'A dramatisation of the heroic yet ironic story of the first white men to cross the Australian continent.'
Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 3/3/2014)
Wills & Burke
The Wacky World of Wills & Burke [US title];
Wills & Burke: The Untold Story
( dir. Bob Weis
)
Australia
:
Stony Desert Productions
Generation Films
,
1985
7094935
1985
single work
film/TV
humour
historical fiction
A spoof of the Burke and Wills expedition and, more explicitly, the Michael Thomas/Graeme Clifford drama Burke & Wills.
'The Royal Society, more au fait with the theatrical world than the outback of Australia, add spice and visual interest to their outback expedition with 28 camels and lavish catering. This is the untold story...'
Source: Screen Australia.
