This title is taken from a quote from the great little Australian film, "Swiming Upstream"; Harold Fingleton played by the great Geoffrey Rush is overjoyed when one of his sons wins at the Queensland swimming championships, and shouts the aussie exclamation with such furious joy that the rest of his family are actually embarassed by his behaviour... See the Youtube excerpts below featuring Jesse Spencer now a part of the cult series "House"...
and the key point is that scenes as well as trailers from many films can be found on youtube, including material that is hard to get and rare...
so for research, entertainment, or just good fun, video on line is the way to go...
From my childhood:
Radio 4KQ in brisbane used to play the German boy singer Heintje (yes trivia buffs, we know he was born in the Netherlands, but his gold record money making career was in Germany). Thanks to youtube, you can hear him sing AND see him perform with excerts from his films (unobtainable anywhere else...); and he still sings today as Hein Simons.
Walkabout is my favourite Australian film of all time...thanks to youtube, view the trailer!
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I love 'Walkabout' too. I was given a copy and enjoy revisiting it from time to time.
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