Young Einstein

Director: Yahoo Serious Yahoo Serious

Overview

"The life of legendary scientist Albert Einstein is re-imagined as a slapstick farce in this comic fantasy. Changing Einstein's country of origin from Germany to Tasmania, the film shows the scientist's eventful youth as he creates rock & roll and discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom. Director and star Yahoo Serious loads the film with slapstick comedy, absurd sight gags, and even sneaks in a romantic subplot in which Einstein courts Marie Curie. The film was a huge hit in its native Australia but a major box-office disappointment in the United States, where audiences largely ignored the display of nonstop silliness."

Product Details

Release Date:	02/15/2005
UPC:	0085393373023
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:31:00

Special Features

Closed Caption;Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Français (Dubbed in Quebec); Subtitles: English, Français & Español

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Yahoo Serious	Albert Einstein
Odile Le Clezio	Marie Curie
John Howard	Preston Preston
Pee Wee Wilson	Mr. Einstein
Su Cruickshank	Mrs. Einstein
Lulu Pinkus	The Blonde
Kaarin Fairfax	The Brunette
Michael Lake	Manager
Jonathan Coleman	Wolfgang Bavarian,Lunatic Professor
Johnny McCall	Rudy Bavarian
Michael Blaxland	Desk Clerk
Ray Fogo	Bright Clerk
Frank McDonald	Nihilist
Tony Harvey	Bursar
Tim Elliot	Lecturer
Ray Winslade	Droving Student
Ian 'Danno' Rogerson	Randy Student
Wendy De Waal	Prudish Student
P.J. Voeten	Chinese Student
Glenn Butcher	Ernest Rutherford
Steve Abbott	Brian Asprin
Russell Cheek	Nurse
Warwick Irwin	Gate Guard
Keith Heygate	Scientist's Guard
Roger Ward	Cat Pie Cook
Martin Raphael	Crazed Lunatic
Max Meldrum	Mr. Curie
Rose Jackson	Mrs. Curie
Basil Clarke	Charles Darwin
Adam Bowen	Guglielmo Marconi
Esben Storm	Wilbur Wright,Wilbur Wright
Tim McKew	Sigmund Freud
Philipa Baker	Freud's Mother,Freud's Mother
Ian James Tait	Thomas Edison
Aku Kadogo	African Lady
Margot Ross	Emotional Mother,Baby Scientist
Nick Conroy	Clark Gable
Michael Shirley	Admiral Shackleton
Terry Pead	Inventor Couple,Inventor Couple
Michael Matou	Asylum Guard
Ted Reid	Asylum Guard
Geoff Aldridge	Lumiere Brothers
Hugh Wayland	Lumiere Brothers
Shannen de Villermont	Kid
Albert Heygate	Dog
Michael Lynch	Actor
Rhonvic Brolga Dancers	Polka Dancer
Sylvester's Sextet	Bavarian Band
Wombat	Dog
Film Crew	Dangerous Lunatics
Sally Zakrzewski	Kid
Zanzi Mann	Kid
Conky Heygate	Kid
Mark Bell	Kid
Ollie Hall	Darwin's Bodyguard
Christian Manon	Darwin's Bodyguard
John Even Hughes	Drunk
Pepper Soudakoff	Darwin's Beagle
Megan Shapcott	Country Girl Fan
Inge Burke	Country Girl Fan
Georgie Parker	Country Girl Fan
David Ngoombujarra	Aborignial Dancer
Wick Wilson	News Cameraman
David Roach	Country Yokel
Colin Gibson	Country Yokel
Martin Armiger	Composer
William Motzing	Composer
Tommy Tycho	Composer

Technical Credits

David Roach

Yahoo Serious

Ray Beattie	Executive Producer
Graham Burke	Executive Producer
David Roach	Producer,Screenwriter
Warwick Ross	Producer
Yahoo Serious	Producer,Stunts,Director,Screenwriter
Patrick Fitzgerald	Special Effects
Laurie Faen	Special Effects
Steven Richard Courtley	Special Effects
Michael Lynch	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Australian comic writer-director-actor Yahoo Serious, the stage name for Greg Pead, scored a huge hit Down Under with this 1988 farce about a Tasmanian genius who not only discovers the theory of relativity but also invents the electric guitar, rock and roll, the surfboard, and the method of splitting the beer atom. Full of slapstick scenes, sight gags, and unabashed silliness, this Outback comedy was a disappointment outside Australia, perhaps because too much of its humor is Aussie-based. There's even a subplot involving an imagined romance between Einstein and Marie Curie. As a satirical gonzo-biography of a famous person, Young Einstein is in a class by itself; the concept is outrageous, and the comedy strictly a matter of taste.