Kangaroo Jack
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Kangaroo Jack

Year:
Duration:
89 min
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime
IMDB rate:
4.4
Director:
David McNally
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2003-01-17
Filming Locations: Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Earnings
Budget: $60,000,000
Opening Weekend: $21,895,483 (USA) (19 January 2003)
Gross: $66,734,992 (USA) (26 May 2003)
Cast
Actor
Character
Jerry O'Connell
Charlie Carbone
Anthony Anderson
Louis Booker
Estella Warren
Jessie
Christopher Walken
Salvatore 'Sal' Maggio
Marton Csokas
Mr. Smith
Dyan Cannon
Anna Carbone
Michael Shannon
Frankie Lombardo
Bill Hunter
Blue
David Ngoombujarra
Sr. Sgt. 'Mr. Jimmy' Inkamala, Australian Police
Marco Sellitto
Blasta
Damien Fotiou
Baby J
Christopher James Baker
Crumble
Ryan Gibson
Hoon
Denise Roberts
Tansy
Antonio Vitiello
Toot
Mario Di Ienno
Tommy
Tony Niko
Sal's Capo
Robert Reid
Young Charlie
Shawn Smith
Young Louis
Brian Casey
Young Frankie
Emma Jane Fowler
Outback Bartender
Helen Thomson
TV Announcer
John McNeill
Customs Officer
Paul Wilson
Interrogation Room Officer
David Walsman
Beach Lifeguard
Lara Cox
Cute Girl On Plane
Terrell Dixon
NY Cop
John Gibson
Sal's Goon #1
Nick Jasprizza
Sal's Goon #2
Luke Bolland
Australian Local
Melissa Cretney
Australian Local
Adam Garcia
Kangaroo Jack
Chris Sullivan
(voice) (uncredited)
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Trivia
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer added a scene where the title kangaroo talks after seeing the success of the Disney release Snow Dogs (2002), which used a similar plot device.
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Trailers for the movie emphasized the tacked-on "talking kangaroo" scene, which gave audiences a false impression that this was a family film involving a talking kangaroo. Posters also emphasized the kangaroo. The misleading publicity is often credited with the film's achieving the #1 box office spot on opening weekend; industry observers said later that if the film had been more honestly portrayed as what it was, as a gangster comedy with fairly adult humor, it probably would have failed. The film had dismal reviews from critics and considerable backlash from audiences who felt they had been tricked. There was a direct-to-DVD sequel that was more in line with what was promised by trailers, as it was an animated family comedy.
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Inspired by an urban legend about a pair of Boston college students on break in Australia. While driving through the Outback, they accidentally hit a kangaroo with their Land Rover. Thinking they had killed it, they got out and placed the driver's Boston Red Sox jacket on the kangaroo to take a picture before moving on. However, the kangaroo was merely unconscious, and awoke in the midst of the photo-taking. It broke free and took off across the Outback, still wearing the Sox jacket...along with the keys to the Land Rover in the pocket.
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Goofs
According to the plot, all the characters callously leave the pilot and the aboriginal drier to die in the blazing desert. The pilot has already complaining how he had been left to die in the desert when Frankie picks him up and, shortly after, he and the driver are both thrown back out with no further mention in the script.
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When Charlie and Louis are walking through the desert, their shirts are on/off between shots.
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The propeller was clearly still spinning when the aircraft crash-landed with no undercarriage causing it to touch the ground before the rest of the aircraft. Consequently, its blades should either have been smashed off if it were wood or bent back to point at the tail if they were made of metal. Instead, they are shown virtually untouched as it lies in the desert.
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Quotes
Kangaroo Jack: [singing from "Rapper's Delight"] /... see I am Jackie Legs and I like to say, "Hello" / To the black to the white...
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Charlie: ...if Smith thinks we stole his money then by now Sal thinks we stole his money!
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Charlie: I think I just sweated out a bottle of Yoo-hoo I drank in the eighth grade.
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