Graham Kennedy plays Mack, Graeme Blundell is the Liberal supporter and Veronica Lang his obedient wife.

Kerry (Candy Raymond) is the attractive and assertive artist and Evan (Kit Taylor) is her uptight and possessive partner.

The film also deviates from the stage version by increasing the level of profanity and contains full frontal nudity and sex scenes.

The setting was relocated to Sydney, in part because it was felt it would be cheaper but also to ensure audiences did not feel the movie was "too Melbourne".

[1] John Gorton played a cameo as himself as a tribute to his contribution in helping re-establish the Australian film industry.

It features scenes from the movie re-enacted by noted Australian actors, including Stephen Curry (Mack), Ben Mendelsohn (Don), Matt Day, Tania Lacy and Nadine Garner.