Swinging Safari

2018
R
1h 37m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

2.8K

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Kylie Minogue, Guy Pearce, Asher Keddie, Julian McMahon, Radha Mitchell, and Jeremy Sims in Swinging Safari (2018)

Set in a small Australian town during the 1970s, a teenager armed with a video camera documents life in the cul-de-sac his family shares with two other families.

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Coming-of-Age Raunchy Comedy Comedy Drama

A teenager comes of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach.A teenager comes of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach.A teenager comes of age in a small Australian town during the 1970s when a 200-ton blue whale gets washed up on a local beach.

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

2.8K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 nominations

Trivia
The whale removal scene bares striking similarity to a 1970 real life event that saw a local government in the USA (Oregon state Highway Department) attempt to remove a whale carcass by blowing it up with dynamite, which sent rancid chunks of whale raining down on spectators (also caught on camera).

Goofs
Because of a massive loss of authentic clothes from the period, many background actors can be seen in clothing from modern-day brands, and in styles not available in 1975. A keen example is characters wearing underwear with brand-labeled waistlines, which was yet to be available in the 1970s.

Connections
Featured in Swinging Safari: Behind the Scenes (2018)

Soundtracks
You're Moving Out Today
Written by Carole Bayer Sager, Bette Midler and Bruce Roberts
Performed by Carole Bayer Sager

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8/10

Loved this movie more than I thought I would.

Simple yet brilliant accurate depiction of parenting/childhood during the 1970s. Any naysayers clearly were not brought up in this era. Wonderful fun, yet heartbreakly desperate teenage characters ground what could have been just a fluff piece. I could place every one of those characters into someone I knew from that era. The child actors were excellent. Hope to see a great deal more featuring Atticus Robb.