Hercules Returns

Infobox Film
name = Hercules Returns


director = David Parker
producer = Philip Jaroslow
writer = Des Managan
starring = David Argue
Michael Carman
Mary Coustas
Bruce Spence
distributor =
released = 1993
runtime = 82 min
country = Australia
language =
imdb_id = 0107103

Hercules Returns is a 1993 Australian comedy film directed by David Parker, starring David Argue, Michael Carman, Bruce Spence and Mary Coustas. The film has a cult following in Australia and other countries. It has been released in DVD format (Region 4, format 16:9).

Synopsis

Film buff Brad McBain (Argue), a frustrated employee of Australia’s largest cinema chain, The Kent Corporation, quits his job and decides to set up and re-open the Picture Palace, a palatial disused cinema in St Kilda, Melbourne to show classic old films in the old-fashioned style. As a gimmick he chooses the last picture that the cinema featured, "Hercules, Samson and Ulysses" (an Italian film, originally released in 1963 as "Ercole sfida Sansone"). When the print arrives at the grand gala opening it is in unsubtitled Italian. This calls for desperate measures and McBain, his projectionist Sprocket (Spence) and his publicist Lisa (Coustas) are forced to improvise voice overs for the entire film with hilarious results. His old boss, Sir Michael Kent (Carman), also attends the screening which ends up with McBain breaking the fourth wall when Kent tries to sabotage the show and they have a fight in the projection room.

Cast

* David Argue as Brad McBain
* Michael Carman as Sir Michael Kent
* Mary Coustas as Lisa
* Bruce Spence as Sprocket
* Voice of Des Mangan Hercules, Samson, Machismo, Ursus, Testiculi
* Voice of Sally Patience Labia, Muriel, Fanny, Delilah
* Voice of Matthew King as Charlie

Tagline

*The original, classic, theatrical release.

External links

* [http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Number%3A234237;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Hercules Returns at the National Film and Sound Archive]