The Coca-Cola Kid Page #4

Synopsis: An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Dusan Makavejev
Production: Cinecom Pictures
  8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
44%
R
Year:
1985
98 min
536 Views


Now, whether

you're on something...

or just plain crazy

is none of my business.

Yeah, but--

Let's just part our ways

amicably, OK?

Shut up, you half-wit!

l'm sorry.

Good God, girl, you are a mess.

lf you resign from your job

for personal reasons...

it will save you

from getting fired.

Now, get your things together.

My daughter wanted me

to give you this.

Thank you.

lt's getting really long.

Do you think my hair will grow

as long as Rapunzel's?

Who?

Rapunzel. You remember...

that girl

who grew her hair long.

And the lady was jealous...

so she put her up in a tower

as a prisoner...

and then the prince

came and rescued her...

because she let her long, long

hair down, and he climbed up.

And then what?

Then they went to the palace.

And then...

they got married.

And then they lived

happily ever after.

Hey, Joe, how are you doing?

Thank you.

Which one of you is the leader?

-Looks like it's me.

-How you doing?

Hi. l'm Phillip.

Phillip, what is this?

You sing for the Labor Party?

Yeah. lt was a wash-out.

We did it just as a gig.

lt was well-paid.

We're not political.

l can't use you

if you're anti-American.

We're not anti-American.

We're very positive.

We don't even eat meat.

Peace.

-Anti-nuke?

-Not at all.

We're the people of the sound.

No opinions.

We play for money.

We're very good, sir.

Use your ears, sir.

Hold it.

Now. See, what we're

after here is...

the Australian sound.

What that is, hell knows...

but that's what l'm paying

you for. Right, fellas?

Now, when you say sound...

do you mean musical sound

or anything at all?

l don't know, Phillip.

But then,

l don't have to know, do l?

l just have to know who

can do it and pay 'em to do it.

Come on, guys.

Here's the sound.

How was that, Mr. Becker?

Well, you tell me.

ls that the Australian sound?

l mean, do we have

the Australian sound here?

l'd say that was easily

as Australian...

as, well, a barbed-wire canoe.

As Australian

as a sh*t sandwich.

That's great.

Let's lay one down, shall we?

Don't want to go

where there's no Coca-Cola

You've got

Life by the throat

when you're drinking Coke

Choke back the tears

when there's no Coca-Cola

You've got

Life by the throat

when you're drinking Coke

Under the hot sun

When the day is done

And you're dying of thirst

There's only one drink,

it's universal

Don't want to go

where there's no Coca-Cola

You've got

Life by the throat

when you're drinking Coke

Choke back the tears

when there's no Coca-Cola

You've got

Life by the throat

when you're drinking Coke

Life by the throat

when you're drinking Coke

Life by the throat

when you're drinking Coke

Keeps you up 'cause

there's nothing like Coke

How's that, Mr. Becker?

l say we go again.

Let's go for

that extra mile, OK?

-Can l buy you a drink?

-Nope.

l like you, you know,

even though l got the sack.

That's good, Terri,

because you ain't comin' back.

l'd like to be left alone,

please, ma'am.

Just a friendly drink,

nothing else.

l'd like to be left alone.

Listen, Phillip,

don't ask me why.

Just bring Becker to my party,

dead or alive.

Now, look.

How should l talk to him?

Like a woman?

Just be natural...Marjorie.

lt's fabulous.

That's great. lt's great.

He's coming!

l'm Marjorie.

My name is Becker.

Becker, want to dance?

-l'm not a very good dancer.

-That's OK.

l'll tell you

everything you need to know.

You know, Becker...

the best thing for jet lag

is dancing.

Well, l'm long over my jet lag.

l'll tell you something.

Foreigners, when they come

to this country...

they never lose it.

You know, Becker...

you are really good-looking.

Phillip?

Excuse me, Marjorie.

Thanks very much.

My pleasure, Becker.

Look, man, it's really been

one hell of a day.

Look, l should be home in bed.

As a matter of fact, l should've

been in bed hours ago.

Relax, man. Have some fun.

-Come on, man.

-Have a drink.

Phillip, are these girls girls?

They're all girls.

Mr. Becker?

-Fancy you being here.

-lt's my secretary.

Terri, it's an error

that l'm here.

lt's a terrible error.

Look. l hope you'll be

discreet about this.

Why is that?

ls this what you're into?

You're the Coke dealer,

aren't you?

Get away from him !

God damn!

What's going on?

You're leaving.

That's what's going on.

-Who asked you?

-Who asked me? l did.

Oh, Hawaiian dress on?

l don't want these freaks

near my daughter!

Come on, leave!

Get out, you perverts!

This is my place!

Look, l don't want them

around my daughter.

Get out!

You start with Coca-Cola...

you end up with perverts

and junkies!

This is so embarrassing.

l'm so embarrassed.

Stop telling me

what to do with my life!

Don't cry.

l just can't wait for you

to f***ing get out!

You f***ing get out of my life!

Don't worry about them.

They're like that all the time.

Are they?

Please. Listen, stop it!

Leave me. l'm quite capable

of sorting it out.

-l can have a good life--

-You can have a good life?

lt was going pretty well

until you came along!

-Was it really?

-Yes.

Thank you.

lt's all right.

Get out!

She's a dangerous woman,

your mother.

She's an unhappy woman.

Get out!

She's peculiar.

She is.

Thanks.

Well, l'm going

to go break this up.

Get out!

They're my plates, you know.

-l think--

-Out!

All right, now look.

l think--

Now look what you've done.

Hey. All right.

Let me give you a lift.

Come on. No.

lt will be my pleasure.

-l can walk.

-No, come on.

l got you.

-l'll just help you down.

-l can walk.

-My head hurts.

-Come down here, mate.

Oh, God.

Here we go.

l am not having a good time.

Jesus!

She is an incurable star-f***er.

Say what?

The woman we're both

in love with.

l'm not in love with her.

Not even close.

l've seen the way

she looks at you.

lt's ''l want you,

l don't want you.''

lf you want her, just go for it.

l tell you what, man.

You can keep her, OK?

Sh*t.

l'm going to need stitches.

Oh, man.

l need a f***ing umbrella.

What do you think

of Australian beer?

What do l think

of Australian beer?

l think it's f***ing good, man!

Everything already delivered

has been very useful.

We need more of the same.

l won't say what or when,

as instructed.

You're out of your mind.

You understand now?

l'll never betray

your confidence, Mr. Becker.

Look, man, l'm not armaments.

l'm in beverages, OK?

Sure.

Say who?

Reverse charge from America.

Yeah, sure.

l'll accept the charges.

-How's my baby?

-Hi, Mom.

-l need to know if--

-Hold on just a second.

Am l gonna get

my bag of ice or what?

Yes, sir.

Don't get angry, please.

Why don't you

write me a post card?

Oh, no, ma'am.

l haven't had a minute to myself

to send anybody a postcard.

Don't you realize how lonely

it is without my boy?

l don't know, Mom.

l'll tell you what l'll do.

l'll call you

as soon as l know...

when l'll be home

for Christmas, OK?

Are you wearing warm underwear?

Love you, too. Bye-bye.

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Frank Moorhouse

Frank Moorhouse (born 21 December 1938) is an Australian writer. He has won major Australian national prizes for the short story, the novel, the essay, and for script writing. His work has been published in the United Kingdom, France and the United States and also translated into German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Serbian, and Swedish. Moorhouse is perhaps best known for winning the 2001 Miles Franklin Literary Award for his novel, Dark Palace; which together with Grand Days and Cold Light, the "Edith Trilogy" is a fictional account of the League of Nations, which trace the strange, convoluted life of a young woman who enters the world of diplomacy in the 1920s through to her involvement in the newly formed International Atomic Energy Agency after World War II. more…

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