Cane Toads: An Unnatural History
- 1988
- 47m
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7.6/10
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A documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.A documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.A documentary detailing the spread of Hawaiian sugar-cane toads through Australia in a botched effort to introduce them as counter pests.
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- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
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H.W. Kerr
- Self - Director of the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, 1933-1943
- (as Dr H.W. [Bill] Kerr)
Glen Ingram
- Self - Senior Curator Amphibia and Birds, Queensland Museum
- (as Dr Glen Ingram)
Rob Floyd
- Self - Animal Ecologist
- (as Dr Rob Floyd)
Max Ackland
- Self - Mulgrave Shire Council
- (as Councillor Max Ackland)
Bob Endean
- Self - Associate Professor of Zoology, Queensland University
- (as Dr Bob Endean)
Mike Archer
- Self - Associate Professor of Zoology, University of N.S.W.
- (as Dr. Michael Archer)
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- Crazy creditsMouse sequence filmed during regular feeding routine at Kurunda Wildlife Gardens.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Minus Man (1999)
- SoundtracksCane Toad Blues
by Tim Finn
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Warning: not for the amphibicaly faint of heart
Woah, population explosion of giant poison toads invades Austrailia! No, it's not a late-night 70's B sci-fi, it's real life eco-bizarrity complete with mad scientist wielding a v.w. bus. This is perhaps the funniest piece of celluloid ever to give you the shivers about the seemingly limitless expanse of human stupidity. It traces the history of the cane toad in Australia from the seemingly innocent introduction of forty individuals into an eastern pond to the hopping copulating frenzy that now covers something like a third of the country. This movie gives you the works; their life cycle complete with in depth look at their, shall we say, unique sex lives, a magnetically grotesque interview involving doll clothes, and charming soundtrack integrating late-night 70's B movie effects with bouncy bluegrass. (An extra treat for all you Crowed House fans will be Neil and Tim Finn's piece sung from the point of view of the great cane toad himself.) Some people keep them as pets, put out bowls of catfood, and toad-watch for pleasure, others hate them with a white hot rage. Hear the facts, see the toads, and decide which side of the fence is for you. Either way, nicely paced, scientifically interesting, and well shot; Cane Toads is a feindishly hilarious black comedy of documentary, sure to please.
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- percy-10
- May 31, 1999
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By what name was Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (1988) officially released in Canada in English?
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