 australian citizens who packed etihad stadium in melbourne to watch two women pummel each other. Writing in nation, sylvia lawson offered a typical contemporary view, calling the film tenthrate, slapdash and very scrappylooking. Weird mob are an indie pop band from charlottesville, va. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. But the acerbic lawson also pointed out that powells movie is a frustrating glimpse of what it would be like to have our own film industry, of how it might be to. Theyre a weird mob is sometimes credited with reviving the australian film industry.
The weird mob of the films title refers not to the migrant but to the very strangeness of australian culture as perceived via the gaze of a foreigner. Theyre a weird mob is a 1966 film based on the novel of the same name by john ogrady under the pen name nino culotta. Text classics kindle edition by culotta, nino, tynan, jacinta. During his career, powell made more than 50 feature films, often in collaboration with writer emeric pressburger.
The story of nino culotta, an italian immigrant coming to australia with the promise of a job at his cousins magazine, allows the directors to play with the australian slang and portray a stereotypical aussie identity. Theyre a weird mob the 100 greatest australian films by seagull moustache theyre a weird mob the 100 greatest australian films by seagull moustache. Please refresh your config files sorry for the inconvenience. Theyre a weird mob is the first book by john ogrady writing under the pseudonym nino culotta, and purports to tell the tale of nino, an italian journalist sent to australia to write articles about the country and her people for italians to read. My father baptised me giovanni john well giovannino is like johnny, and nino is an easier way of saying it. Nino has learned english, so he shouldnt have a problem, his boss thinks. John ogrady nino culotta was born in waverley on 9 october 1907.
Listen free to johnny ashcroft theyre a weird mob little boy lost, moondyne joe and more. This interesting feature covers the inception of the film and its genesis, from the original novel by john ogrady to the filming of an australian classic. Watch film clips from the 1966 film production of theyre a weird mob on australianscreen, a website operated by the national film and sound archive. Theflim theyre a weird mob is based upon nino theyre a weird mob. Contexts in which to place theyre a weird mob and into. Aussies theyre a weird mob published on march 31, 2015 march 31, 2015 21 likes 5 comments. This mod contains all necessary files for my other mob mods to function.
Theyre a weird mob they are a weird mob nonusa format, pal, reg. From the late 1940s to 2006, more than 6 million migrants from more than 200 countries came to australia. In less than six months, the book had been reprinted eight times and sold 74,000 copies. Movies like theyre a weird mob if you like they re a weird mob you are looking for movies about with love, male female relationship, journalist, beach, father daughter relationship, debt and beer themes of adventure, comedy and romance genre shot in australia or uk. They like synthesizers, loud guitars, and catchy melodies.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading theyre a weird mob. He mixes with bricklayers, policemen, lifesavers, makes friends, learns the language, engages in fisticuffs, gets married and makes a niche for himself in oz. Theyre a weird mob needs a new set of significations rather than an introduction. Hair styles and wardrobe fashion are especially delightful to see. The hedonistic modernity of sydney in theyre a weird mob. Into the city and fresh off the boat comes innocent, italian immigrant nino culotta who soon finds his. Nino culotta, both narrator and apparent author of the novel, travels from northern italy on an assignment from his boss to write about what kind of people these australians are for. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The cultural atlas of australia is an interactive digital map that explores australian places and spaces as they are represented in and through films, novels, and plays.
The quickest way to get into a fight in a 1960s australian pub retrofocus duration. Essay by peter krausz, reproduced from 100 greatest films of australian cinema with permission. Theyre a weird mob is an hilarious snapshot of the immigrant experience in menziesera australia, by a writer with a brilliant ear for the australian way with words. This movie version of the book titled theyre a weird mob was made in 1966, and, as well as sticking roughly to the novels plot, is a marvellous snapshot of sydney in the 1960s. Again, i sat there with my jaw lolling unattractively as nino culotta stumbles from one misadventure to another. Theyre a weird mob by ure smith shop online for books. Although i want to wrestle the film away from the retrospective embrace of cinema studies powellites who often have little interest either in british or australian cinema, i almost agree with david thomson that powell is the most consistent of. Theyre a weird mob 1966 720x576 download torrent tpb. All critics 1 fresh 1 regarded as a classic, this film takes a kindhearted look at sydney in the mid 60s. Although theyre a weird mob has been criticised for making ninos assimilation look too easy, the clip highlights the difficulties faced by migrants in seeking to be accepted into australian society. The book was the first published novel by ogrady, with an initial print run of 6,000 hardback copies.
Theyre a weird mob is a popular australian comic novel written by john ogrady under the pseudonym nino culotta, the name of the main character of the book. The tensions of the rich wave of migration to australia after world war ii were satirised and sanitised by the enormously popular adaption of nino culottas john ogradys comic novel theyre a weird mob. Nino culotta walter chiari is an italian journalist who is lured by his brother into coming to australia to work. It was the penultimate collaboration of the british filmmakers michael powell and emeric pressburger. If you are having a crash related to spawnplacementtype, then please update your optifine. Download theyre a weird mob 1966 720x576 torrent or any other torrent from video movies direct download via magnet link. Find books like theyre a weird mob from the worlds largest community of readers. While weird mob does indeed cast a strangers eye over some unflattering aspects of australian culture, my concern here is with the way a strangers eye is cast over the city of sydney.
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