Crocodile Dundee the film was nearly destroyed, this documentary was a result of sifting through archives during its restoration.
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00:00It's the biggest movie ever made outside of a major studio.
00:04Action!
00:06Blockbuster.
00:07Through the roof.
00:08Michael J. Crocodile Dundee.
00:14Action!
00:16It's sensational.
00:18That's a knife.
00:22That's a knife.
00:26Right at the start John wanted to make a movie.
00:28We'd never made a movie.
00:29We grew up in Granville and in Granville you learnt to have a go.
00:31So we were having a go.
00:34He was the brains of the outfit.
00:35John said, you know, we're going into show business.
00:37The Paul Hogan show was huge.
00:38Good evening viewers.
00:40Gravitas, Swagger, those guys had it in spades.
00:44Now nobody knew anything about Australia really.
00:46G'day America.
00:47We wanted to make a movie that appealed to people from 7 to 70.
00:50Here's to Crocodile Dundee.
00:52I virtually wrote it walking down the street.
00:54Laughed my frock off.
00:55I said, well now there's an opportunity and I think we should grab it.
01:00There was one significant naysayer.
01:02It was his view that the script was a load of bollocks.
01:05It's dust.
01:06Linda freaked.
01:08She suddenly recognised, well hang on, I'm working with an amateur here.
01:11I'm like a double bourbon to start the day off right.
01:14I wasn't prepared for what it really was.
01:17I get a phone call from Packer.
01:19He put in some money and then pulled it out.
01:21Left us with a shortfall.
01:22But John, he loved to solve problems.
01:25Hulk said, let's go make a movie.
01:29Crocodile Dundee is a good film.
01:32Crowberry and dance.
01:33Enjoy it.
01:34You have to follow your heart.
01:35And they did.
01:36I love you!
01:38Love you.
01:41There's probably never been anything so large across the spectrum.
01:45Far more larrikinism to the rest of the world that was Australian.
01:49This was a terrific Australian film.
01:53Oh mates.
01:55You need to take a bullet for me John.
01:57She's done a great job.
01:58This is really...
02:00I miss me mate.
02:02The house dropped.
02:04It changed my life.
02:12But you know, if you've got the ability to make people laugh
02:15and forget their woes for a bit,
02:18what a job.