The Great MacArthy

1975
1 Std. 46 Min.

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Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuMacarthy is a country football player who is kidnapped by the South Melbourne Football Club and made a star player in the city.Macarthy is a country football player who is kidnapped by the South Melbourne Football Club and made a star player in the city.Macarthy is a country football player who is kidnapped by the South Melbourne Football Club and made a star player in the city.

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5,2/10

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Auszeichnungen
- 2 wins total

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Most of the game scenes and training scenes are shot at the South Melbourne ground (no longer used for football). Scenes from the last game and the crowd scenes prior to this are shot at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), the spiritual home of Australian Rules Football. The MCG was also the site of the 1956 Olympic Games and the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and is also the location of Test cricket in Melbourne.

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During the match against Richmond, the commentator gives the score as South Melbourne 8 5 53 to Richmond 13 13 91. In the next shot, the scoreboard shows the score as South Melbourne 9 11 65 to Richmond 17 6 108.

Zitate
Nurse: [to Macarthy] Looking for someone Mr. Macarthy?

Verbindungen
Featured in On the Bench with the Great MacArthy (2004)

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A quintessential 70s 'B-grader' - hence its appeal

Young McCarthy (John Jarret) is a typical country boy with enormous football potential (Aussie Rules). A troupe of rapacious and exploitative big league clubs eagerly chase his signature, to the dismay of the simple-locals with whom he grew up. A light-hearted movie, which was always intended as a spoof of Australia's obsession with sport, and the conflict between the corporate, amoral city and the virtuous, if slightly slow-witted country. Worth a look, but could be a bit too esoterically Australian for some viewers.