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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: John Hargreaves, Nicole Kidman, Robyn Nevin, Chris Haywood, Ruth Cracknell, Rebel Russell
Synopsis: Australian author David Williamson adapted Emerald City from his own stage play. The title may conjure up images of the Wonderful Land of Oz, but the plot is set in the Munchkin-free Australian film industry. John Hargreaves stars as a prosperous screenwriter who is perfectly willing to accept the Read More
Actors: Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles, Nick Tate
Synopsis: A barely recognizable Meryl Streep plays the real-life Lindy Chamberlain, who for a long period in the early 1980s was the most hated woman in Australia. While visiting the Ayers rock monument in the Outback with her husband Michael (Sam Neill), Lindy notices a dingo creeping into the tent where Read More
Actors: Arthur Dignam, Mark Lee, Dennis Miller, Heather Mitchell, Paul Goddard
Synopsis: "Everlasting Secret Family" is the name of a sub-rosa homosexual brotherhood in this riveting Australian film. Two of the ESF members are a middle-aged politician (Arthur Dignam) and a boarding-school student (Mark Lee). The younger man begins chafing at the "plaything" status imposed upon him by Read More
Actors: Henry Thomas, Tony Barry, Rachel Friend, Tamsin West, John Ewart
Synopsis: In this Australian children's adventure story, the young inventor Cody Walpole (Henry Thomas) is forced to move to the outback with his father's best friend following the death of both parents. Upon arrival, he becomes intrigued by local lore of a "donkejin," or "bunyip," a legendary Read More
Synopsis: In this drama, an evil blackmailer threatens to release killer sharks just off the shore from a heavily used Australian surfing beach during an annual Surf Festival if his demands are ignored. Now three Aussie detectives must race against the clock to find and stop him. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Read More
Actors: Gosia Dobrowolska, Anna Jemison, Steve Bisley, Debra Lawrence
Synopsis: Writer-director Sophia Turkiewicz based Silver City on her experiences as a young child, when her parents moved from post-World War II Poland to settle in a migrant hostel in western Australia's Polish community. Nina (Gosia Dobrowolska) is a young refugee who wants to be a teacher. She meets Read More
Actors: Colin Friels, Harold Hopkins, Kris McQuade, Bruce Spence, Dennis Miller
Synopsis: The Australian-made Buddies is essentially a Down Under gold rush western. Two friends in Queensland team up with a miner and his girl friend to search for diamonds. Their quest is threatened by a gang of slavering claim-jumpers. Colin Friels, Harold Hopkins, Dennis Miller and Kris McQuade (the Read More
Actors: Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Pat Evison, Margo Lee, Max Cullen
Synopsis: Star Struck is a light, frothy pop-culture musical comedy from Australia, where Jackie (Jo Kennedy) dreams of becoming a singing star and her cousin Angus (Ross O'Donovan) thinks he has what it takes to be a successful manager. After a spot at the hip club in town (wearing a kangaroo suit) fails Read More
Actors: Judy Davis, Richard Moir, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, John Gregg
Synopsis: Heatwave is the mildly interesting story of a woman's attempt to stop a redevelopment plot which she thought was the cover-up for fraud and other criminal activity. Kate (Judy Davis), through her own efforts, manages to find some evidence to support her claims and also have a romance. Davis gives Read More
Actors: John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Dennis Miller, Les Foxcroft, Wendy Strehlow
Synopsis: Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the convicts, so he hits upon a Read More
Actors: Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston, Peter Hehir, Michael Duffield, Dennis Miller
Synopsis: Two-fisted Gerard Kennedy plays "Tarzan," the foreman of a central Australian mine who maintains his authority by virtue of his formidable fists. Michael Preston plays "Pansy," a boastful miner who irritates all of his co-workers, none more so than Tarzan. The foreman calls out Pansy, challenging Read More
Actors: Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Michael Gow, Phil Motherwell
Synopsis: Yes, Stir is a prison picture, but don't be put off by the seeming flippancy of its slangy title. Ben Jewson based his screenplay on his own experiences while incarcerated. Jewson spares us nothing: the gleeful brutality of the guards, the sexual outrages in the cells, the grim future in store for Read More
Actors: Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate
Synopsis: Dennis Hopper plays the title character in this true story of a 19th-century Australian gold-digger who is pressed into a life of crime. A six-year stint in jail doesn't provide reform, but does introduce him to an Aboriginal partner-in-crime (David Gulpilil). The duo then proceed to terrorize the Read More
Actors: Graeme Blundell, George Whaley, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Ellie MacLure, Jacki Weaver
Synopsis: A hilarious sex romp about Alvin, an ordinary guy who works in a waterbed store in Australia. Remarkably, he is always pursued by over-sexed women, which constantly gets him into hot water. The film that created a market for Australian films worldwide. ~ All Movie Guide Read More
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