The Coca-Cola Kid

Australia, 1984

Film
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Droll, sometimes wacky comedy in which an American representative from the multi-national soft-drink company of the title heads for Australia to establish his company’s product as the beverage of choice and along the way ends up finding the road to success filled with obstacles that include a passionate romance. Stars Greta Scacchi and Eric Roberts. Cinematography by Dean Semler. Based on the Frank Moorhouse novel. Rated: M

Credits

director
co-producer

David Roe

Sylvie Le Clezio

Duration

01:33:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

35847

Language

English

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Adaptations

Comedy

Comedy → Black comedy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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