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      Dad and Dave: On Our Selection

      1995 1 hr. 50 min. Comedy Drama List
      Reviews 64% 50+ Ratings Audience Score The Mark Twain of Australia, Steele Rudd made his name in 1899 with a book of short comic sketches, "On Our Selection," based on his upbringing on a homesteading farm in rural Queensland. This film is based on that book and Rudd's subsequent tales of the cantankerous Dad Rudd (Leo McKern), his hardworking wife, Ellen (Joan Sutherland), and their well-meaning, sweet-natured but somewhat blundering son, Dave (Geoffrey Rush), including the tale of Dad's run for local political office. Read More Read Less

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      brendan n I remember watching this on the VHS release all those years ago. The Dvd release should be upscaled to a higher quality to showcase the cinematography that is well filmed. The story is about the aussie battler, a timeless story in our history, the majority of our population can relate to this film. The film is about family and it wears its heart proudly throughout, the funny moments come from the slow burning plot developments, the film is a lot a few sketches, title cards slot in every once in a while. I wish our film industry would make more fun and light hearted films like this, not every day we see a film about the families that help build it. There are so many actors that grew into big and talented actors, you can clearly see why. 14-11-2017. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A charming re-telling of the classic Australian Story Dad & Dave aka On Our Selection. This time round they have captured the spirit of the story but told with modern equipment. As tacky as the story it's interesting home timeless the On Our Selection is touching touching on themes that are relevant today, tough times & dishonest politicians. You could see in its day why it was such a success & I believe the original On Our Selection was the most successful Australian film of the 1930's & spawned an incredibly successful radio show. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I have fond memories of this film. I first saw it when I was quite young and enjoyed it immensely. It's a cute little tale about living in the Australian Outback in the late 1800's. Based on the books by Steele Rudd. It's not the best Australian film out there. Sure it has it's weaknesses which are painfully obvious (comedy is stale), but I would have to say the performances of Geoffrey Rush and David Field are quite good. I can confirm that the music is still quite enjoyable to this day. Unless you don't like feel-good Australian folk music, then I would not recommend this movie for you. Don't expect much from it, and you may like it. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis The Mark Twain of Australia, Steele Rudd made his name in 1899 with a book of short comic sketches, "On Our Selection," based on his upbringing on a homesteading farm in rural Queensland. This film is based on that book and Rudd's subsequent tales of the cantankerous Dad Rudd (Leo McKern), his hardworking wife, Ellen (Joan Sutherland), and their well-meaning, sweet-natured but somewhat blundering son, Dave (Geoffrey Rush), including the tale of Dad's run for local political office.
      Director
      George Whaley
      Screenwriter
      George Whaley
      Genre
      Comedy, Drama
      Original Language
      English