The Coca-Cola Kid

The Coca-Cola Kid
The Coca-Cola Kid

Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by Dušan Makavejev
Produced by Les Lithgow
Sylvie Le Clezio
David Roe
Written by Frank Moorhouse
Starring Eric Roberts
Greta Scacchi
Bill Kerr
Music by William Motzing
Cinematography Dean Semler
Editing by John Scott
Distributed by Cinecom Pictures
Release date(s) United States 14 July 1985
UK 19 July 1985
Australia 29 August 1985
Running time 98 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

The Coca Cola Kid is a romantic comedy Australian film, released in 1985. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and starred Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. The film is based on short stories in The Americans, Baby, and The Electrical Experience by Frank Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Contents

Plot

Becker, a hotshot American marketing executive (played by Roberts) from The Coca-Cola Company visits their Australian operations and tries to figure out why a tiny corner of Australia (the fictional town of Anderson Valley) has so far resisted all of Coke's products. He literally bumps into the very pretty secretary (played by Scacchi) who is assigned to help him.

Eventually Becker discovers that a local producer of soft drinks run by an old eccentric has been successfully fending off the American brand name products. The executive vows an all out marketing war with the eccentric but eventually comes to reconsider his role as a cog in Coca-Cola's giant corporate machinery. Along the way there are humorous subplots involving the office manager's violent ex-husband, Becker's attempt to find the 'Australian sound', and an odd waiter who is under the mistaken belief that Becker is a secret agent.

Cast

Box Office

The Coca-Cola Kid grossed $36,365 at the box office in Australia.[2]

See also

Cinema of Australia

References

External links


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