It was widely acclaimed by critics, many of whom praised it as a welcome antidote to the so-called " ocker film " genre, typified by The Adventures of Barry McKenzie and Alvin Purple.

In addition to the serious historical dramas popular in the 1970s, a number of films celebrating and satirizing Australian colloquial culture were produced over the decade, including: The Adventures of Barry McKenzie ( 1972 ), Alvin Purple ( 1973 ), and Barry McKenzie Holds His Own ( 1974 ).

In fact, the film became the most successful locally made feature ever released in Australia up to that time, paving the way for the success of subsequent locally made feature films like Alvin Purple and Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Tim Burstall ( 20 April 1927, Stockton-on-Tees, UK – 19 April 2004, Melbourne ) was an Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for the motion picture Alvin Purple.

He created groundbreaking Australian films including Stork, Alvin Purple, End Play, Eliza Fraser, The Last of the Knucklemen and the 1986 adaptation of D. H. Lawrence's novel Kangaroo.

It's clear that the hostility to the film and its serious tone, combined with his close contact with APG, were instrumental in changing his views on film-making, and led to the making of the more populist Stork and Alvin Purple.

After forming a new production company, Hexagon Films, he produced, directed and co-wrote ( with Alan Hopgood ) his next feature, Alvin Purple, which was a huge hit with Australian audiences, held the record as Australia's most successful film release between 1971 and 1977, and is one of the key works in the revival of Australian cinema in the ' 70s.

* Alvin Purple ( 1973, director, feature film )

* Alvin Purple 1976

During this period she appeared in a series of brief cameo roles in a string of sex comedy films such as Alvin Purple ( 1973 ), and its 1974 sequel Alvin Purple Rides Again.

* Alvin Purple ( 1973 ) as girl in see-through outfit

Alvin Purple was a 1973 Australian comedy film starring Graeme Blundell, written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall.

This was followed by a 1976 Australian Broadcasting Commission situation comedy television series titled Alvin Purple.

The film is a sex-farce which follows the misadventures of a naïve young Melbourne man Alvin Purple, whom women find irresistible.

* Graeme Blundell as Alvin Purple

* Alvin Purple by Catharine Lumby

* Alvin Purple at Australian Screen Online

* Alvin Purple at the National Film and Sound Archive

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* Alvin Purple ( 1973 )

* Alvin Purple Rides Again ( 1974 )

Subsequently, Rickover became chief of a new section in the Bureau of Ships, the Nuclear Power Division, and began work with Alvin M. Weinberg, the Oak Ridge director of research, both to establish the Oak Ridge School of Reactor Technology and to begin the design of the pressurized water reactor for submarine propulsion.

In the USA, some of the earliest examples in popular music were the novelty records released under the name Alvin & The Chipmunks, which became hits in many countries in the mid-1950s.

The trio became a quartet between 2003 and 2006 when Alvin Smedley moved in next-door to Nora Batty, but returned to the usual threesome in 2006 when Billy Hardcastle left the show.

Alvin Hart became a state senator in 1843, representing Lapeer, Oakland, Genesee, Shiawassee, Tuscola, Saginaw counties and the entire Upper Peninsula.

Under the state constitution, Senate president and Long ally Alvin Olin King became lieutenant-governor.

Tradition says that the town's name became Alvin ( with an " i " instead of an " a ") because the post office misspelled it and refused to correct the error.

LeTourneau College became LeTourneau University in 1989 under the leadership of President Alvin O. Austin, who served until 2007.

In leading the team to the AL pennant, he became the seventh manager to win pennants in both major leagues, joining Joe McCarthy, Yogi Berra, Alvin Dark, Sparky Anderson, Dick Williams, and Tony La Russa.

The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks: Alvin, the mischievous troublemaker, who quickly became the star of the group ; Simon, the tall, bespectacled intellectual ; and Theodore, the chubby, impressionable one.

After completing four years at the dance academy ( as well as high school study ) at Alvin Aley in New York, she became a part of Alice Deejay.

Despite an enthusiastic local following and dedicated fans across the United States and Europe, Alvin left the band in 1986 and became the lead guitarist of the band, X. Alvin left X to work on a solo project after they recorded their album See How We Are.

Alvin became a member of country band The Knitters and appeared on their 1987 album Poor Little Critter on the Road and their 2005 follow-up, The Modern Sounds of The Knitters.

While in Italy, he became a founding member of Musica Elettronica Viva with Alvin Curran and Frederic Rzewski.

Horton was involved with William Bowne from 1932 to 1949 when Bowne left Horton to marry a former member of Horton's dance company, Portia Woodbury ( Bowne ).< ref >< u > Alvin Ailey: A Life In Dance </ u >, Jennifer Dunning ,( 1996 ): 54 .</ ref > Not long after, Horton became involved with film and theater writer Frank Eng.

Alvin Ailey, who stated that he first became interested in dance as a professional career after having seen a performance of the Katherine Dunham Company as a young teenager of 14 in Los Angeles, called the Dunham Technique " the closest thing to a unified Afro-American dance existing.

Alvin Robert Cornelius was the first became the first Christian chief justice, becoming one of the most famous and influential figures ever to serve on the supreme court.

Rodgers was a part of the Giants roster until October 1960 when he was traded to the Milwaukee Braves for Alvin Dark, who ultimately became the San Francisco manager at the time.

As a result, she and her manager, partner and father of her children, Alvin C. " Gangsta " Brown, bought a four-bedroom home in Beverly Hills and became affluent.

During the filming director F. Hugh Herbert became ill and was replaced by assistant director Alvin Ganzer.

Following Hong Kah GRC's dissolution and the 2011 general elections, Bukit Gombak became part of Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency contested by the PAP slate comprising Gan Kim Yong ( former member for Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency ), Alvin Yeo, Zaqy Mohamad and new candidates Low Yen Ling and Alex Yam Ziming.

Dove soon became Alvin Ailey's principal dancer and became renowned for his ability to command the stage with a powerful and dramatic clarity.

" He then left Alvin Ailey the following year and became the assistant director at the Groupe de Recherche Choreographique de l ' Opéra de Paris from 1980 to 1983.