The Wog Boy
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The Wog Boy is a 2000 Australian comedy film directed by Aleksi Vellis and starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Lucy Bell, Abi Tucker, Stephen Curry, Tony Nikolakopoulos and Derryn Hinch.[1][2][3] Whilst the word wog is extremely derogatory in British English, in Australian English it may be considered non-offensive depending on how the word is used, due to reclamation and changing connotations.[4]
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Directed by | Aleksi Vellis |
Written by | Nick Giannopoulos Chris Anastassides |
Produced by | Nick Giannopoulos Aleksi Vellis |
Starring | Nick Giannopoulos Vince Colosimo Lucy Bell Abi Tucker John Barresi Stephen Curry Hung Le Geraldine Turner Tony Nikolakopoulos Derryn Hinch |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox (Australia & Germany) |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Countries | Australia Greece |
Languages | English Greek Italian |
Box office | $11,449,799 |
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At the ARIA Music Awards of 2000 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album.[5] It is the first part of Giannopoulous's eponymous Wog Boy trilogy, preceding Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos (2010) and Wog Boys Forever (2022).