Winner of Four Australian Academy Awards, Including Best Actor - Nicholas Hope, Best Director - Rolf De Heer, and Best Original Screenplay.
L.A. Weekly called it "disturbing and compelling", and it was awarded The Grand Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Despite a limited release in America, it would shock and delight audiences to become one of the most daring and controversial cult films of the past decade. Nicholas Hope in what Variety hails as "an astonishing performance" - stars as Bubby, a demented man-child kept locked his entire life in a squalid apartment by his depraved mother. But when Bubby - who can only communicate by mimicking what others say and do - escapes into the outside, he soon discovers the wonders of sex, crime, rock & roll and pizza. Will this 'mad bastard' be destroyed by the realities of our cruel world, or does a higher calling ultimately await him in the most unlikely place of all?
Extras:
Christ Kid, You're A Weirdo - Interview with Director Rolf De Heer
Being Bubby - Interview with Star Nicholas Hope
Confessor Caressor - Short Film Starring Nicholas Hope (20 mins)
Theatrical Trailer
Poster & Still Gallery
- Actors: Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph Cotterill, Carmel Johnson, Syd Brisbane
- Director: Rolf de Heer
- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2005-04-26
- Running Time: 114 minutes
- Theatrical Release Date: 2005-04-26
