The Honourable Wally Norman

Infobox Film
name = The Honourable Wally Norman


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director = Ted Emery
producer = Barbara Gibbs
Rick Kalowski
Emile Sherman
Jonathan Shteinman
writer = Andrew Jones
Rick Kalowski
starring = Kevin Harrington
Shaun Micallef
Greig Pickhaver
music = Paul Robert Burton
Jim Conway
Arne Hanna
cinematography = David Foreman
editing = Stephen Evans
distributor = Becker Entertainment
released = November 13, 2003
runtime = 88 mins
country = flagicon|Australia Australia
awards =
language = English
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imdb_id = 0301417

"The Honourable Wally Norman" is a 2003 Australian comedy film directed by Ted Emery. It stars Kevin Harrington, Shaun Micallef, and Greig Pickhaver.

It was filmed primarily in South Australia and was nominated for two AFI awards.

Plot

The story begins with a corrupt Member of Parliament (Micallef) shutting down a country town's main source of employment in the local meatworks. This leaves Wally Norman (Harrington) out of a job, until drunk politician Willy Norman accidentally writes the wrong name on the parliamentary nomination form.

Wally is at first apprehensive about running, until he realises it is the only way to save the meatworks. Throughout the film Wally is coached by Willy Norman and assistant Myles Greenstreet (Nathaniel Davison) in how to best appeal to the voters, as well as overcome his fear of public speaking.

Meanwhile, Myles is attracted to Wally's daughter, and a wombat's career skyrockets.

Much of the film's humour comes from wordplay, such as naming the town Givens Head, and the foreman of the meatworks being named George.

Cast

* Kevin Harrington as Wally Norman
* Alan Cassell as Willy Norman
* Shaun Micallef as Ken Oats
* Rosalind Hammond as Dolly Norman
* Nathaniel Davison as Myles Greenstreet
* Greig Pickhaver as The Chairman
* Octavia Barron-Martin as Laurie Norman
* Tom Budge as Normie Norman
* Bryan Dawe as Richard Nicholls
* Melissa Madden-Gray as Rebecca-Jane Thompson
* Paul Kelman as Gary
* Reg Evans as Barry

Filming

"The Honorable Wally Norman" was filmed in various areas of South Australia. It used the towns of Lobethal, Mount Barker and Nairne for the town in the movie. The town of Lobethal provided the hotel, Mount Barker provided the meatworks and the St Francis de Sales College, and Nairne hosted the main street for the billy-cart race shown near the beginning of the movie.

Trivia

* The character of Ken Oats was written specifically for Shaun Micallef.
* The interior and exterior shots of the Normans's home were from two different houses.
* Kevin Harrington had diarrhea while filming some scenes.
* John Singleton agreed to cameo as the Prime Minister only if he could say fuck.
* The Honourable Mike Rann, the Premier of South Australia, had a cameo appearance at 1:12:10 in the film. He played the man who was thrown out of his seat by The Chairman.
* Historically, there have been several parties by the name of Australian People's Party. However, the logo and some of the political ideals are more likely an allusion to those of the Australian Labor Party. The Total Country Party could be an allusion to the National Party of Australia.

ee also

* South Australian Film Corporation

External links

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* [http://www.moviehole.net/reviews/1136.html moviehole.net review]
* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A587583;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 The Honourable Wally Norman at the National Film and Sound Archive]