Mr. Accident

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Mr. Accident
Directed by Yahoo Serious
Written by Yahoo Serious
David Roach
Produced by Yahoo Serious
Warwick Ross
Lulu Serious
Dennis Kiely
Starring Yahoo Serious
Helen Dallimore
David Field
Gary McDonald
CinematographySteve Arnold
Edited bySimon Martin
Music by Nerida Tyson-Chew
Production
companies
Distributed by Roadshow Film Distributors [1]
Release date
  • 24 March 2000 (2000-03-24)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Mr. Accident is a 2000 Australian comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring Yahoo Serious. It was filmed in September and October 1998 in Sydney.

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Plot

Roger Crumpkin is a young, accident-prone maintenance man at an egg factory that bears an uncanny resemblance to the Sydney Opera House. He stumbles on his boss's plan to increase sales by lacing the eggs with nicotine. Crumpkin must risk his job and girlfriend to stop him. In the meantime Crumpkin and his UFO-obsessed girlfriend, Sunday Valentine discover in ancient sedimentary rock a metal object that bears an uncanny resemblance to the hubcap from a Volkswagen Beetle.

Cast

Soundtrack

Reception

Mr. Accident grossed $1,612,424 at the box office in Australia,. [2]

The film holds a 17% approval rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 6 reviews (5 negative, 1 positive). [3]

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References

  1. "Mr. Accident (2000)". British Film Institute . Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. "Film Victoria - Australian Films at the Australian Box Office" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 22 November 2010.
  3. "Mr. Accident". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved 28 May 2014.