QIs "Crocodile Dundee" based on a book?
ANo. The screenplay for Crocodile Dundee was a collaborative effort by the movie's star Paul Hogan, Hogan's one-time manager John Cornell (who also produced the movie), and screenwriter Ken Shadie. The movie is based, however, on the true life experiences of Australian Rodney Ansell [1953-1999], who became stranded in the remote Northern Territory in 1977 and managed to survive alone (except for his two dogs) for two months before he was eventually rescued by a group of traveling bushmen. Ansell wrote a book about his experiences, titled To Fight the Wild (1986), which was made into a documentary of the same name. The movie inspired two sequels, 'Crocodile' Dundee II (1988) and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (2001). A remake of the first movie is in the works, scheduled to begin production in 2011.
AWhen Mick rustles up some dinner for Sue and himself in the bush, he brings back yams, grubs, sugar ants, and goanna. Goanna refers to various monitor lizards in the genus Varanus that inhabit Australia. There are 30 different species of goanna, 25 of which live in Australia. A photo of a goanna can be seen here.
QDo Sue and Mick ever get married?
ANot at the end of Crocodile Dundee. In Crocodile Dundee II, Mick and Sue are living together, and in Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, they have a young son. At the end of the third movie, Mick and Sue are officially married in Australia. In real life, however, Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski did marry in 1990, four years after meeting in this movie.
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