(There are a number of corrections and variations between the VHS and DVD tail credits - a few are noted below).
Closing titles:
The End
This film is dedicated to a genius, a rebel,a pacifist, an eccentric with a clowning sense of humour who once remarked about his own theories "... I never thought that others would take them so much more seriously than I did ..."
Albert Einstein1879-1955
CAST
Albert Einstein Yahoo SeriousMarie Curie Odile Le ClezioPreston Preston John HowardMr. Einstein Peewee WilsonMrs. Einstein Su Cruickshank
LONELY ST. HOTELThe Blonde Lulu PinkusThe Brunette Kaarin FairfaxManager Michael Lake
BAVARIAN BREWERYWolfgang Bavarian Jonathan ColemanRudy Bavarian Johnny McCall
PATENT OFFICEDesk Clerk Michael BlaxlandBright Clerk Ray FogoInventor Couple Terry & Alice PeadNihilist Frank McDonald
SYDNEY UNIVERSITYBursar Tony HarveyLecturer Tim ElliotDroving Student Ray WinsladeRandy Student Ian 'Danno' RogersonPrudish Student Wendy de WaalChinese Student P. J. Voeten
THE KIDS Peter ZakrzewskiSally ZakrzewskiZanzi MannConky HeygateShannen de VillermontMark Bell
Dogs Albert HeygateWombat
LUNATIC ASYLUMLunatic Professor Warren ColemanErnest Rutherford Glenn ButcherBrian Asprin Steve AbbottNurse Russell CheekGate Guard Warwick IrwinScientists Guard Keith HeygateCat Pie Cook Roger WardAsylum Guard Ted ReidCrazed Lunatic Martin Raphael
Dangerous Lunatics The Film Crew
CURIE ESTATEMr. Curie Max MeldrumMrs. Curie Rose Jackson
SCIENCE ACADEMY AWARDSCharles Darwin Basil ClarkeMarconi Adam BowenWilbur Wright Esben StormSigmund Freud Tim McKewFreud's Mother Phillipa BakerLumiere Brothers Geoff Aldridge
Hugh WaylandThomas Edison Ian James TaitAfrican Lady Aku KadogoEmotional Mother Margot RossBaby Scientist Madeleine RossClarke Gable Nick ConroyAdmiral Shackleton Michael ShirleyDarwin's Bodyguards Ollie Hall
Christian ManonDrunk John Even HughesBavarian Band Sylvester's SextetPolka Dancers Rhonvic Brolga DancersDarwin's Beagle Pepper Soudakoff
EINSTEIN FARMTasmanian Devil Johnny McCallCountry Girl Fans Megan Shapcott
Inge Burke
Georgie ParkerAboriginal Dancer David NgoomNews Cameraman Wick WilsonCountry Yokels David Roach
Colin Gibson
CREW
Humourist David RoachFirst Assistant Director Keith HeygateProduction Manager Antonia BarnardCasting by FORCAST Michael LynchChoreographer Aku KadogoSenior Art Directors Steve Marr
Laurie FaenColin GibsonRon Highfield
Second Assistant Director Murray RobertsonThird Assistant Directors P. J. Voeten
Maria PhillipsCamera Operator Jeff 'Ace' DarlingSecond Unit Cameraman John Swaffield
Garry WapshottJeremy RobbinsRoger Buckingham
Camera Assistants Garry PhillipsJason WingroveConrad SlackSusi Stitt
Clapper Loaders Mark PidcockKathryn Millis
Camera Attachment Mandy HanakStills Photographers Vivian Zink
Carolyn JohnsGaffers Rick McMullen
Michael AdcockBest Boys Shaun Conway
Paul BoothKey Grip and Hero Brendan ShanleyGrip Tony LarkinsAssistant Grips Murray Francis
Rourke Crawford-Flett
Kerry JacksonBernard Slattery
Location Consultant George MannixUnit/Location Managers Tic Carroll
Ken MoffatGeoffrey Guifre
Sound Recordists Geoff GristMax HensserPaul Brincat
Boom Operators Stephen HenleyPaul GleesonGraham McKinneySue Kerry
Hair Designer Wendy de WaalAssistant Hairdresser Bruce IsraelMake-up Artists Sherry Hubbard
Robern PickeringAngela ContiWendy Sainsbury
Wardrobe Designer & Supervisor Susan BowdenWardrobe Designer Mishi WattsStand-by Wardrobe Susie PullenDressmaker Mel DykesWardrobe Co-ordinators Robyn Elliott
Jenny MilesFiona Nicholls
Seamstress Caroline WeightSafety Officer Rocky McDonaldStunts Yahoo SeriousRigger Tim BoldComic Associate (Business) Brian RosenContinuity Alison Goodwin
Jan NewlandProduction Secretary Sue PembertonExtras Casting Kate Ingham2nd. Unit Assistant Director Michael FarandaProduction Accountant Lea CollinsAssistant Accountant Rosemary StephensonSpecial FX - Asylum Patrick FitzgeraldSpecial FX - Science Academy Steve Courtley
Laurie FaenPauline Grebert
Atomic Bomb Explosion Steve 'Mushroom Cloud' CourtleyHorse Wranglers Ray Winslade
Bill ChurchRodney SansonJeff Sanson
Animal Wranglers Max & Dale AspinLizard & Cockroach Wrangler Glen PeadAdditional Art Direction Stuart WayAssistant Art Directors Martin Say
Peter HarrisConstruction Managers Marcus Erasmus
Michael MakinSurfologist Robert AshtonCollapsing Dunny Specialist Dick WeightModel Maker Peter WybornSurfboard Design Nat YoungArt Department Co-ordinators Julie-Anne Mills
Kate HighfieldProps Buyers Joy Thompson
Helen MacaskillProduction Runners Tim Callaghan
Jack RitchieDavid FieldGarry Jones
Catering MMK, Chris Smith, Kollage, Taste Buddies
Nurse Maggie McKay
Assistance to ProductionBob Dickson John LeeGlen Pead Dean ManningJacqueline Lawson Robert McDonaldMarcus Skipper Clarenz von DeusingSandy Chong Peter KearneyJohn Spiro Val GrahameClem Ashford Paul FogoRoxanne Wilson Antoinette Byron
Albert surfs in RIP CURL WETSUITS
POST PRODUCTION
Supervising Film Editor Yahoo SeriousEditors David Roach
Neil ThumpstonPeter WhitmoreAmanda Robson
Assembly Editors David StivenChris Peppe
Assistant Editors Antony GrayJulia GelhardSoulla AlexandrouAndrew LloydMichael BeaumanKarin WhittingtonMalcolm Smith
Dialogue Editors Annie BreslinAshley Grenville
Assistant Dialogue Editors Raj OakleyRobert WernerSally FitzpatrickAlan Dungey
Dialogue Re-recording Angus RobertsonJohn Herron
Dialogue Mixers Martin OswinPhil HeywoodIan McLoughlin
Animal Voice Hamish HughesPost Production Accountants Androulla
Joan MacintoshOpticals Richard 'Matte' Springett
ColorfilmAssistant Tim TrumbleAnimation Flicks AnimatioinPost Production Facilities Spectrum FilmsLaboratories Colorfilm
AtlabLaboratory Liaison Peter Willard
Janet ThorntonColour Grading Tim Waygood
Kathy Stevanovic
(VHS credits for colour grading are Alan HansenTony Manning
Janet Thornton was added as a laboratory liaison on the DVD)
Negative Matching Karen ClarkeTitles Optical & GraphicGraphic Design LuluSound FX Editor Steve BurgessAdditional Sound FX Editing John Nutt
Bruce LamshedAshley Grenville
Foley Artist Gerard LongSound Assistant Peter Clancy
Sound and Dialogue mixed atSoundfirm, Melbourne Roger Savage
Colorfilm, Sydney Peter Fenton
Final Sound MixSaul Zaentz Company, San Francisco
Supervising Re-recording Mixer David ParkerRe-recording Engineers Richard Beggs
Dale Strumple
Music Engineers Robin GrayMike StavrouNick LaunayRichard Lush
Rock Session Musicians Ken FrancisKirk L'OrangeRoger MasonRick ChadwickSunil Da SilvaNick LyonsJason Morphett
Orchestra Leaders Ron LeightonRobert Ingram
Harmonies The Song CompanyFat Opera Voice Jocelyn Pinkus
Orchestral Music Performed byVictorian Philharmonic Orchestra
Additional Score Maurie SheldonSimon Walker
Music Editor David Roach
SONGS
'Great Southern Land’Composed by Iva DaviesPerformed by ‘Icehouse’Published by Catsongs Pty Ltd.Courtesy of Chrysalis Records Inc. & Regular Records Pty. Ltd.
'Hungry Town’*Composed by Oleh Witer and ‘Big Pig’Performed by ‘Big Pig’Produced by Nick Launay Etienne Conod & ‘Big Pig’Mixed by Nick LaunayPublished by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd. & Big Pig MusicCourtesy of A & M Records, Inc.
'I Hear Motion’*
Composed by Sean Kelly, Andrew Duffield, James Freud & Barton PricePerformed by ‘Models’Produced by Nick LaunayPublished by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd.
'The Music Goes Round My Head’*Composed by Harry Vanda & George YoungPerformed by ‘The Saints’Published by J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd.
'At First Sight’*Composed by Domenic MarianiPerformed by ‘The Stems’Produced by Alan Thorne, Domenic Mariani & Guy GrayPublished by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd.
'Weirdo Libido'Composed by Mick Blood & Daryl MatherPerformed by ‘The Lime Spiders’Produced by Cameron AllanPublished by Virgin Music Aust. Pty. Ltd.Courtesy of Virgin Records Aust. Pty. Ltd.
'Great Big Brain'Lyrics by Serious & RoachMusic arranged by William Motzing
'The Good, The Bad & The Ugly'Composed by Ennio Morricone
'Dumb Things’*Composed by Paul KellyPerformed by Paul Kelly & The MessengersProduced by Martin Armiger & Paul KellyRe-mixed by Alan Thorne & Paul KellyPublished by Mushroom Music Pty. Ltd., Courtesy of A & M Records Inc.
'Rock and Roll Music'Composed by Chuck BerryPerformed by ‘Mental As Anything’ (Courtesy of C.B.S. Records)Produced by Steve James
Used by kind permission of Jewel Music Australia Pty. Ltd.
*Re-produced by kind permission of Mushroom Records Pty. Ltd.
Young Einstein Sound Trackis available onA & M RecordsandMushroom Records & Tapes (Australia & N.Z.) - logo
(The Mushroom credit is on the VHS edition but not the US DVD)
Equipment Supplied by Samuelson's Film ServiceLenses and Panaflex Camera by Panavision ®Unit Publicity The Rea Francis CompanyTransport Showtravel ToursAirline Ansett AustraliaLegal Services Hart, Frankel & Co. (Aust.)
Cooper, Epstein& Hurewitz (U.S.A.)
Thanks to Melanie Cook
Lloyd Hart, Ron Monitz
Underwritten byThe Macquarie Bank Ltd. GroupThanks to Peter McMahon, Peter Gray, Robin Crawford & David Poole
Management CompanyBurbank Films Ltd.Thanks to Rupert Cattell, Graham McGregor, John Darling
Investors' RepresentativeBurns Philp Trustee Company Ltd.Thanks to Remo Barbaresco & Jenkin Thomas
Completion GuarantorFilm Finances Ltd.Thanks to Richard Soames & Sue Armstrong
The Producers gratefully acknowledge the financial assistance of the Australian Film CommissionThanks to Kim Williams, Phillip Adams,Malcolm Smith, Penny Chapman & Richard Keys
The Director wishes to gratefully acknowledge and thankHis Mum & DadHis GirlfriendHis MatesThe Australian Society of Beer DrinkersThe People of Cessnock and Newcastle
Robyn Burke Milt GoldsteinAlan Finney Bob ReidLinda Pead Leearne ZakrzewskiMelanie Cook John ZakrzewskiKevin Wall Margot RossLawrence Bassoff Gary BormanAmy Wells Warwick TeeceWalter Shore Arthur Pead
Dolby Stereo ® In Selected Theatres - logo
Filmed on location in Sydney,The Hunter Valley, The Blue Mountains,Bells Beach Victoria, The Snowy Mountainsand the Northern Territory of Australia
© 1988 Warner Bros Inc.
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The story, all names, characters and incidents portrayedin this production are fictitious although the namesof certain historical persons have been used.
No identification with actual places, buildings and productsis intended or should be inferred.
a Serious Film. (In longform writing)
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