THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (1966) - CLASSIC CLIP

Nino Culotta (Walter Chiari), an Italian journalist, emigrates to Australia and to find the sport writer's job has vanished. He eventually finds employment as a builder's labourer where he is soon introduced to the social rituals of his new country. He experiences the art of drinking in an Australian pub, surf and sand at Bondi Beach and a lamington afternoon tea. Also stars Chips Rafferty, Clare Dunne, Ed Devereaux, John Meillon, Charles Little, Anne Haddy, Jeanie Drynan, Graham Kennedy.

Shot on location in Sydney, the film is set against the backdrop of beautiful Sydney Harbour views. With British director, Michael Powell, his British cinematographer, Arthur Grant, and his writer and collaborator on many films, Emeric Pressburger (used the pseudonym Richard Imrie), the film was still promoted as an Australian production. Made on a budget of $600,000, the film was a great commercial success in Australia. An important film in the re-emergence of Australia's feature film industry.

Courtesy of Williamson Powell International Films and the Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection at ScreenSound Australia, the National Screen and Sound Archive.