''Mr. Accident'' is a 2000
Australian
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
written, directed, produced by, and starring
Yahoo Serious
Yahoo Serious (born Greg Gomez Pead; 27 July 1953) is an Australian film actor, director, and score composer. His films include the comedy films ''Young Einstein'' (1988), '' Reckless Kelly'' (1993), and '' Mr. Accident'' (2000). Serious writes ...
. It was filmed in September and October 1998 in Sydney.
Plot
Roger Crumpkin is a young, accident-prone maintenance man at an egg factory that bears an uncanny resemblance to the
Sydney Opera House. He stumbles on his boss's plan to increase sales by lacing the eggs with nicotine. Crumpkin must risk his job and girlfriend to stop him. In the meantime Crumpkin and his UFO-obsessed girlfriend, Sunday Valentine (
Helen Dallimore
Helen Dallimore (born 31 October 1971) is an Australian actress, known for originating the role of Glinda in the West End production of ''Wicked''.
Early life
Dallimore grew up in Oxford, England and Sydney, Australia. She trained at the Nat ...
) discover in ancient sedimentary rock a metal object that bears an uncanny resemblance to the wheelcap (hubcap) from a
Volkswagen Beetle
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.
Soundtrack
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Hot Hot Hot" (Cassell)
Arrow
*"Welcome" (Rumour/Perkins)
The Cruel Sea
*"Buster" (Spiderbait)
Spiderbait
*"Mysterioso-so" (Haymes, Kelly, Raglus, Roberts) The Feeling Groovies
*"Godfather of Cool" (Tom Carlyon) Luxedo
*"Mambo UK" (Jesus Alemany) Cubanismo
*"Eggs Benedict'em" (Serious, Roach, Tyson-Chew)
Victorian Philharmonic & Melbourne Chorale
*"Wall of Skank" (Haymes, Kelly, Raglus, Roberts) The Feeling Groovies
*"I'm In Love with My Car" (
Reg Mombassa
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Ea ...
)
Mental as Anything
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*"Afrobras" (Alves) Luciano Alves
*"Theta State" (Cartright, Keiller)
sonicanimation
*"Universally Lonely" (N. Tyson-Chew) Victorian Philharmonic
*"
Moon River" (Mancini)
Henry Mancini
Henry Mancini ( ; born Enrico Nicola Mancini, ; April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flautist. Often cited as one of the greatest composers in the history of film, he won four Academy Award ...
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Kid Indestructible
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(28 Days)
28 Days
*"Oh Dear! Oh No! Uh Oh! (Serious, Roach, Tyson-Chew) Victorian Philharmonic & Melbourne Chorale
*"Roger On Sunday" (N. Tyson Chew) Victorian Philharmonic
Reception
''Mr. Accident'' grossed $1,612,424 at the box office in Australia,.
The film holds a 17% approval rating at
Rotten Tomatoes
Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ...
, based on 6 reviews (5 negative, 1 positive).
See also
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Cinema of Australia
References
External links
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Mr Accidentat Oz Movies
Mr. Accident at the National Film and Sound Archive
2000 films
2000 comedy films
Australian comedy films
Films set in Australia
2000s English-language films
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
Films scored by Nerida Tyson-Chew
Films directed by Yahoo Serious
2000s Australian films
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