The Great Macarthy

The Great Macarthy

Infobox Film
name = The Great Macarthy


caption = A promotional poster for the film
director = David Baker
producer = Richard Brennan, David Baker
writer = John Romeril from the novel "A Salute to the Great Macarthy" by Barry Oakley
starring = John Jarratt
Barry Humphries
Judy Morris Sandra Macgregor
Mx Gilles
Chris Haywood
studio = South Australian Film Corporation
released = 1975
runtime = Australia: 90 minutes
language = English

"The Great Macarthy" is a 1975 comedy about Australian rules football. It was an adaptation of the novel "A Salute to the Great Macarthy" by Barry Oakley. It stars John Jarratt as the title character (in his film debut) as a local footballer who is signed up (or more appropriately, kidnapped) by the South Melbourne Football Club (now Sydney Swans). It also stars Barry Humphries and Judy Morris.It was released at a time when Australian films were starting to re-emerge. It was not very successful despite its high profile cast.

Trivia

John Jarrat did not play Aussie Rules football before this film. He learned by training with the Swans. The directors were lucky enough to find a Swans player who looked just like him who they used in stock footage (intercut with staged footage with Jarratt). Most footage was used from reserve games though the grand final was filmed in front of a grand final crowd (at half time).

External links

* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A13709;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Great Macarthy at the National Film and Sound Archive]


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