Funny Things Happen Down Under

Funny Things Happen Down Under
Directed by Joe McCormick
Produced by Roger Mirams
Written by John Sherman
Starring Olivia Newton-John
Bruce Barry
Ian Turpie
Susanne Haworth
Music by Horris Dargie
Cinematography Roger Mirams
Edited by Lindsay Parker
Raymond Daley
Production
company
Release dates
  • August 1965 (1965-08) (New Zealand)
  • December 1966 (1966-12) (Australia)
Running time
 61 minutes
Country Australia
Language English

Funny Things Happen Down Under is a 1965 Australian/New Zealand musical/family film directed by Joe McCormick. It stars Olivia Newton-John, Ian Turpie and Howard Morrison, and is best remembered today for being Newton-John's first film.

Plot

The film centres around a barn that is used by a group of children as a meeting place for singing practice. When the owner of the property comes into financial difficulty and considers selling the barn, one of the children comes up with an idea to raise money. The children dye sheep on his property and market the coloured wool as a naturally occurring phenomenon.

The coloured wool soon becomes sought by buyers all over the world. However, when the coloured wool runs thin, the owner is still in danger of losing his barn. Two station hands sympathetic to the plight of the children decide to help by winning the remaining money in a sheep shearing contest.

Cast

Production

The film was a spin-off of the Terrible Ten TV series. It was shot entirely in Victoria, on location near Melbourne and in the studio of Pacific Films.

Olivia Newton-John and Ian Turpie were dating during filming.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ History and heartburn: the saga of Australian film, 1896–1978. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. 1980. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-8386-3082-2. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  2. ↑ Olivia Newton-John interview on Enough Rope. Q & A regarding the film.

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