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Funny Things Happen Down Under is a 1965 Australian-New Zealand musical film directed by Joe McCormick. It stars Olivia Newton-John, Ian Turpie and Howard Morrison, and is best remembered today for being Newton-John's first film.




Plot


The film centres around a barn that is used by a group of children as a meeting place for singing practice. When the owner of the property experiences financial difficulties and considers selling the barn, one of the children comes up with an idea to raise money. The children dye sheep on his property and market the coloured wool as a naturally occurring phenomenon.
The coloured wool soon becomes sought after by buyers all over the world. However, when the coloured wool runs thin, the owner is still in danger of losing his barn. Two station hands, sympathetic to the plight of the children, decide to help by winning the remaining money in a sheep shearing contest.




Cast


Sue Haworth as Teena
Ian Turpie as Lennie
Bruce Barry as Frank
Howard Morrison as Kingie
Olivia Newton-John as Livvy
William Hodge
Kurt Beimel as Herr Kuhn
Frank Rich as Mr. McIsaac
John Gray
The Terrible Ten (troupe of child actors)
Frank Taylor as Policeman (uncredited)




Production


The film was a spin-off of the Terrible Ten TV series. It was shot entirely in Victoria, on locations in and near Melbourne and in the studio of Pacific Films.
Olivia Newton-John and Ian Turpie were dating during filming.




Reception


Filmink magazine said that Joe Latona's choreography for the film's finale featured "the campest dancing shearers in cinematic history".




See also


Cinema of Australia




References






External links


Funny Things Happen Down Under at IMDb
Funny Things Happen Down Under at OnlyOlivia.com
Funny Things Happen Down Under at Oz Movies

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