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Not only did this phenomenon give us Crocodile Dundee II, it somehow convinced Warner Brothers to give an unknown Australian documentary filmmaker and 'experimental comedian' with a silly haircut the chance to write, produce, direct, and star in his very own feature film.
As the title suggests, the film is -- ostensibly -- about Albert Einstein. Only it has him formulating Newton's theories, inventing rock music, putting the bubbles in beer (via nuclear fission and, somehow, the formula E=mc2), romancing Marie Curie, and -- of course -- being Australian instead of German. It's cute and fun -- at least for a time -- until about midway through the film, when Young Einstein turns 'serious' as he and Curie (Odile Le Clezio) attempt to foil a nefarious plot of sorts.
Rest assured, this is low comedy -- absurd and frequently stupid, but as much fun as you can have watching someone being repeatedly electrocuted and blown up -- over and over again.
As for Serious, his star would never shine as brightly as it did here, and that's saying something (Einstein made about $12 million in theaters, though that's probably way more than it cost).
