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The Coca-Cola Kid

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The Coca-Cola Kid
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R,1hr 34min
Genre:
Comedy
Release:
1985
Director:
Dusan Makavejev
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr  ...more
Synopsis: The ugly American bullying his way through a foreign country was a subject for comedy in several films of the 1980s, most notably Bill Forsyth's Local Hero and this film from exiled Yugoslavian director Dusan Makavejev. Eric Roberts plays Becker, an aggressive marketing executive for the Coca-Cola Company; he has been assigned to figure out why sales in hot and dry Australia aren't higher. Becker comes up against a low-key but formidable adversary, T. George McDowell (Bill Kerr), whose homegrown ... Full Synopsis
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Tom Wiener, AMG Review
Arguably Dusan Makavejev's most accessible and entertaining film, The Coca-Cola Kid is a genial comedy with a rare light performance by Eric Roberts, whose subsequent roles devolved largely into villains and psychotics. Makavejev plays off Roberts' clenched line readings to suggest that here is a man who just needs a little loosening up, and he'll be okay. In fact, Roberts' Becker is a distant cousin ... Full Review
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Eric Roberts
Becker
Greta Scacchi
Terri
Bill Kerr
T. George McDowell
Chris Haywood
Kim
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