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maggot
30th June 2010, 18:55
Well this was way before my time, but I got my hands on a copy of this film on DVD, was a very entertaining film!

Does anyone else really remember it?
ajturbo
30th June 2010, 18:57
Oh yes.. great movie.....
tri boy
30th June 2010, 19:06
My work shop manager in Cairns bought one of the Z's at the auction after filming.
Enjoyed it, (the movie) in the 80's, but probably has dated by now.
98tls
30th June 2010, 19:11
Being an old bugger i remember it well,got it on disc somewhere,crap movie even then but hey,nice bikes.
Madmax
30th June 2010, 19:21
got it, had it for ages
1billyboy
30th June 2010, 19:32
Great movie:yes:
98tls
30th June 2010, 19:49
Great movie:yes:
Really?You must have been dropping better shit than me,watched it lately?Bikes aside it was crap.
JimO
30th June 2010, 19:51
the grave diggers had good taste in bikes
Motu
30th June 2010, 19:52
I've never seen it - it was a movie about Jap bikes,in 1974 I'd never go and watch a movie with Jap crap in it.Still not interested in seeing it.
98tls
30th June 2010, 19:59
I've never seen it - it was a movie about Jap bikes,in 1974 I'd never go and watch a movie with Jap crap in it.Still not interested in seeing it.

Your such a Saint M.
JimO
30th June 2010, 20:02
I've never seen it - it was a movie about Jap bikes,in 1974 I'd never go and watch a movie with Jap crap in it.Still not interested in seeing it.

the "hero" rode a norton, until he got a real bike
Mom
30th June 2010, 20:05
Well this was way before my time, but I got my hands on a copy of this film on DVD, was a very entertaining film!

Does anyone else really remember it?

One of the classical moments of my yoff. I will never forget going to see it on the big screen. The bloke whos car we went in demanded half shares in the petrol :lol: which of course we paid (as you do). My boyfriend was in plaster from hip to toe after arguing with a kerb at a little bit faster the the posted speed limit on his bike, so we were hitching a lift. The movie was one out of the box, I doubt I will ever forget the end scenes where he got beaten till he was pulpy and bleeding everywhere. We went outside and the guy whos car we were in spewed in the carpark :D

OMG! Yoff!
JimO
30th June 2010, 20:21
it was a r20 in its day
Mom
30th June 2010, 20:25
it was a r20 in its day

OMG :gob: I was really underage then when I saw it. I knew I was under, but did not think it was R20. Far Canal, I was 15 :pinch:
Madness
30th June 2010, 20:27
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Looks pretty cool!
Big Dave
30th June 2010, 20:35
Corny as - but still has one of the best movie lines ever! It's Pow-wah!

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nudemetalz
1st July 2010, 10:10
Love the wheelie on the 4-piper Zed !!
avgas
1st July 2010, 11:04
Apparently half the people who were 'extra zeds' all turned up for free under the promise they would get a bikini fairing, many left empty handed.
I remember someone like Groff writing an article bout it
Taz
1st July 2010, 11:10
Some of the younger bikers on this site will be in danger of thinking the 70's were really like that :lol:
Maha
1st July 2010, 11:12
Really?You must have been dropping better shit than me,watched it lately?Bikes aside it was crap.

Agreed, one of the most crap movies I have never watched.
Big Dave
1st July 2010, 11:15
Love the wheelie on the 4-piper Zed !!

I have wheelied up that street on a XR200
Big Dave
1st July 2010, 11:16
A mate's dad (Slim) was the detective and Norman Gunston was the cook at the pub.
nudemetalz
1st July 2010, 17:07
I have wheelied up that street on a XR200

...back in '74? :confused::laugh:
Deano
1st July 2010, 17:18
I was only 3 at the time so missed out on this gem......anyone care to send me a disc ?

I'll shout you a beer sometime....promise !!
Ratti
1st July 2010, 17:24
looks like a crap movie, but being a confirmed zed-hed...i really really want a copy of this.

Where can I get one from?

Pleeeeeeeese????
tri boy
1st July 2010, 17:59
and Norman Gunston was the cook at the pub.


He who could pull the piss, when pulling the piss was in it's infancy.
I think a N Gunston tribute thread is required.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69zoOUUxbJI
It even involves a Stone
Mom
1st July 2010, 18:03
He who could pull the piss, when pulling the piss was in it's infancy.
I think a N Gunston tribute thread is required.

Yes please! He was one funny dude.

Seeing that clip that Big Dave posted was really strange. OMG, this was a formative biker movie for me, looking at it now it is seriously :blink: :shit: :gob: pathetic :rofl:

Stone and Mrs Stones Thing. I will have to see if I can find copies.
Conquiztador
1st July 2010, 20:14
The Grave Diggers patch was copied by the Vietnam Vet's MC.

The Z was the superbike of the day.

They did not plan to use the Z, but could not get their hands on anything else for the price.

I loved the movie then. And still do. Have a DVD copy of it that comes out now and then. Today all are too used to special effects and digital stuff. There is none in this movie. Just enjoy it for what it is: A low budget movie from the 70's done in Oz.
pete376403
1st July 2010, 20:17
I recall reading that they could not get enough Z1s, so some of the bikes were disguised CB750s to make up the numbers
_STAIN_
1st July 2010, 20:23
Agreed, one of the most crap movies I have never watched.

geez Mark... it was 1974
Conquiztador
1st July 2010, 20:42
A few of the best bits:

Opening
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The Funeral process
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Toecutter (He is in Mad Max too!!)
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_STAIN_
1st July 2010, 20:46
I was only 3 at the time so missed out on this gem......anyone care to send me a disc ?

I'll shout you a beer sometime....promise !!

pick it up anytime
maggot
1st July 2010, 22:02
One of the best opening sequences in a movie I've seen yet..
Taught me a good routine to get rolling whenever I ride! :P
Big Dave
2nd July 2010, 13:35
...back in '74? :confused::laugh:

More like '75 or '76. I had a CB450 that would not wheelie...hell - it only just moved. That road in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney was like Mecca. Yatesey's XR did the business though.
scumdog
2nd July 2010, 14:25
geez Mark... it was 1974

And I was barely 21...

And was hooked on American Grafitti which came to NZ that year..
tri boy
2nd July 2010, 18:43
And I was barely 21...

And was hooked on American Grafitti which came to NZ that year..

So YOU started the whole "tagging" craze!
And have been doing penance in a blue uniform ever since:shifty:
scumdog
2nd July 2010, 20:33
So YOU started the whole "tagging" craze!
And have been doing penance in a blue uniform ever since:shifty:

Eh?
Wot?

'ow old are ya?

'I ain't NOBODY dork'
tri boy
2nd July 2010, 20:51
Calm down scummy.
Being rude because you misinterpreted a comment shows poor form.
Oh, your a coppa, never mind................
1billyboy
3rd July 2010, 17:26
Really?You must have been dropping better shit than me,watched it lately?Bikes aside it was crap.

Maybe. 35 years ago. :shit:
scumdog
3rd July 2010, 17:51
Calm down scummy.
Being rude because you misinterpreted a comment shows poor form.
Oh, your a coppa, never mind................

JUST in case you're not winding me up - watch American Grafitti and you'll recognise those lines on my post, the ones you reckon was 'rude':D