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Coming Up from Down Under (1983)

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Clip description

Australian actress Olivia Newton-John talks about the popularity of Australian films and Mel Gibson in this 1983 documentary. An extract is included from The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) and a young Mel Gibson is interviewed.

Curator’s notes

Olivia Newton-John started her retail business 'Koala Blue’ on the wave of popularity for all things Australian, including films, that peaked in the 1980s.