“Dark and Bubbly,” a newly filmed video interview with star Eric Roberts Newly recorded audio commentary by film programmer Lars Nilsen and Fun City Editions' Jonathan Hertzberg New 2K restoration from its 35mm interpositive Starring: Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Max Gilliesġ985 / 98 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0 For this worldwide Blu-ray premiere, The Coca-Cola Kid has been restored in 2K from its 35mm interpositive. The original songs, including the incredibly catchy “Coca-Cola Jingle,” come from Tim Finn, founding member of popular New Zealand rock band Split Enz.

The film’s attractive primary locations-cosmopolitan Sydney and the stunning Blue Mountains region-are stylishly shot by Mad Max cinematographer Dean Semler. Serbian auteur Dušan Makavejev (Montenegro and W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism) brings his celebrated off-kilter and boundary-pushing sensibilities to this classic screwball comic set-up, so that the narrative remains refreshingly unpredictable, unconventional and subversive throughout.īecker, Terri and McDowell originate in the short stories of award-winning Australian writer Frank Moorhouse, who adapted them for the film’s screenplay. The previously unflappable Becker, however, finds his own resolve challenged by Australia’s unique character and characters-namely Terri (Greta Scacci, The Player and White Mischief), his beautiful and very eccentric secretary, and McDowell (Bill Kerr, Gallipoli and Razorback), the stubbornly independent soft drink entrepreneur. When a small-town Australian soda maker refuses to convert his factory to Coca-Cola production, the parent company sends in its whiz kid “troubleshooter” Becker (Eric Roberts, The Pope of Greenwich Village and Star 80) to resolve the issue.

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