Wills and Burke : the untold story

Summary: In the spirit of Blazing Saddles and Life of Brian comes this parody of the two 19th-century Australian explorers who embarked on an ill-fated expedition across the Australian continent. In December 1860 Robert O'Hara Burke (Garry McDonald, Norman Gunston, Ginger Meggs) and William John Wills (Kim Gyngell, Boulevard of Broken Dreams) set out from Melbourne with a large caravan of people and supplies. Intending to reach the northern coast and the Gulf of Carpenteria, a distance of 3,250 km, only one returned alive from the 19 men who started the trek. This is their story... Released in 1985 two weeks before Graeme Clifford 's straight-faced Burke & Wills, this absurdist parody of the legendarily disastrous Australian expedition became a cult hit in the home video era. Starring Nicole Kidman in her first adult role and cameos from Jonathan Hardy (Death Warmed Up), Peter Collingwood (Picnic at Hanging Rock), Chris Haywood (Razorback), comedian Mark Little and Colin Hay from rock band Men at Work. *Due to the nature of available source material, some elements of the original presentation may be inconsistent with this DVD.