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Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation! (2009)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:55
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.4/10
Consensus: A raucous, fast-paced celebration of the Ozploitation films that came out of Australia in the 1970s and 1980s.
Theatrical Release:Jul 31, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: Free-wheelin’ sex romps! Bloodsoaked terror tales! High-octane action extravaganzas! They’re the main ingredients of Not Quite Hollywood, the first detailed examination and celebration of... [More]
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There is a remarkable story to be told of outlaws carving out their own slice of the industry with scant regard for decorum, personal safety or narrative coherence.
03/13/09
Strewth, it's a bloody ripper!
03/13/09
The end product, while shallow and sometimes disconcertingly furtive, offers an enlightening, pleasurable peek into one of cinema's more enticing dark corners.
03/13/09
Hugely enjoyable, fast-paced and frequently hilarious documentary that will leave you desperate to see the Ozploitation films in question.
03/12/09
this lost treasure trove of cringe-making softcore, outrageous horror and balls-to-the-wall action... celebrates a nation humping, slicing and hammering out its modern identity through popular cultural forms.
03/09/09
Aussie genre pics of the 1970s and '80s get a rip-roaring salute in Not Quite Hollywood.
10/18/08
Top CriticYou sense that we still only view something 'Aussie' as being impressive after a foreigner validates it.
09/26/08
...an audacious, in-your-face documentary...
09/18/08
It's enormous fun, this film, and we owe Hartley a debt of gratitude.
08/31/08
Hartley's own film is much livelier than most of those he is out to celebrate -- partly because of its abundance of genuinely hair-raising behind-the-scenes footage.
08/29/08
As important as any history of 'legitimate' Australian cinema, and 10 times the fun, it's a shot to the heart for anyone who thought Down Under was only capable of dreary, culturally relevant filmmaking.
08/28/08
a startling and very funny new feature-length documentary exploring the outrageous Ozploitation cinema made in Australia in the 1970s and '80s.
08/28/08
The best thing about Hartley’s film is that he has found the perfect form to investigate this past and pay a sweet homage to his cast of ratbag filmmakers, who deliberately tested the boundaries of good taste and political correctness.
08/28/08
I’m not sure how this will appeal to a general public but for those of us who remember the films, Not Quite Hollywood is a blast.
08/28/08
An incredibly energetic and merrily messed-up celebration of Australian B-movies.
08/28/08
Not Quite Hollywood contains as many crazy characters and improbable events as its recent fictional counterparts, except that the people are real and the stories all true.
08/28/08
Action, horror, nudity, sex and bad taste, as seen in the cheap and cheerful genre films of the 70s and 80s ...a combination of energetic showcase and comprehensive overview.
08/19/08
Mark Hartley's candid, funny and thoroughly entertaining documentary is not only a social document, but totally captures the essence of the time when life seemed less serious and cleavage was not smut but cheek with dimples.
08/19/08
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