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  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m
Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

Summary Not Quite Hollywood is the wild, wonderful, untold story of “Ozploitation” films. It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the-floor action. Free-wheeling sex romps! Blood-soaked terror tales! High-octane action extravaganza...

Directed By: Mark Hartley

Written By: Mark Hartley

  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Magnet Releasing
  • 1 h 43 m

Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary Not Quite Hollywood is the wild, wonderful, untold story of “Ozploitation” films. It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off and showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex, violence, horror and foot-to-the-floor action. Free-wheeling sex romps! Blood-soaked terror tales! High-octane action extravaganza...

Directed By: Mark Hartley

Written By: Mark Hartley

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You might not want to watch all of "The ABC of Love and Sex Australian Style," "Turkey Shoot" or "The True Story of Eskimo Nell," but the clips on view in "Not Quite Hollywood" are a hoot.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
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All in all, this is a celebration of Australian exuberance, a national ethic of adventurousness and enormous charisma.
By Desson Thomson FULL REVIEW
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The rise of video and the death of the drive-ins would eventually bring the curtain down on the Aussie schlock industry, but for two glorious hours, Not Quite Hollywood returns us to a time when the price of admission was cheap and the thrills even cheaper.
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Plays like a fever dream that won't quit until you lose consciousness or your lunch, whichever goes first.
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It's all very foul, and completely entertaining.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
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An affectionate, rollicking guide to the drive-in classics of Australian filmmaking from the 1970s and ’80s.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
60
What's cool and always kicky is seeing a country's irreverent movie trash being treated with such, well, reverence.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Australian Film Finance Corporation (AFFC), City Films Worldwide, Madman Entertainment, Film Victoria, Melbourne International Film Festival, Magnolia Pictures, SBS Independent
Release Date Jul 31, 2009
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating R
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Tagline Finally an Aussie film packed full of boobs, pubes, tubes ... and a bit of kung fu.
Website http://static.thecia.com.au/reviews/n/not-quite-hollywood-production-notes.pdf
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Awards

Australian Film Institute
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Warsaw International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards
• 1 Nomination

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