A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
- Big Pat
- (as Jan Oxenbould)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis movie's opening prologue reads: "No animals were mistreated or harmed during the making of this film. And no humans either".
- Quotes
Nun in "The Sound of Music": [The entire population of Woop Woop turns out to watch 30 - 40 year old Rodgers & Hammerstein movies, like South Pacific and The Sound of Music, being shown on an outdoor movie theater screen; Nun says with a heavy Austrian accent] Maria, our abbey is not to be used as an escape. What is it you cahn't face?
Angie: [to Teddy] What is it, you cunt face?
[she laughs]
- Crazy creditsAfter the credits the movie picks up "15 years later" with a twist ending.
- Alternate versionsVersion shown at Cannes was 106 minutes; distributor Goldwyn recut it to the 97-minute released length.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Killing Priscilla (2000)
- SoundtracksPerhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps
(Quizás, Quizás, Quizás)
Written by Osvaldo Farrés
English lyrics by Joe Davis
Performed by Cake
Welcome to Woop Woop is not a brilliant film, but I found it entertaining and offbeat enough. From the beginning it is clear that the film doesn't take itself very seriously. I enjoyed the performances in this film, and the ending with the giant kangaroo actually made me chuckle a bit because I never thought they would attempt to use something that silly. I guess some people who were for some reason desiring realism or plausibility in this farce, were upset by this. I, on the other hand, applaud the use of nonsense like this. Were the rest of the film some kind of serious drama, this would have been idiotic, but given the film's tone, I thought it was an appropriate device.
There's a time for serious fare and a time for silly movies, and this one is extremely silly, but good-naturedly so. It is beyond my comprehension how someone could get angry over something so harmless.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Woop Woop
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $37,621
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $19,812
- Nov 15, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $37,621
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1