BMX Bandits (film)
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Brian Trenchard-Smith |
| Produced by | Tom Broadbridge |
| Written by | Patrick Edgeworth Russell Hagg |
| Starring | Nicole Kidman |
| Music by | Colin Stead Frank Strangio |
| Cinematography | John Seale |
| Editing by | Alan Lake |
| Distributed by | Filmways Australasian Distributor |
| Release date(s) |  22 December 1983 |
| Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
BMX Bandits is a 1983 Australian children's adventure film featuring one of Nicole Kidman's earliest appearances.
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[edit] Plot
After a successful Sydney bank robbery, the man in charge (The Boss) plans a further and larger robbery, hoping that he can trust his less-than-competent gang. Two young BMX experts, P.J. (Angelo D'Angelo) and Goose (James Lugton), and their friend Judy (Nicole Kidman), all apparently on school holidays, discover and steal a box of police-band walkie talkies that the bank robbers were hoping to use to monitor on police traffic.
With the police unable to track the stolen radios, and the kids unaware that the robbers are now tracking them, the kids are caught by the thieves, but escape. They are finally arrested but escape police custody to launch their own plan.
The film boils down to a cartoonish chase across opportunistic sites around Sydney, including a memorable escape down the Manly Waterworks water slides, complete with BMX bikes.
The film was also known as Short Wave for American bootleg distribution.[1]
[edit] Awards
In 1983, film was nominated for four awards by the Australian Film Institute.
[edit] Box office
BMX Bandits grossed $124,649 at the box office in Australia.[2]
[edit] References in popular culture
American rock band Wheatus has a song titled "BMX Bandits" on their album TooSoonMonsoon. The song has been dedicated to Nicole Kidman, and includes the lyrics "Hey Nicole" in the chorus. In the song's animated music video, there is an animated caricature of Kidman.
The show That Mitchell and Webb Look parodied the film in the recurrent adventures titled "Angel Summoner and BMX Bandit".[3]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Kemble, Gary (24 February 2006). "Movie Minutiae: BMX Bandits (1983)". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200602/s1576298.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ^ Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office
- ^ . British Broadcasting Corporation. http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/thatmitchellandwebbsite/characters/angel_summoner.shtml.
[edit] External links
- BMX Bandits at the Internet Movie Database
- BMX Bandits at AllRovi
- BMX Bandits at the National Film and Sound Archive
- BMX Bandits fan gear
- link to record info of "BMX" title song by The Papers
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