Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection

A new 35mm print of the feature film, CROCODILE DUNDEE, is now available - Courtesy of John Cornell, Rimfire Films Pty Ltd, the sponsors Kodak (Australasia) and Atlab Australia.

National Film and Sound Archive National Collection Title number 272855

Crocodile Dundee
Linda Kozlowski and Paul Hogan in
Crocodile Dundee

CROCODILE DUNDEE (1986 - opened 24 April, 1986)
Classification: M rating

Director: Peter Faiman

Year of Production: 1985

Duration: 102 minutes
Format: 35mm, Colour. Mono-optical soundtrack. Remastered to Dolby® Digital.

Production Company: Rimfire Films
Producer: John Cornell
Screenplay: Paul Hogan, Ken Shadie, John Cornell
Director of Photography: Russell Boyd
Camera Operator: Peter Menzies Jnr
Production Designer: Graham (Grace) Walker
Editor: David Stiven
Composer: Peter Best
Sound recordists: Gary Wilkins (Aust.), Bill Daly (U.S.)

Paul Hogan as 'Crocodile Dundee'
Paul Hogan as 'Crocodile
Dundee'

Cast: Paul Hogan (Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee), Linda Kozlowski (Sue Charlton), John Meillon (Walter Reilly), David Gulpilil (Neville Bell), Ritchie Singer (Con), Maggie Blinco (Ida), Steve Rackman (Don), Gerry Skilton (Nugget), Terry Gill (Duffy), Peter Turnbull (Trevor), Mark Blum (Richard Mason), Michael Lombard (Sam Charlton), Irving Metzman (Doorman), Reginald Veliohson (Gus), Rick Colitti (Danny), John Snyder (Pimp), J.J. Cole (Buzzy), Gwyllum Evans (Wendell Wainwright), Clair Hague (Dorothy Wainwright), Jan Saint (Wino), Peter Bucossi (Subway Creek), Sullivan Walker (Tall Man).

Synopsis

The story of a Northern Territory hunter, Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee, who, with his mate Wally, runs an outfit called 'Never Never Tours'. Following the publicity he receives for surviving a crocodile attack, he attracts the attention of hero-hunting, New York reporter Sue Charlton, who decides to take him to New York and turn him into a celebrity.

Background

Crocodile Dundee was and is still one of the most internationally successful Australian feature film and still ranks as one of the highest grossing films at the Australian box office, earning $48 million in its first year, making it the largest grossing film ever released in Australia at that time. In 1986, it was the most successful non-Hollywood film to be released. It earned US$8 million, the weekend it opened and after just its twelfth week earned more than $103 million at 1,495 theaters. In the U.S., in its first year, Crocodile Dundee earned $400 million, one of the largest worldwide movie grosses ever. World earnings total $650 million.

Preservation

Producer, John Cornell, deposited the 35mm original and printing film materials for Crocodile Dundee for preservation with the National Screen and Sound Archive in 1995. However, 35mm screening prints were no longer available in Australia. The new 35mm print was struck from the colour dupe negative and the sound was remastered to Dolby SR Digital.