Welcome to Woop Woop

Aug 13, 1998

1h 46m

★ 5.8

The hills are alive...

Overview

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.

Genres

Music

Comedy

Fantasy

Adventure

Production Companies

Goldwyn Entertainment Company

Scala Productionss

Unthank Films

Wildgaze Films

Australian Film Finance Corporation

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Cast

Teddy

Johnathon Schaech

Daddy-O

Rod Taylor

Angie

Susie Porter

Krystal

Dee Smart

Reggie

Richard Moir

Ginger

Maggie Kirkpatrick

Blind Wally

Barry Humphries

Duffy

Mark Wilson

Midget

Paul Mercurio

Young Lionel

Stan Yarramunua

Moose

Bob Oxenbould

Big Pat

Janice Oxenbould

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8.0

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5.5

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6.0

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6.6

Two Hands

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6.0

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6.2

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5.9

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6.2

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6.7

Ten Canoes

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6.9

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6.6

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5.4

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5.9

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6.1

Ned Kelly

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