Claudia KarvanFilmography

Daybreakers

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Michael Dorman, Claudia Karvan, Sam Neill

Synopsis: Fresh off the success of their inventive take on the zombie genre, Undead masterminds Michael and Peter Spierig direct Ethan Hawke in an ambitious tale of a futuristic Earth populated entirely by vampires, and the efforts made by the creatures to ensure that their food supply doesn't run out as Read More

Long Weekend

Actors: James Caviezel, Claudia Karvan

Synopsis: A vacationing couple (Jim Caviezel and Claudia Karvan) in the wilderness learns what happens when they disrespect nature after enduring of an onslaught of animal attacks in this remake of the 1978 Australian cautionary thriller. Jamie Blanks (Valentine, Urban Legend) helms the Arclight Films Read More

Aquamarine

Actors: Emma Roberts, Joanna 'Jojo' Levesque, Sara Paxton, Jake McDorman, Arielle Kebbel

Synopsis: Two teenagers think they have problems until they come to the rescue of a girl with a fishy story to tell in this teen-oriented comedy. Thirteen-year-old Claire (Emma Roberts) and same-aged Hailey (Joanne "JoJo" Levesque) are two close friends living in Tampa, FL, who are facing a separation in a Read More

Footy Legends

Actors: Anh Do, Angus Sampson, Steven Rooke, Jason McGoldrick

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Ian McDiarmid, Jimmy Smits, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Ewan McGregor

Synopsis: George Lucas draws the Star Wars film series to a close with this dark sci-fi adventure which sets the stage for the events of the first film and brings the saga full circle. After a fierce battle in which Obi-Wan (Ewan McGregor) and Anakin (Hayden Christensen) join Republic forces to help free Read More

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones

Actors: Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Hayden Christensen, Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson

Synopsis: The second prequel to the original Star Wars trilogy takes place ten years after the events depicted in Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace. Now 20, young Anakin Skywalker (Hayden Christensen) is an apprentice to respected Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). Unusually powerful in Read More

Risk

Actors: Bryan Brown, Tom Long, Claudia Karvan, Jason Clarke

Synopsis: Three people discover jealousy and larceny are a dangerous combination in this tense drama. John (Bryan Brown) is a veteran insurance investigator who succumbs to temptation and veers towards the wrong side of the law. With the help of novice con man Ben (Tom Long), John hatches a scheme to Read More

Strange Planet

Actors: Claudia Karvan, Naomi Watts, Alice Garner, Tom Long, Aaron Jeffery

Synopsis: The second film of Emma-Kate Croghan, who made her debut in 1996 with Love and Other Catastrophes, Strange Planet is a romantic comedy about two apparently different groups of friends. During 12 months, we follow six characters and their problems in search of love and happiness. Judy, Alice, and Read More

Paperback Hero

Actors: Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken, Andrew S. Gilbert, Jeanie Drynan

Synopsis: Unrequited love and mistaken identity are the lynchpins of this romantic comedy from Australia. Ruby Vale (Claudia Karvan) is a pretty but no-nonsense young woman who lives in a small village in the Aussie outback, where she runs the only diner in town. She's engaged to marry Hamish (Andrew S. Gilbert Read More

Passion

Actors: Barbara Hershey, Richard Roxburgh, Emily Woof, Claudia Karvan, Simon Burke

Synopsis: Pianist, composer and archivist Percy Grainger was publicly known for a brief concert career, several interesting contemporary classical compositions, and researching and documenting a wealth of English folk music. Privately, Grainger's life was tumultuous and unconventional, as chronicled in the Read More

Dating the Enemy

Synopsis: A pair of disparate battling lovers get a chance to live in each other's shoes in this lively Australian sex comedy. Though they have been together over a year, Tash and Brett have reached a point where they believe that neither understands the other. Tash is a serious, highly intelligent science Read More

Lust and Revenge

Synopsis: This caustic Australian comedy is meant to burn those commercial interests who sponsor artists for tax breaks. It also a sexually unresponsive wife's revenge against her cheating husband. Heiress Georgina Oliphant, the daughter of pharmaceutical magnate George Oliphant is on a mission to find a Read More

Twisted Tales: One Way Ticket

Tales of Erotica

Actors: Arliss Howard, Cynda Williams, Kathleen Wilhoite, John Toles-Bey, Mira Sorvino

Synopsis: This German film consists of six separate vignettes each created by a different international director, each challenged to create brief erotic scenarios. The first, named "Wet," was directed by Bob Rafelson and involves an encounter between a bathroom fixtures salesman and a customer who comes Read More

Exile

Actors: Aden Young, Beth Champion, Claudia Karvan, David Field, Norman Kaye

Synopsis: This Australian drama, based on the novel Priest Island by E.L. Grant, tells the tale of a man exiled to a lonely island after he is caught stealing sheep. The story is set in an unnamed time in an unknown time. Peter had been stealing the sheep to pay the dowry for his beloved, Jean. He is Read More

The Heartbreak Kid

Actors: Claudia Karvan, Alex Dimitriades, Steve Bastoni, Nick Lathouris, William McInnes

Synopsis: Christina (Claudia Karvan) is a young teacher from a privileged Greek-Australian background. She has just been assigned to a school in a rough neighborhood, and has entered into the fray of its politics by at first supporting the majority if the kids against the school's athletic director: the Read More

Nostradamus Kid

Actors: Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto

Synopsis: This genial Australian coming-of-age film is based on the experiences of its narrator, writer and director Bob Ellis. The first part of the film covers the difficulties teenaged Ken (Noah Thomas) has at a church summer camp run the the Seventh Day Adventists; he is not "with the program," and Read More

Broken Highway

Actors: Dennis Miller, Aden Young, David Field, Bill Hunter, Claudia Karvan, Norman Kaye

Synopsis: In this moody black and white drama, very much in the mode of the American "western," but with its own film noir characteristics, a whole town is heaved out of its doldrums when a pair of mysterious strangers come visiting. In the beginning of the film, Angel (Aden Young) is traveling with his Read More

Flynn

Actors: Guy Pearce, Steven Berkoff, Claudia Karvan, John Savage

Synopsis: Errol Flynn (1909-1959) was the son of a highly respected Australian scientist, and was given the opportunity to have an excellent education. However, his athletic and restless spirit caused him to get into trouble constantly, and he soon bailed out of school to go on and have a series of amazing Read More

Redheads

Actors: Claudia Karvan, Catherine McClements, Alexander Petersons

Synopsis: Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex. Once back at her apartment, she sets a video camera going to record their coupling. However, someone breaks into the place while they are having at Read More

Holidays on the River Yarra

Actors: Alex Menglet, Claudia Karvan

Synopsis: Eddie and his buddy Mick have entered their young adulthood without any plans, skills, or regular employment. They live in urban Australia, subsisting on the fringes of everything, looking for a bit of action and a bit of a good time. They fall into a job working for a mysterious, monied and very Read More

The Big Steal

Actors: Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan, Steve Bisley, Marshall Napier, Tim Robertson

Synopsis: The husband and wife team of Nadia Tass and David Parker concocted this charming teen comedy concerning a disappointing birthday present. Ben Mendelsohn plays Danny Clark, a shy 18-year old who only wants two things out of life: to go out with Joanna (Claudia Karvan) and to own a sleek new Jaguar. Read More

High Tide

Actors: Judy Davis, Jan Adele, Claudia Karvan, Colin Friels, Frankie J. Holden, John Clayton

Synopsis: Gillian Armstrong directed this powerful and moving film containing a brilliant performance by Judy Davis. The story takes place in the small New South Wales seaside village of Eden. Davis is Lillie, who is renting a run-down trailer as she waits for her car to be repaired. One night, when Lillie Read More

Echoes of Paradise

Actors: Wendy Hughes, John Lone, Steve Jacobs, Peta Toppano, Rod Mullinar

Synopsis: Maria McEvoy (Wendy Hughes) deals with the death of her beloved father and discovers her attorney husband George (Steven Jacobs) is a philandering louse in this romantic drama. At the suggestion of a friend, Maria takes a vacation in Thailand, where she falls for Raka (John Lone), an exiled dancer Read More

Molly

Actors: Claudia Karvan, Garry McDonald, Melissa Jaffer, Ruth Cracknell

Synopsis: In this uneven children's story, Molly is a talented little dog who can sing for the people who love her -- but is mute when her vocals are required by the more cold-hearted of the human breed. Her new, young caretaker Maxie (Claudia Karvan) has her hands full because the villainous "Old Dan" Garry McDonald Read More