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In part, filmmaker Stephan Elliott (best known for The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert) made this black, surrealistic and subversive comedy to bid farewell to Australian cultural tradition... read more read more...s (i.e. excessive beer drinking, racism and sexism) that are rapidly disappearing due to the increasing infiltration of urban sophistication and political correctness into even the county's most remote regions. Unfortunately, Elliot's outrageous tribute to past 'traditions' is presented with such vulgar abandon that many Australians are sure to be offended, not tickled, even though Elliot did try to tone down the mean spirit of the original script which was first titled 'Big Red.' The story centers on Teddy, a fugitive con-artist who has fled New York and gone into the Australian outback. His troubles begin when he is picked up at a lonely gas station by the blonde and brassy Angie who quickly seduces him and then knocks him out cold. Teddy awakens to find himself in the dusty town of Woop Woop. Surrounded by steep cliffs, the town, which was built near a now-defunct asbestos mine, is ruled by Angie's father Daddy-O, who is as much a warden as he is a local leader, deciding when and who will enter and leave Woop Woop. A weird place that is supported by a kangaroo-meat dog-food factory, it is populated by beer-swilling rednecks, crude eccentrics (and a giant kangaroo named Big Red) who find endless entertainment listening to Oscar & Hammerstein musicals (the town's ramshackle drive-in runs The Sound of Music and South Pacific continuously). Teddy quickly discovers that he is in effect the burg's newest prisoner and is expected to constantly service the sexually insatiable Angie. Not willing to remain a captive, Teddy begins planning his escape. The story's surrealism comes from Elliot's deliberately inappropriate use of musical numbers to punctuate events. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 42 min.

Directed by: Stephan Elliott, Stephen Elliott

Release Date: June 1, 1998

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DVD Release Date: February 16, 1999

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Flixster Reviews (69)

  • deano
    November 27, 2006
    deano
    Great Aussie outback comedy movie and Susie Porter is bloody hot as hell in sex scenes.
  • FanGirl
    February 11, 2007
    FanGirl
    I love crazy Australian movies. And this one is definately CRAZY!

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David Noh
March 28, 2006
David Noh, Film Journal International

Elliott's attempts at killer entertainment only result in the actors making utter fools of themselves and complete exhaustion on the part of the audience. Full Review

Clint Morris
July 11, 2003
Clint Morris, Film Threat

Oddly amusing and suitably off-the-wall!

Mike McGranaghan
March 7, 2003
Mike McGranaghan, Aisle Seat

Absolutely unwatchable!

Shannon J. Harvey
February 4, 2003
Shannon J. Harvey, Sunday Times (Australia)

I'm Australian, and I loathe this cliched crap!

Brandon Judell
January 4, 2003
Brandon Judell, Critics Inc./America Online

Finally a Rocky Horror Show to greet the millennium. Welcome to Woop Woop is indisputably the best "bad" film to hit our screens in many a moon.

Stefan Birgir Stefansson
August 2, 2002
Stefan Birgir Stefansson, sbs.is

Really, really bad.

Jeffrey Westhoff
July 26, 2002
Jeffrey Westhoff, Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Has to be seen to be believed, but I don't recommend it.

Lisa Schwarzbaum
September 7, 2011
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

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Todd McCarthy
March 26, 2009
Todd McCarthy, Variety

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April 25, 2003
Globe and Mail

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