This three-hour TV biopic of actress Natalie Wood emulates Citizen Kane by beginning at the end -- the tragically ironic...
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2004
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In this science fiction thriller, a spaceship is transporting a disparate group of people to a far-away galactic outpost...
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Paris
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2000
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The comedy team that made the phrase "nyuk nyuk nyuk" part of the American vocabulary gets the full biographical treatment in...
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2000
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Director
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1996
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Though not quite a western, this gripping Australian drama contains similar themes as it chronicles the unending struggle...
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1996
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This Australian road movie avoids melodrama and mush as it depicts the relationship between a feisty old woman and the young...
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Robert Dougherty
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1994
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Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train, written and directed by Bob Ellis, belongs to a genre of highbrow 1980s films which...
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1989
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The launching of the first privately funded, manned space shuttle is postponed by the mysterious death of the vessel's pilot....
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1989
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A barely recognizable Meryl Streep plays the real-life Lindy Chamberlain, who for a long period in the early '80s was the...
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Tipple
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1988
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The 1988 Australian miniseries Shiralee was, like the 1957 film of the same name, based on a bestselling novel by D'Arcy...
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1988
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Richard Huw stars as Roger Bannister in this British TV biopic. Overcoming childhood paralysis, Bannister grows up to be one...
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1988
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1988
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In this Australian entry into the early 1980s sub-genre of films dealing with families rejecting contemporary society for a...
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Barry
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1986
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1985
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Jason Connery (son of Sean Connery) stars as Johnny Kirkland in this slightly uneven teen drama about facing down obstacles...
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Peter Vandevelt
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1984
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Even today, the Australian outback (the never-never of the title) is a daunting place to be left alone. In 1901, it was even...
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Jack
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1982
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Based on John Embling's book Tom, the Australian Fighting Back is set in a hellhole of a slum school. Most of the teachers...
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John Embling
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1982
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The nine-part Australian series I Can Jump Puddles was based on a trilogy of autobiographical books by Alan Marshall: I Can...
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Alan (as an adult)
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1981
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Breaker Morant is one of the most acclaimed Australian films, telling a powerful tale of wartime betrayal and injustice....
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Lt. George Witton
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1980
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