Yackety Yack

For the song made famous by The Coasters, see Yakety Yak. For the Australian–Canadian animated television series, see Yakkity Yak.
Yackety Yack
Directed byDave Jones
Written byDave Jones
Produced byDave Jones
Starring
Edited byDave Jones
Production
company
Acme Films
Distributed byVincent Library
Release date
  • 1974 (1974)
Running time
86 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
BudgetA$4,000[1]

Yackety Yack is a 1974 Australian film about the making of a film directed by Dave Jones. It stars Jones and John Flaus. David Stratton called it "the Hellzapoppin' of poor cinema, a frequently hilarious spoof on the low budget film... a sheer delight."[2]

  1. ^ D.B. Jones, 'inspiration by accretion: Director D.B. Jones on the making of Yakkety Yak (1974)', ACMI accessed 28 Sept 2012
  2. ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p277