Critically lauded Australian author Julia Leigh makes the leap to feature films as the writer/director of this haunting and...
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Man 3
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2011
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Like the 1959 theatrical feature of the same name, the two-part cable movie Journey to the Center of the Earth was loosely...
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McNiff
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1999
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Director Franc Roddam and co-scripter Anton Diether adapted Herman Melville's 1851 classic for this four-hour TV miniseries...
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1998
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Filmed in the Australian outback, but set in an unnamed country, this stylish and decidedly liberal drama attempts to be the...
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Director
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1992
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Blood of Heroes features a sport that you're not likely to see on ESPN. It's called "juggers", and Rutger Hauer is the...
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1990
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This two-part TV movie, produced in Australia, was based on the tragically true story of an Australian teenager (John Polson)...
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1988
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Based on a true story, this film tells the tale of Robert O'Hara Burke (Jack Thompson) and William John Wills (Nigel Havers),...
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1987
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Tim Burstall directed this adaptation of D.H. Lawrence's semi-autobiographical novel recalling his experiences in Australia...
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Kangaroo
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1987
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The remote planet Ordessa is the site of conflict between android military police and human underlings in this...
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1987
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Essentially a showcase for the talents of Australian comedian Barry Humphries, this earthy comedy tells the tale of a boorish...
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1987
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Christina Stead's novel For Love Alone was a best-seller in Australia, but remains essentially unknown to the outside world....
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Andrew Hawkins
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1986
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In a slightly padded but well-acted and relevant drama, an Australian mining company and a group of aboriginals go to court...
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1984
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The miners strike in the Australian coal fields during the 1930s provides a factual basis for this drama. The organized...
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Idris Williams
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1984
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Ginger Meggs (Paul Daniel) is a young "Dennis the Menace" who first appeared in Australian comic strips in 1921. In this film...
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1982
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Three young women contend with the rougher side of night (and day) life in the big city of Sydney as one of them gets ready...
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1982
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The Chain Reaction is an Australian-made drama about a nuclear accident and its effect on the workers of the plant. Oates...
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1980
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Hired to investigate a man's death, a detective discovers that the victim was killed by a train, but can't find the...
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1979
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This stunning, post-apocalyptic action thriller from director George Miller stars Mel Gibson as Max Rockatansky, a policeman...
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Toecutter
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1979
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When Angela (Sigrid Thornton) becomes successful, the former hairdresser's assistant has to deal with the reactions of her...
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Linsey
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1979
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Based on a novel by Colin Theile, the Australian Blue Fin stars Hardy Kruger as a taciturn tuna boat captain. Kruger's son,...
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1978
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Norman Panama's penultimate directorial effort, Barnaby and Me was originally filmed for Australian television. The title...
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1977
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A love triangle provides the basis of this subtle drama that centers upon a man living with one woman and loving another on...
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1976
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Dennis Hopper plays the title character in this true story of a 19th-century Australian gold-digger who is pressed into a...
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1976
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The Far East and the Land Down Under are about to have a head-on collision in this action drama. Fang (Jimmy Wang Yu) is an...
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Morrie
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1975
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An undercover cop named Stone (Ken Shorter) infiltrates an outlaw biker gang called the Grave Diggers, only to discover that...
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1974
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