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Dec. 1, 2009 6:08 PM ET (AP)
Actors: William McInnes, Monic Hendrickx, David Field, Bille Brown, Roy Billing
Synopsis: A gruff Australian farmer puts his own lonely life at risk in order to help a desperate refugee in director Peter Duncan's intimate rural drama. John (William McInnes) is the kind of man who likes his solitude. A man of habit whose best friend stands on four legs, John's volatile temperament makes Read More
Actors: Alex O'Lachlan, Jim Norton, Diana Glenn, David Field, Kerry Armstrong
Synopsis: A young man has a hard time getting crime to pay better than honest work in this comedy-drama from Australia. When Jack Flange (Alex O'Lachlan) gets word that his sister Nikki (Claudia Harrison) has been in a serious auto accident, he leaves his home in Sydney and travels to the small seaside Read More
Actors: Romola Garai, Jack Davenport, Alex O'Loughlin, Sam Neill, Tony Martin
Synopsis: An eighteenth century female convict arrested for petty theft and sentenced to seven years in Botany Bay stages the only successful escape from the Australian penal colony ever recorded in an inspirational tale of survival and perseverance starring Ramola Garai, Jack Davenport, and Sam Neill. The Read More
Actors: Alex O'Lachlan, Patrick Thompson, Gabby Millgate, Jack Thompson, Matthew Le Nevez
Synopsis: An Australian cyber crime investigator stumbles across one of the internet's darkest mysteries in this thriller that proves even the most outlandish fantasies can come true in the cyberspace era. Phillip is no stranger to debauchery. In his time as an internet investigator, the relatively hot shot Read More
Synopsis: A man on the edge of collapse falls into a well of despair in this psychological drama from Australia. Tom White (Colin Friels) is an architect who is emotionally reaching the end of his rope. Edgy, confused, and losing touch with reality, White finds himself obsessively working on a project from Read More
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne
Synopsis: Australian filmmaker Paul Goldman directs the comedy The Night We Called It a Day, based on the actual events during Frank Sinatra's 1974 tour stop in Sydney. Joel Edgerton plays Rod Blue, a long-haired rock promoter in Australia during the '70s. He hopes to save his floundering career by spending Read More
Actors: Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Timothy Spall, Freya Stafford, David Field
Synopsis: Australian filmmaker Jonathan Teplitzky directs the crime comedy Gettin' Square. Barry Wirth (Sam Worthington) is an ex-con who just wants to stay on the right side of the law. David Wenham plays Johnny "Spit" Spitieri, a zany, lovable drug addict who knew Barry in prison. They both get paroled by Read More
Actors: Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax, Memphis Kelly, Kelton Pell, Ruby Hunter
Synopsis: Australian singer and songwriter Paul Kelly stars in (and wrote part of the musical score for) this unusual musical, which combines folk and country influences with the aboriginal sounds of the Outback to tell the story of a lost child and the divergent efforts to find her. A simple farmer (Paul Read More
Actors: Ben Browder, Claudia Black, Anthony Simcoe, Gigi Edgley, Lani John Tupu
Synopsis: Moya is guided to the planet Khurtanan for some desperately needed repairs, but none of the planet's mechanics will cooperate unless corrupt local doctor Tumii (Bruce Spence) gives Moya's crew a clean bill of health. Instead, Tumii poisons the crew with the deadly Qatal Mollusk, holding out the Read More
Actors: Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo, Simon Lyndon, David Field
Synopsis: This Australian drama is based on the life and times of Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Aussie criminal who went on to become a best-selling author, publishing nine books about his exploits outside the law. In 1978, Chopper (played by Eric Bana) is serving a 16-year sentence for abducting a judge Read More
Actors: David Field, Syd Brisbane
Synopsis: Two small-time gamblers fumble what they imagine would be a sure thing in a bittersweet comedy-drama from Australia. John (Syd Brisbane) and Bill (David Field) are a pair of down-and-outers with an unfortunate fondness for booze and a stunning inability to pick the winners at the dog track, no Read More
Actors: Yahoo Serious, David Field, Grant Piro, Jeanette Cronin
Synopsis: Australian comedian Yahoo Serious wreaks havoc in his third effort as writer, director, and star. Roger Crumpkin (Serious) suffers from "obsessive-compulsive dismantling fixation," which is a fancy way of saying he's always taking things apart that he can't put back together. As a result, disaster Read More
Actors: Paula Arundell, Joel Edgerton, David Field, Simon Lyndon, Gandhi MacIntyre
Synopsis: Dubbed an Australian Pulp Fiction for the rave generation, this slick, achingly-cool crime drama is set in seedy Sydney neighborhoods not likely found in the glossy pages of summer Olympic tourist brochures. TT (David Field), a violent and very wealthy drug lord, is betrayed by his mistress Jess Read More
Actors: Heath Ledger, Rose Byrne, Bryan Brown, David Field, Tom Long
Synopsis: Action and comedy are served in equal portions in this Australian crime thriller. Jimmy (Heath Ledger) is a 19-year-old living in Sydney who is somehow asked to run an errand for local underworld kingpin Pando (Bryan Brown). Before Jimmy knows what's happened, he owes Pando $10,000, and finds the Read More
Actors: David Field, Mike Bishop, Chris de Rose, Nick Cave, Vince Gil
Synopsis: Ghosts...of the Civil Dead is an Australian prison picture, ironically coproduced by a company calling itself "Correctional Services". The prison in question is a cruelly repressive institution, with a set of rules bordering on the Draconian. The inmates finally rebel in violent fashion against Read More
Synopsis: The Australian coastal community of Blackrock goes into an uproar after the badly beaten, gang-raped corpse of a 15-year-old girl is discovered after an all-night beach party goes out of control. As the moral outrage heats up, the sole witness to the crime, 17-year-old surfer Jared Kirby (who Read More
Actors: Tchéky Karyo, Rachel Griffiths, Steve Jacobs
Synopsis: This Australian melodrama of obsessive love and violence is as humid and brooding as the Papuan jungle in which most of was filmed. Set in a remote town in Papua, New Guinea (some scenes were shot in Northern Australia) the story begins as the bereaved widower Jack gets increasingly drunk with Sal Read More
Synopsis: This Australian period comedy set at the turn-of-the-century, is based on the anecdotal books of Steele Rudd (the pen name for author Arthur Hoey) that described life on a rural "selection" (a small farm) in Queensland. Like the original written tales, the film is anecdotal and chronicles events Read More
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
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
Actors: David Field, Bill Hunter, Robert Morgan, Phil Motherwell, Jim Daly
Synopsis: Prison life is examined in this black and white Australian drama. The realistic portrayal of prison violence and language may be too graphic for some viewers. After he hits a prison guard, Dale is placed within the confines of the H division, the highest security area of the prison. Here Dale Read More
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
Actors: Julie Christie, John Polson, Hugo Weaving, Victor Banerjee, Sarah Jessica Parker
Synopsis: This two-part TV movie, produced in Australia, was based on the tragically true story of an Australian teenager (John Polson) condemned to death for dealing in drugs in Malaysia. Part One set up the circumstances which landed Polson and his friend Hugo Weaving on Malaysia's death row. In Part Two Read More
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