* This is a work in progress. The minimal intention is to list every feature film made in Australia, with release date and name of the director/s. See the end of the file for a half-dozen key references.
* Some documentary films are included, as are some films which did not get theatrical release (which is one of the defining characteristics of a "feature" film).
* I've included some non-Australian films, for example because the director is Australian. I'll include New Zealand (all marked as NZ) films also. And I've begun to include selected short films.
ABBA: The Movie (Lasse Hallstrom, 1978) documentary
ABC of Love and Sex Australian Style (John D. Lamond, 1978) pseudo-documentary, prod. John D. Lamond, wr. Alan Finney & John D. Lamond, dp Garry Whapshott (in Australia), Lasse Bjork (in Sweden), design Stephen Walsh, ed. Russell Hurley; Robyn Bartley, Leon Cosack, Katie Morgan, puppetry by Denis Nicholson; Eastman colour, 35mm, 85 min.
Aberration (Tim Boxell, 1997) thriller
Abra Cadabra (Alexander Stitt, 1983) wr. Alexander Stitt, prod. Phillip Adams, music Peter Best, 90 min.; animated; voices: Jacki Weaver, John Farnham, Hayes Gordon, Gary Files, Jim Smillie; sci-fi fantasy
Absent Without Leave (John Laing, 1993) prod. Robin Laing; Craig McLachlan, Katrina Hobbs, Tony Barry; WW2 melodrama, thriller
Acropolis Now (Crawford Productions, 1989) TV series
Act of Betrayal (Lawrence Clark, 1988) mini-series
Acting Out (Danny Merton, 2007) Lara Cox, Sam Atwell; 80 min.
Adam's Woman (Phillip Leacock, 1970) aka Return of the Boomerang, prod. Louis F. Edelman, music Bob Young, 116 min.; Beau Bridges, Jane Merrow, John Mills, Andrew Keir, Peter Collingwood, Harold Hopkins, James Booth, Clarissa Kaye, Peter O'Shaughnessy, Katy Wild, Helen Morse, Tracy Reed; historical
Adorable Outcast, The (Norman Dawn, 1928) aka Black Cargoes of the South Seas, action adventure
Adventures of Algy, The (Beaumont Smith, 1925) wr. prod. Beaumont Smith, Claude Dampier (Algernon Allison), Bathie Stuart (Kiwi McGill), Eric Harrison
Adventures of Barry McKenzie, The (Bruce Beresford, 1972) Melbourne, colour, 35 mm 114 min., prod. Phillip Adams for Longford Productions, wr. Bruce Beresford & Barry Humphries, from comic strip written by Humphries, dp Don McAlpine, design John Stoddart, music Peter Best, ed. William Anderson & John Scott; Alexander Archdale, Dick Bentley, Paul Bertram, John Clarke, Peter Cook, Julie Covington, Barry Crocker, Judith Furse, Wilfred Grove, Jonathan Hardy, Barry Humphries, John Joyce, Avice Landon, Margo Lloyd, Chris Malcolm, Spike Milligan, Maria O'Brien, Dennis Price William Rushton, Mary Ann Severne, Bernard Spear, Brian Tapply, Jenny Tomasin, Jack Watling
Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert, The (Stephan Elliott, 1994) Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce; 98 min.
One of the ABBA films: amazing that there are two (as well as the doco about the actual band); this film has flair (and flares).
Afraid to Dance (Denny Lawrence, 1988) aka Letters, Kick Start; wr. Paul Cockburn, dp Steve Arnold, 89 min.; Nique Needles, Rosey Jones (AFI nomination), Grigor Taylor, Tina Bursill, Allan Penney; life of crime (not in Murray nor Verhoeven)
After Mabo (Richard Frankland) documentary
After Marcuse (Ted Robinson, 1985) Diane Craig, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Grigor Taylor; drama, thriller; 75 min.
After the Deluge (Brendan Maher, 2003) miniseries, wr. Andrew Knight, prod. Andrew Denholm, Deb Cox, Sue Masters, a CoxKnight Production; David Wenham (Alex), Hugo Weaving (Martin), Samuel Johnson (Toby), Aden Young, Ray Barrett (Cliff), Rachel Griffiths
After Sundown (W. J. Lincoln, 1911) melodrama; 60 min.
Aftershocks (Geoff Burton, 1998) 1989 earthquake at Newcastle Workers Club
Against the Grain: More Meat Than Wheat (Tim Burns, 1980) prod. Tim Burns for Nightshift Films, wr. Tim Burns & Michael Callaghan, dp Louis Irving, ed. Peter Bailey, Chris Cordaux, Melissa Woods; Joy Burns, Letham Burns, Mary Burns, Michael Callaghan, Sandy Edwards, George Sutton; young idealist visits WA to visit family; low budget political drama; Eastman colour, 16 mm, 76 min.
Against the Innocent (Daryl Dellora, 1989) concerned with counter-terrorism; prompted by the Hilton bombing
Against the Wind (George Miller, 1978) TV mini-series; "tale of English and Irish convicts transported to early Australia, it was extremely romantic and had plenty of adventure for non-romos"
Age of Consent (Michael Powell, 1969) British artist played by James Mason going native in the Australian tropics, Helen Mirren
Alex (Megan Simpson, 1992) Lauren Jackson, Chris Haywood; children & family
Alexandra's Project (Rolf de Heer, 2003) Helen Buday, Gary Sweet; wife hatches an unconventional form of revenge against her husband; Metro, 136: 20-25
Algie's Romance (Leonard Doogood, 1918) Doogood was an English vaudeville comedian who impersonated Chaplin
Alice to Nowhere (John Power, 1986) mini-series, cf. The Back of Beyond, (John Heyer, 1954, documentary): this series follows the same route; mailman is held hostage
Alison's Birthday (Ian Coughlan, 1979) horror; Coughlan's only feature film; 97 min.
Alive Tribe, The (Stephen Amis, 1996) Craig Adams, Ian Scott, John Arnold, Suzie Dee, Peter Moon, John Clarke; student radicalism; 95 min.
All For Gold (Franklyn Barrett (?) 1911) aka Jumping The Claim; goldfields drama; 3000 ft
All Men Are Liars (Gerard Lee, 1994) comedy about a boy (David Price) who dresses as a girl to join an all-girl band; Toni Pearen, David Price, John Jarratt, Jamie Petersen, Carmen Tanti; 91 min.
All My Friends Are Leaving Brisbane (Louise Alston, 2007) wr. Stephen Vagg, prod. Louise Alston; Brisbane Festival 2 August 2007; Australian release October 2007
All Set Backstage (Paul Cox, 1976) Prahran College of Advanced Education, 22 min.
All that is Solid (John Hughes, 1988) documentary
All the Rivers Run (George Miller & Pino Amenta, 1983) mini-series; Sigrid Thornton, John Waters
All the Rivers Run 2 (John Power, 1990) mini-series; John Waters, Nikki Coghill
All the Way (Marque Owen, 1998) 86 min.
Almost an Angel (John Cornell, 1988) dp Russell Boyd; Paul Hogan, Elias Koteas, Linda Kozlowski, Charlton Heston; NOT Australian
Alvin Purple (Tim Burstall, 1973) colour, 97 min., prod. Tim Burstall for Hexagon Productions, wr. Alan Hopgood dp Robin Copping; Abigail, Graeme Blundell, Sally Conabere, Noel Ferrier, Jon Finlayson, Alan Finney, Jill Forster, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Dina Mann, Kris McQuade, Dennis Miller, Debbie Nankervis, Anne Pendlebury, Jacki Weaver, Elli McClure, Jenny Hagen; comedy; brief review of DVD release: Matt Coyte, Empire, 42, September 2004: 117
Alvin Rides Again (David Bilcock & Robin Copping, 1974) Brisbane, colour, 89 min. prod. Tim Burstall for Hexagon Productions, wr. Alan Hopgood, with Tim Burstall & Alan Finney, dp Robin Copping; Abigail, Briony Behets, Graeme Blundell, Chantal Contouri, Jon Finlayson, Noel Ferrier, Maurie Fields, Alan Finney, Reg Gorman, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Dina Mann, Kris McQuade, Debbie Nankervis, Candy Raymond, Frank Thring, Frank Wilson, Anna-Maria Winchester; comedy; brief review of DVD release: Matt Coyte, Empire, 42, September 2004: 117
Always Afternoon (David Stevens, 1988) mini-series
Always Another Dawn (T. O. McCreadie, 1947) Charles Tingwell, Guy Doleman, Queenie Ashton; 108 min.
American Pastoral (Phillip Noyce project 2004) novel by Phillip Roth
American Poet's Visit, The (Michael Thornhill) dp Russell Boyd
Among the Cinders (Rolf Haedrich, 1987) NZ; Rebecca Gibney, 112 min.
Amy (Nadia Tass, 1998) prod. Nadia Tass, David Parker; wr. David Parker; dp David Parker; Rachel Griffiths, Alana de Roma, Ben Mendelsohn, Nick Barker, Kerry Armstrong, Jeremy Trigatti, William Zappa, Sullivan Stapleton, Torquil Neilson, Mary Ward, Susie Porter; little girl won't speak after the sudden death of her father, and will only communicate in song; she ceases to speak as a result of family trauma: her father, a rock musician, dies on stage as she watches
Amy Goes to Wadjemup Island (Denise Groves, 2006) prod. Jennifer Gherardi; Amy Dhu, Amy Groves, Sylvia Clarke, Kai Horrell, Dylan Groves
And the World Was Made Flesh (Dusan Marek, 1971) surrealist fantasy; 70 min.
Angel at my Table, An (Jane Campion, 1990) NZ; based on autobiographies of Janet Frame: To the Island, Angel at my Table, Envoy from Mirror City); Kerry Fox; made as a three-part mini-series, but also screened as a feature; 158 min.
Angel Baby (Michael Rymer, 1995) wr. Michael Rymer; John Lynch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Colin Friels, Deborra-Lee Furness; schizophrenics don't take their medication (when she gets pregnant), go 'mad', suicide; 100 min.
In the struggle between people with mental illness and the system, the system wins.
Angel Mine (David Blyth, 1978) NZ; 68 min.
Angel Of His Dreams (George Marlow, 1912) melodrama, sex and scandal
Angst (Daniel Nettheim, 2000) wr. Anthony O'Connor; Sam Lewis, Jessica Napier, Justin Smith, Abi Tucker, Luke Lennox, Lara Cox; an aspiring horror movie writer searches for love in a world of heartache, desperation and fluffy toys; comedy http://www.urbancinefile.com/home/view.asp?Article_ID=3943
Animal Kingdom (David Michôd, 2010) Guy Pearce, Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver; crime
Animal Olympians (documentary) Synopsis: Explores the incredible, Olympic Games-like athletics involved in everyday existence in the animal kingdom, where the 'athletes' must win to survive. Writers/Directors/Producers: Gary Steer, Tina Dalton-Hagege Production Company: Wild Visuals Distributor: IGEL Media Network: Seven. In production 2000.
Annie's Coming Out (Gil Brealey, 1984) aka A Test of Love; prod. Don Murray for Film Australia, wr. Chris Borthwick, John Patterson; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 96 min.; based on true story of and book by Rosemary Crossley & Anne McDonald, dp Mick von Bornemann, music Simon Walker, design Robbie Perkins, ed. Lindsey Fraser; Simon Chilvers, Wallas Eaton, Drew Forsythe, Ray Meagher, Monica Maughan, Angela Punch McGregor, Liddy Clark, Tina Arhondis (as Annie O'Farrell); physically disabled child wrongly diagnosed as mentally retarded, social worker (McGregor) rescues her; melodrama
Anthem (2004) Sydney Film Festival 2004
Any Morning (David Sumpter, 1974) surfing; 89 min.
ANZACS (John Dixon, George Miller & Pino Amenta, 1985) mini-series
Apartments (Megan McMurchy, 1977) Australian Film and Television School; Jeune Pritchard, Sandy Edwards, Michael Snelling; short film depicting relationships of people living in an apartment block; 10 min.
Apostasy (Zbigniew Friedrich, 1979) Rod McNicol, Juliet Bacskai, Phil Motherwell, Paul Cox; review by Scott Murray in Murray 1995: 28; fantasy; 108 min.
Archer's Adventure (Denny Lawrence, 1985) aka Archer; Brett Climo, Robert Coleby, Nicole Kidman (Catherine), Anne-Maria Monticelli, Tony Barry, Paul Bertram, Ned Lander, Doreen Warburton; story of first Melbourne Cup winner; 120 min.
Arigato Baby (Greg Lynch, 1990) wr. A. J. Klitz, dp Jaque Rubin; Yoko Atsumi, Nicci Lane, Adrian Wentworth, Mishi Maracos; an anti-Asian Vietnam vet is attracted to a Japanese woman; R cert. adult; 80 min.
Around The Boree Log (Phil K. Walsh, 1925) based on poems of John O'Brien; 45 min.
Around the World in Eighty Ways (Stephen MacLean, 1988) wr. Stephen MacLean & Phil Leadon, prod. David Elfick & Steve Knapman, dp Louis Irving, ed Marc van Buren; Philip Quast, Allan Penney, Diana Davidson, Kelly Dingwall, Rob Steele, Gosia Dobrowolska (nurse Ophelia Cox); 91 min.
Around the World with Dot (Yoram Gross, 1982) aka Dot and Santa Claus (video) The Further Adventures of Dot and the Kangaroo (working)
Arriving Tuesday (Richard Riddiford, 1986) NZ; 83 min.
As It Happened: New Norcia (2000) broadcast on SBS Saturday 3 June 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation, documenting the suffering of young Aborigines at a West Australian mission, reconstructed from the memories of those who "took refuge in, and were tormented by" this particular institution
As It Happened: Stolen Generations (Darlene Johnson, 2000) broadcast on SBS Saturday 27 May 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation
As Time Goes By (Barry Peak, 1988) aka The Cricketers; Nique Needles; Surfy in the desert meets Alien who helps him to be reunited with his father who's lost his memory and thinks he killed his son with a six at cricket; there's also a wicked bloke who wants to shunt off sheep to run cattle, make the outback green and use the greenhouse to advantage; there is also a band of sheep killers on old BMW motorbikes
Ashes (Barry Barclay, 1975) based on poem "Ash Wednesday" by T. S. Eliot; Sam Neill (priest); A priest is concerned about losing his faith; "Sam, always a good 'worrier', gave one of his best performances. Many people believed he actually was a priest." -- John O'Shea
Assigned Servant, The (John Gavin, 1911) Production Company: Crick and Finlay. Screenplay, Scenario, Script: Agnes Gavin. Photography: Herbert Finlay. 4000 ft. Cast: John Gavin, Alf Scarlett, Charles Woods, Dore Kurtz, Sid Harrison, Agnes Gavin.
Assigned To His Wife (John Gavin, 1911) In the dramatic highlight of the film, Jack's faithful Aboriginal friend, Yacka, contrives to rescue him with a 'Dive for Life' in which the Aboriginal boy dives 250 feet over a precipice into a river. Evidence is eventually found that exonerates Jack and condemns Danvers, and at last Jack is free to return to England with Bess and Yacka.
At Last ... Bulmakanka The Motion Picture (Simon Heath, 1983) zany rock musical set in country town; Steve Rackman, Gary Kliger, Mark Hembrow, Alyson Best, Angry Anderson, Frank Thring
At Uluru (Corinne Cantrill, 1977) experimental; 80 min.
Attack Force Z (Tim Burstall, 1982) c1980, Eastman colour, 35 mm, 110 min., prod. Lee Robinson for John MacCallum Productions & Central Motion Picture Corporation, wr. Roger Marshall, dp Lin Hung-Chung, music Eric Jupp, design Bernard Hides, ed. David Stiven; John Phillip Law, Mel Gibson, Chris Haywood, Sam Neill, Sylvia Chang, Koo Chuan Hsiang, John Waters; Phillip Noyce was the first director, but fell out with John MacCallum
Attack On The Gold Escort, 1911
Audacious (Samantha Lang, 1995) wr. Samantha Lang, Australian Film Television and Radio School, 26 min. short; Dee Smart, John Polson, Aden Young; Stella, a young married woman is distraught because of the lack of passion her husband, Tom, shows towards her; she tries everything, a psychologist, videos, fantasies, but when her husband finally realises the problem and responds she is taken aback
Audition, The (Anna Campion, 1989) short film featuring Jane Campion and her mother Edith, who is auditioning for a role in An Angel at my Table; in the finished product, Edith plays the high school English teacher Miss Lindsay, who gives a rousing classroom recitation of Tennyson's Excalibur that enthralls Janet
Aurelia Steiner Melbourne (Marguerite Duras, 1975) experimental; 40 min.
Aussie Rules (Barbara Chobocky, 1993) documentary
Aussie Park Boyz (Nunzio La Bianca, 2004)
Australia (Baz Luhrmann, 2008?) wr. Stuart Beattie; Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman; filming WA March 2007
Australia After Dark (John D. Lamond, 1974)
Australia Calls (Raymond Longford, 1913) racist film warning of the Yellow Peril; 44 min.
Australia Calls (Raymond Longford, 1923) semi-documentary: 'the experiences in New South Wales of a successful immigrant'
Australia Live (Peter Faiman, 1988) documentary
Australia's Own (J. E. Ward, 1919) romance
Australia's Peril (Franklyn Barrett, 1917) war
Australian All Shorts, Tribe First Rites, nd.
Australian By Marriage (Raymond Longford, 1923)
Australian Dream (Jackie McKimmie, 1987) [at this time - of her first feature film - she was spelling her name "Jacki"]; Noni Hazlehurst, Graeme Blundell, John Jarratt; comedy; 86 min. love affair comedy-drama; Hazlehurst and Jarratt met here and later married
Australian Ninja (Adam Ramos, Michelle Firmstone, 1991) prod. Mario Di Fiori; Adam Ramos, Sandra Swan, Ray Fimmano; drama; 90 min.
Australian Ninja 2 (Mario Di Fiori, 1993) wr. Mario Di Fiori
Australian Rules (Paul Goldman, 2002) wr. Phillip Gwynne (novel Deadly, Unna?), Paul Goldman, dp Mandy Walker; Nathan Phillips, Lisa Flanagan, Simon Westaway, Luke Carroll, Kevin Harrington, Martin Vaughan, Liz Black, 98 min., national release 29 August; Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Source AFI Awards 7 November 2002
Another take on non/Indigenous cultural collision, this offers (tho only superficially) the possibility of conciliation.
Autumn Fires (Barry Barclay, 1977) New Zealand, prod. John O'Shea, wr. Barry Barclay, Martyn Sanderson, Helena's Story by Olive Bracey, dp Rory O'Shea, ed. Dell King; Martyn Sanderson, Olive Bracey, Helena's Story read by Dell King; 50 min.
Avenger, The (A. R. Harwood, 1937) crime melodrama; 55 min.
Avengers Of The Reef (Chris McCullugh, 1973) filmed in Fiji; children; 84 min.
Aya (Solrun Hoaas [female], 1991) Eri Ishida, Nicholas Eadie, Chris Haywood, Tim Robertson; the husband of a Japanese war bride expects her to become Australian; 92 min.
Babe (Chris Noonan, 1995) aka Babe the Gallant Sheep Pig; dp Andrew Lesnie; 92 min.
Babe: Pig in the City (Dr George Miller, 1998) aka Babe II http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/REVIEWS/B/babe.html
Bachelor Girl (Rivka Hartman, 1987) aka Once Upon a Wedding; Kym Gyngell; Jewish comedy; 86 min.
Back of Beyond (Michael Robertson, 1995) Paul Mercurio, Colin Friels, Dee Smart, John Polson, Rebekah Elmalogou; drama; released on VHS; 94 min.
Back of Beyond (John Heyer, 1954) documentary , 66 min.; cf. The Inlanders (1949); mailman Tom Kruse drives his truck through the sand from Maree to Birdsville
Backlash (Bill Bennett, 1986) prod. Bill Bennett for Mermaid Beach Productions, wr. Bill Bennett, with dialogue by the cast, dp Tony Wilson, music Michael Atkinson, Michael Spicer, ed. Denise Hunter; David Argue, Gia Carides, Lydia Miller, Brian Syron; drama, thriller; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 89 min.
Backpacker, The (Dion Boland, 2010) action thriller
Backroads (Phillip Noyce, 1977) prod. Elizabeth Knight & Phillip Noyce, wr. John Emery, Phillip Noyce & cast, dop Russell Boyd; Gary Foley, Bill Hunter, Terry Camilleri, Zac Martin, Julie McGregor; white drifter (Hunter) and young Aborigine (Foley) careen around outback NSW; brief review of DVD release: Edwin Peters, Empire, 45, December 2004: 112; Sydney, colour, 16 mm, 61 min.
Backsliding (Simon Target, 1992) Tim Roth, Jack Tyson, Odile le Clezio; review by Paul Salmond in Murray 1995: 330; review by Paul Salmond in Cinema Papers, 82, March 1991: 32-33; 88 min.
Backstage (Jonathan Hardy, 1988) prod. Frank Howson; drama; 88 min.
Bad Blood (Mike Newell, 1981) NZ; Jack Thompson, Carol Burns; drama; VHS; 113 min.
Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1994) Nicholas Hope, Claire Bonito, Ralph Cotterill, Carmel Johnson, Syd Brisbane, Nikki Price; 111 min.
This is a European 'idea' film - similar to Herzog's Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle; most people will find the first fifteen minutes tough going.
Bad Eggs (Tony Martin, 2003) wr. Tony Martin; Mick Molloy, Bob Franklin, Bill Hunter, Robyn Nevin, Judith Lucy, Alan Brough, Steven Vidler; 98 min.; released 24 July 2003; short review IF July 2003: 66
Bad Taste (Peter Jackson, 1989) NZ; comedy; 94 min.
Bad News Bachelors (Franco di Chiera, 1990) short, prod. wr. Franco di Chiera, production in association with the Australian Film Commission, with Nicholas Papademetriou, Helen Dallas, Greg Iverson, Deidre Brock-Jones; comedy about singles in the inner-city area of Sydney where finding a lover is not as easy as it seems; Stuart and Karen spend much of their time in coffee shops sharing experiences; They have a lot in common including some adventurous attempts at solving their problems; Stuart puts an advertisement in the gay personal column and Karen decides to visit a dating service; 27 min.
Bait (Russel Mulcahy, 2010) aka Bait 3D; sharks: horror
Bali Hash (John Darling, 1989) documentary
Bali Triptych (John Darling, 1987) documentary
Balibo (Robert Connolly, 2009) wr. David Williamson; set East Timor
Ballad of Betty and Joe, The (Martha Ansara, 2009) wr. Martha Ansara, Rivka Hartman; Alice Ansara, Tony Barry, 12 min.
Bananas in Pyjamas (ABC, 1991) TV series
Bangkok Hilton (Ken Cameron, 1989) mini-series; Nicole Kidman (AFI), Noah Taylor, Hugo Weaving, Denhom Elliott; Aust woman jailed in Thailand after inadvertently carrying drugs into the country
Banjo and the Bard (Bill Bennett, 1987) Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Brendan Higgins; VHS; drama; 60 min.
Banjo Patterson's The Man from Snowy River (Tim Burstall, Denny Lawrence, Dan Burstall, 1994) mini-series
Bank, The (Robert Connolly, 2001) David Wenham, Anthony LaPaglia; anti-bank thriller; AFI 2001: screenplay
Barbarosa (Fred Schepisi, 1982)
Barney (David S. Waddington, 1976) aka Lost in the Wild; Melbourne, col., 84 min. prod. David S. Waddington & John Williams for Columbia Pictures, wr. Colin Drake, dp Richard Wallace; Sean Kramer, Lionel Long, Brett Maxworthy, Spike Milligan, Colin Petersen, Robert Quilter, Mike Preston, Rob Steele, Al Thomas; children's adventure with US finance
Barry Butts In (Beaumont Smith, 1919) drama
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (Bruce Beresford, 1974) wr. Barry Humphries/Bruce Beresford; Barry Crocker, Barry Humphries, Donald Pleasence, Dick Bentley, Ed Devereaux; comedy; 98 min.
Batavia's Temper Blood Fury (David Blake, 2009) filming Abrolhos, Geraldton May 2008
Battlers, The (George Ogilvie, 1994) mini-series; wr. Peter Yeldham, novel Kylie Tennant; Gary Sweet, Jacqueline McKenzie
Battletruck (Harley Cokliss, 1982) action; cf. Mad Max 2; NZ; 93 min.
Beautiful Kate (Rachel Ward, 2009) Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, Ben Mendelsohn, Sophie Lowe, Maeve Dermody; family melodrama; Australian release 6 August 2009
beDevil (Tracey Moffatt, 1993) avant-garde trilogy of ghost stories, first major feature from an Aboriginal director, Tracey Moffatt; Mister Chuck, Choo, Choo, Choo; Lovin' the Spin I'm In; 90 min.
Before the Rain (Craig Boreham, Nick Clifford, Stephen de Villiers, CJ Johnson, 2010) wr. Shirley Barrett, Alice Bell, Christopher Lee, Judy Morris; Dungog
Beggars' Opera Cafe, The (Victoria Fisher, 1998) comedy; 90 min.
Beginner's Luck (Jane Oehr, 1984) segment of On the Loose
Belinda (Pamela Gibbons, 1988) aka Midnight Dancer; would-be ballerina works as showgirl in nightclub; repressed lesbianism (according to Scott Murray)
Bellbird (ABC, 1967-77) TV serial
Bello Onesto Emigrato Australia Sposerebbe Compaesana Illibata (Luigi Zampa, 1971) aka Girl in Australia; Alberto Sordi, Claudia Cardinale
Bells, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1911)
Below the Wind (John Darling, 1994) documentary
Below The Surface (Rupert Kathner, 1938) two miners compete for an important coal contract
Ben Hall And His Gang (John Gavin, 1911) wr. Agnes Gavin; John Gavin (Ben Hall)
Beneath Clouds (Ivan Sen, 2002) wr. Ivan Sen, prod. Teresa-Jayne Hanlon; Damian Pitt (Vaughn), Dannielle Hall (Lena), 95 min.; 52nd Berlinale - Berlin Film Festival 2002: Premiere First Film Award, Piper Heidsieck award for Best New Talent - Dannielle Hall; Perth Premiere: 9 May 2002, with Ivan Sen in attendance; Best Director AFI Awards 7 November 2002; Best Cinematography AFI Awards 7 November 2002: Alan Collins; national release 23 May 2002
My personal favourite: this shows what life is like for many rural (but not remote) First Australians - and also vignettes of their relations with (some) non-Aboriginal people. It's beautifully photographed - the director started as a stills photographer.
Beneath Hill 60 (Jeremy Sims, 2010) wr. David Roach; Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Steve Le Marquand, Gyton Grantley; Dungog, Cannes
Berlin Apartment, The (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill, 1987) experimental, 120 min.
Best of Friends, The (Michael Robertson, 1982) Eastman colour, 35 mm, 96 minutes, prod. Tom Jeffrey for The Friendly Film Company, wr. Donald McDonald, dp David Gribble, composer Brian King, design John Carroll, ed. Ron Williams; Graeme Blundell, Ruth Cracknell, Les Foxcroft, Moya O'Sullivan, Angela Punch McGregor, Graham Rouse, Henri Szeps; undemanding comedy
Best of the Paul Hogan Show, The (Paul Hogan, John Cornell, James Fishburn, Peter Faiman, 2004 [1977- ]) TV show compilation Channel 9, JP Productions
Bet, The (Mark Lee, 2006) Matthew Newton, Aden Young, Sibylla Budd
Betrayer, The (Beaumont Smith, 1921) Production Company: Beaumont Smith's Productions. Producer, Screenplay, Scenario, Script: Beaumont Smith. Photography: Lacey Percival. 5500 ft. Cast: Stella Southern (Iwa), Cyril Mackay (Stephen Manners), John Cosgrove (John Barris), Marie D'Alton (Mrs Manners), Mita (Hauraki), Bernice Vere (Eleanor Barris), Maggie Papakura, Herbert Lee, Raymond Hatton, Dunstan Webb. "The settings range widely, from the NZ hot springs and mountain scenery at Rotorua, to the Australian outback, the surf at Coogee, and a fashionable ballroom at Sydney's Wentworth Hotel." (Pike & Cooper)
Better Than Sex (Jonathan Teplitzky, 2000) wr. Jonathan Teplitzky; Susie Porter, David Wenham; comedy/romance; after a one-night stand a couple is faced with the terrifying possibility of what they really want; Toronto 2000, 85 min.
Better to Reign in Hell (Phillip Noyce, 1969) short; [title from Milton]; Clemency Weight (associated with Albie Thoms)
Betty Blokk-buster Follies (Peter Batey, 1976) aka Betty Blockbuster Follies; prod. Eric Dare; a Reg Livermore production, Musical Director: Mike Wade; 120 min. colour; Reg Livermore, the Baxter Funt band, the Reginas
Between Wars (Michael Thornhill, 1974) prod. Michael Thornhill, wr. Frank Moorhouse, dp Russell Boyd, ed. Max Lemon, production design Bill Hutchinson, costumes Marilyn Kippax, sound Ken Hammond; Corin Redgrave, Arthur Dignam, Judy Morris, Patricia Leehy; doctor story; Technicolor, 35 mm, 100 min.
Beware Of Greeks Bearing Guns (John Tatoulis, 2000) FFC; romantic revenge comedy
Beyond My Reach (Dan Burstall, 1989; metafilm; young Oz filmmakers make cult film
Beyond Reason (Giorgio Mangiamele, 1970) drama, thriller; patients locked in bunker of mental hospital during atomic warfare attack; 84 min.
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (John Laing, 1981) NZ; book by David Yallop; David Hemmings; John Hargreaves plays Arthur Alan Thomas, who was jailed for a double murder for which he was later (partly as a result of the film) acquitted
Beyond the Glass Ceiling (1994) Ronin Films; includes three short films by Jane Campion: Peel, A girl's own story, Passionless moments; as well as The lead dress, Excursion to the bridge of friendship, Crack in the curtains, Just desserts; FS 791.43092 CAM 1994 1, VHS
Beyond the Rim (Craig Godfrey, 1992) Pocketmoney Productions; pair of glasses shows the wearer things seen by their previous owner, who is dead; the glasses reveal his apparent suicide was in fact murder
Big Country, A (ABC, 1968-88) documentary TV series
Big Fish (Pascal Franchot, 1998) Austen Tayshus; comedy; 90 min.
Big House, The (Rachel Ward, 2001) short, wr. Rachel Ward, dp Toby Oliver; AFI best fiction short 2001; 24 mins, 35mm; Tony Martin, Gary Sweet, Kick Gurry
Big Hurt, The (Barry Peak, 1986) drama, thriller; 88 min.; VHS; scientist experimenting with human hormones
Big Night Out, The (Tim Boyle, 1998) 88 min.; VHS; comedy
Big Steal, The (Nadia Tass, 1990) wr. David Parker with Max Dunn, dp David Parker; Ben Mendelsohn, Claudia Karvan, Steve Bisley, Marshall Napier, Damon Herriman, Angelo d'Angelo, Tim Robertson; romantic comedy, revenge fantasy (aka Marc Clark van Ark, or Mark van Ark)
Big Toys (Chris Thomson, 1980) play by Patrick White; comedy of sexual politics
Bigger than Texas: The Ghosts that Never Die (David Noakes, 1992) documentary
Bigger than Tina (Neil Foley, 1999) wr. Neil Foley, production company: Backyard, producers RMIT media arts graduates Neil Foley, Grant Hardie, Ben Milward-Bason, distributor: Palace; mockumentary about Dan Vardy-Cobb (Michael Dalley), a daggy singer-songwriter who aims to be bigger than his idol, Tina Arena
Billy's Holiday (Richard Wherrett, 1994) Max Cullen, Kris McQuade, Tina Bursill, Genevieve Lemon, Drew Forsythe, Richard Roxburgh, Rachael Coopes; Max sounds just like Billie Holiday
Bingo, Bridesmaids and Braces (Gillian Armstrong, 1988) documentary
Birth of White Australia (Phil K. Walsh, 1928) investment for the film came from the country town of Young which also seems to have been its principal audience (O'Regan: 346) drama, thriller (Verhoeven)
Birthday Boy (Sejong Park, 2004) animated; received major award at the world's largest animation festival in Annecy, 7-12 June 2004; Best Short Animation AFI Oct 2004
Biscuit Effect, The (Matthew Holmes, 2005) Adam Wilson, Paul Bellman; mockumentary feature which documents the most unlikely of criminals pulling off the most unusual of heists
Bit of a Tiff with the Lord, A (Peter Duncan, 1995)
Bit Part, The (Brendan Maher, 1986) (or 1987) wr. Steve Vizard; Chris Haywood, Nicole Kidman, Katrina Foster, John Wood, Maurie Fields, Maureen Edwards; comedy; Michael Thornton is a Careers Counsellor who desires to be a bit part actor; 87 min.
Bitter Springs (Ralph Smart, 1950) Ealing; Michael Pate, Gordon Jackson, Chips Rafferty, Charles Tingwell, Henry Murdoch; colonial land rights clash tale from UK's Ealing Studios, with an Aboriginal as a major character: Black Jack (Henry Murdoch) is not a tracker as such, but he is a guide, in physical, social and moral senses
Black and White (Craig Lahiff, 2002) Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, Colin Friels, Ben Mendelsohn, David Ngoombujarra; premiere Sydney Film Festival 7 June 2002
Black Balloon, The (Elissa Down, 2008) wr. Elissa Down & co-prod. Jimmy Jack, prod. Tristram Miall, Jimmy Jack; Toni Collette, Gemma Ward, Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Erik Thomson; family melodrama; Toni Collette is the pregnant mother of two sons, one of whom is autistic
Black Box (Pete Ford, 1998) drama involving airline; 90 min.
Black Chicks Talking (Leah Purcell) documentary; Deborah Mailman, Kathryn Hay, Rosanna Angus, Tammy Williams, Cilla Mallone. "... even if there's nothing revolutionary in it, the documentary presents the issues through people, and with great sensitivity. The honesty is balanced with fun, but the darker edginess is what makes it compelling." Andrew Urban.
Black Harvest (Bob Connolly & Robyn Anderson, 1992) documentary
Black Ice (James Richards, 1996) action-adventure; 95 min.
Black Planet (1980)
Black River (Kevin Lucas, 1993) prize-winning film of Andrew Schultz's opera about black deaths in custody; Maroochy Barambah, John Pringle, Cindy Pan, Clive Birch, James Bonnefin, Bangarra Dance Troupe; according to a Trivial Pursuit Genus IV card, this is an "unusual Aussie film" which won the "Grande [sic] Prix Opera Screen '93"
Black Robe (Bruce Beresford, 1992) First Australia-Canada feature co-production, shot in Quebec; review by Greg Kerr in Murray 1995: 33
Black Sheep (Jonathan King, 2006) NZ horror comedy; zombie werewolf sheep
Black Water (David Nerlich, Andrew Traucki, 2007) Diana Glenn, Maeve Dermody; horror; crocodile monster
Blackfellas (James Ricketson, 1993) prod. Paul D. Barron et al.; John Moore (Doug), David Ngoombujarra (Floyd), Jaylene Riley (Polly), Ernie Dingo, Julie Hudspeth, John Hargreaves, Lisa Kinchela; AFI awards for Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Ngoombujarra)
Blackjack (2003) telemovie, Jigsaw Entertainment; Colin Friels, Marta Dusseldorp; franchise series; screened Ten
Blackrock (Steven Vidler, 1997) prod. David Elfick, Melanie Ritchie, Globe Film Company, wr. Nick Enright; Linda Cropper, Laurence Breuls, Simon Lyndon, Rebecca Smart, David Field, Boyana Novakovich, Chris Haywood, Jeannette Cronin, Jessica Napier, Justine Clarke, Essie Davis, Heath Ledger; loosely based on real life events surrounding the rape and murder of Newcastle teenager Leigh Leigh at a surf club party
Blacktown (Kriv Stenders, 2005) arthouse; Tony Ryan, Niki Owen (Nikki), Clayton Jacobson; relationship between black man and white woman; made for $50,000; premiere Sydney FF 17 June 2005
Black Water (Andrew Traucki, David Nerlich, 2007) prod. Michael Robertson
Blame (Michael Henry, 2010) Kestie Morassi, Sophie Lowe; WA
Blessed (Ana Kokkinos, 2009) Miranda Otto, Frances O'Connor, Deborra-Lee Furness, Sophie Lowe, Tasma Walton; lost children wander the night streets while their mother awaits their return home
Blind Fury (Phillip Noyce, 1989) low-budget comedy action; Rutger Hauer; based on Japanese Zato-ichi tradition; Hauer is good guy Vietnam vet; NOT Australian
Blindman's Bluff (Rachel Ward) short
Blindsight (Kathryn Millard) her current project, 2003
Blinky Bill (Yoram Gross, 1992)
Blinky Bill (Yoram Gross, 1994) TV series
Bliss (Ray Lawrence, 1985) prod. Anthony Buckley for Window III Productions, wr. Peter Carey and Ray Lawrence from the novel by Peter Carey, dp Paul Murphy, music Peter Best, design Owen Patterson, ed. Wayne le Clos; Lynette Curran, Helen Jones, Barry Otto, Tim Robertson, Miles Buchanan, Gia Carides; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 115 min.
Blood and Guts, 2002? prod. Al Clark: "like Heat reinvented by the Coen brothers"; Rachel Griffiths, Guy Pearce; starts filming 30 July 2002 Melbourne
Blood Money (Chris Fitchett, 1980) prod. Tom Broadbridge & Chris Oliver for Filmworks; wr. Chris Fitchett, John Ruane, Ellery Ryan; dp Ellery Ryan; ed. Chris Oliver; John Flaus, Bryan Brown, Peter Curtain, Chrissie James, Sue Jones, John Proper, Peter Stratford; Eastman colour, 16 mm, 64/72 min.; b/w; VHS
Blood Oath (Stephen Wallace, 1990) aka Prisoners of the Sun (USA); Bryan Brown, George Takei, ... John Polson, Russell Crowe, ... Jason Donovan; war-crimes trials in Ambon
Bloodlust (Richard Wolstencroft & Jon Hewitt, 1991) see Metro, 120, 1999: 24-27 (on Redball); horror, sci-fi, action, thriller; vampires; follows plotline of Fatal Attraction
Bloodmoon (Alec Mills, 1990) thriller, horror, sci-fi; killer mutilates couples
Bloodrush (Mark Stone, 1997) horror, sci-fi; alien needs body parts
Blowing Hot and Cold (Marc Gracie, 1989) prod. Rosa Colosimo; comedy, thriller
Blue Fin (Carl Schultz, 1978) novel by Colin Thiele; Hardy Kruger, Greg Rowe; children & family; 88 min.
Blue Fire Lady (Ross Dimsey, 1977) prod. Antony I. Ginnane, wr. Robert Maumill; Cathryn Harrison, Mark Holden, Peter Cummings, John Ewart, Gary Waddell, Marion Edward; girl meets horse; 90 min.
Blue Gum Romance, A (Franklyn Barrett, 1913) drama among the trees; used local white boys in blackface
Blue Lightning (Lee Philips, 1986) drama; opals; 96 min.
Blue Mountains Mystery, The (Raymond Longford, Lottie Lyell, 1921) murder mystery; 66 min.
Blue Murder (Michael Jenkins, 1995) mini-series, wr. Ian David; Richard Roxburgh, Tony Martin, Steve Bastoni, Gary Day, Steve Jacobs, Peter Phelps, Marcus Graham, Alex Dimitrades, Bill Hunter, John Hargreaves, Gary Sweet; 198 min.
Blue Notes (Bill Mousoulis, 2007)
Blue Poles (2005) short; Sam Worthington; Flickerfest Sydney Jan 2005
Blurred (Evan Clarry, 2002) released 31 October 2002; claimed to be the first feature film made entirely in Queensland since 1949 (since Sons of Matthew, Charles Chauvel); Jamie Croft, Jessica Gower, Gyton Grantley, Matthew Newton; "sex, drugs and trashed apartments are just part of the schoolies story..."
BMX Bandits (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1983) aka Shortwave, colour, 35 mm, 90 min., prod. Tom Broadbridge, Paul Davies for Nilsen Premiere, wr. Patrick Edgeworth, dp John Seale, production design Ross Major, ed. Allan Lake, music: Colin Stead and Frank Strangio; David Argue (Whitey), John Ley (Moustache), Nicole Kidman (Judy), Angelo D'Angelo (PJ), James Lugton (Goose); children
Body Melt (Philip Brophy, 1994) wrs. Philip Brophy, Rod Bishop, dp Ray Argall, music Philip Brophy; Gerard Kennedy, Andrew Daddo, Ian Smith, Vince Gil, Regina Gaigalas, Maurie Annese, Nick Polites, William McInnes
Bodyline (Carl Schultz, George Ogilvie, Lex Marinos & Denny Lawrence, 1984) mini-series; Hugo Weaving (Douglas Jardine), Gary Sweet, Jim Holt
Bolero (Albie Thoms, 1967) short
Bomb (Alister Grierson, 2005) short; three awards Tropfest 2005
Bomb Harvest (Kim Mordaunt, 2007) documentary
Bondage Of The Bush, The (Charles Woods, 1913) bush melodrama; 44 min.
Bondi Tsunami (Rachael Lucas, 2004) Keita Abe, Taki Abe, Miki Sasaki, Nobuhisa Ikeda
Bone Collector, The (Phillip Noyce, 1999) Angelina Jolie, Denzel Washington, Queen Latifah; not Australian
Bonjour Balwyn (Nigel Buesst, 1971) satirical comedy; 60 min.
Bonjour Timothy (Wayne Tourell, 1995) NZ; comedy
Bonza (David Swann, 1988) short, wr. David Swann; 16 mm. 27 min.; Bonza is a dog
Book of Revelation, The (Ana Kokkinos, 2006) wr. Andrew Bovell, Ana Kokkinos, prod. Al Clark, Wildheart Zizani, FFC funding 2004, novel Rupert Thomson; Tom Long, Ann Torv, Greta Scacchi, Colin Friels, Deborah Mailman; erotic thriller; shooting Melbourne from 8 March 2005; a dancer is kidnapped and sexually assaulted by three women; Aust release 7 September 2006
Bootleg (John Prescott, 1985) John Flaus, Ian Nimmo, Ray Meagher, Carmen Duncan; low budget drama with confusing story of mistaken identity
Bootmen (Dein Perry, 2000) wr. Steve Worland, prod. Hilary Linstead; Adam Garcia, Sophie Lee, Sam Worthington, Susie Porter, Anthony Hayes
Bored Olives (Bruce Redman, 1997) comedy; coming-of-age story about love, hope, belief and pizza
Born to Run (Ed Jurist, 1976) (aka Harness Fever); children; 94 min.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams (Pino Amenta, 1988) wr. prod. Frank Howson; John Waters, Penelope Stewart, Nick Paull, Kim Gyngell, Kevin Miles; highly successful playwright (Waters), dying of cancer, returns to Oz from US for final reunion with wife and child; melodrama; flashbacks in b/w; Waters Best Actor AFI 1988, Gyngell Best Supporting Actor: lol; 94 min.
Bound (Serhat Carradee, 2004) short, wr. Sam Meikle, prod. Daniella Ortega; Matthew Mazzafero, Ian Bliss, Jane Townsend, Joseph Zeini; AFTRS; 8 min.; on the DVD with Last of the Knucklemen
Boundaries of the Heart (Lex Marinos, 1988) prod. Patric Juillet, wr. Peter Yeldham, music Sharon Calcraft, dp David Sanderson & Geoff Simpson, 99 min.; Wendy Hughes, John Hargreaves, Norman Kaye, Julie Nihill, Max Cullen, Michael Siberry, John Clayton; filmed in Coolgardie WA; stranded in a small WA township, a 40-year-old spinster struggles with her sexual frustrations; Patric Juillet is husband of Hughes, who gets ass. prod. credit; "sleep-inducing" (Tony Harrison)
Box, The (Paul Eddey, 1975) prod. Ian Jones, Crawford Productions, wr. Tom Hegarty, Ray Kolle, dp Wayne Williams, ed. Philip Reid; Barrie Barkla, Fred Betts, Belinda Giblin, Ken James, Paul Karo, George Mallaby, Judy Nunn, Lois Ramsey, Ken Snodgrass, Graham Kennedy; drama based on the TV series and with the same characters, set in a TV station
Boxing Day (Kriv Stenders, 2007) wr. Richard Green, Kriv Stenders; Richard Green; prison drama; Adelaide Festival February 2007
Boy Who Dared to Dream, The (Frank Howson, 1994) children; 97 min.
Boy Who Had Everything, The (Stephen Wallace, 1985) colour, 35 mm, 94 min., prod. Richard Mason, Julia Overton for Alfred Road Films, wr. Stephen Wallace, dp Geoff Burton, production design Ross Major, ed. Henry Dangar, music: Raph Schneider; Jason Connery, Diane Cilento, Nique Needles, Laura Williams; drama
Boys, The (Rowan Woods, 1997) prod. Robert Connolly, John Maynard; David Wenham (Brett Sprague), Toni Collette (Michelle), John Polson (Glenn), Lynette Curran (Sandra), Anthony Hayes (Stevie), Jeanette Cronin (Jackie), Anna Lise (Nola), Pete Smith (George); http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/REVIEWS/B/boys.html; review by Tim Hunter, Cinema Papers, 124, May 1998: 36-37
Boys Are Back, The (Scott Hicks, 2009) aka The Boys Are Back in Town; Clive Owen as widowed sportwriter and single parent; drama, filmed in SA, Hicks's home state
Boys in the Island (Geoff Bennett, 1987) novel by Christopher Koch; Yves Stening, James Fox, Jane Stephens, Lexa Murphy, Joseph Clements; 106 min.
Boytown (Kevin Carlin, 2006) wr. Mick Molloy, Richard Molloy; prod. Mick Molloy, Greg Sitch, FFC, Film Victoria funding; Mick Molloy, Glenn Robbins, Wayne Hope, Bob Franklin, Gary Eck, Sally Phillips; Glenny G, singer-turned-teacher, wants one more crack at success in the music world; 1980s band reunion
Bra Boys (Sunny Abberton, 2007) documentary
Braille (Matthew Chuang, 2009) crime
Brainblast (Andy Neyl, 1987) horror, sci-fi
Braindead (Peter Jackson, 1992) aka Dead Alive, NZ, 100 min.; horror, sci-fi; behind the neat curtains in suburban Wellington, Lionel, formerly a shy and naive young man is busily attempting to sever his mother's apron strings in the most spectacular fashion; high level violence and horror effects
Bran Nue Dae (Rachel Perkins, 2009) musical; Phillip Rocky McKenzie, Geoffrey Rush, Ernie Dingo, Deborah Mailman, Ningali Lawford, Missy Higgins, Tom Budge
Bread and Dripping (Wimmins Film Collective, 1981)
Bread and Roses (Gaylene Preston, 1993) NZ; drama; Genevieve Picot
Break of Day (Ken Hannam, 1976) prod. Patricia Lovell, Clare Beach Films, wr. Cliff Green, music George Dreyfus, dp Russell Boyd; Sara Kestelman, Andrew McFarlane, Ingrid Mason, Tony Barry, John Bell, Maurie Fields, Eileen Chapman, Ben Gabriel, Sara Kestelmann, Geraldine Turner; WW1 vet falls for attractive artist; Melbourne, colour, 35mm, 112 min.
Breakaway (Don McLennan, 1989) aka Escape from Madness; Bruce Boxleitner, Bruce Myles, Deborah Unger, Toni Scanlan, Terry Gill; action-adventure; prison escapee takes hostage
Breaker Morant (Bruce Beresford, 1980) prod. Matt Carroll for South Australian Film Corporation, wr. Bruce Beresford, Jonathon Hardy, David Stevens from a play by Kenneth Ross, dp Don McAlpine. musical arranger: Phil Cuneen, design David Copping, ed. William Anderson; Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Allan Cassell, Terry Donovan, Charles Tingwell, John Waters; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Breakfast in Paris (John D. Lamond, 1982) prod. John D. Lamond, wr. Morris Dalton, dp Ross Berryman, music Brian May, pd Stephen Walsh. ed. Jill Rice; Barbara Parkins, Rod Mullinar, Jack Lenoir, Elspeth Ballantyne; drama; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 94 min.
Breaking Loose (Rod Hay, 1988) wr. Rod Hay, prod. Phillip Avalon; Peter Phelps (Ross), Vince Martin (Robbie), Abigail (Helen) , David Ngoombujarra (Davie), John Clayton, Tom Richards, Angela Kennedy, Gary Waddell, Sandra Lee Patterson, Sharon Tamlyn, Kris Greaves, Kate Grusovin, Dee Krainz; "Peter Phelps ... as a teenager who heads along the coast to visit a mate only to run into all sorts of confrontations, including the inevitable aggressive motor bike gang. ... [H]ybrid film ... that combines elements of the road movie genre with the more colloquial Australian surf movie." See also: Jim Schembri in Murray 1995: 245; sequel to Summer City
Breaking of the Drought, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1920)
Breaking The News (W. J. Lincoln, 1912) drama; 39 min.
Breathing Under Water (Susan Murphy Dermody, 1992) Anne Louise Lambert, Kristoffer Greaves, Maeve Dermody; review by Adrian Martin in Murray 1995: 333; art film
Brides of Christ (Ken Cameron, 1991) mini-series
Bridge to Nowhere (Ian Mune, 1986) NZ
Brilliant Lies (Richard Franklin, 1996) wr. David Williamson; Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Zše Carides, Ray Barrett, Neil Melville; 94 min.
Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009) John Keats biopic; Abbie Cornish, Ben Wishaw
Broken Barrier (John O'Shea, Roger Mirams, 1952) NZ; only feature film made in NZ between 1940 and 1964
Broken English (Gregor Nicholas, 1996) NZ; Croatian girl, Maori boy
Broken Highway (Laurie McInnes, 1993) wr. Laurie McInnes, prod. Richard Mason; Aden Young, Claudia Karvan, Bill Hunter, Dennis Miller, David Field, Norman Kaye; b/w; wide screen; review by Adrian Martin in Murray 1995: 379; Qld
Broken Melody, The (Ken G. Hall, 1938) prod. Ken G. Hall, Cinesound Features; wr. Frank Harvey from the novel by F J Thwaites; dp George Heath, ed. William Shepherd, 89 mins; Lloyd Hughes (John Ainsworth), Diana Du Cane (Ann Brady)
Brother (Adam Elliot, 1999) animated short
Brother Can You Spare a Dime? (Philippe Mora, 1975) documentary
Brothers (Terry Bourke, 1982) aka Hounds of War; Chard Hayward, Ivar Kants, Margaret Laurence, Alison Best; based on true story of five Australian journalists shot in Timor in 1975; two journalist brothers escape death but find it hard to settle in small town in NZ even after four years
Brothers at War (Richard Bradley, 1997); Colin Friels, Naomi Watts, Doug Mulray, Terry Serio, Mouche Phillips, Erick Mitsak, Elizabeth Mavric; based on 1984 Milperra shootout between Comanchero and Bandido bikies
Brush Off, The (Sam Neill, 2004) telemovie, wr. John Clarke, novel by Shane Maloney; prod. Huntaway Films (Sam Neill, John Clarke, Jay Cassells) in assoc. with Ruby Entertainment (Mark Ruse and Stephen Luby); second in "Murray Whelan" series; John Clarke, David Wenham (Murray Whelan), Steve Bisley, Mick Molloy; broadcast Seven August 2004
Buddies (Arch Nicholson, 1983) prod. wr. John Dingwall, dp David Eggby, design Phillip Warner, ed. Martin Down; Colin Friels, Harold Hopkins, Kris McQuade, Bruce Spence, Norman Kaye, Simon Chilvers, Lisa Peers, Dennis Miller; two miners searching for sapphires in Qld; AFI Best Screenplay; Eastman colour, 35mm Panavision, 97 min.
Bullet in the Arse (David Richardson, Paul Moder, Robin Brennan, 2003); premiere 11 July 2003 Melbourne Underground Film Festival; violent action
Bullseye (Carl Schultz, 1989) dp Dean Semler; Paul Goddard, Kathryn Walker, John Wood, Paul Chubb, Bruce Spence, Lynette Curran, John Meillon, Kerry Walker; cattle thieves in Qld head for SA; light entertainment based on actual event of 1860s; working title: Birdsville
Bungala Boys (Jim Jeffrey, 1961) Jimar Productions, [British] Children's Film Foundation; from the novel, The New Surf Club, by Claire Meillon. "Brian, a newcomer to Bungala Beach, near Sydney, forms a new surf lifesaving club; after several exciting rescues his club wins first prize in an important surf-boat race. ... The chief location was Bungan Beach, which Claire Meillon had named Bungala in her original novel, and extensive co-operation was received from lifesaving associations and surf clubs." (Pike & Cooper)
Burgomeister, The (Harry Southwell, 1935) aka Hypnotised [previously made as The Bells]
Burke and Wills (Graeme Clifford, 1985) explorers starving to death among food which they cannot recognise as such and Aboriginals who cannot understand that
Burke and Wills (Oliver Torr, Matthew Zeremis, 2006) Oliver Torr, Matthew Zeremis
Burning Man (Jonathan Teplitzky, 2011)
Bush Christmas (Ralph Smart, 1947) Children's Entertainment Films ([British] Children's Film Foundation); Chips Rafferty
Bush Christmas (Henri Safran, 1983) aka Prince and the Great Race, prod. Paul D. Barron; remake of 1947 film; John Ewart, John Howard, Nicole Kidman; 91 min.; Kidman's film debut
Bush Cinderella, The (Rudall Hayward, 1928) NZ
Bushfire Moon (George Miller, 1987) aka The Christmas Visitor; children's; Dee Wallace-Stone, John Waters, Bill Kerr, Charles Tingwell, Nadine Garner, Andrew Ferguson, Grant Piro, Kim Gyngell
Bushman's Bride (Spencer's Pictures, 1912)
Bushranger's Ransom, A, Or A Ride For Life (E. J. Cole, 1911) Ben Hall story
Bushwhackers, The (Raymond Longford, 1925)
Butterfly Crush (Alan Clay, 2010)
Cactus (Paul Cox, 1986) wr. Paul Cox, Bob Ellis & Norman Kaye, Fuji colour, 35 mm, 90 min., prods Jane Ballantyne & Paul Cox for Dofine, dp Yuri Sokol, design Asher Bilou, ed. Tim Lewis; Sheila Florance, Peter Aanensen, Isabelle Huppert, Norman Kaye, Bunduk Marika, Monica Maughan, Robert Menzies; Robert (Robert Menzies) is blind from birth, and interested in cacti
Cactus (Jasmine Yuen Carrucan, 2008)
Caddie (Donald Crombie, 1976) wr. Joan Long, prod. Anthony Buckley; Helen Morse, Takis Emmanuel, Jack Thompson, Jacki Weaver, Melissa Jaffer, Ron Blanchard, Drew Forsythe, Kirrili Nolan, Lynette Curran, June Salter, John Ewart, John Gaden, Jane Harders, Phillip Hinton, Mary Mackay, Lucky Grills, Robyn Nevin, Simon Hinton, Marianne Howard, Pat Everson, Carmel Cullen, Brian Nyland, Willie Fennell, Les Foxcroft, Jack Allen
Call Me Mum (Margot Nash, 2006) TV
Call Of The Bush (Charles Wood, 1912) sundowner story
Called Back (W. J. Lincoln, 1911) Production Company: Amalgamated Pictures, screenplay, scenario, script: W. J. Lincoln, from the novel by Hugh Conway set at the time of Garibaldi, dp Orrie Perry, 4000 ft.; Arthur Styan
Called Back (W. J. Lincoln, 1911) set in novel at the time of Garibaldi
Caloola (Alfred Rolfe, 1911) aka The Adventures Of A Jackeroo; settler daughter captured by Aboriginals
Came a Hot Friday (Ian Mune, 1984) NZ
Camel Boy, The (Yoram Gross, 1984)
Camera Class (Phillip Noyce, 1971) experimental short
Camera Natura (Ross Gibson, 1984) documentary
Candy (Neil Armfield, 2006) wr. Neil Armfield, Luke Davies, adaptation of Luke Davies novel, prod. Margaret Fink, Emile Sherman; Geoffrey Rush, Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish; dark story about a couple's love amid heroin addiction; two lovers embark on a journey of lust, addiction and self-destruction; begins principal photography Sydney 17 March 2005; Berlin Film Festival, Feb 2006; national release 25 Mary 2006
Candy Regentag (James Ricketson, 1989) aka Kiss the Night; prostitute falls in love with client
Cane Toads: An Unnatural History (Mark Lewis, 1987) documentary
Cane Toads: The Conquest (Mark Lewis, 2010) documentary
Cannibal Tours (Dennis O'Rourke, 1988) documentary
Cappuccino (Anthony Bowman, 1989) John Clayton, Rowena Wallace, Jeanie Drynan, Ernie Dingo (as himself)
Captain Midnight, The Bush King (Alfred Rolfe, 1911) Alfred Rolfe [Alfred Roker] (Edgar Dalmore/Captain Midnight), Lily Dampier [Rolfe's wife] (Elsa), Raymond Longford
Captain Starlight, or Gentleman Of The Road (Alfred Rolfe, 1911) Alfred Rolfe, Lily Dampier, Raymond Longford, Stanley Walpole, Augustus Neville
Captain Thunderbolt (Cecil Holmes, 1953) Grant Taylor, Charles Tingwell; bush western
Caravan Park (Phillip Noyce, 1973) short, Australian Film and Television School, wr. Phillip Noyce, story John Emery, dp Tom Cowan, ed. Anthony Buckley, sound Barry Brown, production assistant Gillian Armstrong, 14 min.; Beryl Marshall, Les Berryman, Mathew Kay; after their car breaks down, a family moves into a caravan park while they try to raise the money needed for the necessary repairs
Careful He Might Hear You (Carl Schultz, 1983) aka Sumner Locke Elliott's Careful He Might Hear You; prod. Jill Robb for Syme International Productions, New South Wales Film Corporation, wr. Michael Jenkins from novel by Sumner Locke Elliott, dp John Seale, music Ray Cook, design John Carroll, John Stoddart, John Wingrove, ed. Richard Francis Bruce; Wendy Hughes, Robyn Nevin, Nicholas Gledhill (PS), John Hargreaves (Logan) (AFI Best Supporting Actor), Geraldine Turner, Isabelle Anderson, Peter Whitford; Kodak colour. 35mm widescreen, 111 min.
Carry Me Back (John Reid, 1982) NZ; comedy
Cars that Ate Paris, The (Peter Weir, 1974) prod. Jim & Hal McElroy, Royce Smeal Film Productions & Salt Pan Films, wr. Peter Weir, story Piers Davies, Keith Gow & Peter Weir, dp John McLean, design David Copping, music Bruce Smeaton, ed. Wayne Le Clos; Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Chris Haywood, Max Gillies, Deryck Barnes, Edward Howell, Melissa Jaffer, Charles Metcalfe, Kevin Miles, Tim Robertson, Bruce Spence; Melbourne, colour, widescreen, thriller; 91 min.
Cassandra (Colin Eggleston, 1987) co-wr. Colin Eggleston; Tessa Humphries [daughter of Barry Humphries], Shane Briant, Susan Barling, Tim Burns, Briony Behets; slasher whodunnit thriller
Castanet Club, The (Neil Armfield, 1990) musical
Castle, The (Rob Sitch, 1997) wr. Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, Jane Kennedy, Rob Sitch; prod. Debra Choate, Michael Hirsh; Michael Caton (Darryl Kerrigan), Anne Tenney (Sal Kerrigan), Stephen Curry (Dale Kerrigan), Anthony Simcoe (Steve Kerrigan), Sophie Lee (Tracy Kerrigan), Wayne Hope (Wayne Kerrigan), Tiriel Mora (Dennis Denuto), Eric Bana (Con Petropoulous), Charles Tingwell (Lawrence Hammill), Robyn Nevin (Federal Court Judge), Costas Kilias (Farouk), Bryan Dawe (Ron Graham), Monty Maizels (Jack), Lynda Gibson (Evonne), John Benton (Mr. Lyle), Laurie Dobson (John Clifton), Stephanie Daniel (Council Officer), John Flaus (Sgt Kennedy); narrated from the point of view of one of the sons, Dale; 93 min.
Castor and Pollux (Phillip Noyce, 1973) documentary: biker called Gus and hippie called Adrian [Rawlins]
Caterpillar Wish, The (Sandra Sciberras, 2006) wr. Sandra Sciberras, prod. Kate Whitbread; Victoria Thaine (Emily), Susie Porter (her mother), Robert Mammone, Wendy Hughes, Khan Chittenden; Emily is a young girl trying to uncover the secrets of the past; shot Robe, SA
Cathy's Child (Donald Crombie, 1979) prod. Pom Oliver, Errol Sullivan, Dick Wordley, C. B. Films, wr. Ken Quinnell, novel Dick Wordley, dp Gary Hansen, music William Motzing, design Ross Major, ed. Tim Wellburn; Bryan Brown, Alan Cassell, Arthur Dignam, Michele Fawdon, Willy Fennell; Cathy (who is Maltese) wants her child returned after the father (he is Greek) has taken her (the child) out of the country; review by Jan Epstein in Murray 1995: 29; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 90 min.
Cats' Tales (Ralph Lawrence Marsden, 1998) children's adventure
Cattle King (Bill Bennett, 1983) story of Sir Sydney Kidman; Scott Burgess, Martin Vaughan; 60 min.; VHS; ABC Video
Caught In The Net (Vaughan C. Marshall, 1928)
Celia (Ann Turner, 1989) Rebecca Smart (Celia), Nicholas Eadie, Maryanne Fahey, Victoria Longley, William Zappa; set Melbourne 1957; Celia's pet rabbit must be destroyed
Celluloid Heroes (Robert Francis, 1995) wr. Robert Francis, vols. 1 and 2 [Parts 1-4], compilation
Cedar Boys (Serhat Caradee, 2009)
Celso and Cora: A Manila Story (Gary Kildea 1983) documentary
Centrespread (Tony Paterson, 1981) sleazy
Chain Reaction, The (Ian Barry, 1980) aka Nuclear Run, The Man at the Edge of the Freeway; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 90 min. prod. David Elfick for Palm Beach Pictures, wr. Ian Barry, dp Russell Boyd, design Graham Walker, ed. Tim Wellburn; Steve Bisley, Ralph Cotterill, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Richard Moir, Ross Thompson, Anna-Maria Winchester; George Miller directed the second unit; nuclear power plant accident; filmed around Lithgow
Change of Face, A (Franco de Chiera, 1988) documentary
Change of Heart, A (Rod Hay, 1998) comedy
Channel Chaos (Barry Peak, 1984) aka A Hatful of Arseholes; comedy
Channeling Baby (Christine Parker, 1998) NZ
Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, The (Fred Schepisi, 1978) prod. Fred Schepisi for Film House Australia, wr. Fred Schepisi, novel Thomas Keneally, dp Ian Baker, music Bruce Smeaton, design Wendy Dickson, ed. Brian Kavanagh; Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Ray Barrett, Jack Thompson, Tim Robertson, Angela Punch, Bryan Brown, Eliabeth Alexander, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Julie Dawson, Robyn Nevin; young Aboriginal explodes into violence when treated unjustly by whites; drama, thriller; Eastman colour, 35mm, widescreen, 122 min.
Charley's Web (Simon Heath, 1984) Max Cullen; political drama
Charlie & Boots (Dean Murphy, 2009) Paul Hogan, Shane Jacobson, released 3 Sept 2009; father and son travel from Victoria to Cape York to fulfil their lifelong ambition to fish
Charlotte Gray (Gillian Armstrong, 2001) Cate Blanchett as a British agent in occupied France; not Australian
Chase Through the Night (1983) mini-series in six parts, book Max Fatchen; Nicole Kidman; three bank robbers take over small town
Cheat, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1912)
Cheaters, The (Paulette McDonagh, 1930) wr. Paulette McDonagh; Marie Lorraine [Isabel McDonagh], Josef Bambach, Arthur Greenaway; made as a silent, with sound effects added later, so considered to be first sound film [cf. Spur Of The Moment]
Cheek to Cheek (Beth Armstrong, in production 2000) wr. prod. Beth Armstrong, line producer Lisa Lloyd, dp Tom Gleeson, ed. Martin Connor, pd Barnaby Hobbs, costumes Penny Mackie, composer Alyson Newman; Melissa Jaffer, Tina Bursill, Maggie Blinco, Georgina Naidu, David Hoey, Julie Herbert; fresh, humorous and uplifting story about a journey by a 73-year-old woman after the death of her husband, made in support of The International Year of Older Persons
Chequerboard (ABC, 1969-75) documentary series
Chicken (Grant Lahood, 1996) NZ, comedy
Children of the Dragon (Peter Smith, 1992) mini-series
Children of the Moon (Bob Weis, 1973) John Duigan
Children of the Revolution (Peter Duncan, 1997) wr. Peter Duncan, prod. Tristan Miall; dp Martin McGrath; F. Murray Abraham, Judy Davis, John Gaden, Rachel Griffiths, Russel Keifel, Sam Neill, Richard Roxburgh, Geoffrey Rush
Chile: hasta Cuando? (David Bradbury, 1985) documentary
Chill Factor, The (David L. Stanton, 1988) NZ; action
Chopper (Andrew Dominik, 2000) Eric Bana, Vince Colosimo (Neville Bartos), Simon Lyndon, David Field; screened Toronto 2000; 94 min.
Christian, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1911) 28 min.
Christmas Cake, The (Katey Grusovin) short
Chunuk Bair (Dale Bradley, 1991) NZ; war, Gallipoli, 1915
Church And The Woman, The (Raymond Longford, 1917)
Cinesound Review: Kokoda Front Line (Damien Parer, 1942) dp and commentary Damien Parer; shared 1942 Academy Award for Short Documentary with John Ford's Battle of Midway; Parer shot the footage for the Dept of Information, which let Cinesound use it (Shirley & Adams: 166) Parer was killed at work on Peleliu, Caroline Is, 1944
Circumstance (Lawson Harris, 1922)
City Loop (Belinda Chayko, 2000) wr. Stephen Davis; drama; Toronto 2000; broadcast free to air c. 2002/3
City of Dreams (Belinda Mason, in production 2000) documentary, wr. Gaby Mason/Belinda Mason, prod. Gaby Mason, Mark Hamlyn Production Company: Film Australia National Interest Program; 50-minute documentary on the remarkable personal and professional marriage of American architects Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin, their revolutionary design for Canberra and the impact they had on Australian culture
City's Child, A (Brian Kavanagh, 1972) prod. Brian Kavanagh, 35 mm from 16mm, 80 min., wr. Don Battye, dp Bruce McNaughton, composer Peter Pinne, design Trevor Ling, ed. Brian Kavanagh; Monica Maughan, Sean Scully, Moira Carleton
City's Edge, The (Ken Quinnell, 1983) aka The Running Man, Edge of the City; prod. Pom Oliver, Errol Sullivan for Eastcaps, wr. Robert Merritt, Ken Quinnell from novel by W. A. Harbinson, dp Louis Irvin, design Robert Dein, ed. Greg Ropert; Tom Lewis, Hugo Weaving, Katrina Foster, Mark Lee, Ralph Cotterill; love story set against decay of Bondi Beach: lovers' lives increasingly dominated by charismatic young Aborigine; Eastman colour, 35mm, 91 min.
Clancy (Simon Wincer, ready for 2005 shoot) Acclaimed director Simon Wincer can't wait to start work on the film version of Banjo Paterson's Clancy of the Overflow. "It is a massive, massive story and it is pretty epic," Wincer said of the $30 million budget film. "It is going to be a total Australian movie. It is fun, romantic, a love letter to the Australian bush and hopefully what everyone will expect." [www.theage.com.au] http://www.if.com.au/news/2004/04/01.html#item6752
Clara (Van Sowerwine, 2005) animated stop-motion short; 12 year-old girl struggling to deal with change in her life
Clara Gibbings (Frank Thring, 1934) wr. Frank Harvey, dp Arthur Higgins
Clay (Giorgio Mangiamele, 1965) aka Argilla; wr. dp. ed. Giorgio Mangiamele; first art movie, according to O'Regan 1996: 171, 223; 85 min.
Clean Machine, The (Ken Cameron, 1988) dp Dean Semler; Steve Bisley; Kennedy-Miller tele-feature; investigation of (police?) corruption; 120 min.
Clear and Present Danger (Phillip Noyce, 1994) Clint Eastwood; NOT Australian
Clinic, The (David Stevens, 1983) prod. Robert le Tet, Bob Weiss for the Film House, Generation Films, wr. Greg Millen, dp Ian Baker, ed. Edward McQueen-Mason, design Tracy Wart; Simon Burke, Pat Evison, Chris Haywood, Rona McLeon, Gerda Nicholson, Suzanne Roylance; gay doctor working in VD clinic; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Clinic, The (James Rabbitts, 2010) thriller
Closer and Closer Apart (Steve Middleton, 1988) prod. Rosa Colosimo; Steve Bastoni, George Harlem; set in Melbourne Italian community, inspired by Cavelleria Rusticana
Cloudstreet (rumoured) Tim Winton novel
Clowning Around (George Whaley, 1991) Barron Films; aka Clowning Sim; Clayton Williamson (Sim, 13), Ernie Dingo; Shot in Perth as a feature but shown as a mini-series.
Clowning Around Encore (George Whaley, 1992?) Barron Films; aka Clowning Sim; Clayton Williamson (Sim, 13), Ernie Dingo; shot in Perth as a feature but shown as a mini-series
Club, The (Bruce Beresford, 1980) aka David Williamson's The Club; prod. Matt Carroll, South Australian Film Corporation, wr. David Williamson from his play, dp Don McAlpine, design David Copping, ed. William Anderson; Alan Cassell, Margaret Doyle, Harold Hopkins, John Howard, Graham Kennedy, Jack Thompson, Frank Wilson; 90 min.
Clubland (Cherie Nowlan, 2007) prod. Rosemary Blight; Emma Booth, Brenda Blethyn, Khan Chittenden; coming-of-age story
Co-respondent's Course, A (E. A. Dietrich-Derrick, 1931) prod. F. W. Thring; first full-length talkie; first production from Efftee Films; extensive use of locations
Cobweb on a Parachute (Dusan Marek, 1967) experimental
Coca Cola Kid, The (Dusan Makaveyev, 1985) wr. Frank Moorhouse, based on two of his short stories; Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Max Gillies, Kris McQuade, Tony Barry, Paul Chubb, David Slingsby, Tim Finn; Oedipal struggle of son against father, among many other things
Coda (Craig Lahiff, Terry Jennings, 1987) aka Symphony of Evil, Deadly Possession; VHS
Coffin Rock (Rupert Glasson, 2009) drama/thriller; Lisa Chappell, Robert Taylor, Sam Parsonson
Cold Summer, A (Paul Middleditch, 2003) NZ; Teo Gebert, Olivia Pigeot, Susan Prior; Rottderdam FF 2003; IF Mag, June 2003: 28-29
Colleen Bawn, The (Gaston Mervale, 1911)
Colour Me Dead (Eddie Davis, 1970, or 1969?) crime; Tom Tryon, Carolyn Jones, Rick Jason, Patricia Connolly, Tony Ward, Penny Sugg, Reg Gillam, Margot Reid, Peter Sumner, Michael Laurence, Sandy Harbutt, John Dease, Tom Oliver, Phil Haldeman
Combination, The (David Field, 2009) Lebanese street culture in Sydney
Come by Chance (Lara Dunston, 1992) review by Raffaele Caputo in Murray 1995: 334
Come Rain or Shine (Frank Howson, 1992)
Come Out Fighting (Nigel Buesst, 1973) play by Harry Martin, dp Byron Kennedy, 50 min.; Michael Karpaney, Joey Collins, Bethany Lee , Cliff Neate, Peter Green (Rocko Garibaldi), Kris McQuade ('Sporting World' hostess), John Duigan (student); Aboriginal boxer drama
Come Up Smiling (William Freshman, 1939) aka Ants In His Pants; prod. Ken G. Hall; Will Mahoney (Barney O'Hara), Shirley Ann Richards (Eve Cameron); 77 mins.
Compo (Nigel Buesst, 1987) Jeremy Stanford, Bruce Kerr, Chris Barry, Elizabeth Crockett, Cliff Neate, Rowan Woods, Peter Hosking, Leo Regan, Darryl Emmerson; comedy
Computer Boy (Abe Forsythe) three scenes only of this short film on the Ned DVD
Comrades (Bill Douglas, 1986) wr. Bill Douglas; Vanessa Redgrave, Alex Norton, Jeremy Flynn, Arthur Dignam, John Hargreaves, Michael Hordern, Barbara Windsor, James Fox, Keith Allen, William Gaminara, Robert Stephens, Phil Davis, Robin Suaniss; drama; Tolpuddle Martyrs sent to NSW penal colony; 183 min.
Confessions of a Headhunter (Sally Riley, 2000) broadcast on SBS Saturday 3 June 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation; unusual tale of the different meanings myths and symbols hold for black and white Australians; Kelton Pell is the support for the white actor playing a man who discovers he is Nyoongar and beheads public statues as revenge for the beheading of the statue of Yagan in Perth, WA
Coniston Muster: Scenes from a Stockman's Life (Roger Sandall, 1972) documentary
Conn, The Shaughraun (Gaston Mervale, 1912)
Consider Your Verdict (Crawford Productions, 1961) TV series
Constance (Bruce Morrison, 1984) NZ; drama
Constance (Bruce Morrison, 1984) NZ; drama
Conversations at Curlow Creek (proposed) script written by Bruce Beresford
Coo-ee And The Echo (Alfred Rolfe, 1912) happy ending is only reached when a 'faithful' Aboriginal boy (played by Charles Woods in blackface) arrives in time to rescue the hero
Coo-ee From Home, A (Charles Woods, 1918)
Cool Change (George Miller, 1986) 35 mm, 93 min. producer: Dennis Wright for Delatite Productions, wr. Patrick Edgeworth, dp John Haddy, composer Bruce Rowlands, designer Leslie Binns, ed. Phil Reid; Lisa Armytage, John Blake, Wilbur Wilde, Alec Wilson; virtual sequel to Man from Snowy River
Coolangatta Gold, The (Igor Auzins, 1984) aka The Gold and the Glory; iron-man event; Joss McWilliam, Nick Tate, Josephine Smulders, Colin Friels, Robyn Nevin, Grant Kenny, Melissa Jaffer; Rocky formula
Coolbaroo Club, The (Roger Scholes, 1996) wr. co-prod. Steve Kinnane, prod. Penny Robbins; award-winning documentary on post-war race relations in Australia: in Perth, WA, 1946-1960, the Coolbaroo Club was a meeting place and a community focus for the local Aboriginal community; 55 min.
Cops and Robbers (Murray Reece, 1993) ANZ; comedy; Grant Dodwell, Gosia Dobrowolska, Melissa Kounnas, Mark Wright, Rima Te Wiata, Martin Vaughan
Cornflakes For Tea (John Colquhoun, 1980)
Corpse (James Clayden, 1982) non-narrative
Corroboree (Ben Hackworth, 2007) Rebecca Frith
Cosi (Mark Joffe, 1996) wr. Louis Nowra (also play); prod. Richard Brennan, Timothy White; Barry Otto (Roy), Ben Mendelsohn (Lewis), Toni Collette (Julie), Pamela Rabe (Ruth), Jacki Weaver (Cherry), Paul Chubb (Henry), Colin Hay (Zac), David Wenham (Doug), Colin Friels (Errol), Aden Young (Nick), Rachel Griffiths (Lucy), Kerry Fletcher (OT person), Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Robin Ramsay (the Minister); set in asylum; based to some extent on Louis Nowra's own experience - but he produced Trial by Jury
Cosy Cool (Gary Young, 1976) Gary Young, John Wilson; two bikies travel around the country
Countdown (ABC, 1978-87) TV series
Country Lads (Stanhope Andrews, 1941) NZ; documentary
Country Life, A (Michael Blakemore, 1994) Sam Neill, John Hargreaves, Greta Scacchi, Kerry Fox, Michael Blakemore; review by Fincina Hopgood in Murray 1995: 380; 'suggested by' Chekhov's Uncle Vanya
Country Practice, A (JNP Films Pty Ltd, 1981) TV serial
Country Town (Peter Maxwell, 1971) spinoff from Bellbird, filmed around Wentworth, NSW
Court of Lonely Royals (Rohan Michael Hoole, 2006)
Cowra Breakout, The (Phillip Noyce & Chris Noonan, 1985) mini-series; Alan David Lee, Dennis Miller, Max Cullen, George Shevtsov; 1104 Japanese POWs' mass breakout, August 1944
Cracker Bag (Glendyn Ivin, 2003) short; won Palme d'Or
Crackerjack (Paul Moloney, 2002) Mick Molloy, Judith Lucy, Bill Hunter, John Clarke, Samuel Johnson; 89 min.; Metro, 135: 16-20, 22-26
Crackers (David Swann, 1998) wr. David Swann; Warren Mitchell; comedy; family reunion
Cradle Song (Gilly Coote, 1977) wr. ed. Gilly Coote, Australian Film and Television School; Michele Fawdon; young woman, at home in the traditional wife/mother role, offered the opportunity to sing again, finds the decision a difficult one to make; 17 min.
Craic, The (Ted Emery, 1999) prod. David Foster, Mark Gracie, Jimeoin McKeown; Jimeoin McKeown, Alan McKee http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/REVIEWS/T/the_craic.html comic Jimeoin's first feature, with cliches and stereotypes; Fergus (Jimeoin) and buddy Wesley (Alan McKee) are Belfast backpackers on the run
Crashburn ( ) CoxKnight Production; Catherine McClements, Aaron Blabey
Crazy Richard (Katrina Mathers & Dean Francis, 2003) 64 min., video; Richard Viede, Katrina Mathers & Dominic McDonald, Bonnie Smith; "Another child star who fucked up"; mockumentary, satirical comedy in look at the contemporary star-making machine
Crime And The Criminal, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1912)
Crime Time (Marc Gracie, 1992)
Crisis, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1913)
Crocodile Dundee (Peter Faiman, 1986) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, David Gulpilil (Neville Bell); 96 min.
Crocodile Dundee II (John Cornell, 1988) dp Russell Boyd; Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, Ernie Dingo (Charlie)
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles (Simon Wincer, 2001) Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, David Ngoombujarra (Arthur)
Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course, The (John Stainton, 2002)
Crooked Earth (Sam Pillsbury, 2001) NZ
Crop, The (Scott Patterson, 2004) nightclub owner in early 1980s ends up at odds with marijuana when his clientele choose to smoke in his carpark rather than buy his booze; Australian release 19 August 2004; brief review: Oscar Hillerstrom, Empire, 42, September 2004: 26
Cross, The (Richard Frankland, in development 2002)
Cross Life (Claire McCarthy, 2007) 2 June 2007 (Dungog Film Festival), 21 June 2007 (Sydney International Film Festival)
Crossing, The (George Ogilvie, 1990) Russell Crowe, Robert Mammone, Danielle Spencer; reminiscent of Rebel Without a Cause (Nicholas Ray, 1955), according to Raffaele Caputo
Crosstalk (Mark Egerton, 1982) aka Wall to Wall; unacknowledged remake of Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock, 1954); thriller; computer inititates deadly games
Crush (Alison MacLean, 1992) NZ; dp Dion Beebe
Crush (John V. Soto & Jeff Gerritsen, 2009) story of Julian Meadows, an American exchange student and disgraced Tae Kwon Do champion whose life is transformed into a living hell after being seduced by the mysterious yet beautiful, Anna
Cry from the Heart (2000) broadcast on SBS Friday 26 May 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation; child taken from his mother grows up angry, violent and despairing, yet succeeds in his struggle to come to terms with his traumatic life
Crystal Voyager (Albert Falzon, 1973) documentary; surfing
Cthulhu (Damian Heffernan, 1996); drama; cult, invisible creature
Cubby House (Murray Fahey) copyright 2001, released to rental video 26 February 2003, Joshua Leonard, Belinda McClory, Jerome Ehlers, Craig McLachlan, Lauren Hewett; horror
Cult of Death, The (Geoffrey Brown, 1992) thriller; cult of Diana
Cunnamulla (Dennis O'Rourke, 2001) documentary; among other things, two underage girls discuss their sex lives for O'Rourke's camera
Cup, The (Simon Wincer, 2011) Melbourne Cup 2002
Cup Winner, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1911)
Cupid Camouflaged (Alfred Rolfe, 1918)
Custodian, The (John Dingwall, 1993) Anthony LaPaglia (Quinlan), Hugo Weaving (Church), Barry Otto (Ferguson), Kelly Dingwall (Reynolds), Essie Davis, Gosia Dobrowolska, Naomi Watts, Bill Hunter, Norman Kaye; cop investigative thriller; LaPaglia and Weaving feed info abt police corruption to reporter Dingwall who feeds it to investigator Otto; but he stuffs up, resulting in deaths of Otto's wife and then Weaving; LaPaglia then leaves the force
Cut (Kimble Rendall, 2000) prod. Martin Fabinyi, Bill Bennett, Jennifer Bennett, wr. Dave Warner, exec. prod. Michael Gudinski, Mushroom Pictures and Beyond Films; released 25 February 2000, thriller, horror; Kylie Minogue, Tiriel Mora, Jessica Napier, Sarah Kants, Molly Ringwald, Simon Bossell, Stephen Curry; killer begins to stalk the actors of a low budget horror film (Hot Blooded), killing them off one by one; group of film students attempt to finish a horror movie that stopped production years earlier when the director was killed; unaware that every attempt to complete the pic coincided with the murders of those involved, the students return to the original location in an isolated part of the country; when filming begins, so do the killings
Dad and Dave Come To Town (Ken G. Hall, 1938) aka The Rudd Family Goes to Town; Peter Finch
Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (George Whaley, 1995) wr. George Whaley, stories by Steele Rudd; Leo McKern, Geoffrey Rush, Joan Sutherland, Ray Barrett, Noah Taylor, Barry Otto
Dad Rudd, M.P. (Ken G. Hall, 1940)
Dags (Murray Fahey, 1998) wr. prod. Murray Fahey, comedy; Tanya Bulmer, David Callan, Sheena Crouch, Daniel Cordeaux, Penny Cooper, Sam Makhoul, Murray Fahey, Angus Sampson, Brian Roberts, Paul Arundel, Rebecca de Unamuno, Peter Callan
Daisy and Simon (Stasch Radwanski Jr., 1989) aka Where the Outback Ends; prod. Pamela Borain & Paul D. Barron, Barron Films, assisted inter alia by the WA Film Commission, 35 mm., 106 min.; Sean Scully, Jan Adele, Peter Hardy; comedy based on age difference; Perth [WA] accountant gradually falls for an older woman after he helps out on her property; tired and unoriginal drama
Dalkeith (Leigh Sheehan, 2001) "an old people's home races a greyhound and a whole new world opens up". Lynden Barber, "Let slip the dogs", The Weekend Australian, 31 March-1 April 2001, Outtakes, Arts: R23; Metro, 136: 46-47
Dallas Doll (Ann Turner, 1993) Sandra Bernhard, Victoria Longley, Frank Gallacher, Jake Blundell, Rose Byrne; havoc when American golf instructor moves in with family; ABC finance
Dalmas (Bert Deling, 1973) Melbourne, colour, 16 mm., 103 min., prod. Apogee Films, wr. Bert Deling, dp Sasha Trikojus; Peter Cummins, John Duigan, Max Gillies, Peter Whittle, Roger Ward; policeman pursues drug pusher
Damnation of Harvey McHugh, The (Richard Sarell, 1994) mini-series; Peter Dodds, Nandy Smith, Brendan Maher
Damned by Dawn (Brett Anstey, 2010)
Dan Morgan: Notorious Australian Outlaw (Spencer's Pictures, 1911) "Aborigines associated with a bushranger" Malone 1987: 3; Pike & Cooper: 29
Dance Me to My Song (Rolf de Heer, 1998) wr. Heather Rose; Heather Rose, John Brumpton; Cannes
Dangerfreaks (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1989) documentary; Grant Page; concerned with stunts
Dangerous Game (Stephen Hopkins, 1991) thriller; Miles Buchanan, Marcus Graham, Steven Grives, Kathryn Walker
Dangerous Orphans (John Laing, 1986) NZ
Dangerous Summer, A (Quentin Masters, 1982) aka The Burning Man; from an idea by Kit Denton; Tom Skerritt, James Mason, Wendy Hughes, Ray Barrett, Guy Doleman; political thriller; Burning Man, A (Quentin Masters, 1982) Tom Skerritt, James Mason, Ian Gilmour, Wendy Hughes, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye; insurance fraud drama about bushfires around Sydney
Danny Deckchair (Jeff Balsmeyer, 2003) wr. Jeff Balsmeyer; Rhys Ifans, Miranda Otto; cement truck driver gets new life when he floats off from a bbq on a chair carried by helium-filled balloons; "Strained and uncertain, despite some appealing characters, including Miranda Otto [sic]." Evan Williams, Oz, 30 July 2003: 13
Dark Age (Arch Nicholson, 1986) John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps, Burnum Burnum, David Gulpilil, Ray Meagher; crocodile hunter after big croc, cf. Jaws; NT
Dark City (Alex Proyas, 1998) wr. Alex Proyas
Dark Room, The (Paul Harmon, 1982) prod. Tom Haydon for Nadira, wr. Michael Brindlry, Paul Harmon, dp Paul Onorato, music Cameron Allen, design Richard Kent, ed. Rod Adamson; Alan Cassell, Anna-Maria Monticelli, (as Anna Jemison), Svet Kovich, Diana Davidson, Rowena Wallace, Ric Hutton, Oriana Panozzo, Baz Luhrmann (walkon); slightly disturbed young amateur photographer finds that his father has been secretly having an affair with his co-worker; thus begins a spiral into blackmail, stalking, and voyeurism; Eastman colour, 35mm, 96 min.
Dating the Enemy (Megan Simpson Huberman, 1996) Guy Pearce, Claudia Karvan
Daughter Of Australia, A (Gaston Mervale, 1912) Harry Beaumont (?), Louise Carbasse; romance of the Australian gold diggings
Daughter Of Australia, A (Lawson Harris, 1922) young Englishman, falsely accused of murder, eludes the police by emigrating to Australia where he finds work on a cattle station and befriends the squatter's daughter
Daughter Of The East (Roy Darling, 1924) aka The Boy Of The Dardanelles; melodrama of Anzac Cove
Dawn! (Ken Hannam, 1979) Eastman colour, 35mm, 115 min. prod. Joy Havill for Aquataurus Film Productions, South Australian Film Corporation, wr. Joy Cavill, dp Russell Boyd, design Ross Major, ed. Max Lemon; Bunney Brooke, John Diedrich, Ron Haddrick, Gabrielle Hartley, Ivar Kants, Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Tom Richards; biopic of Dawn Fraser
Dawn of the DMFs (Chris Summers, 1992) horror
Day, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1914)
Day in the Life, A (Colin O'Murchu, 2010)
Day of the Panther (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1988) prod. Damien Parer, wr. Peter West, dp Simon Akkerman, 84 min. Edward John Stazak, John Stanton, Jim Richards, Michael Carmen, Zale Daniel, Paris Jefferson; martial arts master Jason Blade is sent from Hong Kong to Perth [WA] to deal with drug lord Stanton; first Jason Blade feature is traditional well-staged action; followed by sequel Fists of Blood.
Daydream Believer (Kathy Mueller, 1992) Miranda Otto, Martin Kemp, Gia Carides, Kerry Walker, Brian Blain; review by Karl Quinn in Murray 1995: 335
de Vils' tas Mania (Di Nettlefold, 1992) aka Three Cornered Island; drama
Dead Calm (Phillip Noyce, 1989) novel Charles Williams, The Deep; Nicole Kidman, Sam Neill, Billy Zane, George Shevtsov; ending was changed, v. Boland & Bodey, Aussiewood: 122
Dead Easy (Nigel Buesst, 1970) wr. prod. Nigel Buesst, dp Vincent Monton; Peter Carmody, Kurt Beimel, Anna Raknes, Peter Cummins, David Carr, Brian Davies, Mark McManus, Bruce Spence
Dead End (Iren Koster, 1998) thriller
Dead-End Drive In (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986) Ned Manning (Crabs), Natalie McCurry (Carmen); based on Peter Carey story, "Crabs", uncredited; 91 min. Sydney
Dead Heart (Nick Parsons, 1996) wr. Nick Parsons, prod. Bryan Brown, Helen Watts; Bryan Brown, Ernie Dingo, Angie Milliken, Gnarnayarrahe Waitaire, Aaron Pedersen; Bryan Brown as outback cop in story of clash between tribal and white man's law who investigates the death of Tony (Pedersen)
Dead Kids (Michael Laughlin, 1981) aka Shadowland, Strange Behaviour; prod. Antony I. Ginnane & John Barnett for Endeavour Productions and Bannon Glen, wr. William Condon and Michael Laughlin, music Tangerine Dream, design Susanna Moore, dp Louis Horvath, ed. Petra; Michael Murphy, Louise Fletcher, Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis, Arthur Dignam; Eastman colour, 35mm, wide-screen 97 min. "the splatter end of exploitation"
Dead Letter Office (John Ruane, 1998) wr. Deborah Cox; prod. Artist Services, Deborah Cox, Andrew Knight, Denise Patience, Steve Vizard; Miranda Otto (Alice), George DelHoyo (Frank Lopez), Georgina Naidu, Nicholas Bell (Kevin), Syd Brisbane (Peter), Jane Hall (Heather), Jillian O'Dowd (Lizzy), Vanessa Steele (Carmen), Barry Otto
Dead Man's Float (Peter Maxwell, 1980) aka Smugglers Cove; Greg Rowe, Sally Boyden, Jacqui Gordon, Rick Ireland, Bill Hunter, Sue Jones, Gus Mercurio, Ernie Sigley; drama
Dead Sleep (Alec Mills, 1990) aka Deep Sleep; wr. Michael Rymer; Linda Blair, Tony Bonner, Sueyan Cox, Christine Amor, Craige Cronin; deep sleep therapy thriller
Dead to the World (Ross Gibson, 1990) prod. John Cruthers, Huzzah Productions; Lynette Curran, John Doyle, Tibor Gyapjas, Agnieszka Perepeczko, Richard Roxburgh; Newtown, once the boxing centre of Sydney, is now the property speculation capital; property developers are looking to wring a fortune out of the district; Alexandra's gym, of which she is proud and protective, is prime real estate and many factions are coveting it; passions heat and the moral ground begins to shift - everyone must decide what they want, how they might get it and just where they would draw the line in the quest for satisfaction; no theatrical release; 102 min.
Deadline (Arch Nicholson, 1981) Barry Newman, Bill Kerr, Trisha Noble, Bruce Spence, Alwyn Kurts, John Ewart, Willie Fennell; apparent minor earthquake in outback Australia sets journalist Barney Duncan (Newman) on the trail of a story of nuclear extortion
Deadly (Esben Storm, 1992) Jerome Ehlers, Frank Gallacher, Lydia Miller, John Moore, Caz Lederman; review by Karl Quinn in Murray 1995: 336; story about investigation into a black death in custody
Deadly Chase (Duncan McLachlan, 1992) thriller
Dear Cardholder (Bill Bennett, 1987) comedy; Robin Ramsay, Jennifer Cluff, Marion Chirgwin, Jon Ewart, Patrick Cook, Bob Ellis; clerk acquires credit card, only to get deeper in debt
Dear Claudia (Chris Cudlipp, 1999) Bryan Brown, Aleksandra Vujcic (Claudia Keesing); Deborah Mailman works in the post office! they're marooned in the Whitsundays, poor things, and enjoy a tropical holiday living on crab and mango before falling predictably in lerve; true Romance fantasy for the older man and oedipal woman
Death Defying Acts (Gillian Armstrong, 2007) wr. Tony Grisoni, Brian Ward, prod. Chris Curling, Marian Macgowan; Guy Pearce as Harry Houdini, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan; an Australia/UK co-production drama; Toronto October 2007
Death in Brunswick (John Ruane, 1991) Sam Neill, Zoe Carides, John Clarke, Yvonne Lawley, Nico Lathouris (Mustafa)
Death in the Afternoon (Sarah Ducker, in production 2000) wr. Sarah Ducker, prod. Jan Chapman and Leisl Hillhouse, finance AFC, prod. Prospero Pictures; experimental feature film about the disintegration of the artist Brett Whiteley and the personal shipwrecking of creative spirit
Death in the Family, A (Stewart Main, Peter Wells, 1987) NZ; last 16 days of man dying of AIDS; 48 min.
Death of a Soldier (Philippe Mora, 1986) aka Leonski Incident; James Coburn as a senior American commander in Australia during the Second World War; James Coburn, Reb Brown, Bill Hunter, Maurie Fields, Max Fairchild, Belinda Davey, Randall Berger, Michael Pate; dramatises the only time in Oz history when a foreign national was tried under the laws of a foreign country for crimes against Oz citizens in Australia
Death Warmed Up (David Blyth, 1984) NZ
Deathcheaters (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1976) prod. Brian Trenchard-Smith, wr. Michael Cove, Brian Trenchard-Smith, dp John Seale, 93 min.; John Hargreaves, Grant Page, Margaret Gerard, Noel Ferrier, Wallas Eaton, Ralph Cotterill, Judith Woodroffe, John Krummel, Michael Aitken, Drew Forsythe, Chris Haywood, Roger Ward; story about stuntmen: "Cunning Stunts"; Eastman colour, 35mm, Panavision 100 min.
Deathwatch (Peter Maxwell, nd) Hugh Keays-Byrne; suspense horror thriller
December Boys (Rod Hardy, 2007) wr. Marc Rosenberg, based on Michael Noonan's novel of the same name, prod. Richard Becker; Daniel Radcliffe, Paz Vega; tells of four young orphan boys in the 1960s; the close group of friends find themselves vying for a place in the home and family they all long for; family adventure
Deck Dogz (Steve Pasvolsky, 2004) released 5 January 2005, prod. Jennifer & Bill Bennett; teen skateboarding film; three boys go to meet hero Tony Hawk; Sean Kennedy, Ho Thi Lu; general release 6 January 2005; budget $4m, P&A $1m; niche target market segment 10-16 yo boys; FFC budget $2,611,539, box office $286,708
Deeper Than Blue (Sandra Sciberras, 2003) aka Max's Dreaming, wr. Sandra Sciberras, prod. Kate Whitbread, dp Greg Paris; Colin Friels, Genevieve Picot, Bruce Myles, Robert Taylor, Gabriel Strangio; a young boy is rushed to hospital unconscious; when he wakes, he can't remember anything
Delinquents, The (Chris Thomson, 1989) prod. Alex Cutler, Mike Wilcox; wr. Clayton Rohman, Mac Gudgeon; novel Criena Rohan; Kylie Minogue (Lola Lovell), Charlie Schlatter (Brownie Hansen) Angela Punch-McGregor, Bruno Lawrence; 102 min.
Deliver Us from Evil (Richard Wolstencroft, 1991) Totti Goldsmith, Lachy Hulme, Greg Parker, Dale Stevens, Paul Moder; thriller
Demons in my Head (Neil Johnson, 1998) horror, sci-fi
Demonstone (Andrew Prowse, 1990) action
Demonstrator (Warwick Freeman, 1971) prod. David Brice, James Fishburn for Freeman-Fishburn International and Act One, wr. Kit Denton, novel Elizabeth & Don Campbell, dp John McLean, Canberra; Michael Aitkens, Slim de Grey, Noel Ferrier, Ken Goodlet, Harold Hopkins, Irene Inescourt, Joe James, Gerard Maguire, Max Meldrum, Kenneth Tsang, Doreen Warburton, John Warwick; set during anti-Vietnam demos
Denial (Phillip Crawford, 1997) short, wr. ed. assoc prod. Phillip Crawford, supervising prod. Ann Turner, Janis Lesinskis, VCA School of Film and Television, University of Melbourne; nominated for two awards AFI 1998; two brothers and a mother (Kerry Armstrong) in a caravan park and a pedophile; 17 min.
Departure (Brian Kavanagh, 1985) aka A Pair of Claws; drama set among Tasmanian politics
Desert Gold (Beaumont Smith, 1919) stunts; Desert Gold is a horse
Desolation Angels (Chris Fitchert, 1982) aka Fair Game, Killing Time; Eastman colour, 35 mm 95 min. producer: Chris Oliver, Winternight Productions, wr. Chris Fitchett, Ellery Ryan, dp Ellery Ryan, music Mark MacSherry, design: Josephine Ford, editor: Tony Stevens; Nick Lathouris, Kerry Mack, Jay Mannering, Marie O'Laughlin, Kim Trengrove, Karen West; thriller
Desperate Remedies (Stewart Main, Peter Wells, 1993) NZ, comedy
Devil in the Flesh (Scott Murray, 1989) aka Beyond Innocence (US), wr. Scott Murray, based on novel Le diable au corps (Raymond Radiguet); c 1985, premiere Cannes 1986; Katia Caballero, Keith Smith, John Morris, Jill Forster; schoolboy falls in love with French woman, who falls pregnant
Devil's Playground, The (Victor Bindley, 1928) "South Sea island genre"
Devil's Playground, The (Fred Schepisi, 1976) wr. prod. Fred Schepisi, dp Ian Baker; Simon Burke, Arthur Dignam, Tom Keneally, John Diedrich, Sheila Florance, John Frawley, Jonathan Hardy, Charles McCallum, Nick Tate; based on Schepisi's own experience in a Catholic school; Melbourne, colour, 35mm, 107 min.
Dhakiyarr vs The King (Tom Murray & Alan Collins, 2004) documentary; Sydney Film Festival 2004; Sundance Jan 2005
Diana and Me (David Parker, 1997) prod. Matt Carroll; wr. Elizabeth Coleman, Matt Ford; Toni Collette, Dominic West, Malcolm Kennard
Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky, The (Paul Cox, 2002)
Digger Earl, The (Beaumont Fletcher, 1924)
Diggers (Frank W. Thring & Pat Hanna, 1931) comic adventures of Chic and Joe; followed by Diggers in Blighty and Waltzing Matilda
Diggers In Blighty (Pat Hanna, 1933) based on sketches used in the Diggers stage show; while serving in France in 1918, Chic and Joe abscond with rum from the quartermaster's store...
Dimboola (John Duigan, 1979) prod. John Weiley for Pram Factory Pictures, wr. Jack Hibberd from his play, dp Tom Cowan, music George Dreyfus, Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band, design Larry Eastwood, ed. Tony Patterson; Natalie Bate, Max Cullen, Max Gillies, Dick May, Chad Morgan, Tim Robertson, Bruce Spence; review by Scott Murray in Murray 1995: 31; Eastman colour, 35mm, 94 min.
Dingo (Rolf de Heer, 1992) Colin Friels (as a trumpeter), Miles Davis, Bernadette Lafont, Helen Buday; review by Raymond Younis in Murray 1995: 337; filmed around Bungle Bungles, WA, and in Paris
Dingo, The (Kenneth Brampton, 1923)
Dinkum Bloke, The (Raymond Longford, 1923)
Dirt Music (Phillip Noyce, pre-production 2004) film rights of Tim Winton's novel bought by Phillip Noyce in 2002; film to be shot in WA set in fictional seaside town of White Point; Layla Tucak, "Noyce to put Music on film", The Australian, 11 May 2002: 3
Dirtwater Dynasty (Michael Jenkins & John Power, 1988) mini-series; Hugo Weaving, Ernie Dingo, Peter Phelps; multi-generational saga about Londoner from the wrong side of the tracks who makes his fortune in Australia
Dirty Deeds (David Caesar, 2002) wr. David Caesar, dp Geoffrey Hall; Bryan Brown, John Goodman, Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Sam Worthington, Felix Williamson, Kestie Morassi, 98 min., national release 18 July; Best Production Design AFI Awards 7 November 2002: Chris Kennedy; Best Costume Design AFI Awards 7 November 2002: Tess Schofield; Brian McFarlane, "Dirty deeds and good clean fun: some recent Australian caper movies", Metro, 140, 2004: 48-52
Dirty Laundry (Suzanne Brown, 1998) 75 min.
Disgrace (Steve Jacobs, FFC funding 2006) wr. Anna-Maria Monticelli, J.M. Coetzee (novel), prod. Anna-Maria Monticelli (Jacobs' partner), Emile Sherman; John Malkovitch; Cape Town professor; ethical complexities
Dish, The (Rob Sitch, 2000) comedy; Sam Neill (Cliff Buxton), Kevin Harrington, Tom Long, Patrick Warburton [as seen on Seinfeld], Genevieve Mooy, Tayler Kane, Roy Billing, Bille Brown, Andrew S. Gilbert, Lenka Kripac, Matthew Moore, Eliza Szonert, John McMartin, Carl Snell; Toronto 2000; Working Dog Productions; Evan Williams review Weekend Australian Review 21-22 October 2000: 21 - 'Dish lacks real bite'
Dismissal, The (Dr George Miller, Phillip Noyce, Carl Schultz, George Ogilvie, John Power, 1983) prod. Kennedy Miller; TV documentary; Max Phipps (Gough Whitlam), John Stanton (Malcolm Fraser), John Meillon (John Kerr), John Hargreaves (Jim Cairns)
Divided Heart, A (Denny Lawrence, 1998)
Division 4 (Crawford Productions, 1969-75) TV series
Djarn Djarns, The (Wayne Blair, 2005) short; Aust premiere Message Sticks festival Sydney Friday 27 May 2005
Do Men Love Women? (Alfred Rolfe, 1912
Doctors and Nurses: A Story of Hopes (Maurice Murphy, 1981) dp John Seale; Rebecca Rigg, Miguel Lopez, Jeremy Larsson, Joshua Samuels, Brent Gowland, Mary Anne Davidson, Pamela Stephenson, Bert Newton, Richard Meikle, Drew Forsythe, Andrew McFarlane, Graeme Blundell, June Salter, Terry Bader, John Hargreaves; children's comedy: children are the medical staff in the hospital and adults are the patients; VHS
Does The Jazz Lead To Destruction? (Fred Ward, 1919) comedy
Dogs in Space (Richard Lowenstein, 1987) Michael Hutchence, Saskia Post, Nique Needles; 106 min.; lead singer of INXS is the star; Dogs in Space is the name of fictional band
Dogwatch (Laurie McInnes, 1999) prod. Richard Brennan; Steven Vidler, Russell Kiefel, John Brumpton, Joel Edgerton, Richard Carter, John Alansu, Yew Glynn; 100 min.
Doing Time For Patsy Cline (Chris Kennedy, 1997) prod. Chris Kennedy, John Winter, wr. Chris Kennedy, dp Andrew Lesnie (AFI award); Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, Matt Day, Tony Barry, Roy Billing, Annie Byron, Gus Mercurio, Kiri Paramore, Wayne Goodwin; 96 min.
Don Quixote (Rudolf Nureyev & Robert Helpmann, 1973)
Don's Party (Bruce Beresford, 1976) prod. Phillip Adams for Double Head Productions, wr. David Williamson from his play, dp Don McAlpine, ed. William Anderson; Ray Barrett, Claire Binney, Pat Bishop, Jeanie Drynan, John Hargreaves, Harold Hopkins, Graham Kennedy, Graeme Blundell, Veronica Lang, Candy Raymond, Kit Taylor, John Gorton; election night 1969; Canberra, colour, 87 min.
Don't Call me Girlie (Andree Wright & Stewart Young, 1985) documentary, 68 min., contribution made by women to the Australian film industry
Don't Let It Get You (John O'Shea, 1966) NZ; Howard Morrison, Carmen Duncan; Aussie drummer goes to NZ to find work; 80 min.
Dope (Dunstan Webb, 1924)
Dot and Keeto (Yoram Gross, 1986)
Dot and the Bunny (Yoram Gross, 1983)
Dot and the Kangaroo (Yoram Gross, 1977)
Dot and the Koala (Yoram Gross, 1983)
Dot and the Smugglers (Yoram Gross, 1987) aka Dot and the Bunyip, Dot and the Lake Monsters
Dot and the Whale (Yoram Gross, 1986)
Dot Goes to Hollywood (Yoram Gross, 1989)
Dot in Space (Yoram Gross, 1995)
Double Deal (Brian Kavanagh, 1983) prod. Phillip Avalon; Louis Jourdan, Angel Punch McGregor, Diane Craig, Warwick Comber, Peter Cummins, Bruce Spence, June Jago, Peter Cummins, Kerry Walker; drama, whodunnit
Double Dealer, The (Alan Dickes, 1975) telemovie, wr. prod. Phillip Avalon; cast: Phillip Avalon
Double Event, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1911)
Double Jeopardy (Bruce Beresford) Australian director Bruce Beresford's latest film Double Jeopardy, a thriller starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones, made it into a second week at number 1 at the North American box-office; NOT Australian
Double Sculls (Ch 9 PBC, 1986) telemovie, prod. Richard Brennan; John Hargreaves, Chris Haywood
Down the Wind (Kim McKenzie, Scott Hicks, 1975) wr. Kim McKenzie, Scott Hicks; David Cameron, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Ross Thompson, Christina Mackay, Rod Mullinar, Christine Schofield
Down Under (Harry Southwell, 1927)
Dr Plonk (Rolf de Heer, 2007) wr. Rolf de Heer; FFC greenlit 2006; starting filming 1 May 2006; Nigel Martin; Adelaide Festival February 2007, Toronto October 2007
Dreaming, The (Mario Andreacchio, 1988) Arthur Dignam, Penny Cook, Gary Sweet; doctor treats a sick aborigine, who had defied a tribal taboo and visited a sacred cave; she soon finds herself having disturbing dreams and involved in a 200-year-old mystery
Dreamland (Ivan Sen, 2009) Daniel Roberts; story of UFO hunter set in Nevada; not Australian; not Indigenous theme; Australian Indigenous director's second feature
Dreams for Life (Anna Kannava, 2005) prod. Aanya Whitehead, wr. Anna Kannava; Dai Paterson, Maria Mercedes, Don Halbert; Martin falls in love with Ellen who used to look after him as a baby
Drip, The (Nick Tantaro, 1996) short, wr. prod. Nick Tantaro; Matt Potter, Jonathan Mill; AFTRS; 7.5 min.; on the Eliza Fraser DVD
Driving A Girl To Destruction (George Marlow, 1911)
Driving Force (Andrew Prowse, 1989) aka Roadwars
Driving Miss Daisy (Bruce Beresford, 1989) NOT Australian
Drop Dead Gorgeous (Richard Turner, 1996) aka Harbourside; Steve Bastoni, Victoria Hill, Eric Oldfield; 86 min.
Drover's Boy, The (Andrew Steuart, 1997) wr. Nerys Evans, Ted Egan; Aboriginal girl disguised as boy travels with drover
Drover's Sweetheart, The (John Gavin, 1911) 33 min.
Drylands (Bruce Beresford, for production 2004-5) prod. Tony Buckley, Jonathan Shteinman, novel Thea Astley
Duet for Four (Tim Burstall, 1982) aka Partners; prod. Tim Burstall, Tom Burstall, wr. David Williamson, dp Dan Burstall, music Peter Sullivan, design Herbert Pinter, ed. Edward McQueen-Mason; Mike Preston, Gary Day, Wendy Hughes, Diane Cilento, Sigrid Thornton, Michael Pate, Arthur Dignam, Vanessa Lee; midlife crisis comedy; Eastman colour 35mm, 100 min.
Dunera Boys, The (Ben Lewin, 1985) mini-series
Duran Duran (Garnet Mae, 1999) wr. Garnet Mae; Rebekah Emaloglou; action-adventure; set in 2037; skateboarding and snowboarding adventure film of Barbarella proportions
Dust in the Sun (Lee Robinson, 1958) Southern International; novel, Justin Bayard, by Jon Cleary; Jill Adams, Ken Wayne (Justin Bayard), Maureen Lanagan, James Forrest, Robert Tudawali (Emu Foot), Jack Hume, Henry Murdoch, Reg Lye, Alan Light; Justin Bayard is a Northern Territory policeman taking an Aboriginal captive, Emu Foot, to Alice Springs to be tried for a tribal killing
Dust off the Wings (Lee Rogers, 1997) prod. Lee Rogers, Bombshell Films, Zinc, Winning Post Production, wr. Ward Stevens, Lee Rogers; Kate Ceberano, Lee Rogers, Ward Stevens, Phil Ceberano, Rash, Felix Williamson, Simon Lyndon; ; Bondi surfing saga." "In Dust off the Wings, first-time film director, Lee Rogers brings to the screen a fresh, energetic and raw look at the hedonistic lifestyle of Sydney's Bondi Beach." 77 min.
Dust (Ivan Sen, 2000) short, wr. Ivan Sen; broadcast on SBS Friday 2 June 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation; indigenous short drama exploring the demons and dreams of five people on a cotton farm
Dusty (John Richardon, 1983) Dusty is a sheepdog; children's
Dying Breed (Jody Dwyer, 2008) horror; Tasmanian tiger
Early Frost ([Brian McDuffie, uncredited] 1982) prod. Geoff Brown, David Hannay for David Hannay Productions, wr. Terry O'Connor, dp David Eggby, music Mike Harvey, design Bob Hilditch, ed. Tim Street; Danny Adcock, Jon Blake, Daniel Cumerford, Guy Doleman, David Franklin, Janet Kingsbury, Diana McLean, Joanne Samuel, Kit Taylor; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 90 min.; non-theatrical feature
Earthling, The (Peter Collinson, 1980) prod. Elliot Schick for Earthling Productions, wr. Lanny Cotler, dp Don McAlpine, music Bruce Smeaton, designer Bernard Hides, ed. Mick Beauman; William Holden, Ricky Schroder, Jack Thompson, Pat Evison, Olivia Hamnett, Alwyn Kurts; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
East Lynne (Charles Hardy, 1922) the archetypal Victorian melodrama
Easy Virtue (Stephan Elliott, forthcoming 2006) wr. Stephan Elliott, Sheridan Jobbins, based on play by Noel Coward
Eat Carpet (SBS-TV, 1988-2005-) TV series
Ebbtide (Craig Lahiff, 1994) wr. Bob Ellis, Peter Goldsworthy; John Waters, Harry Hamlin, Judy Mcintosh, Susan Lyons, John Gregg, Frankie J. Holden; thriller; lawyer accused of murder; VHS - no theatrical release?
Echoes of Paradise (Phillip Noyce, 1988) [USA/theatrical] aka Shadows of the Peacock [Australian/DVD], formerly Love on a Tourist Visa, or Promises to Keep; wr. Jan Sharp, dp Peter James, exec prod Jan Sharp, prod. Jane Scott; Wendy Hughes, John Lone, Rod Mullinar, Peta Toppano, Steven Jacobs, Gillian Jones, Claudia Karvan; "Maria's seemingly secure world collapses - her senses numbed, she escapes to exotic Thailand to examine her past and her future. Soon she meets a mysterious and handsome Balinese dancer and what begins as a friendship turns into a passionate and all-consuming love affair." (video box); 92 min.; released on DVD 2004
Edge of Power, The (Henri Safran, 1985) dp. Peter Levy; Ivar Kants, Henry Szeps, Anna-Maria Monticelli, Sheree da Costa; political thriller
Edge of the World, The (Shaun M. Jefford, 2005) wr.Shaun M. Jefford; three men reunited after 30 years by the echoes of a terrible crime
Eight Ball (Ray Argall, 1991) No film in the 1990s matches Ray Argall's Return Home (1989) for sheer depth, humanity and inventiveness (what a lead performance by Dennis Coard!), not even Argall's second film, Eight Ball (1991) Bill Mousoulis: http://www.innersense.com.au/senses/contents/2/some.html
806: The Beginning (Chris Lofven, 1970) sci-fi
Eight in the 80s (Nick Ostrovskis, 1989) eight short films shot on Super 8
El Angelito (Guillermo Sepulveda, 1993)
Elephant Tales (Mario Andreacchio, FFC funding 2004) two orphaned elephants in South Africa
Eleventh Hour, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1912) aka Saved by Telegram
Eliza Fraser (Tim Burstall, 1976) prod. Tim Burstall for Hexagon Productions, David Williamson, dp Robin Copping, design, Leslie Binns, music Bruce Smeaton, ed. Edward McQueen-Mason; John Castle, Noel Ferrier, Martin Harris, Trevor Howard, Bill Hunter, Gerard Kennedy, Serge Lazareff, George Mallaby, Ingrid Mason, Grant Page, Sean Scully, Charles Tingwell, John Waters, Arna-Maria Winchester, Susannah York; colour, 35 mm, 127 min.
Embassy, 1990-2, TV serial prod. ABC and Grundy
Emerald City (Michael Jenkins, 1989) aka David Williamson's Emerald City; John Hargreaves, Robyn Nevin, Chris Haywood, Nicole Kidman, Ruth Cracknell; 91 min.
Emma's War (Clytie Jessop, 1988) prod. Andrina Finlay, Clytie Jessop for Belinon, wr. Clytie Jessop, Peter Smalley, dp Tom Cowan, music John Williams, design Jane Norris, ed. Sonia Hoffman; Lee Remick (Anne Grange), Miranda Otto (Emma Grange), Mark Lee (John Davidson), Terence Donovan (Frank Grange), Donal Gibson (Hank), Bridey Lee (Laurel Grange), Pat Evison (Miss Arnott), Grigor Taylor (Dr Friedlander), Noelene Brown (Mrs Mortimer); "story of a young girl's rites of passage", Rolando Caputo in Murray 1995: 248; Eastman colour, 35mm, 95 min.
Emoh Ruo (Denny Lawrence, 1985) aka Out Home; wr. Paul Leadon & David Poltorak, prod. David Elfick; Joy Smithers, Martin Sacks, Philip Quast, Genevieve Mooy, Louise Le Nay, Max Phipps (Sam Tregado); 93 min.
Empty Beach, The (Chris Thomson, 1985) Bryan Brown; crime, investigative thriller; Brown is Cliff Hardy, Peter Corris character in hard-boiled crime fiction story set at Bondi
Emulsion (Jonathan Ogilvie) completed 2007, 83 min.
Encounters (Murray Fahey, 1993) wr. Murray Fahey; drama, thriller
End of the Golden Weather (Ian Mune, 1991) NZ
End Play (Tim Burstall, 1976) prod. Tim Burstall for Hexagon Productions, wr. Tim Burstall, novel Russell Braddon, dp Robin Copping, design Bill Hutchinson, music Peter Best; George Mallaby, John Waters, Ken Goodlet, Delvene Delaney, Sheila Florance, Belinda Giblin, Kevin Miles, Charles Tingwell; investigative thriller; police investigate two brothers (Waters, Mallaby) about death of hitch-hiker; Melbourne and Sydney, colour, 35mm, 114 min.
Enemy Within, The (Roland Stavely, 1918) spy actioner
Environment (Gerald Hayle, 1927)
Envy (Julie Money, 1999) aka Snowdrop (?); wr. Jeff Truman, original screenplay Trevor Shearston, dp Graeme Wood; Linda Cropper, Anna Lise Phillips, Jeff Truman, Scott Major, Abi Tucker, Wade Osborne; thriller; 83 min.; screened Toronto 1999; business woman and mother Kate (Cropper) tracks down Rachel (Phillips), the woman responsible for her home being invaded and her son molested
Epic (Yoram Gross, 1985)
Epsilon (Rolf de Heer, 1995) Ulli Birve (She), Syd Brisbane (The Man), Alethea McGrath, Chloe Ferguson, Phoebe Ferguson; drama, thriller, sci-fi; shot in Flinders Ranges
Erskineville Kings (Alan White, 1999) wr. Anik Chooney [Marty Denniss], dp John Saffield, prod. Julio Caro, Alan White; Marty Denniss (Barky), Hugh Jackman (Wace), Aaron Blabey, Joel Edgerton, Leah Vandenberg, Marin Mimic; the brothers are men now, but discuss intensely their relationships with their mother and father
Escape from Absolom (Martin Campbell, 1994) aka No Escape (theatrical title), The Penal Colony (working title and title of the book); set in prisons of the future; shot in Queensland; Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen
Essay on Pornography, An (Christopher Cary, 1973) Glen Johnston, Helen Mason
Eucalyptus (Jocelyn Moorhouse, production lapsed) pre-production 2004, novel Murray Bail; Geoffrey Rush, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, possibly also Jack Thompson, Hugo Weaving, Roy Billing; man wants to grow every species of Australian eucalypt
Eureka Stockade (George & Arthur Cornwell, 1907)
Eureka Stockade (Harry Watt, 1949) Ealing Studios; Chips Rafferty (Peter Lalor); [1854] original tape
Eureka Stockade (Rod Hardy, 1984) TV mini-series; Bryan Brown (Peter Lalor)
Everlasting Secret Family, The (Michael Thornhill, 1988) story by Frank Moorhouse; Mark Lee's character is recruited from his elite private school into the homosexual 'family' which includes a judge (John Meillon) etc.
Everynight ... Everynight (Alkinos Tsilimidos, 1994) wr. Ray Mooney, Alkinos Tsilimidos; David Field, Bill Hunter, Robert Morgan, Phil Motherwell, Jim Daley, Jim Shaw, SimonWoodward, Theodore Zakos; prison drama
Everything Goes (2004) short; Abbie Cornish, Hugo Weaving; man selling his possessions following the breakdown of his marriage; Flickerfest Sydney 7 Jan 2005
Evil Angels (Fred Schepisi, 1988) aka A Cry in the Dark; wr. Robert Caswell, Fred Schepisi, book John Bryson, dp Ian Baker; Meryl Streep, Sam Neill, Bruce Myles, Neil Fitzpatrick, Charles Tingwell, Maurice Fields, Nick Tate, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Lauren Shepherd, Bethany Ann Prickett, Alison O'Connell, Aliza Dason, Peter Hosking, Matthew Barker, Dennis Miller, Brendan Higgins, Ian Swan, Robert Wallace, Sandy Gore, Kevin Miles, Jim Holt, John Howard, Frank Holden, Tim Robertson, Patsy Stephen, Ian Gilmour, Mervyn Drake, Vincent Gil, Burt Cooper, Mark Little
Exchange Lifeguards (Maurice Murphy, 1992) prod. Phillip Avalon; Christopher Atkins, Julian McMahon, Elliott Gould, Rebecca Cross, Amanda Newman-Phillips, Vanessa Steele, Christopher Pate, Lois Larimore, Richard Carter, Mark Hembrow, Brian M Logan
Exile (Paul Cox, 1993) dp Nino Marinetti (also shot Terror Lostralis??), based on novel Priest Island by E. L. Grant Watson; Aden Young, Beth Champion, Claudia Karvan, Norman Kaye, David Field, Chris Haywood, Barry Otto, Hugo Weaving, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Nicholas Hope; feature went straight to video; Young is exiled to an island in C19 for sheep-stealing
Exile and the Kingdom (Frank Rijavek, 1994) documentary; Roebourne WA area
Exits (Paul Davies, 1980) colour, 16 mm, 48 min. prod. Paul Davies, Carolyn Howard, Pat Laughren, wr. Paul Davies; Mary Anne Gray, Robert Antoniades, Carolyn Howard
Extra, The (Darren Ashton, 1999) short
Extra, The (Kevin Carlin, 2005) released 21 April 2005; Jimeoin Mckeown, Katherine Slattery, Rhys Muldoon, Shaun Micallef, Helen Dallimore, Bob Franklin, Colin Lane, Raj Ryan; 100 min.; FFC budget $1,461,538, box office $746,568
Exploits Of The Emden, The (Ken G. Hall, 1928)
Eye of the Beholder (Stephan Elliott, 1999) wr. Marc Behm; Ewan McGregor, Ashley Judd; NOT Australian
F/X 2: The Deadly Art of Illusion (Richard Franklin, 1991) NOT Australian
Face at the Window, The (Charles Villiers, 1919)
Facing the Music (Bob Connolly & Robyn Anderson, 2001) documentary; Robyn Anderson's last film
Fair Game (Mario Andreacchio, 1986) aka She Was Fair Game; three kangaroo hunters terrorise isolate woman; shot around Burra, SA
Fall of the House, The (Geoff Burton, 2004) documentary, Sydney FF 2004; story about Eugene Goossens and attempted importation of pornographic material
Fallen Eights (Kristian Connelly, 1997)
Fantasm ('Richard Bruce' [Richard Franklin], 1976) prod. Antony Ginnane; wr. Ross Dimsey, Antony Ginnane (idea); dp Vincent Monton; Maria Arnold, John Bluthal, Dee Dee Levitt, Bill Margold; released on DVD August 2004; colour
Fantasm Comes Again ('Eric Ram' [Colin Eggleston], 1977) aka Fantasm 99; prod. Antony Ginnane; wr. 'Robert Derriere' (Ross Dimsey); dp Vincent Monton; Angela Menzies-Wills, Clive Hearne; released on DVD August 2004
Fantasy (Geoff Brown, 1991)
Fantasy Man (John Maher, 1984) wr. John Maher; Eastman colour, 35mm from 16 mm, 82 min. prod. Basil Appleby, Darrell Lass for Centaur Enterprises, dp Tom Cowan, design Darrell Lass, ed. Rod Hibberd; Jeanie Drynan, Harold Hopkins, Terry Mack; midlife crisis comedy
Far Country (George Miller, 1987) mini-series
Far East (John Duigan, 1982) wr. John Duigan, dp Brian Probyn, design Ross Major, ed. Henry Dangar; Bryan Brown, Helen Morse, John Bell, Sinan Leong, Raina McKeon, Henry Duval, Bill Hunter; a couple come to a South East Asian country where they meet again with a former lover of the wife; their relationships are played out again the political background; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Far Paradise, The (Paulette McDonagh, 1928)
Fare, The (Bill Bennett, in production 2004) budget AUD$6.86mill; cab driver picks up American woman from airport to go to old goldfield in desert
Fast Talking (Ken Cameron, 1984) wr. Ken Cameron, prod. Ross Matthews for Oldata Productions, dp David Gribble; Toni Allaylis, Steve Bisley, Dave Godden, Peter Hehir, Gail Sweeney, Chris Truswell, Rod Zuanic; Eastman colour, super 16 mm, 95 min.; "'social realist' teen drama" (Adrian Martin, in Murray 1995: 146); Zuanic is expelled from school
Fatal Bond (Vincent Monton, 1992) (or Vince Monton), prod. Phillip Avalon (Phil Avalon); Linda Blair, Jerome Ehlers, Stephen Leeder, Donal Gibson, Joe Bugner; loosely based on Perth WA murderers David Birney and Catherine Birnie
Fatal Past (Clive Fleury, 1992)
Fatal Sky (Frank Shields, 1989) aka Vanished, No Cause for Alarm, Project Alien
Fatal Wedding, The (Raymond Longford, 1911) Spencer's Pictures, screenplay, scenario, script Raymond Longford, dp Arthur Higgins, 3500 ft. Raymond Longford (Howard Wilson), Lottie Lyell (Mabel Wilson), Walter Vincent (Robert Curtis), Tom Cosgrove (Toto), Harry Saville (Peter Schwartz), George Ellis (Constable O'Reilly), Mr Henderson (Reverend Dr Lanceford), Miss Clare (Cora Williams), Helen Fergus (Bridget), Elsie Rennie (Jessie), Master Anson (Frankie), Jack Goodall; first film to bring together Longford, Lyell and Higgins
Father (John Power, 1990) wr. Tony Cavanaugh, Graham Hartley, dp Dan Burstall, prod. Damien Parer, Tony Cavanaugh, Graham Hartley, Paul D. Barron; Barron Films, Leftbank Productions, Transcontinental Films, music Peter Best; Max von Sydow, Carole Drinkwater, Julia Blake, Steve Jacobs, Simone Robertson, Kahli Sneddon, Nicholas, Bell, Tim Robertson, Bruce Alexander; Joe Mueller (Max von Sydow) may have committed war crimes as Franz Kessler, SS, 1945; reviewed Jan Epstein, Cinema Papers, 81, December 1990: 28-31
Fatty Finn (Maurice Murphy, 1980) prod. Brian Rosen for Children's Film Corporation, wr. Bob Ellis, Chris McGill, dp John Seale, music Grahame Bond, Rory O'Donohue, design Lissa Coote; Bert Newton, Noni Hazlehurst, Gerard Kennedy; children's; based on the character of Fatty Finn, as created by cartoonist, Syd Nicholls (1896-1977); Fatty Finn is the only comic character in Australia to have inspired two films: cf. The Kid Stakes; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Fat Pizza (Paul Fenech, 2003) wr. Paul Fenech; Johnny Boxer, Paul Nakad, Jabba; gross-out comedy
Fearless (Peter Weir, 1994) NOT Australian
Feed (Brett Leonard, 2005) prod. Jack Thompson, Honour Bright Productions, conceived by Patrick Thompson, Alex O'Lachlan; Jack Thompson, Alex O'Lachlan, Patrick Thompson, Connor Thompson; thriller about cyber crime and men obsessed with overweight women
Feeling Sexy (Davida Allen, 1999) Susie Porter (Vicki Myers), Tamblyn Lord
Felicity (John D. Lamond, 1979) prod. John D. Lamond, Russell Hurley, Krystal Motion Pictures; wr. Felicity Robinson; dp Garry Wapshott; ed. Russell Hurley; Glory Amen, Joni Flynn, Jody Hansen, Chris Milne, Marilyn Rodgers; softcore porn; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Fellers (Arthur Higgins, Austin Fay, 1930) Aust Light Horse in Palestine during WW1; early talkie; comic adventures of three mates
FernGully: The Last Rainforest (Bill Kroyer, 1992) animated
Fetch (Pierce Davison, 1993?) animated story based loosely on Lawson's 'The loaded dog'
Fever (Craig Lahiff, 1987) Bill Hunter, Gary Sweet, Mary Regan, Jim Holt; film noir; filmed SA
Few Good Men, A (Stephan Elliott, 2011)
Fields of Fire (David Elfick & Rob Marchand, 1987, 1988, 1989) mini-series
15 Amore (Maurice Murphy, 1998) Lisa Hensley, Steve Bastoni; shot Hunter Valley NSW, best feature Noosa Film Festival 1999 Qld, best feature Aspen Film Festival 1998, screened 1999 Showtime PayTV channel; reviewed Evan Williams, Weekend Australian, 28-29 October 2000: Arts Review 21; brief review of DVD release: MG, Empire, 42, September 2004: 108
Fifty Minutes From Home: An Australian Film Festival; nine new fifty-minute dramas that tell stories about the loves and longings and the hidden emotional lives of Australians; an 1890s taxidermist, a young girl in search of her father, a stand-up comedian and a young man caught up in a surreal Kafka-esque corporate world are but a few of the characters within this collection of stories; national tour 10 September - 26 October 2003
Fighting Back (Michael Caulfield, 1983) prod. Sue Milliken, Tom Jeffrey, dp John Seale; Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Paul Smith, Kris McQuade (AFI Best Supporting Actress), Robyn Nevin, Ben Gabriel, Catherine Gillmer, Anne Haddy; social drama about teacher and juvenile delinquent
Film for Discussion (Sydney Women's Film Group, 1974) documentary
Final Cut (Ross Dimsey, 1980) Lou Brown, David Clendinning; brutal sex thriller
Final Winter (Brian Andrews, Jane Forrest, 2007)
Final Stage, The (Frank Howson, 1991)
Finder, The (Frank Shields, 2000) prod. Phillip Avalon; Simon Westaway, Paul Mercurio, Anja Coleby, Rowena Wallace, Gerard McGuire, Barry Langrishe
Fine Body of Gentlemen, A (Geoff Burton, 2002) documentary; story of the first Aboriginal touring cricket team
Fink (Tim Boyle, 2006?) comedy; anally retentive hitmen anguish over lapses in technical perfection; Sam Worthington, Steve Bastoni, Brett Stiller
Finding Joy (Billie Dean, 2002) wr. Billie Dean, prod. Andrew Einspurch; Billie Dean, Janet Watson Kruse, Andrew Einspruch; comedy (with music); set against the backdrop of the folk music scene in an arty country town, the film celebrates universal themes of friendship, low self-esteem, love relationships, and the joy of dogs; premiere 27 September 2002, Brisbane, Ausfest 2002; general release 9 October 2003; screened digitally on DV: "looks to be the first widely released, digitally screened film in Australia" (findingjoy.com)
Finished People, The (Khoa Do, 2003) mock documentary; homeless in Cabramatta; brief review of DVD release: Richard Luck, Empire, 42, September 2004: 102
Fire in the Stone, The (Gary Conway, 1983) childrens; novel by Colin Thiele
Firm Man, The (John Duigan, 1975) wr. prod. John Duigan with assistance from the Film and Television Board of the Australian Council for the Arts, AFI Distribution; Peter Cummins, Eileen Chapman, Peter Carmody, Bethany Lee, Don Gunner; Gerald Baxter leaves his job to become an executive in a mysterious corporation, the Firm; his increasing disorientation is matched by his growing loyalty to it; made on a tiny budget of $5,000 the film is a mix of naturalism and stylisation which the filmmaker hoped would work on a simple, surrealistic level; Duigan's feature debut; 93 min.
First Contact (Robyn Anderson & Bob Connolly, 1982) documentary; PNG
First Year (Barbara Chobocky, 1980) prod. Barbara Chobocky; Tresillian child development series, A.F.I. Distribution; "The baby in arms" shows three families with babies at three, seven and eleven months, highlights the father's role and shows the importance of his relationship to the baby in the first year; 18 min.
Fisher's Ghost (Raymond Longford, 1924) murder mystery thriller
Fistful of Flies (Monica Pellizzari, 1996) Dino Panozzo, John Lucantonio, Tasma Walton, Maria Vanuti, Anna Volska, Rachael Maza
Fists of Blood (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1988) aka The Strike of the Panther, prod. Damien Parer, wr. Peter West, Ranald Allan, dp Simon Akkerman, 84 min.; Edward John Stazak, John Stanton, Rowena Wallace, Paris Jefferson, Zale Daniel, Jim Richards; second Jason Blade feature has our hero on the trail of recently escaped adversary Richards, who has shanghaied Blade's girlfriend; routine chop-socky actioner is a sequel to Day of the Panther
Five Guys Named Moe (Jimmy Jack, 2007/8) 80 min.
Five Hundred Pounds Reward (Claude Flemming, 1918)
Five Mile Creek (1983-1984) TV series; goldmining; Nicole Kidman
Five Of Hearts, The or Buffalo Bill's Love Story [A Maidens Distress] (E. J. Cole, 1911) Production Company: Pathe Freres; Cast: E J Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company; this Western was presented by Empire Pictures at the Town Hall, Perth [WA], on 10 May 1911
FJ Holden, The (Michael Thornhill, 1977) prod. Michael Thornhill, FJ. Films, wr. Terry Larsen, dp David Gribble, design Lissa Coote, Monte Fieguth, ed. Max Lemon, music Jim Manzie, sound Don Connolly; Paul Couzens (Kevin), Eva Dickinson (Anne), Carl Stever (Bob), Gary Waddell (Deadlegs), Graham Rouse (sergeant), Karlene Rogerson (Cheryl), Vicki Arkley (Chris), Sigrid Thornton (Wendy); Eastman colour, 35mm, 101 min.
Flashlight (Garnet Mae, 1997)
Flesh on Glass (Ann Turner, 1981)
Flight of the Albatross (Warner Meyer, 1996) NZ
Flirting (John Duigan, 1991) Noah Taylor (Danny Embling), Thandie Newton (Thandiwe Adjewa), Nicole Kidman (Nicola Radcliffe), Naomi Watts
Flashpoint (Brian Hannant, 1972) Serge Lazareff (David), Wyn Roberts (Foxy), Jan Kingsbury (Vicky); newcomer to a mining town in north-west Australia where men outnumber women fifty to one, finds that the flashpoint in human conflict is set dangerously low
Floating Life (Clara Law, 1996) http://www.innersense.com.au/senses/contents/2/some.html
Floodhouse (Miro Billbrough, 2003) TV movie, free-to-air SBS 2030 31 October 2003; story of a girl growing up in a rundown bushland home
Flowergirl (Cate Shortland, 1999) short
Fluteman (Peter Maxwell, 1982) children's; adaptation of Pied Piper story
Flying Doctor, The (Miles Mander, 1936) co-production between Columbia Pictures and National Studios, Pagewood (Australia), wr. Miles Mander, JOC Orton; Charles Farrell
Flying Doctors, The (Crawford Productions, 1985-9) TV series; DVD (NCE)
Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree (Martn Sanderson, 1990) NZ; story by Albert Wendt, Samoa
Flynn (Brian Kavanagh, Frank Howson, 1993) aka My Forgotten Man; story of Errol Flynn's early years; Guy Pearce, John Savage, Steven Berkoff, Claudia Karvan; Guy Pearce as young Errol Flynn; filmed Fiji
Footnote, a VCA animated short screening in the Cinefondation section [at Cannes], reflected well on the standard of student films being produced in Australia (AFC note, 2004)
Footrot Flats (Murray Ball, 1986) NZ; animated
Footstep Man, The (Leon Narbey, 1992) NZ; foley artist
Footy Legends (Khoa Do, 2006) wr. Anh Do, Khoa Do, Suzanne Do, prod. Megan McMurchy; Anh Do, Paul Nakad, Greg Poppleton, Steven Rooke, Angus Sampson, Lisa Saggers, Peter Phelps, Claudia Karvan
For Australia (Monte Luke, 1915)
For Love Alone (Stephen Wallace, 1986) prod. Margaret Fink for Waranta, wr. Stephen Wallace, from novel by Christina Stead, dp Alun Bollinger, music Nathan Waks, design John Stoddart, ed. Henry Dangar; Helen Buday, Sam Neill, Hugo Weaving, Huw Williams, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Odile Le Clezio, John Polson, Judy Farr, Regina Gaigalas, ; Kodak colour, 35mm, 102 min.
For Love or Money (Megan McMurchy, Margot Nash, Margot Oliver, Jeni Thornley, 1983) documentary
For the Term of his Natural Life (Charles MacMahon, 1908) 2000 feet
For the Term of his Natural Life (Norman Dawn, 1927)
For the Term of his Natural Life (Rob Stewart, 1982) mini-series
Forbidden Lie$ (Anna Broinowski, 2007) documentary about conwoman Norma Khouri, Adelaide Festival 2007
Forest, The (Jo Kennedy, 2003), wr. Jo Kennedy, Christine Rogers; Anita Hegh, Julia Blake, Tony Martin, Chris Connolly; telemovie, broadcast 3 December 2005; 52 min.
Forever Fever (Glen Goei, 1998) comedy; 95 min.
Forgotten Silver (Peter Jackson, Costa Botes, 1997) NZ; mockumentary about filmmaker Colin McKenzie; 1995?
Fortress (Arch Nicholson, 1986) wr. Everett de Roche, novel Gabrielle Lord; Rachel Ward (Bryan Brown's wife), Dennis Miller; shot in Victoria; hostage drama
Fortress (Stuart Gordon, 1993) Christopher Lambert; prison drama
Fortunate Life, A (Marcus Cole, Henri Safran, 1986) mini-series
Forty Thousand Horsemen (Charles Chauvel, 1940) Grant Taylor, Betty Bryant, Chips Rafferty, Pat Twohill, Michael Pate's debut film as an extra
4 (Tim Slade, 2007) musical documentary; Australian release September 2007 (one screen only)
48 Shades (Daniel Lapaine, 2008) aka 48 Shades of Brown, wr. Daniel Lapaine, novel Nick Earls, prod. Rob Marsala; Richard Wilson, Emma Lung, Robin McLeavy; shot Brisbane; teen romance
Four Jacks (Matthew George, 1998)
Fourteen's Good, 18's Better (Gillian Armstrong, 1981) documentary
Fourth Wish, The (Don Chaffey, 1976) prod. John Morris for Galaxy Productions and South Australian Film Corporation, wr. Michael Craig, from his television serial, dp Geoff Burton, design David Copping, music Tristan Carey; John Meillon, Robert Bettles, Robyn Nevin, Brian Anderson, Michael Craig, Cul Cullen, Julie Dawson, Les Foxcroft, Ron Haddrick, Ann Haddy, Brian James; dying boy to get three last wishes: the father's is the fourth wish; colour, 35mm, 105 min.
Fran (Glenda Hambly, 1985) prod. David Rapsey for Barron Films, Bush Christmas Productions, wr. Glenda Hambly, dp Jan Kenny; Noni Hazlehurst loses her children as wards of the state due to her failure as a mother; funded partly by the WA Film Council and shot in Perth; Eastman colour, 16 mm, 94 min.
Frank Gardiner, The King Of The Road (John Gavin, 1911) wr. Agnes Gavin
Frauds (Stephan Elliott, 1994) wr. Stephan Elliott; comedy; Phil Collins, Hugo Weaving; story of the ways in which insurance investigator Roland Copping (Collins) interferes in and manipulates the lives of others with outrageous games and gimmicks; eventually he becomes involved in an escalating vendetta with a couple (Jonathan and Beth Wheat, Hugo Weaving and Josephine Byrne) who make an unusual insurance claim; surrealistic black comedy
Free Willy (Simon Wincer, 1986) NOT Australian
Freedom Deep (Aaron Stevenson, 1997) sci-fi
Freedom: Grab It While You Can (Scott Hicks, 1982) prod. Matt Carroll for South Australian Film Corporation, Endeavour Communications Corporation, wr. John Emery, dp Ron Johanson, music Don Walker, Cold Chisel, design Herbert Pinter, ed. Philip Reid; Jon Blake, Jad Capelja, Max Cullen, Kati Edwards, Chris Haywood, Candy Raymond, Charles Tingwell; a road movie - to some extent; review by Jim Schembri in Murray 1995: 99; repr. from his review in Cinema Papers, 38, June 1982; 269-271; short review by Peter Kemp in Filmnews, April 1982: 13; man steals a Porsche 930; Eastman colour, 35mm, 95 min.
Frenchman's Farm (Ron Way, 1987) Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye, John Meillon; supernatural thriller
Fresh Air (Neil Mansfield, 1999) prod. Rosemary Blight, Kylie du Fresne
Friday on My Mind (Frank Howson, 1990) Abigail, Guy Pearce, Tiriel Mora; 73 min.
Frighteners, The (Peter Jackson, 1996) NZ; sci-fi
Fringe Dwellers, The (Bruce Beresford, 1986) prod. Sue Milliken for Fringe Dwellers Productions, wr. Bruce Beresford from novel by Nene Gare, dp Don McAlpine, design Herbert Pinter, ed. Tim Wellburn; Bob Maza, Justine Saunders, Kristina Nehm, Ernie Dingo, Malcolm Silva, Kylie Belling; Aboriginal family moves from shack to housing estate; first mainstream film with indigenous actors in all main roles; Kodak colour, 35mm, 99 min.
Frog Dreaming (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986) aka The Quest, Spirit Chaser; Henry Thomas (from ET)
From Sand to Celluloid (1996) six short films: No Way to Forget, Payback, Two-Bob Mermaid, Blackman Down, Fly Peewee Fly, Round Up; each title made in association with SBS Independent for 'Creative Nation'; details: No way to forget / writer, director, Richard Frankland (11 min.) - won Best Short Film AFI 1996 -- Fly Peewee fly / writer, director, Sally Riley (10 min.) -- Round up / writer, director, Rima Tamou (16 min.) -- Two bob mermaid / writer, director, Darlene Johnson (15 min.) -- Payback / writer, director, Warwick Thornton (10 min.) -- Black man down / writer, co-producer, Sam Watson, director, Bill McCrow (11 min.); compilation of six short films by Aboriginal filmakers dramatising various aspects of Aboriginal life in white Australia, topics including black deaths in custody, family life, social interaction and social disadvantage, traditions and racial discrimination
From the Tropics to the Snows (Richard Mason & Jack Lee, 1964) documentary; parody
Frontline (David Bradbury, 1980) documentary concerned with war cameraman Neil Davis and his work in Vietnam and Cambodia: he shot the girl who had been bombed with napalm, and the VC tank crashing through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Hanoi
Frontline (ABC) TV series, Rob Sitch et al.
Fuckwit (Daniel Krige) short
Funny Things Happen Down Under (Joe McCormick, 1965) Pacific Films; children's; Terrible Ten comedy; Olivia Newton-John's first film
Future Schlock (Barry Peak & Chris Kiely, 1984) aka The Ultimate Show; Gary Adams, Michael Bishop, Tracey Callender, Maryanne Fahey, Deborah Force, Tiriel Mora, Simon Thorpe
G'day LA (Micky Dolenz, in production 2005) principal photography March/Ap[ril 2005, near Alice Springs, in Sydney and LA; prod. Russell Cunningham, wr. Russell Cunningham, Rick Shaw; Clayton Watson, Nathan Jones, Ronen Stoliar, James Van Patten, Brande Roderick; budget 2.5-3 mill; two Aust brothers working on camel farm mistakenly sell camel sperm to American stud horse owner; Micky Dolenz was one of the Monkees
G.P. (Roadshow, Coote & Carroll and ABC-TV, 1989) TV series
Gabriel (Shane Abbess, 2007) wr. Shane Abbess and Matt Todd, prod.Shane Abbess, Anna Cridland and Kristy Vernon; Andy Whitfield, Samantha Noble
Gallipoli (Peter Weir, 1981) prod. Patricia Lovell & Robert Stigwood for Associated A & R Films, wr. David Williamson, dp Russell Boyd, designer: Wendy Weir, ed. Bill Anderson; Mel Gibson, Mark Lee, Bill Hunter, Robert Grubb, Bill Kerr, David Argue, Harold Hopkins, Tim McKenzie; review by Brian McFarlane in Murray 1995: 74; see also his review in Cinema Papers, 33, July-August 1981: 322-329; Gallipoli scenes filmed at Port Lincoln, SA; many AFI awards; Eastman colour, 35mm, 105 min.
Gambler's Gold (George Young, 1911)
Game Room, The (Joe Tornatore, 1998) drama
Gap, The (Christina Andreef, 1994) wr. Christina Andreef, prod. Helen Bowden, Australian Film Institute [distributor]; from dawn one morning until dawn the next day a man in deep despair tries to end his life by jumping off the Gap; cops are sent to talk him down; he outdoes them in his dignity and his courage
Garage Days (Alex Proyas, 2002) wr. Alex Proyas, Dave Warner, Michael Udesky; Kick Gurry, Pia Miranda, Maya Stange, Chris Sadrinna, Russell Dykstra, Marton Csokas, Andy Anderson, Tiriel Mora, Yvette Duncan; Priscella Engel, 'Alex Proyas lifts the shades', Metro, 135: 50-54
Garbo (Rob Cobb, 1992) [the artist, cartoonist and designer of Back to the Future and Raiders of the Lost Ark]; Stephen Kearney, Neill Gladwin, Max Cullen, Moya O'Sullivan, Imogen Annesley, Gerard Kennedy, Tommy Dysart; comedy about garbage collectors
Gate (Peter Carstairs, 2000?) short, wr. Peter Carstairs; Brett Wood, Joel Edgerton, Tony Ryan; on DVD of One Night the Moon
Genocide (Richard Oxenburgh, 1990) documentary
Gentle Strangers (Cecil Holmes, 1972) dp Bruce McNaughton; 'mini-feature' about the problems faced by Asian students in Australia; Kate Fitzpatrick; 58 min.
Gentleman Bushranger, The (Beaumont Smith, 1921) 66 min.
Gentleman of the Road (Alfred Rolfe, 1911) aka Captain Starlight; 33 min.
Georgia (Ben Lewin, 1989) aka Difficult Woman; Judy Davis; photographer; investigation of murder; see Jonathan Rayner 2000: 51-53; Paul Kalina in Murray 1995: 276; mystery thriller; 90 min.
Get Away Get Away (Murray Fahey, 1992) comedy
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (Fred Niblo, 1916)
Gettin' Square (Jonathan Teplitzky, 2003) wr. Chris Nyst, dp Garry Phillips, prod. Martin Fabinyi, Tim White, Trish Lake; Sam Worthington (Wirth), David Wenham (Spit), Freya Stafford (Annie), Gary Sweet (Chicka), Timothy Spall (Dabba); a bunch of crims trying to go straight; Teplitzky did a Q&A at Luna Leederville 1845 3 Friday October 2003; national release 9 October 2003; Macquarie Nine Film TV Investment & Working Title Films, FFC, Mushroom Pictures & WTA Production, Freshwater Pictures; soundtrack features Machine Gun Fellatio, Groove Armada, The Vines, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Faithless
Getting of Wisdom, The (Bruce Beresford, 1977) prod. Phillip Adams for Southern Cross Films, wr. Eleanor Witcombe (AFI award), novel by Henry Handel Richardon, dp Don McAlpine, design Richard Kent, ed. William Anderson; Susannah Fowle, Terence Donovan, Sheila Helpmann, Barry Humphries, Patricia Kennedy Candy Raymond, Hilary Ryan, John Waters, Sigrid Thornton; Melbourne, colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Ghost Ship (Steve Beck, 2002)
Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead (John Hillcoat, 1989) prod. Evan English, co-DOPs Paul Goldman, Graeme Wood, prod. designers Chris Kennedy, Lucy McLaren - most are graduates of Swinburne; Nick Cave, David Field; prison drama
Gift, The (Paul Cox, 1988) (TV); Nicholas Hatjiandreou, Vicki Serbos, Alexis Anthopoulos, Constantin Laras, Rena Frangloudakis, Peter Felmingham, Margaret Ford, Michael Milsom, Victoria Eagger, Barry Dickins, Ken James, Bill McCluskey; prod. Geoffrey Daniels, Patricia Edgar, Michael Friedman, Tony Llewellyn-Jones; music Tassos Ioannides, dp Nino Gaetano Martinetti
Ginger Meggs (Jonathan Dawson, 1982) prod. John Sexton, wr. Michael Latimer, from comic strip by J. C. Bancks, dp John Seale, music John Stuart, Kim Thraves, design Larry East wood, ed. Phillip Howe; Terry Camilleri, Paul Daniel, Harold Hopkins, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Coral Kelly, Garry McDonald, Gwen Plumb; filmed Bowral; Eastman colour, 35mm, 95 min.
Ginger Mick (Raymond Longford, 1920)
Gino (Jackie McKimmie, 1994) Nick Bufalo (Gino Pallazetti), Zoe Carides (Lucia Petri), Bruno Lawrence (Joe Pallazetti), Rose Clemente (Rosa Pallazetti), Nico Lathouris (Rocco Petri); "Gino Pallazetti's life is simple; he's in love with Lucia [Zoe Carides], and his career as a stand-up comedian is about to take off" (Murray 1995: 407)
Girl (Peter Thompson, 1993) comedy
Girl From the Family of Man, The (Michael Thornhill, 1970s?) wr. Frank Moorhouse? dp Russell Boyd
Girl from the Outback, The (Aust Life Biograph Co, 1911) drama
Girl of the Bush, A (Franklyn Barrett, 1921)
Girl Who Met Simone de Beauvoir in Paris (Richard Wherrett, 1980) short, wr. Frank Moorhouse, prod. Richard Brennan, dp Geoff Burton, camera op Gill Leahy, ed. Stewart Young; Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Judy Morris, Anna Volska, John Clayton, Peter Carroll, John Sherrin, Nancye Hayes, Katrina Foster, Brandon Burke; 23 min.
Girl's Own Story, A (Jane Campion, 1983)
Glass (Chris Kennedy, 1989) drama; erotic thriller
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (Scott Hicks, 2007) documentary
Glenrowan, Affair, The (Rupert Kathner, 1951) aka A Message to Kelly; Aust Action Pictures; Bob Chitty (Ned Kelly); 70 min. Chitty was 1940s Carlton captain
Go Big (2004) telemovie
God Boy, The (Murray Reece, 1976) NZ
God Knows Why But It Works (Phillip Noyce, 1975) dp Andy Fraser; documentary-drama about Dr Archie Kalokerinos, who pioneered vitamin C therapy; Henri Szeps; Sydney Film Festival 1976
Goddess Of 1967, The (Clara Law, 2000) dp Dion Beebe; Rose Byrne; director Clara Law started shooting c. November 1999; the story of a Japanese man who comes to Australia to buy his dream car was filmed in Sydney, Lightning Ridge and Tokyo; screened Toronto 2000
Going Down (Haydn Keenan, 1983) prod. Haydn Keenan for X-Productions, ed. Julie Barry, Moira MacLaine-Cross, Melissa Woods, dp Malcolm Richards, music Lloyd Carrick, design Melody Cooper, ed. Paul Healey; David Argue, Julie Barry, Mercia Deane Johns, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Moira Maclaine Cross, Tracy Mann, Richard Moir, Vera Plevnik, Esben Storm, Claudia Karvan (small part); comedy-drama, three flat-mates; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Going Sane (Michael Robertson, 1987) John Waters, Judy Morris, Linda Cropper, Tim Robertson; male mid-life crisis
Golden Braid (Paul Cox, 1991) Chris Haywood, Gosia Dobrowolska, Paul Chubb, Norman Kaye; based on story by Guy de Maupassant, "La chevelure"; 88 min.
Golden Cage, The (Ayten Kuyululu, 1975) prod. Ilhan Kuyululu, wr. Ayten Kuyululu and Ismet Soydan, dp Russell Boyd, ass. dir. Phillip Noyce; Michele Fawdon, Ron Haddrick, llhan Kuyululu, Sayit Memisoglu, Kate Sheil; colour; story of two Turkish men in Australia and their tragic events
Golden West, The (George Young, 1911) prod. Australian Film Syndicate, dp Lacey Percival, 2500 ft. 'A romance of the west Australian [WA] goldfields', featuring 'magnificent scenery' and 'sensational rides', The Golden West was privately screened at the King's Theatre, Sydney, on 27 March 1911
Gone (Ringan Ledwidge, 2007)
Gone to the Dogs (Ken G. Hall, 1939) George Wallace; comedy; greyhound
Good Afternoon (Phillip Noyce, 1972) documentary of the Combined Universities' Art Festival Canberra 1971, made for the AUS Aquarius Foundation
Good Fruit, The (Stephen Prodes, Will Usic, 1994) comedy
Good Woman of Bangkok, The (Dennis O'Rourke, 1992) documentary-fiction; review by Greg Kerr in Murray 1995: 341; from the review by Greg Kerr, Cinema Papers, 86, January 1992: 52-53
Goodbye Paradise (Carl Schultz, 1983) prod. Jane Scott for Petersham Pictures, wr. Bob Ellis, Denny Lawrence, dp Danny Batterham, music Peter Best, design George Liddle, ed. Richard Francis-Bruce; Ray Barrett (Mike Stacey), John Clayton, Kate Fitzpatrick, Lex Marinos, Robyn Nevin (Kate), Janet Scrivener, Charles Tingwell, Kris McQuade; http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/CRCC/film/laseur/chap4.html; Eastman colour, 35mm, 110 min.
Goodbye Pork Pie (Geoff Murphy, 1980) NZ; comedy
Gnow or Never (Franco di Chiera, Carmelo Musca, 2009) doco; WA
Grampire (David Blyth, 1991) aka Moonrise; NZ; comedy
Grandad Rudd (Ken G. Hall, 1935) aka Ruling the Roost
Grange (2004)
Grasscutter, The (Ian Mune, 1988) NZ; action
Great Gold Swindle, The, in production Perth WA 1983, never distributed, may have been shown on Channel 10 1984; John Hargreaves, Bill McCluskey
Great Macarthy, The (David Baker, 1975) novel, A Salute to the Great McCarthy, by Barry Oakley, prod. David Baker, Stoney Creek Films, exec prod. Richard Brennan, dp Bruce McNaughton; John Jarratt, Judy Morris, Kate Fitzpatrick, Sandra McGregor, Barry Humphies, Ron Frazer, Bruce Spence, Colin Croft, John Frawley, Chris Haywood, Max Gillies, Dennis Miller, Colin Drake, Lou Richards, Jack Dyer, Jim Bowles, Bruce Spence, Peter Cummins, Cul Cullen, Maurie Fields, Laidley Mort, Tim Robertson, Sally Conabere, Jon Finlayson, Max Meldrum, Bill Garner, John Derum, Luigi Villani, Burt Cooper; comedy about AFL player falling in love with the chairman's daughter; Barry Humphies won an Honourable Mention for his role at the AFIs 2000
Green Bush (Warwick Thornton, 2005) prod. Kath Shelper; best short film IF Awards 2005; short
Green Card (Peter Weir, 1991) Gerard Depardieu, Andie MacDowell
Green Dolphin Street (Victor Saville, 1947) drama; Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Richard Hart, Donna Reed, Edmund Gwenn, Frank Morgan; American film set partly in NZ
Greenhide (Charles Chauvel, 1926) drama
Greenkeeping (David Caesar, 1993) wr. David Caesar; Mark Little, Lisa Hensley, Max Cullen, Jan Adele, Gia Carides, Sid Conabere, Willie Fennell, Kristoffer Greaves, Tony Helou, ... Robyn Nevin, ... Grieg Pickhaver, ... David Wenham; greenkeeping at suburban bowling club
Grendel, Grendel, Grendel (Alexander Stitt, 1981) novel: Grendel, by John Gardner, Victorian Film Corporation, Hoyts Theatres, Ltd., TVW Enterprises, producers, Phillip Adams, Alexander Stitt; animators, Anne Joliffe, Gus McLaren, Ralph Peverill, David Atkinson; animation director, Frank Hellard, Voices: Peter Ustinov, Keith Michell, Arthur Dignam, Ed Rosser, Bobby Bright, Ric Stone; animated film retelling the Beowulf epic, in which Grendel, the monster of the legend, philosophizes about human frailties and ponders his own role in human civilization
Gretel (Gillian Armstrong, 1973) short, AFTRS
Grey Glove, The (Dunstan Webb, 19280
Grievous Bodily Harm (Mark Joffe, 1988) thriller; Colin Friels, John Waters, Bruno Lawrence; Friels is a corrupt crime reporter, Lawrence a corrupt cop, Waters a psycho; 96 min. Dark Love Story (Jon Hewitt, 2004) aka Grim (working title); wr. Jon Hewitt, Belinda McClory; Aaron Pederson, Belinda McClory; 92 min.
Griff the Invisible (Leon Ford, 2010) Ryan Kwanten, Maeve Dermody
Gross Misconduct (George Miller, 1993) Jimmy Smits, Naomi Watts; academic-student liaison
Ground Zero (Bruce Myles, Michael Pattinson, 1987) British nuclear tests at Maralinga; political thriller, filmed Coober Pedy, Melbourne
GTK (ABC, 1969-75) TV series
Guests (David Denneen, in prod. 2006) wr. Dave Warner, prod. Anna Fawcett, Todd Fellman, Mark Lazarus; Travis Fimmel, Teresa Palmer; thriller
Guided by the Light of the Lord (Abe Forsythe, 1998) Leslie Garlik (Marc Turner) tries to teach ppl about Jesus, 5 min.
Gulpilil: One Red Blood (Darlene Johnson, 2002) documentary, wr. Darlene Johnson, broadcast Channel 2 2030 11 December 2002
Guyra Ghost Mystery, The (John Cosgrove, 1921)
Half Life (Dennis O'Rourke, 1982) soon after dropping the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the American military began looking for an 'appropriate' place to test its nuclear weapons; they chose the Marshall Islands
Hammers over the Anvil (Ann Turner, 1993) wr. Peter Hepworth, Ann Turner, novel Alan Marshall, dp James Bartle, prod. Ben Gannon; Charlotte Rampling, Russell Crowe; point of view is that of a crippled boy (based on novel by Alan Marshall, who had polio)
Handful of Dust (Ayten Kuyululu, 1973) "middle-aged woman's involvement in a blood vendetta" (Pike & Cooper 1998: 291); 40 min.
Hands Across The Sea (Gaston Mervale, 1912)
Hang On a Minute, Mate (Alan Lindsay, 1982) NZ comedy, road movie
Happy Feet (Dr George Miller, 2006) Kennedy Miller, Animal Logic; voiced by Brittany Murphy, Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Hugh Jackman
Harbour Beat (David Elfick, 1989) action
Hard Knocks (Don McLennan, 1980) aka Sam; Tracy Mann, Bill Hunter, Kirsty Grant; Melbourne girl tries not to go back to prison
Hard Knuckle (Lex Marinos, 1988) wr. Gary Day; Steve Bisley, Gary Day, Esben Storm; snooker and alcohol
Hard Word, The (Scott Roberts, 2002) wr. Scott Roberts, dp Brian Breheny; Guy Pearce, Rachel Griffiths, Robert Taylor, Damien Richardson, Joel Edgerton, Rhondda Findleton, Kate Atkinson, Vince Colosimo, Kym Gyngell, Paul Sonkkila; three brothers rob banks although in jail; national release 5 May 2002; 103 min.
Harlequin (Simon Wincer, 1980) aka Dark Forces; prod. Antony I. Ginnane for F. G. Film Productions, wr. Everett DeRoche, dp Gary Hansen, music Brian May, design Bernard Hides, ed. Adrian Carr; David Hemmings, Robert Powell, Broderick Crawford, Carmen Duncan, Gus Mercurio, Alan Cassell, Neville Teede, Nita Pannell, Maurie Ogden, Jeremy Sims, Julia Moody, Leslie Wright, Ramsey McLean; shot in Perth, WA; Powell is faith-healer who is to cure politican's son of leukemia; Eastman colour, 35mm, 94 min.
Harmony Row (F. W. Thring, 1933) comedy; George Wallace (Constable Dreadnought), Phyllis Baker (Molly); Bill Kerr (as Willie Kerr)
Harp in the South, The (George Whaley, 1986) mini-series
Harry Hooton (Arthur Cantrill, 1970) experimental film about poet
Harry's War (Richard Frankland) documentary-drama about the war experience of Frankland's Uncle Harry
Harvest Gold (Kevin Murphy, 1945) drama; publicity for Caltex
Harvest Of Hate (Michael Thornhill, 1978) wr. Wal Cherry, Gil Brealey; Michael Aitkens, Dennis Grosvenor, Kris McQuade, Richard Meikle; action-drama set in Palestine in the late 1940s, OR thriller about couple who discover terrorist training camp in outback
Harvie Krumpet (Adam Elliot, short) AA 2004
Hating Alison Ashley (Geoff Bennett, 2005) prod. Elizabeth Howatt-Jackman, John Brousek, wr. Christine Madafferi, novel by Robyn Klein, 1984, dp Steve Newman; Delta Goodrem, Saskia Burmeister, Craig McLachlan, Richard Carter, Alexander Cappelli, Jean Kittson, Tracy Mann, Abby Gudgeon (Jedda); teenpic teen comedy; shooting at Docklands 2004; released 17 March 2005; FFC budget $3,648,687, box office $2,078,777; 103 min.
Haunted Barn, The (F. W. Thring, 1931) comedy melodrama
Hayseeds Come to Sydney, The (Beaumont Smith, 1917) aka The Hayseeds Come To Town
Hayseeds' Back-Blocks Show, The (Beaumont Smith, 1917)
Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup, The (Beaumont Smith, 1918)
Hayseeds, The (Beaumont Smith, 1933) aka Our Friends, The Hayseeds; Cecil Kellaway; characters from Smith's (six - or seven?) silent films with the Hayseed family (1917, 1917, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1923); see also Splendid Fellows, aka The Hayseeds at the Melbourne Centenary and Prehistoric Hayseeds and Townies and Hayseeds
He Died with a Felafel in his Hand (Richard Lowenstein, 2001) wr. Richard Lowenstein, prods Domenico Procacci & Andrew McPhail; production company: Notorious; known finance: AFC; Noah Taylor; a seemingly unresolvable love triangle between three people chasing each other through share-accommodation hell in an ongoing unrequited daisy-chain of desire; 103 min.; broadcast 2200 18 December 2004 Ch9
Head On (Ana Kokkinos, 1998) aka Loaded, novel by Christos Tsiolkas; prod. Jane Scott; Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis; review by Mark Sinker, Sight and Sound, November 1999: 46; 104 min.
Healing of Bali, The (John Darling, 2003) documentary broadcast on The Cutting Edge, SBS, Tuesday 7 October 2003
Heart of the Stag (Michael Firth, 1986) wr. Michael Firth, Neil Illingworth; Bruno Lawrence, Terence Cooper, Mary Regan (NZ)
Heartbeat Away, A (Gale Edwards, 2001)
Heartbreak High (Gannon Television, 1994) TV series, wr. Michael Jenkins
Heartbreak Kid (Michael Jenkins, 1993) Alex Dimitriades, Claudia Karvan, Steve Bastoni, Doris Younane, Nic Lathouris, William McInnes; teacher-student love affair
Heartland (ABC, 1994) mini-series
Heatwave (Phillip Noyce, 1982) wr. Phillip Noyce, Marc Rosenberg, from original screen play by Tim Gooding, Mark Stiles, prod. Hilary Linstead, Ross Matthews for Heatwave Films, dp Vincent Monton, ed. John Scott, music Cameron Allan, design Ross Major, ed. John Scott; Judy Davis (Kate Dean), Richard Moir (Stephen West), Chris Haywood (Houseman), Bill Hunter (Duncan), John Gregg, Anna Jemison, John Meillon; "the events in the film recall the life and disappearance of a Sydney activist-journalist, Juanita Nielsen, whose life also obliquely provided the background to ... The Killing of Angel Street ..." (Geoff Gardner, in Murray 1995: 101); political thriller; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Heaven (Scott Reynolds, 1998) drama; NZ
Heaven Tonight (Pino Amenta, 1990) John Waters, Rebecca Gilling, Kym Gyngell, Sean Scully; reviewed by Greg Kerr, Cinema Papers, 82, March 1991: 54-55; 1960s rock star attempts comeback; father and son rockers
Heaven's Burning (Craig Lahiff, 1997) You Don't Know What Love Is; wr. Louis Nowra; Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh; Japanese woman on honeymoon in Australia leaves her husband and becomes involved with Aussie bushwhacker in a chase across Australia; 99 min.
Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1995) wr. Frances Walsh, Peter Jackson; Melanie Lynskey, Kate Winslet, Sarah Peirse, Diana Kent, Clive Merrison, Simon O'Connor, NZ, 95 min.
Hei Tiki (Alexander Markey, 1935) NZ; drama
Helen's War (Anna Broinowski, 2004) documentary, convinced that the War on Terror is escalating the global nuclear arms race, firebrand anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott embarks on an explosive, funny, fearless crusade through post-911 USA, tracked by her niece Anna Broinowski, in this documentary which screens on SBS on Thursday 1 July 2004 and at the Valhalla Cinema in Glebe until the end of June 2004
Hell Has Harbour Views (Peter Duncan, 2005) telemovie; Matt Day; broadcast ABC 30 January 2005
Hello (Jonathan Nix, 2004) animation; received major award at the world's largest animation festival in Annecy, 7-12 June 2004
Her Majesty (Mark Mark J. Gordon, 2001) Sally Andrews; NZ
Hercules and the Amazon Women (Bill L. Norton, 1994) drama, satire; Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Roma Downey, Michael Hurst, Lloyd Scott, Lucy Lawless, Christopher Brougham, Tim Lee, Kim Michalis; NZ
Hercules and the Circle of Fire (Doug Lefler, 1994) drama, satire; Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn; NZ
Hercules and the Lost Kingdom (Harley Cokliss, 1994) drama, satire; Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn; NZ
Hercules in the Maze of the Minotaur (Josh Becker, 1996) drama, satire; Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn; NZ
Hercules in the Underworld (Bill L. Norton, 1994) drama, satire; Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn; NZ
Hercules Returns (David Parker, 1993) aka First Take Meets Hercules, The Last Temptation of Hercules; David Argue, Michael Carman, Mary Coustas, Bruce Spence; voices: Des Mangan, Sally Patience, Matthew King; Italian film used is Hercules, Samson, Maciste and Ursus Are Invincible
Hercules: the Legendary Journeys (Bill L. Norton, 1994) drama, satire; Kevin Sorbo, Anthony Quinn, Lucy Lawless; NZ
Heritage (Charles Chauvel, 1935) early days of colonial Australia
Hero Of The Dardanelles, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1915) war; two brothers at Gallipoli
Heroes of the Krait (Peter Maxwell, 1982) war; John Howard, Atsuo Nakamura, Stuart Wilson
Hidden History of Homosexual Australia, The (Con Anemogianni, 2005) premiere SAFF
Hide and Seek (John Polson, 2005) Robert de Niro; NOT Australian
High Rolling (Igor Auzins, 1977) prod. Tim Burstall for Hexagon Productions; Joseph Bottoms, Grigor Taylor, Judy Davis (film debut), John Clayton, Wendy Hughes; comedy adventure as two adventurers encounter drug dealers
High Tide (Gillian Armstrong, 1987) prod. Sandra Levy, wr. Laura Jones; Lillie (Judy Davis) rediscovers abandoned child Ally (Claudia Karvan), who has been brought up by her paternal grandmother, Bet, Jan Adele; Frankie J. Holden is an Elvis impersonator, Colin Friels the love interest; family melodrama; 100 min.
Hildegarde (Di Drew, 1999) Hildegarde is a duck
Hills Of Hate (Raymond Longford, 1926)
His Convict Bride (John Gavin, 1918) aka For the Term of Her Natural Life
His Only Chance (Dick Shortland, 1918)
His Royal Highness (F. W. Thring, 1932) aka His Loyal Highness; George Wallace (feature debut)
History of Australian Cinema 1896 to 1940 (Alan Anderson, Joan Long, Keith Gow, 1964, 1964, 1979) prod. Anthony Buckley; documentary; 1896-1920 The pictures that moved; 1920-1930 The passionate industry; 1930-1940 Now you're talking
Holding Your Breath (Anthony Lucas, 2002) short; competing for a short film prize, Cannes, 2002
Holidays on the River Yarra (Leo Berkeley, 1990) wr. Leo Berkeley; Craig Adams, Luke Elliot, Alex Menglet, Tahir Cambis, Claudia Karvan; racism; mercenaries; urban boredom, young male alienation
Holy Smoke (Jane Campion, 1999) Kate Winslet, Harvey Keitel, Tim Robertson, 115 min.
Home (Phillip Noyce, 1969) experimental short
Home and Away (ATN Channel 7, 1988-) TV serial
Homemade History (2004)
Homelands (Tom Zubrycki, 1992) aka View from the Edge; refugees from San Salvador
Home Port (Phillip Thomson, 1997) wr. Christine Evans, Phillip Thomson; domestic drama; US Navy visit to Fremantle, WA; 110 min.
Homesdale (Peter Weir, 1971) B&W, 16 mm, 50 min., prod. Grahame Bond, Richard Brennan, wr. Piers Davies, Peter Weir, dp Anthony Wallis, music Grahame Bond, Rory O'Donoghue, Wayne Le Clos; Grahame Bond, Barry Donnelly, Kate Fitzpatrick, Geoff Malone, Phillip Noyce, Doreen Warburton, Peter Weir; black comedy
Home Song Stories, The (Tony Ayres, 2007) Joan Chen; Shanghai nightclub singer struggles to survive in Australia with her two children; shot in Melbourne and Macau
Homicide (Crawford Productions, 1964-75) TV series
Honourable Wally Norman, The (Ted Emery, 2003) wr. Andrew Jones, Rick Kalowski; Kevin Harrington, Shaun Micallef, Alan Cassell; satirical comedy
Hoodwink (Claude Whatham, 1981) John Hargreaves, Judy Davis, Dennis Miller, Wendy Hughes, Max Cullen, Paul Chubb, Kim Deacon, Michael Caton, Geoffrey Rush; Whatham is English; Hargreaves' character was based on Carl Synnerdahl who pretended to be blind for eighteen months, from the time of his arrest until his subsequent transfer to a minimum security prison
Hope (Damien Power, AFC Indivision funding 2004) Power is Tasmanian; Serhat Caradee, Daniella Ortega; day in the life of suicidial teenage girl
Hordern Mystery, The (Harry Southwell, 1920)
Horse with Stripes, A (Andrew O'Sullivan, 1991) wr. Andrew O'Sullivan, prod. Andrew Ross; John Gregg, Mary-Lou Stewart, Michael Lake, Louise Howitt; 25 min.; AFTRS; on the DVD with High Rolling
Horseplay (Stavros Kazantzidis, 2003) co-wr. Stavros Kazantzidis, prod. Allanah Zitserman (Kazantzidis's partner), Mushroom Pictures; Marcus Graham, Abbie Cornish, Jason Donovan, Alyssa McClelland, Natalie Mendoza, Damien Richardson; crime caper comedy set around the Melbourne Cup; failed financially: took only $141000 (Australian, 7 July 2004)
Hostage: The Christine Maresch Story (Frank Shields, 1983) aka Savage Attraction; prod. Basil Appleby, Frank Shields for Frontier Films, wr. Frank Shields, John Lind, from a true story, dp Vincent Monton, music Davood Tabrizi, design Phillip McLaren, ed. Don Saunders; Gabriella Barraket, Clare Binney, Bert Cooper, Hank Johannes, Kerry Mack, Judy Nunn, Ralph Schicha; Eastman colour, 35mm Panavision, 90 min.
Hot Target (Denis Lewiston, 1985) aka Restless; NZ
Hotel de Love (Craig Rosenberg, 1996) wr. Craig Rosenberg, prod. Michael Lake, David Parker; Aden Young, Simon Bossell, Saffron Burrows; farcical romantic comedy about two brothers who love the same girl; Melbourne; Rosenberg born 1965, studied law, writing Hollywood screenplays 1992-2005
Hotel Sorrento (Richard Franklin, 1995) wr. Richard Franklin, Peter Fitzpatrick, play Hannie Rayson, dp Geoff Burton; Joan Plowright, Caroline Goodall, Tara Morice, Caroline Gillmer, Ray Barrett, John Hargreaves, Nicholas Bell, Ben Thomas; AFI Best Screenplay, Supporting Actor (Barrett)
Hound Of The Deep, The (Frank Hurley, 1926) aka Pearl of the South Seas; Stoll Picture Productions; see also The Jungle Woman
House of Dreams (Yves Stening, in production) prod. Martin Brown, dop Russell Boyd, composer Richard Tognetti; big-budget hybrid drama/documentary feature; SBS Independent senior commissioning editor - documentary Ned Lander described House of Dreams as a "documentary / poem / feature that is absolutely pushing the form into a new area"
House Opening (Judith MacDougall, 1980)
Houseboat Horror (Ollie Martin, Kendal Flanagan, 1988) slasher
How McDougall Topped The Score (V. Upton Brown, 1924)
How the West was Lost (David Noakes, 1987)
How to Change in 9 Weeks (Simone North, 2008) wr. Tony Cavanaugh, Simone North; 15-year-old Australian girl goes missing, found to have been murdered by her babysitter
How to Make an American Quilt (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1995) not Australian
How We Beat The Emden (Alfred Rolfe, 1915) aka Fate of the Emden
How Willingly You Sing (Garry Patterson, 1975) wr. prod. Garry Patterson for Inch Films, dp Peter Tammer; Isaac Gerson, Braham Glass, Morris Gradman, Allan Levy, Garry Patterson, Jerry Powderly, Jim Robertson; Melbourne, colour, 16 mm, 89 min.
Howling 3: The Marsupials (Philippe Mora, 1987) Barry Otto, Imogen Annesley (Jerboa), Dasha Blahova, Max Fairchild, Ralph Cotterill, Leigh Biolos, Burnum Burnum
Hullo Marmaduke (Beaumont Smith, 1924) Claude Dampier
Human Touch (Paul Cox, 2004) prod. Mark Patterson, wr. Paul Cox, dp Ian Jones; Aaron Blabey, Jacqueline McKenzie, Chris Haywood, Rebcca Frith; beautiful young woman in an unhappy marriage decides to model nude for an aging, blind, impotent artist (Chris Haywood); with his encouragement, she embarks on an affair with his young wife, while Haywood "watches" them with his hands so that he can then translate their experiences into art; premiere Melbourne Film Festival July 2004; Toronto FF September 2004; FFC budget $2,118,882, box office $24,924; Aust release 14 April 2005; released in Australia by Magna Pacific to DVD rental 8 March 2006; 101 min.
Humpty Dumpty Man, The (P. J. Hogan, 1989) wr. Karl Zwicky, P. J. Hogan; Frank Gallacher, Frederick Parslow, Rod Mullinar, John Frawley, Deborra-Lee Furness; thriller; released on video; prolly based on David Combe, Australian Trade Commissioner who was linked to a Soviet spy
Hungry Heart (Luigi Acquisto, 1987) aka Lay Off
Hunt Angels (Alec Morgan, 2006) docudrama; FFC funding 2004; opens on August 10 2006; little-known episode in Oz cinematic history: true and little known story of Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks, tenacious pioneers of the Australian film industry; premiere 23 July 2006 Chauvel Theatre; opening film MIFF 26 July 2006
Hunting (Frank Howson, 1991) John Savage, Kerry Armstrong, Jeffrey Thomas, Guy Pearce; film noir
Hurrah (Frank Shields, 1998) Marton Csokas, Tushka Bergen
Hurricane Smith (Colin Budds, 1991) aka Dead on Delivery; Carl Weathers, Jurgen Prochnow, Cassandra Delaney; really an offshore American production; actioner; not Australian
I Am You (Simone North, 2010) Guy Pearce, Miranda Otto; drama; Cannes
I Happened to be a Girl (Jan Chapman, 1970) prod. Jan Chapman, dp Phil Noyce, ed. Phil Noyce
I Know How Many Runs You Scored Last Summer (Doug Turner, pre-production 2004) wr. Doug Turner; 85 min., digital; cricket team dismissed by mustachioed serial killer with razor sharp cricket glove and sharpened stumps; killer exacts revenge for torment endured 20 yrs earlier
I Love You Too (Daina Reid, 2010) comedy
I Own the Racecourse (Stephen Ramsey, 1985) novel Patricia Wrightson; Gully Coote, Tony Barry, Norman Kaye, Rodney Burke, Paul Bertram, Brett Climo, Bob Ellis, Safier Redsepaski; gullible teenager involved in doping scheme
I Told You I Was Ill (Cathy Henkel, 2005) documentary, premiere SAFF; on Spike Milligan
I'll Be Home for Christmas (Brian McKenzie, 1984) documentary
I'll Make You Happy (Athina Tsoulis, 1998) NZ
I, Robot (Alex Proyas, 2004) dp Simon Duggan, second unit Kimble Rendall; Will Smith; shot in Vancouver, originally planned for Fox Studios, Sydney; NOT Australian
Idiot Box (David Caesar, 1996) wr. David Caesar, prod. Nicki Roller, Glenys Rowe; Ben Mendelsohn (Kev), Jeremy Sims (Mick), John Polson (Jonah), Susie Porter (Betty); Kev and Mick rob a bank cos it seems like a good idea at the time; 82 min.
idole, L' (Samantha Lang, 2003) (France; NOT Australian); Leelee Sobiesky, James Hong; opens 26 June 2003 Melbourne, 3 July 2003 Sydney; brief review IF July 2003: 67
If The Huns Came To Melbourne (George Coates, 1916)
Importance of Being Earnest, The; cast includes Frances O'Connor; not Australian
Ileksen (Dennis O'Rourke, 1978)
Illuminations (Paul Cox, 1976) wr. Paul Cox, prod. Tibor Markus, dp Paul Cox and Brian Gracey, design Alan Srubenrauch, eds Paul Cox, Russell Hurley; Sheila Florance, Norman Kaye, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Gabriella Trsek; Melbourne, colour, 16 mm, 74 min.
Illustrated Auschwitz (Jackie Farkas, 1992) documentary
Illustrated Family Doctor, The (Kriv Stenders, 2004) prod. Catherine Kerr, wr. Kriv Stenders, David Snell, novel David Snell; Samuel Johnson (Gary Kelp), Jessica Napier, Kestie Morassi, Colin Friels, Brian Meegan, Paul Sonkkila, Sacha Horler (Gary's sister); dark comedy about illness; Gary's job is condensing books; Valhalla, Glebe 23 Feb 2005, opens nationally 3 March 2005; FFC budget $2,425,002, box office $42,885; 101 min.
Illustrious Energy (Leon Narbey, 1988) aka Dreams of Home; Chan, a Chinese prospector in the NZ goldfields in the 1860s and his father-in-law work a gold claim in a racist climate
In a Savage Land (Bill Bennett, 1999) wr. & prod. Bill Bennett, Jennifer Bennett; Maya Stange, Martin Harrison, Rufus Sewell, John Howard, Max Cullen; AFI Nomination 1999
In Her Skin (Simone North, 2009) Guy Pearce, Sam Neill, Miranda Otto, Kate Bell, Rebecca Gibney, Khan Chittenden, Justine Clarke, Ruth Bradley, Jeremy Sims, Steven Vidler; crime thriller
In My Father's Den (Brad McGann, 2004) NZ, Premiere Sydney Film Festival 11 June 2004, wr. Brad McGann, mystery-thriller, loosely based on whodunnit novel by Maurice Gee, Matthew MacFadyen, Emily Barclay, Miranda Otto, NZ$7.3mill/AUD$6.3mill budget; MacFadyen's hotshot photojournalist character becomes a suspect in the disappearance of Celia (ingenue Barclay), daughter of former lover; opened Sydney FF 2004; best new director Seattle IFF 2005
In Search of Anna (Esben Storm, 1979) wr. prod. Esben Storm, dp Michael Edols, music John Martyn, design Alan Stivell, ed. Dusan Werner; Richard Moir, Judy Morris, Bill Hunter, Alex Taifer, Ian Nimmo, Gary Waddell, Chris Haywood, Gerda Nicholson, Martin Sharp; ex-prisoner in search of girlfriend; Eastman colour, 35mm, 91 min.
In Search of the Castaways (Robert Stevenson, 1962) NZ
In the Cut (Jane Campion, 2003) dp Dion Beebe; Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo; NOT Australasian
In the Days Of 49 (1911)
In the Last Stride (Martyn Keith, 1916)
In the Nick Of Time (Alfred Rolfe, 1911)
In the Wake of the Bounty (Charles Chauvel, 1933) dramatised documentary, Errol Flynn as Bligh; filmed Tahiti and Pitcairn
In the Winter Dark (James Bogle, 1998) prod. Rosemary Blight, wr. Tim Winton (novel), James Bogle & James Rasmussen, dp Martin McGrath; Brenda Blethyn, Ray Barrett, Richard Roxburgh, Miranda Otto
In this Life's Body (Corinne Cantrill, 1984)
In Too Deep (John Tatoulis, Colin Smith, 1989) aka Mack the Knife; film noir
Incident at Raven's Gate (Rolf de Heer, 1989) aka Encounter at Raven's Gate; suspenseful science fiction comedy; Steven Vidler, Celine Griffin, Ritchie Singer, Vincent Gil, Saturday Rosenberg, Terry Camilleri, Max Cullen
Indecent Obsession, An (Lex Marinos, 1985) novel Colleen McCullough; Sr Honour Langtry (Wendy Hughes) runs, with remarkable incompetence, the psychiatric ward of a military hospital on a Pacific island during World War 2
Indonesia Calling (Joris Ivens, 1946) documentary
Inherit the Stars (Robert Marchand, 1992)
Inheritance: A Fisherman's Story (Peter Hegedus) documentary; Balazs Mesaros travels to Perth to confront mining company which has created ecological disaster in Rumania
Initiation (Michael Pearce, 1987) aka Zoomstone, prod. Jane Ballantyne, wr. Jim Barton, dp Geoff Simpson; 92 min.; Bruno Lawrence, Rodney Harvey, Anna-Maria Winchester, Barry Smith, Miranda Otto; youngster arrives from USA, mother just dead, comes to Oz to find his father (Lawrence) working for gangsters
Inja (Steve Pasvolsky, 2002?) short; Oscar nomination
Inlanders, The (John Kingsford Smith, 1949) documentary; Aust Inland Mission; cf. Back of Beyond (1954)
Inn of the Damned (Terry Bourke, 1975) prod. Terry Bourke, Rod Hay for Terryrod Productions, wr. Terry Bourke, dp Brian Probyn; Dame Judith Anderson, Tony Bonner, Alex Cord, Michael Craig, Joseph Furst, Reg Gorman, Lionel Long, John Meillon, John Morris, Robert Quilter, Phillip Avalon; Sydney, colour, 35 mm, 118 min.; horror; see Michael Helms, Cinema Papers, 129, January 1999: 27; Pike & Cooper 1998: 446
Inner Sanctuary, The (Chris Clarke, 1996)
Innocence (Paul Cox, 2000) wr. Paul Cox; Charles Tingwell, Julia Blake, Terry Norris, Robert Menzies, Marita Dusseldorp, Chris Hayward; screened Toronto 2000
Innocent Prey (Colin Eggleston, 1983) prod. Colin Eggleston; thriller
Inside Looking Out (Paul Cox, 1977) aka Two in the Family; prod. Bernard Eddy, Illumination Films, wrs Paul Cox, Susan Holly Jones, dp Paul Cox, design Alan Srubenrauch, composer Norman Kaye, ed. Paul Cox; Juliet Bacskai, Briony Behets, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Norman Kaye, Elke Neidhardt; Sydney, colour, 35 mm, 88 min.; emotional study of disintegrating marriage, set over the course of a weekend
Inside Story, The (Rob Sutherland, 2003) supernatural thriller; withdrawn from AFI competition 2002; premiere at the TriBeCa Festival, New York, May 2003; winner of the Australian Writers Guild Award 2001
Intersection (Phillip Noyce, 1969) experimental short
Interview, The (Craig Monahan, 1998) wr. Gordon Davie, Craig Monahan, dp Simon Duggan; Hugo Weaving, Tony Martin, Aaron Jeffrey, Paul Sonkkila; 100 min.
Into the Night, short, Won Best Screenplay in a Short Film AFI Awards 7 November 2002
Into the Straight (T. O. McCreadie, 1949) 82 min.; Charles Tingwell, Muriel Steinbeck; horse-trainer drama
Intruders, The (Lee Robinson, 1969) aka Skippy and the Intruders; spinoff from Skippy
Irreversible (Ann Turner, 2006) Sam Neill, Susan Sarandon
Iris (Tony Isaac, 1984) Helen Morse
Irishman, The (Donald Crombie, 1978) prod. Anthony Buckley for Forest Home Films, wr. Donald Crombie from the novel by Elizabeth O'Conner, dp PeterJames, music Charles Marawood, design Graham Walker, ed. Tim Wellburn; Simon Burke, Michael Craig, Vincent Ball, Tony Barry, Bryan Brown, Lou Brown, Gerard Kennedy, Robyn Nevin; drama of 1920s Qld, filmed Charter Towers; Gevacolor, 35mm, 110 min.
Irresistible (Ann Turner, 2006) wr. Ann Turner, prod. Tatiana Kennedy, David Parker; Susan Sarandon, Sam Neill, Emily Blunt; woman becomes convinced her husband is being pursued by one of his office colleagues
Isabelle Eberhardt (Ian Pringle, 1992) Mathilda May, Tcheky Karyo, Peter O'Toole, Richard Moir, Arthur Dignam
Island of Lies (Gillian Coote, 1990) documentary
Island (Paul Cox, 1989) Irene Papas, Eva Sitta
Isle Of Intrigue (A. R. Harwood, 1931) Dorothy Stanward, James Alexander, Helene Best, Darcy Kelway; pearling schooners of a trading firm are being robbed by a mysterious pirate
Ister, The ( ) documentary; journey up Danube while examining Martin Heidegger
It Is Never Too Late To Mend (W. J. Lincoln, 1911)
It Isn't Done (Ken G. Hall, 1937) Cecil Callaway, Shirley Ann Richards
It Takes All Kinds (Eddie Davis, 1969) B movie crime genre quicky; 98 min.
Ivor Paints (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill, 1995) experimental
Jabe Babe: A Heightened Life (Janet Merewether, 2005) prod. Deborah Szapiro, Georgia Wallace-Crabbe, Janet Merewether; IF Award for Best Documentary 2005
Jack and Jill: A Postscript (Phillip Adams, Brian Robinson, 1969) Melbourne, colour, 16 mm, 67 minutes, wr. prod. dp. Phillip Adams and Brian Robinson, music, Peter Best; Lindsay Howatt, Judy Leech, Anthony Ward; AFI Best Film 1969; kindergarten teacher falls for motorbike rider
Jack Be Nimble (Garth Maxwell, 1993) NZ
Jack Brown, Genius (Tony Hiles, 1996) NZ
Jackeroo Of Coolabong, The (Wilfred Lucas, 1920)
James (Lynda Heys, 1998) comedy
Jammed, The (Dee McLachlan, 2007) Emma Lung, Veronica Sywak, Saskia Burmeister
Japanese Story (Sue Brooks, 2003) wr. Alison Tilson, prod. Sue Maslin, ed. Jill Bilcock; Gecko Films; Toni Collette as Sandy Edwards, Gotaro Tsunashima as Tachibana Hiromitsu; set and shot in Perth and the Pilbara; screened at Cannes in the section of the Festival called Un Certain Regard; won Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography AFIs 2003; well-connected Japanese executive comes to Western Australian to inspect iron-ore mining and is driven in the bush by a geologist; this is the story of their relationship
Jedda (Charles Chauvel, 1955) Ngarla Kunoth, Robert Tudawali, Betty Suttor, Paul Reynall; stolen generations story, with young Aboriginal woman raised by white family and torn between two cultures; 101 min., colour
Jenny Kissed Me (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1986) prod. Tom Broadbridge; Deborra-Lee Furness, Ivar Kants, Tamsin West, Paula Duncan, Steven Grives; Carol (Deborra-Lee Furness) and de facto Lindsay (Ivar Kants) live with ten-year-old daughter Jenny; family melodrama; 98 min.
Jessica (Peter Andrikidis, 2004) mini-series, wr. Peter Yeldham, novel Bryce Courtenay, prod. Tony Buckley, exec. prod. Bob Campbell & Des Monaghan, music Paul Grabowsky; Leeanna Walsman, Sam Neill, Lisa Harrow, Tony Martin, John Howard, Heather Mitchell, Kerry Walker, Peter Sumner, John Gregg, Huw Higginson, Megan Dorman, Natasha Wanganeen (Young Actor Award AFI 2004)
Jewboy (Tony Krawitz, 2005) 52 min.; set in Sydney's Hassidic community
Jewelled Nights (Louise Lovely, Wilton Welch, 1925)
Jigsaw (Marc Gracie, 1988)
Jilted (Bill Bennett, 1987) aka Lovers; filmed Fraser Island Qld
Jindalee Lady (Brian Syron, 1990) Jindalee Lady is the name of fashion label created by designer Laureen who was born on an Aboriginal reserve of that name; reputedly the first feature film directed by an indigenous person (Syron's claim)
Jindabyne (Ray Lawrence, 2006) wr. Beatrix Christian, Ray Lawrence, based on short story 'So much water so close to home' by Raymond Carver, prod. Catherine Jarman; three men on a fishing trip discover the body of a murdered young woman; filming in Kosciuszko National Park; Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Deborra-Lee Furness, Chris Haywood, John Howard, Max Cullen, Leah Purcell; mystery
Joan of Arc Of Loos, The (George Willoughby, 1916)
Joe (Beaumont Smith, 1924) Arthur Tauchert, Marie Lorraine
Joe Leahy's Neighbours (Bob Connolly & Robyn Anderson, 1988) documentary
Joey (Ian Barry, 1997) aka The Kangaroo Kid
Jog's Trot (John Papadopoulos, 1976) Arthur Dignam
Joh's Jury (Ken Cameron, 1993)
Josh Jarman (Pip Mushin, 2004) prod. Eva Orner, dp James Grant, Melbourne; Marcus Graham, Damien Richardson, Daniella Farinacci; premiere Melbourne Film Festival June 2004
Journalist, The (Michael Thornhill, 1979) prod. Pom Oliver for Edgecliff Films, wr. Michael Thornhill, Edna Wilson, dp Don McAlpine, design Jenny Green, ed. Tim Wellburn; Jack Thompson, Elzabeth Alexander, Sam Neill, Penne Hackforth Jones, Jane Harders, Carol Raye, Charles Tingwell; sex comedy; Eastman colour, 35mm, 95 min.
Journey (Ivan Sen, 1997) short
Journey among Women (Tom Cowan, 1977) prod. John Weilley, wr. Tom Cowan, John Weiley, Dorothy Hewett and cast, dp Tom Cowan, music Roy Ritchie, ed. John Scott; Nell Campbell, Diane Fuller, Jude Kuring, Rose Lilly, Lisa Peers, Jeune Pritchard; Sydney, colour, 35mm, 93 min.
Journey for Three (Michael Forlong, 1950) NZ
Journey to the End of Night (Peter Tammer, 1982) dramatised documentary portrait of Bill Neave, a survivor of the fall of Rabaul in 1942; 72 min.
Journey out of Darkness (James Trainor, 1967) [James Trainor was born WA]; Konrad Matthaei (an American), Ed Devereaux, Kamahl; plot summary Cinema Papers, 129, January 1999: 23; white actor Devereaux blacks up to play Aboriginal tracker, Jubbal, and Kamahl (from Ceylon [now Sri Lanka]) plays an Aboriginal prisoner; when Jubbal dies, the prisoner becomes his captor's guide "out of darkness"
Journey with Paul Cox, A (Gerrit Messiaen, Rob Visser, 1996) documentary, broadcast SBS
Joyful and Triumphant (Kotukt Productions, 1992)
Joys of the Women (Franco di Chiera, 1993) WA; documentary about the choir founded by Kavisha Mazzella, Le Gioie delle Donne
Juicy (Louise Alston, 2010)
Jungle Woman, The (Frank Hurley, 1926) shot in New Guinea
Just a Little Note (Jan Chapman, 1970) prod. Jan Chapman, dp Phil Noyce, ed. Phil Noyce; documentary of moratorium march and George Shevtsov's guerrilla theatre group
Just Desserts (Monica Pellizzari, 1993) short; relationship between girl's sexual maturation and food items
Just Me and My Little Girlie (Linda Blagg, 1976) short; deals with father-daughter incest
Just Out Of Reach (Linda Blagg, 1979) aka Portrait of a Diarist; prod. Ross Mathews, Portrait Films, wr. Linda Blagg, dp Russell Boyd, ed. Ted Otton; Lou Brown Jackie Dalton, Judi Farr, Ian Gilmour, Lorna Lesley, Sam Neill, Martin Vaughan; deals with attempted suicide after a failed marriage; Eastman colour, 16 mm, 62 min.
Just Peggy (J. A. Lipman, 1918)
Justice (Ron Elliott, 1998) wr. prod. Bob Roget; dop Alex McPhee; Marcus Graham, Kerry Armstrong; West Coast Pictures; shot in Fremantle 1997
Justified Action (Rene Nagy, 1993) Don Swayze, Peter Phelps, Christina Ongley, Mark Hembrow, John Samaha; drama and thriller
K (Garnet Mae, 1999) wrs Robert Sullivan, Garnet Mae; fantasy
Kabbarli (Andrew G. Taylor, 2002) wr. Andrew G. Taylor; docu-drama about Daisy Bates
Kadaicha (James Bogle, 1988) aka Stones of Death (1988) (US title), Zoe Carides, Sean Scully; horror, sci-fi
Kangaroo (Lewis Milestone, 1952) Twentieth Century-Fox, prod. Robert Bassler, wrs Harry Kleiner, dp Charles G Clarke; 85 mins.; Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie, Richard Boone, Chips Rafferty, Letty Craydon, Charles Tingwell, Ronald Whelan, John Fegan, Guy Doleman, Reginald Collins, Frank Ransome, Clyde Combo (Aboriginal stockman), Henry Murdoch (blacktracker); western, set in the Australian outback at the turn of the century
Kangaroo (Tim Burstall, 1987) prod. Ross Dimsey for Naked Country Productions, wr. Evan Jones, from novel by D. H. Lawrence, dp Dan Burstall, design Tracy Watt, ed. Edward McOueen-Mason; Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Peter Hehir, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Gerard Kennedy, Julie Nihill, John Walton; from the novel by D. H. Lawrence; Eastman colour, 35mm, widescreen, 120 min.
Kangaroo Jack (David McNally, 2003) Jerry O'Connell, Estella Warren; shot in Australia, but NOT Australian
Kangaroo Kid, The (Lesley Selander, 1950)Allied Australian films (the McCreadie brothers); Jock O'Mahoney (Tex Kinnane), Veda Ann Borg, Guy Doleman, Alec Kellaway; "oats opera", B-western
Keane Of Kalgoorlie (John Gavin, 1911) Arthur Wright: 'The authorities would not allow Randwick course to be used for picture purposes, so a "scenic" picture of the running of a race in WA (the Perth Cup, I think) was joined up in the film ...'
Kelly Gang, The (Harry Southwell, 1920)
Kenny (Clayton Jacobson, 2006) wr. Clayton Jacobson, Shane Jacobson; Shane Jacobson, Eve von Bibra, Ronald Jacobson, Chris Davis, Ian Dryden, Jesse Jacobson; Kenny delivers porta-loos
Kevin Rampenbacker and the Electric Kettle (Murray Reece, 1993) aka Cops and Robbers; black comedy
Kick (Lynda Heys, 1999) wr. Stuart Beattie; Matt Grant, Claire Andrews, Martin Henderson, Radha Mitchell, Paul Mercurio; champion high school rugby player has a secret desire to be a ballet dancer
Kid Stakes (Tal Ordell, 1927) based on the character of Fatty Finn, as created by cartoonist, Syd Nicholls (1896-1977); first film to be based on a comic strip; Fatty Finn is the only comic character in Australia to have inspired two films
Killbillies, The (Duke Hendrix, 2001) co-writer, actor Duke Hendrix, co-writer, actor Leon Fish, co-writer, co-producer Ringo Ray, co-editor, actor Sven Jonnsen; "The Killbillies: see hillbillies, hear cussin', see un-natural lovin', hear surf guitar, see zombies, learn cookin'"; Metro 135: 220-224
Killing of Angel Street, The (Donald Crombie, 1981) Elizabeth Alexander, John Hargreaves, Reg Lye, Alexander Archdale; Hargreaves' character, Elliott, is based on Jack Mundey, and Elizabeth Alexander's character, Jessica Simmonds, is based on the Juanita Nielsen case, about the Sydney woman who disappeared in 1975 at the height of her involvement in the struggles of Kings Cross residents and their supporters against a large-scale development project; political thriller; cf. Heatwave
Killing Priscilla (Lizzie Gardiner, 1999) documentary, 55 min.
King David (Bruce Beresford, 1985) dp Donald McAlpine; Richard Gere, Edward Woodward; biblical story; NOT Australian
King Of The Coiners (Alfred Rolfe, 1912)
King of the Coral Sea (Lee Robinson, 1954) produced by Southern International (Lee Robinson & Chips Rafferty); Chips Rafferty, Charles Tingwell, Ilma Adey, Rod Taylor, Reg Lye
King of the Two Day Wonder, The (Kevin Anderson, 1979) wr. dp, co-prod. Kevin Anderson, co-prod. Walter Dobrowolski, who also plays the main character; Sigrid Thornton
Kingdom, The (Fin Edquist, funding 2006) wr. Fin Edquist; set on island of NW Australia
Kingdom Of Twilight, The (Alexander MacDonald, 1929) aka Tanami; wr. Alexander MacDonald; western
Kingpin (Mike Walker, 1985) NZ
Kings of Mykonos: Wog Boy 2 (Peter Andrikidis, 2010) Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo, Alex Dimitriades
Kink in the Picasso, A (Marc Gracie, 1989) comedy
Kiss or Kill (Bill Bennett, 1997) wr. Bill Bennett, prod. Bill Bennett, Jennifer Bennett, dp Malcolm McCulloch; Matt Day (Al), Frances O'Connor (Nikki), Chris Haywood (Hummer), Barry Otto (Adler Jones), Andrew S. Gilbert (Crean), Barry Langrishe (Zipper Doyle), Max Cullen (Stan), Syd Brisbane
Kissed (Lynne Stopekwich, 1997)
Kitchen Sink (Alison MacLean, 1989) NZ; Kiwi Gothic
Kitty and the Bagman (Don Crombie, 1983) prod. Anthony Buckley for Forest Home Films for Adams Packer Film Productions, wr. John Burnie, Phillip Cornford, dp Dean Semler, music Brian May, design Owen Williams, ed. Timothy Wellburn; Liddy Clark, Reg Evans, John Ewart, Val Lehman, Colette Mann, Gerard McGuire, John Stanton; comedy drama set Sydney 1920s, feud between two crime queens; colour, Panavision, 35mm, 98 min.
Kokoda Crescent (Ted Robinson, 1988) aka Mission Impractical; comedy
Kokoda (Alister Grierson, 2006) aka The Kokoda Movie/Film, wr. Alister Grierson, John Lonie, prod. Leesa Kahn, Catriona Hughes, dp Jules O'Loughlin; Jack Finsterer, Travis McMahon, Simon Stone, Tom Budge, William McInnes, Shane Bourne; shot Qld; war; in the battle between Australian and Japanese soldiers on the treacherous Kokoda track in WWII, a lost platoon from Australia's 39th battalion help overcome a monumental enemy to protect their nation from invasion; for release Anzac Day 25 April 2006
Know Thy Child (Franklyn Barrett, 1921)
Kostas (Paul Cox, 1979) prod. Bernard Eddy for Kostas Film Productions, wr. Linda Aronson, from an idea by Paul Cox, dp Vittorio Bernini, music Mikis Theodorakis, design Alan Stubenrauch, ed. John Scott; Takis Emmanuel, Chris Haywood, Wendy Hughes, Kris McQuade, Tony Lewellyn-Jones, John Waters; Kostas is a Greek migrant; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Koya No Toseinin [The Drifting Avenger] (Junya Sato, 1968) Japanese western shot but not released in Australia
Kung Fuji (Garnet Mae, 1998) surfers
La Revanche (W. J. Lincoln, 1916) based on Nurse Cavell story
Labor in Power TV documentary
Ladies Please (1994) on the Priscilla DVD: documentary about drag queens; c. 30 min.
Ladies Rooms (Sarah Gibson, Pat Fiske, Susan Lambert, Jan MacKay, 1977) documentary
Lady Outlaw, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1911)
Lake Mungo (Joel Anderson, 2009) wr. Joel Anderson; shooting Ararat; teenager drowns inexplicably in country weir; in documentary style
Land of the Little Kings (2000) documentary, broadcast SBS Sunday 28 May 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation; Archie Roach travels Australia to share tales of survival by members of the stolen generations in this feature-length documentary
Landmines (Dennis O'Rourke, 2005) documentary, premiere SAFF
Lady Stay Dead (Terry Bourke, 1980) prod. Terry Bourke for Ryntare Productions, wr. Terry Bourke, dp Ray Henman, music Bob Young, design Bob Hill, ed. Ron Williams; Deborah Coulls, James Elliott, Les Foxcroft, Chard Haywood, Louise Howitt, Roger Ward; woman in peril thriller; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 92 min.
Ladykiller (Bill Mousoulis, 1994) Rhys Muldoon; serial killer
Landfall (Paul Maunder, 1977) NZ
Landslides (Susan Lambert, Sarah Gibson, 1986) documentary, experimental
Lantana (Ray Lawrence, 2001) prod. Jan Chapman; Anthony LaPaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbara Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Vince Colosimo, Russell Dykstra, Daniella Farinacci, Peter Phelps, Leah Purcell, Glenn Robbins, 115 min.; AFI 2001: best picture, direction, actor, actress ...
Last Aussie Auteur, The (Tony Martin, 1993) short, "originally screened on ABCTV's The Late Show in 1993, a profile of the controversial Australian filmmaker Warren Perso"; wr. Tony Martin; Santo Cilauro, Tom Gleisner, John Harrison, Jane Kennedy, Judith Lucy, Tony Martin, Mick Molloy; on the Bad Eggs DVD; 10 min.
The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce (Michael James Rowland, 2008) based on true story of convict cannibal in Tasmania; cf. Van Diemen's Land
Last Days of Chez Nous, The (Gillian Armstrong, 1992) wr. Helen Garner; Lisa Harrow (Beth), Bruno Ganz (JP), Kerry Fox (Vicki), Miranda Otto (Annie), Kiri Paramore (Tim), Bill Hunter (Beth's father), Lex Marinos; 93 min.
Last Days Work (Brian McKenzie, 1987) documentary
Last Frontier, The (Simon Wincer, 1986) telemovie, prod. Jim & Hal McElroy; Jason Robards, Judy Morris
Last of the Knucklemen, The (Tim Burstall, 1979) wr. Tim Burstall, play John Powers, prod. Tim Burstall, Hexagon Productions, dp Dan Burstall; Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston, Peter Hehir, Dennis Miller, Michael Caton, Steve Rackman, Michael Duffield, Stephen Bisley (Steve Bisley), Stewart Faichney, Sean Myers, Gerry Duggan, Ross Skiffington, Les James, Tim Robertson, Saviour Summit, Margaret Buza, James Parker, Saltbush, Denise Drysdale, Helen Watts; set in a Central Australian mining camp; shot at Andamooka; brief review of DVD release: Richard Luck, Empire, 45, December 2004: 112
Last Outlaw, The (Kevin Dobson & George Miller, 1980) mini-series
Last Ride (Glendyn Ivin, 2009) wr. Mac Gudgeon, novel by Denise Young, dop Grieg Fraser; Tom Russell, Hugo Weaving; yet another film shot in the Stirling Ranges with the support of the SA Film Corporation; official site
Last Tasmanian, The (Tom Haydon, 1978)
Last Tattoo, The (John Reid, 1994) NZ
Last Train to Freo (Jeremy Sims, 2006)
Last Warhorse, The (Bob Meillon, 1985) Japanese businessman in Sydney
Last Wave, The (Peter Weir, 1977) prod. Jim & Hal McElroy; Richard Chamberlain, David Gulpilil; thriller
Laugh On Dad, The (A. C. Tinsdale, 1918)
Leading Edge, The (Michael Firth, 1987) NZ
Leading Man, The (John Duigan, 1996) Jon Bon Jovi, Lambert Wilson, Barry Humphries, Anna Galiena, Thandie Newton; not Australian?
Leave All Fair (John Reid, 1985) John Middleton Murray and Katherine Mansfield; NZ
Law of the Land (Roadshow, Coote & Carroll, 1993) TV serial
Lawn Dogs (John Duigan, 1998) NOT Australian
Learning the Ropes (Barbara Chobocky, 1993) documentary
Leaving of Liverpool, The (Michael Jenkins, 1992) mini-series; John Hargreaves, Christine Tremarco
Left Ear (Andrew Wholley, post 2006) wr. Lech Mackiewicz, prod. Clare Mackey; lonely Polish immigrant attempts to capture his dreams on videotape
Leith Ratten Case, The (Tristram Miall, 1980) murder trial; VHS; 60 min.
Lempad of Bali (John Darling, 1980) documentary
Lennie Cahill Shoots Through (2004) Chris Haywood; Best Short Fiction Film AFI 2004
Leonora (Derek Strahan, 1985) wr. Derek Strahan; Leonora is an artist's model; VHS
Les Patterson Saves the World (George Miller, 1987) wr. Barry Humphries, Diane Millstead (Humphries's wife at the time); Barry Humphries, Pamela Stephenson
Let George Do It (Ken G. Hall, 1938) aka In the Nick of Time; George Wallace; speedboat chase on Sydney Harbour; 52 min. OR 79 min.
Let the Balloon Go (Oliver Howes, 1976) prod. Richard Mason for Film Australia, wr. Oliver Howes, Richard Mason and Ivan Southall, from novel by Ivan Southall, dp Dean Semler, design David Copping, music George Dreyfus, ed. Max Lemon; Robert Bettles, Jan Kingsbury, John Ewart, Ben Gabriel, Ken Goodlet, Ray Barrett, Jan Kingsbury, Nigel Lovell, Charles Metcalfe, Grant Page, Goff Vockler; children's movie about epileptic boy; Sydney, colour, 35mm, 78 min.
Let's Get Skase (Matthew George, 2001) co-wr. Matthew George, co-wr. Lachy Hulme; Lachy Hulme, Craig McLachlan, Alex Dimitriades, Bill Kerr; WA; 97 min.
Letters to Ali (Clara Law & Eddie Fong, 2004) documentary; premiere Melbourne June 2004; Toronto Sept 2004; Venice Sept 2004; brief review: Richard Luck, Empire, 43, October 2004: 24; brief review of DVD release: Annie Sebel, Empire, 45, December 2004: 96
Lex and Rory (Dean Murphy, 1993) Angus Benfield, Fiona MacGregor, Paul Robertson, Wendy Holics, Ashley Bindon, Stewart Faichney, Carol Brand; teen romance fantasy; preview on the tape of Broken Highway; coming-of-age film about two boys who want to get together with two girls
Libido (John B. Murray, Tim Burstall, Fred Schepisi, David Baker, 1973) colour, 35 mm., 118 min., prod. Christopher Muir, John B. Murray for Producers and Directors Guild of Australia; The Husband, dir. John B. Murray, wr. Craig McGregor, dp Eric Lomas; Mark Albiston, Elke Neidhardt, Bryon Williams; The Child, dir. Tim Burstall, wr. Hal Porter, dp Robin Copping; Bruce Barry, Jill Forster, Judy Morris, John Williams; The Priest, dir. Fred Schepisi, wr. Thomas Keneally, dp Ian Baker; Arthur Dignam, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Robyn Nevin; The Family Man, dir. David Baker, wr. David Williamson, dp Bruce McNaughton; Suzanne Brady, Max Gillies, Debbie Nankervis, Jack Thompson; Melbourne
Lie of the Land (Grahame McLean, 1987) NZ; wr. Grahame McLean; Marshall Napier
Life (Lawrence Johnston, 1995) aka Out of the Blue; wr. John Brumpton & Lawrence Johnston from the play Containment by John Brumpton (La Mama), prod. Elisa Argenzio for Rough Trade Pictures and AFI, dp Mandy Walker; John Brumpton, David Tredinnick, Robert Morgan, Belinda McClory, Libby Tanner, 82 min R cert, winner Int. Critics Prize Toronto, 4 AFI nominations; Ralph and Des share a cell in T2, the HIV isolation ward
Life And Adventures Of John Vane, The Notorious Australian Bushranger, The, (S. A. [Stephen Australia] Fitzgerald, 1910) longest title
Life Of A Jackeroo, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1913)
Life of Harry Dare, The (Aleksi Vellis, 1995) wr. Gerald Thompson, dp Geoffrey Hall; John Moore, Nicholas Hope, Aaron Wilton, Tom Lewis, Ulli Birve; comedy; 35mm; 90 min.
Life Of Rufus Dawes, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1911)
Life Story Of John Lee, The (Arthur W. Sterry, 1921) aka The Man They Could Not Hang
Life's Romance Of Adam Lindsay Gordon, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1916)
Light Years (Kathryn Millard) documentary on Australian photographer Olive Cotton; early 1990s?
Lighthorsemen, The (Simon Wincer, 1987) wr. Ian Jones, dp Dean Semler; 131 min.; the Light Horse in the last great cavalry charge in history, on Beersheba in Palestine
Lightning Jack (Simon Wincer, 1994) wr. Paul Hogan; Paul Hogan, Cuba Gooding; first film floated as a public company on the stock exchange: lost hugely
Like a Dream (Clara Law project beginning in 2004) relationship between American man and Chinese woman; co-produced with US; to be shot in New York and Shanghai
Like Minds (Gregory J. Read, in production 2006) wr. Gregory J. Read, Australia/UK co-production, prod. Jonathan Shteinman, Piers Tempest; Toni Collette, Richard Roxburgh; thriller
Lilian's Story (Jerzy Domaradzki, 1996) prod. Marian Macgowan, novel Kate Grenville 1984, based on Bea Miles; Ruth Cracknell, Barry Otto, Toni Collette; we see Lilian's father having sex with her; review by Peter Malone in Cinema Papers, no. 110, June 1996; (cf. NZ film The Heart of the Stag, where there is less or no trauma; cf. also another film with Cracknell, The Singer and the Dancer); Collette won Best Supporting Actress AFIs 1996
Linda Safari (Laszio Ujvari, Joan Ambrose, Peter Jeffry, Tibor Meszaros, 1989) animated
Link Up Diary (David McDougall, 1987) documentary; lost generation
Liquid Bridge (Phillip Avalon, 2003) Ryan Kwanten, Simone Kessell, Jarrod Dean, Jeremy Sims, Tony Bonner, Carmen Duncan, Nathaniel Lees, Lani John Tupu, Boris Brkic, Robert Bruning
Listen to the Lion (Henri Safran, 1977) prod. Robert Hill for Stockton Ferri Films, wr. Robert Hill, dp MalcoLm Richards, music Michael Carlos, ed. Mervyn LLoyd; John Derum, Les Foxcroft, Barry Lovett, Wyn Roberts; mentioned by Andrew Tudor in Aust Film Reader: 231; Sydney, colour, 16 mm, 52 min.
Little Bit of Soul, A (Peter Duncan, 1997) wr. Peter Duncan; Geoffrey Rush, David Wenham, Frances O'Connor, Heather Mitchell, John Gaden, 84 min.; Diane Cook, negative review in Cinema Papers, 124, May 1998: 35-36
Little Boy Lost (Terry Bourke, 1978) prod. Phillip Avalon; John Hargreaves, Nathan Dawes, Tony Barry, Lorna Lesley, John Jarratt, James Elliott, Lex Foxcroft, Robert Quilter, Con Crosby, John Nash; "... Tracker Bindi (Steve Dodd), an Aboriginal ... is ... yet another tired reinforcement of a false stereotype": Suzanne Brown 1993, note in Scott Murray ed., Australian Film 1978-1992: A Survey of Theatrical Features, OUP, Melbourne: 18
Little Convict, The (Yoram Gross, 1979) aka Toby and the Koala
Little Fish (Rowan Woods, 2005) prod. Vincent Sheehan, Liz Watts, Porchlight Films, wr. Jacquelin Perske, dp Danny Ruhlmann; Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Sam Neill, Martin Henderson, Dustin Nguyen, Joel Tobeck, Noni Hazlehurst, Lisa McCune, Susie Porter; set in Little Saigon outside Sydney; woman tries to escape her past as a heroin addict and set up a business in Sydney's west; to open Melbourne FF 20 July 2005; 114 min.
Little Jungle Boy (Mende Brown, 1970) children's
Little Sparrows (Yu-Hsiu Camille Chen, 2010) Arielle Gray, Nick Gray, Simon Lockwood; drama
Little Women (Gillian Armstrong, 1994) Winona Ryder, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes, Kirsten Dunst, Eric Stoltz, Gabriel Byrne, Christian Bale; NOT Australian
Living Colour (Neal Taylor, 1992) VHS
Living Forever (Brian Douglas, 1986) documentary?
Living Room (David Caesar) short, made 1987 (DC made Shopping Town at film school the year before) DC mentions the work of Richard Everden and his photography of indigenous people at end 19C; DC's film is a documentary of ppl and how they live in various places in Sydney; c. 19 min.
Lizzie (David Blyth, 1983) aka A Woman of Good Character
Loaded (Anna Campion, 1995) NZ; wr. Anna Campion
Lonely Hearts (Paul Cox, 1982) prod. John B. Murray for Adams Packer Film Productions, wr. John Clarke, Paul Cox, dp Yuri Sokol, music Norman Kaye, design Neil Angwin, ed. Tim Lewis; Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye; Eastman colour, 35mm, 95 min.
Lonesome Dove (Simon Wincer, 1989) not Australian
Long John Silver (Byron Haskin, 1954) Treasure Island Pictures; Robert Newton (in Pike & Cooper: 218-9); first Australian film in Cinemascope
Long Line, The (Aaron Stevenson, 1991) action
Long, Long Way To Tipperary, A (George Dean, 1914)
Long Weekend (Colin Eggleston, 1979) wr. Everett de Roche, prod. Colin Eggleston for Dugong Films, dp Vincent Monton, music Michael Carlos, design Larry Eastwood, ed. Brian Kavanagh; John Hargreaves, Briony Behets; thriller; review by Adrian Martin in Murray 1995: 40 - he applies the concept 'fantastique'; Eastman colour, 35mm, widescreen, 102 min.
Longtime Companion (Norman Rene, 1990)
Look Both Ways (Sarah Watt, 2005) prod. Bridget Ikin, Hibiscus Films, wr. Sarah Watt, dp Ray Argall; Justine Clarke (Meryl), William McInnes (Nick) (McInnes is married to Watt), Anthony Hayes, Andrew S. Gilbert, Andreas Sobik, Lisa Flanagan, Daniela Farinacci, Sacha Horler?; premiere SAFF Feb 2005; mix of animation and live action, set over hot weekend, when six people dealing with unexpected events find their lives intersecting; www.lookbothways.com.au; 100 min.
Looking for Alibrandi (Kate Woods, 2000) Pia Miranda is looking for father Anthony LaPaglia, 103 min.
Loot (telemovie, 2004) Jason Donovan, Anita Hegh, screened June 2004 ABCTV; franchise series
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (Peter Jackson, 2001) dp Andrew Lesnie, adaptation of Tolkein's book; Cate Blanchett (Galadriel), Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto; NZ
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Peter Jackson, 2002) dp Andrew Lesnie; Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto; NZ
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Peter Jackson, 2003) dp Andrew Lesnie; Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto; NZ
Lorenzo's Oil (Dr George Miller, 1992)
Lost and Found (David Blake, 2006) wr. David Blake, prod. David Blake; Brett Climo, Rebecca Gibney, Frankie J. Holden, Nicholas Hope; drama; limited release Melbourne and Brisbane 27 April 2006
Lost Chord, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1911)
Lost In The Bush (Peter Dodds, 1973) Production Company: Audio-Visual Education Centre, Education Department of Victoria, wr. ed. Peter Dodds, story Les Blake, dp Lee Wright; 64 min., colour, 16 mm.; Gabrielle Bulle (Jane Duff), Colin Freckleton (Isaac Duff), Richard McClelland (Frank Duff), Adrian Crick, Barbara Maroske, Don Mitchell, Bill Tregonning; in 1864, Jane Duff, aged seven, and her two younger brothers spent nine days lost in the Victorian bush before being found in an advanced state of exhaustion by a search-party led by Aboriginal trackers
Lost Islands, The (Bill Hughes, 1975) children's; TV series pilot
Lost Things (Martin Murphy, 2004) wr. Stephen Sewell; Leon Ford (Garry), Charlie Garber (Brad), Lenka Kripac (Emily), Alex Vaughan (Tracey), Steve Le Marquand (Zippo); four teenagers stranded on spooky beach; horror; brief review: Oscar Hillerstrom, Empire, 45, December 2004: 32 (3/5 stars) see also: 38; Stratton review: http://www.abc.net.au/atthemovies/txt/s1237117.htm; 84 min.
Lost Tribe, The (John Laing, 1985) NZ; landscape as metaphor, psychological interior; darker heart of the menacing land
Lost Valley (Dale Bradley, 1997) NZ
Lou (Belinda Chayko, 2010) John Hurt, Emily Barclay; melodrama
Lousy Little Sixpence (Alec Morgan, 1983) documentary
Love and Other Catastrophes (Emma-Kate Croghan, 1996) wr. Yael Bergman, Emma-Kate Croghan, Helen Bandis; prod. Stavros Andonis Efthymiou; Frances O'Connor, Alice Garner, Radha Mitchell, Matt Day, Kim Gyngell; two female students struggling to complete their (Sydney) university degrees seek a flatmate; at the same time Michael (Matt Day), a medical student, is looking for a new place to stay; Adrian Martin makes an appearance as himself
Love Brokers (Garnet Mae, 1998) wr. Garnet Mae; Ben Mendelsohn, Megan Connolly, Garnet Mae, Malina Hamilton-Smith, Christopher Mae, Raymond Meyer, Rudy Meyer, Chantelle Corbet; former prostitutes now petty criminals
Love Epidemic, The (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1975) wr. prod. Brian Trenchard-Smith, Hexagon Productions; dp Russell Boyd, ass. Ross Blake, Stuart Fist, Greg Hunter; John Ewart, Michael Laurence, Grant Page, Ros Spiers, Roger Ward; Melbourne and Sydney, colour 35 mm from 16 mm, 83 min., semi-documentary
Love in Ambush (Carl Schultz, 1997) aka Angkor, Mirabeau; wr. Carl Schultz; Jacques Perrin, Gary Sweet, Sigrid Thornton, Grant Piro, James Tolkan; political romance; Shelly Kincaid leaves her unhappy marriage for Cambodia, where her brother is accused of deserting the army in Vietnam
Love in Limbo (David Elfick, 1993) aka The Great Pretender; wr. John Cundill; Craig Adams, Aden Young, Maya Stange, Samantha Murray, Russell Crowe, Rhondda Findleton; WA; 90 min. DVD, 99 min. tape; three boys drive to Kalgoorlie to lose their virginity
Love Letters from Teralba Road (Stephen Wallace, 1977) prod. Richard Brennan, wr. Stephen Wallace, dp Tom Cowan, music Ralph Schneider, ed. Henry Dangar; Bryan Brown, Kris McQuade; www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/01/15/cteq/love_letters.html; Sydney, colour, 16 mm, 50 min.
Love of Lionel's Life (John Ruane, 2001) telemovie; wr. Des Power, prod. Simone North, Tony Cavanaugh Production Company: Liberty, Beyond - Simone North Network: Ten; Lionel from outback Gundeeba searches beyond his cool life for love; he finds a girl in an international video magazine, they meet and romance blossoms, but, when she moves to Gundeeba, jealous and reactionary elements bring shame on the town
Love Serenade (Shirley Barrett, 1996) wr. Shirley Barrett, dp Mandy Walker; Miranda Otto, Rebecca Frith, George Shevtsov, John Alansu (Albert Lee); two sisters compete for the attentions of DJ new to small town, Sunray; the younger works in the Chinese restaurant; 101 min.
Love the Beast (Eric Bana, 2009) Eric Bana and his relationship with a Ford Falcon XB Coupe
Love Tyrant, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1912) aka Love, The Tyrant; drama/thriller; short; 20 min.
Love Until (Bedrich Kabriel, 1996) aka The Ugly Dumpling; set in Czech Republic
Loved by a Maori Chieftess (Gaston Melies, 1913) NZ; first NZ film, no footage exists
Loved Ones, The (Sean Byrne, 2009)
Lover Boy (Geoffrey Wright, 1989) wr. Geoffrey Wright; Noah Taylor (Mick), Gillian Jones (Sally), Ben Mendelsohn (Gaz), Daniel Pollock (Duck), Alice Garner (Rhonda), Peter Hosking (Lex), Beverley Gardiner (Mick's mother); 16 mm. 57 min.; inappropriate liaison between teenager and woman three times his age ends tragically; on the DVD with Metal Skin
Love's Brother (Jan Sardi, 2004) wr. Jan Sardi; Giovanni Ribisi, Adam Garcia, Amelia Warner; Brian McFarlane, "Brotherly love and Love's Brother", Metro, 140, 2004: 22-25; brief review of DVD release: MA, Empire, 42, September 2004: 104
Lovers and Luggers (Ken G. Hall, 1937) aka Vengeance of the Deep (US title)
Loyal Rebel, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1915) aka Eureka Stockade
Luck Of Roaring Camp, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1911)
Lucky Break (Ben Lewin, 1994) aka The Cure; Gia Carides, Anthony LaPaglia, Rebecca Gibney, Jacek Koman; review by Jim Schembri in Murray 1995: 387
Lucky Country (Kriv Stenders, 2009) aka Home; Aden Young, Toby Wallace, Hanna Mangan Lawrence
Lucky Miles (Michael James Rowland, 2007) Australian release 19 July 2007
Luigi's Ladies (Judy Morris, 1989) aka The Lunch Club; Wendy Hughes, Anne Tenney, Sandy Gore, David Rappaport, John Walton, Ray Meagher, Serge Lazareff, Joseph Spano, Max Cullen, Brian Adams, Simon Angell, Alex Angell, Prue Bassett, Johnny Hallyday, Genevieve Lemon
Lunatic's Ball, The (Michael Thorp, 1998) NZ
Lure Of The Bush, The (Claude Flemming, 1918)
Lust and Revenge (Paul Cox, 1996) wr. Paul Cox, John Clarke, dp Nino Martinetti; Nicholas Hope, Claudia Karvan, Chris Haywood, Gosia Dobrowolska, Victoria Eagger, Norman Kaye, Ulli Birve, Robert Menzies, Bryan Dawe, John Hargreaves, Max Gillies, Wendy Hughes, Pamela Rabe; 97 min.; SAFC, FFC
Lust For Gold, The (Roy Darling, 1922)
Ma Hogan's New Boarder (Raymond Longford, 1915) Ern Vockler
Mabo: Life of an Island Man (Film Australia, 1997) documentary, broadcast TV
Macbeth (Geoffrey Wright, 2006) wr. Victoria Hill, Geoffrey Wright, prod. Martin Fabinyi, Mushroom Pictures, FFC provisional funding 2004, shooting Melbourne June 2005; Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Mick Molloy, Gary Sweet, Steve Bastoni; based on Macbeth; set in Melbourne underworld contemporary ganglands milieu; world premiere Toronto Sept 2006
Mad Bastards (Brendan Fletcher, 2010) drama
Mad Bomber in Love (James Bogle, 1991) Craig Pearce, Rachel Szalay, Alan Lovell, Zachery McKay, Alex Morcos, Laura Keneally, Craig McLachlan, Max Cullen, Zoe Carides, Marcus Graham; 86 min.; psychedelic horror-soap, no-budget
Mad Dog Morgan (Philippe Mora, 1976) prod. Jeremy Thomas for Motion Picture Productions, wr. Philippe Mora, book Margaret Carnegie, Morgan, dp Mike Molloy, design Robin Hildich, music Patrick Flynn, ed. John Scott; Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate, Wallas Eaton, Bill Hunter, John Hargreaves, Martin Harris, Robin Ramsay, Graeme Blundell, Gregory Apps, Norman Kaye, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Christopher Pate, Grant Page, Bruce Spence; Sydney, colour wide-screen 102 min.
Mad Max ([Dr] George Miller, 1979) prod. Byron Kennedy for Mad Max Pty Ltd, wr. James McAusland, George Miller, dp David Eggby, music Brian May, design Jon Dowding, ed. Tony Patterson, Cliff Hayes; Steve Bisley, Mel Gibson, Vince Gil, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Lulu Pinkus, Joanne Samuel; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Mad Max 2 ([Dr] George Miller, 1981) aka The Road Warrior, prod. Byron Kennedy for Kennedy Miller, wr. Brian Hannant, Terry Hayes, George Miller. photography Dean Semler, music Brian May, design Graham Walker; Mel Gibson, Emil Minty, Kjell Nilsson, Max Phipps, Mike Preston, Bruce Spence, Vernon Wells, Virginia Hey, William Zappa, Arkie Whitelely; Eastman colour, 35mm, 94 min.
Mad Max 3: Beyond Thunderdome ([Dr] George Miller & George Ogilvie, 1985) 102 min.
Magic Pudding, The (Robert Smit, Karl Zwicky, 1991) book Norman Lindsay
Magic Riddle, The (Yoram Gross, 1991)
Magician, The (Scott Ryan, 2005) wr. Scott Ryan, prod. Michele Bennett, Nash Edgerton; Scott Ryan, Massimiliano Andrighetto; other cast and crew from RMIT; Melbourne hit man engages in philosophical discussions with this victims; 85 min.; general Australian release 29 September 2005; shot for $3000; completion finance $500000
Magistrate (Kathy Mueller, 1989) mini-series
Maidens (Jeni Thornley, 1978)
Mail Robbery, The (George Palmer, 1925)
Making Love (Arthur Hiller, 1982)
Malcolm (Nadia Tass, 1986) dp David Parker; Colin Friels (Malcolm), John Hargreaves (Frank) (AFI Best Supporting Actor), Lindy Davies (Judith), Chris Haywood (Willy), Charles Tingwell (Tramways Supervisor); 85 min.
Mallacoota Stampede (Peter Tammer, 1981) experimental; slice of life in Mallacoota; Deborah Conway, Don Mason, Michael Bladen
Mallboy (Vince Giarrusso, 2000) Kane McNay, Nell Feeney; 81 min. broadcast 0015 18 Dec 2004 SBS; Young Actor's Award (McNay) AFIs 2000
Man's Gotta Do, A (Chris Kennedy, 2004) prod. John Winter, Chris Kennedy; John Howard, Alyssa McClelland, Glyton Grantley, Rebecca Frith; quirky comedy; story of local tradesman; Howard plays a bombastic fisherman and part-time stand-over man with family problems; 93 min.
Man from Hong Kong, The (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1975) aka Dragon Flies; wr. Brian Trenchard-Smith, dp Russell Boyd; Deryck Barnes, Rebecca Gilling, Bill Hunter, Hugh Keays-Byrne, George Lazenby, Grant Page, Ros Spiers, Frank Thring, Jimmy Wang Yu, Roger Ward, Phillip Avalon
Man From Kangaroo, The (Wilfred Lucas, 1920)
Man From Snowy River, The (Beaumont Smith, 1920) Cyril Mackay, Stella Southern, Tal Ordell; 61 min.
Man from Snowy River, The (George Miller, 1982) Kirk Douglas, Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton
Man from Snowy River 2, The (Geoff Burrowes, 1988) aka Return to Snowy River, The Untamed; Brian Dennehy, Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton
Man of Flowers (Paul Cox, 1983) prod. Jane Ballantyne, Paul Cox for Flowers International, wr. Paul Cox, Bob Ellis, dp Yuri Sokol, design Asher Bilu ed. Tim Lewis; Norman Kaye (AFI Best Actor), Alyson Best, Chris Haywood, Sarah Walker, Julia Blake, Bob Ellis, Barry Dickins, Patrick Cook, Victoria Eagger, Werner Herzog; Fuji colour, 35mm, 91 min.
Man of Straw (Alkinos Tsilimidos) documentary, 28 min. week in the life of compulsive gambler
Man They Could Not Hang, The (Raymond Longford, 1934) true story of John Lee
Man Thing (Brett Leonard, completed 2004) Jack Thompson, Patrick Thompson; sci-fi
Man Who Forgot, The (A. R. Harwood, 1927)
Man Who Lost His Head, The (James Clayden, 1987) wr. James Clayden; Phil Motherwell, Marie Hoy, Peter Green, Jan Friedel, Greg Carroll
Man Who Stole My Mother's Face, The (2004)
Man Who Sued God, The (Mark Joffe, 2002) wr. Don Watson, dp Peter James; Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Colin Friels, Bille Brown, Wendy Hughes, Emily Browning, 98 min.
Man You Know, The (Steven Jacobs, 1984) on the DVD with La Spagnola; weird gothic drama about crazy son of politician; experimental film about the son of Bob Proudfoot, The Man You Know, and what has driven him crazy
Manganinnie (John Honey, 1980) Mawayal Yanthalawuy, Anna Ralph, Phillip Hinton; first feature film from the Tasmanian Film Corporation
Mango Tree, The (Kevin Dobson, 1977) wr. prod. Michael Pate, Pisces Productions, from novel by Ronald McKie, dp Brian Probyn, design Leslie Binns, music Marc Wilkinson, ed. John Scott; Christopher Pate (Michael's son), Tony Barry, Carol Burns, Diane Craig, Gloria Dawn, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ben Gabriel, Robert Helpmann, Gerard Kennedy, Charles Tingwell; coming-of-age story; Bundaberg, Qld, colour, widescreen, 104 min.
Mao's Last Dancer (Bruce Beresford, 2009) prod. Jane Scott, wr. Jan Sardi
Maori Maid 's Love, A (Raymond Longford, 1916) Aust/NZ; Lottie Lyell, Raymond Longford, Kenneth Carlisle
Map of the Human Heart (Vincent Ward, 1993) wr. Louis Nowra, Vincent Ward; Patrick Bergin, Anne Parillaud, Jason Scott-Lee, Jeanne Moreau, Ben Mendelsohn, John Cusack, Robert Joamie, Annie Galipeau; set in Northern Canada
Mapantsula (Oliver Schmitz, 1988) Aust/South Africa; first Black African feature film; Soweto
Marauders (Mark Savage, 1986), wr. Mark Savage
Marco Polo Junior and the Red Dragon (Eric Porter, 1972) aka The Magic Medallion; Australia's first animated feature tells the story of an adventurous lad who discovers that he is the seventh son of the seventh son of the original Marco Polo
Marey Project, The (James Clayden, 2005) Helen Hopkins, Ian Scott, Kevin Hopkins; out of his attempts to render visible forces that are not themselves visible, a world arose that could not be grasped by looking
Maria (Barbara Chobocky, 1991) documentary
Marinetti (Albie Thoms, 1969) Ubu Films, experimental feature; Clem Wright, Susan Howe, David Perry, Aggy Read; colour, 83/90 min.
Mark II (John Anderson, 1986) NZ; Mark II Ford Zephyr, unemployed teenagers on the run from drug dealers
Mark Of The Lash, The (John Gavin, 1911)
Marriage Acts (Rob Marchant, 2000) wr. Anne Brooksbank, prod. Gary Reilly for Beyond/Gary Reilly Broadcaster/ABC; telemovie about Judge David McKinnon, whose life is threatened by a series of bomb attacks
Marriage of Figaro, The (Chris Moon, 2009) romantic comedy
Martyrdom Of Nurse Cavell, The (John Gavin, C. Post Mason, 1916)
Mary and Max (Adam Elliott, 2009) claymation
Mary Bryant (Peter Andrikidis, in pre-production 2004) mini-series; historical; Alex O'Lachlan, Romola Garai
Mary MacKillop: That Very Troublesome Woman (John Mabey, 1996) 62 min.
Mary (Kay Pavlou, 1994) ('The Inspiring Life of Mary MacKillop') Lucy Bell, Brendan Higgins, Vanessa Downing, Brian Harrison, Brian McDermott, Dean Nottle, Linden Wilkinson, James Hagan
Mary G. Show, The (Mark Bin Barkar, 2001?) Broome politics, satire, music; The Mary G Show is familiar to radio audiences around Australia (except Perth) and is one of 6 episodes to be screened from September 27 (2001?) at 8pm Thursdays on SBS
Martha's New Coat (Rachel Ward, 2003) short, wr. Elizabeth Mars, prod. Bryan Brown; Matilda Brown (daughter of Rachel Ward and Bryan Brown); released in SBS season of 50 Minute Shorts
Maslin Beach (Wayne Groom, 1997) set at nude beach
Matching Jack (Nadia Tass, 2010) Richard Roxburgh, Kodi Smit-McPhee
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, 1974) prod. John Papadopoulos, wr. Sally Blake, dp Russell Boyd, prod. ass. Phillip Noyce; Sydney, B & W, 16 mm, 55 min.; Sally Blake, Denise Otto, Alan Penney
Mate (Evan Clarry, 1997) short on the DVD with Blurred; weird gothic drama; Rod promises his mate Dave he will feed his body to the crocs when he dies; c. 10 min.
Mated In The Wilds (P. J. Ramster, 1921) 55 min.
Mates Of The Murrumbidgee (Alfred Rolfe, 1911) 28 min.
Matlock Police (Crawford Productions, 1971-5) TV series
Mauri (Merata Mita, 1988) NZ; Merata Mita is first Maori woman to direct a feature film
Maybe This Time (Chris McGill, 1980) prod. Brian Kavanagh for Cherrywood Film Productions, wr. Anne Brooksbank, Bob Ellis, dp Russell Boyd designer: Chris Webster, ed. Wayne le Clos; Judy Morris, Bill Hunter, Jill Perryman, Ken Shorter, Michele Fawdon, Leonard Teale, Jude Kuring, Mike Preston, Chris Haywood, Rod Mullinar, Lorna Lesley, Lyndall Barbour, Celia de Burgh, Lyn Collingwood, Gillian Hyde, John Clayton, Tim Burns, Willie Fennell, Tessa Mallos, Madeleine Blackwell; junior academic interested in politics; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Me Myself I (Pip Karmel, 1999) (Philippa Karmel) Rachel Griffiths; comedy; opened Perth 20 April 2000; clever plot, brilliantly played out; 'feel-good' movie; fast-lane journalist Pamela Drury (wonderfully played by Rachel Griffiths) is taken back in her life and is given the 'what if' test to the max; she experiences the life she would have had, had she made a different choice in her past
Meat Pie (Garnet Mae, 2005) wr. Garnet Mae; Joanne Ashton; porn comedy
Meet the Feebles (Peter Jackson, 1989) NZ; animated
Megan (Phillip Noyce, 1969) short, experimental; Megan
Melbourne Mystery, A (John Gavin, 1913)
Melvin Son of Alvin (John Eastway, 1984) aka Girl-Toy; prod. James McElroy (& Hal), for Memorelle, wr. Morris Gleitzman, dp John Eastway, music Colin Stead, design Jon Dowding, ed. John Hollands; Gerry Sont, Lenita Psillakis, Jon Finlayson, Tina Bursill, Colin McEwan, Abigail, David Argue, Arianthe Galani, Graeme Blundell; comedy; Kodak colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Memories and Dreams (L. Maree Milburn, 1993) woman from Prague
Memory and Desire (Niki Caro, 1997) wr. Niki Caro, story Peter Wells, dp Dion Beebe; Sayo and Keiji elope from Japan to New Zealand to get away from Keiji's interfering mother; www.nzvideos.org/memory.html
Men Who Would Conquer China, The (2004)
Menace, The (Cyril J. Sharpe, 1928) man discovers his wife is a drug addict
Mermaids (Ian Barry, 2003) telemovie; wr. Daniel Cerone; Nikita Ager, Erika Haynatz, Sarah Laine
Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima, 1984) Japan/NZ
Mesmerized (Michael Laughlin, 1984) aka Letter to George, Shocked; NZ; wr. Michael Laughlin, story by Jerzy Skolimowski; Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy, Dan Shor, Harry Andrews; colonial romance
Metal Skin (Geoffrey Wright, 1995) wr. Geoffrey Wright, prod. Daniel Scharf, Southern Star; Aden Young (Joe), Tara Morice (Savina), Ben Mendelsohn (Dazey), Nadine Garner (Roslyn), Chantal Contouri (Savina's mother); drama, thriller; psycho Joe, urban misfit, craves the respect of his peers on the streets and the love of a nice girl who secretly practises black magic
Middle Age Spread (John Reid, 1979) NZ
Midnight Wedding, The (Raymond Longford, 1912)
Midnite Spares (Quentin Masters, 1983) prod. Tom Burstall for Wednesday Investments, wr. Terry Larsen, dp Geoff Burton, music Cameron Allen, design George Liddle, ed. Andrew Prowse; Max Cullen, Bruce Spence, David Argue, John Clayton, Tony Barry, Terry Camilleri, introducing Gia Carides, Jonathan Coleman, James Laurie (Steve), Graeme Blundell; 'B' grade crime movie: the stolen car industry; anti-Viet racism; Eastman colour, 35mm, 97 min.
Mike and Stefani (Ron Maslyn Williams, 1952) dramatised documentary about Ukrainian refugees; 64 min.
Milli Milli (Wayne Barker, 1993) documentary
Mimi (short, 2004)
Min-Min, The (Carl T. Woods, 1990) aka Min-Min Revenge
Miner's Curse, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1911)
Miner's Daughter, The (1911)
Miner's Daughter, The (Leo Forbert, 1927)
Mini-Skirted Dynamo.
Minnamurra (Ian Barry, 1989) aka Outback, aka Fighting Creed; two men, one woman; Jeff Fayey, Steven Vidler, Tushka Bergen, Richard Moir
Missing, The (Manuela Alberti, 1998) prod. Lynda House, Jim Stark; Fabrizio Bentivoglio, John Moore, David Ngoombujarra, Rebecca Frith, David Franklin, Gosia Dobrowolska
Mission Impossible: The Golden Serpent (Don Chaffey, 1989)
Modern Love (Alex Frayne, 2006) wr. Nick Matthews; Mark Constable, Victoria Hill, Will Traeger
Modern Times (Graeme Chase, 1992) documentary
Moeru Tairuku (Shogoro Nishimura, 1968) aka Blazing Continent; Japanese romance shot but not released in Australia
Moira (Alfred Rolfe, 1912) aka The Mystery Of The Bush
Molly (Ned Lander, 1983) prod. Hilary Linstead for Troplisa, wr. Ned Lander, Phillip Roope, Mark Thomas, dp Vincent Monton, music Graeme Isaac, Mick Conway, Jim Conway, design Robert Dein, ed. Stewart Young; Claudia Karvan, Ruth Cracknell, Slim de Grey, Melissa Jaffer, Reg Lye, Garry McDonald, Flying Fruit Fly Circus; Molly is a singing dog; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Molly and Mobarak (Tom Zubrycki, 2003) documentary; Mobarak is a refugee, and Molly and her mother befriend him
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (Paul Cox, 2000) wr. John Briley, dp Nino Martinetti; released generally in Australia 20 June 2002; David Wenham, Derek Jacobi, Leo McKern, Kris Kristofferson, Sam Neill, Tom Wilkinson, Aden Young; set and shot on the island of Molokai in Hawaii, in a former leper colony, national release 20 June 2000, 123 min.
Money Movers (Bruce Beresford, 1979) prod. Matt Carroll for South Australian Film Corporation, wr. Bruce Beresford from novel by Devon Minchin, dp Don McAlpine, operator John Seale, design David Copping ed. Bill Anderson; Terence Donovan, Tony Bonner, Ed Devereaux, Charles Tingwell, Candy Raymond, Jeanie Drynan, Bryan Brown, Alan Cassell, Gary Files, Ray Marshall, Hu Pryce, Frank Wilson, Lucky Grills, Tony Allison, Brian Anderson, Kevin Brenner, Terry Camilleri, Bill Charlton, Kathy Dior, Graham Gow, James Elliot, Robert Essex, Max Fairchild, John Hargreaves; action-thriller; crime; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Monk And The Woman, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1917) 66 min.
Monkey Grip (Ken Cameron, 1982) prod. Patricia Lovell for Pavilion Films, wr. Ken Cameron with Helen Garner, from the novel by Helen Garner, dp David Gribble, music Bruce Smeaton, Divinyls, design Clark Munro, ed. David Huggett; Noni Hazlehurst (AFI Best Actress), Colin Friels, Alice Garner, Tim Burns, Michael Caton, Harold Hopkins, Candy Raymond; Eastman colour, 35mm, 105 min.
Monkey's Mask (Samantha Lang, 2000) Kelly McGillis (Dr Diana Maitland), Susie Porter (Jill Fitzpatrick), Abbie Cornish (Mickey), Marton Csokas (Nick), Deborah Mailman; novel Dorothy Porter; lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex; Toronto 2000; 93 min.
Monster (John Lafia) prod. Bob Rowe; telemovie about an aging eccentric local hero who recruits his grandson to save the town from a recurring monster; in production 2000
Moondyne (W. J. Lincoln, 1913)
Moonlite (John Gavin, 1910) aka Captain Moonlite; the third feature film with an Aboriginal character, Bunda, an "Aboriginal gin" played by Gavin's wife Agnes in blackface
Moora Neya, (Alfred Rolfe, 1911) aka The Message of the Spear (Pike & Cooper 36)
More Things Change ... , The (Robyn Nevin, 1986) Judy Morris, Barry Otto, Victoria Longley, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Peter Carroll; drama
Mosaic (Aaron Catling, 2005) wr. Aaron Catling, prod. Celeste Fairlie, Rohan Sheehan, dp Scott Cislowski; Candice Storey, Katherine Beck; 14-year-old schoolgirl is assaulted by her Dad's best friend "Uncle" Ray
Morning of the Earth (Albert Falzon, 1972) documentary
Moth Of Moonbi, The (Charles Chauvel, 1926) novel Mabel Forrest, The Wild Moth
Mother and Son (ABC, 1985) TV series
Motherland (Kriv Stenders)
Moulin Rouge (Baz Luhrmann, 2001) ed. Jill Bilcock; Ewan McGregor, Nicole Kidman, David Wenham, John Leguizamo; 122 min.; AFI 2001: editing ...
Mourning for Mangatopi: A Tiwi Bereavement Ceremony (Curtis Levy, 1975) documentary
Mouth to Mouth (John Duigan, 1978) producers: John Duigan and Jon Sainken for Vega Film Productions, wr. John Duigan, dp Tom Cowan, ed. Tony Paterson; Kim Krejus, Sonia Peat, Ian Gilmour, Sergio Frazzetto, Walter Pym, Michael Carmen, Roz de Winter; "The film revolves around four homeless, unemployed youths attempting to scratch an emotional and reasonably 'civil' existence out of the wasteland of a heavily industrialised urban environment." (Raffaele Caputo in Murray 1995: 19); Eastman colour, 35mm, 16 min.
Moving On (Richard Mason, 1974) wr. Anne Brooksbank, Cliff Green; dp Dean Semler; Ewen Solon, Kay Taylor, Ken Shorter, Lyndell Rowe; government-produced feature designed partly to help farmers who faced difficult decisions about their future and partly to encourage urban audiences to be more tolerant of the problems of the rural poor; 57 min.
Moving Out (Michael Pattinson, 1983) prod. Jane Ballantyne, Michael Pattinson for Pattinson Ballantyne, wr. Jan Sardi, dp Vincent Monton, music Danny Beckerman, Umberto Tozzi, design Neil Angwin, ed. Robert Martin; Vince Colosimo (film debut), Peter Sardi, Kate Jason, Nicole Miranda, Luciano Catenacci, Sylvie Fonti, Marice Devincentis, Tibor Gyapjas, Sally Cooper, Desiree Smith; Kodak colour, super 16 mm, 92 min.
Mulholland Falls (Lee Tamahori, 1996) NZ director, American film, NOT Australasian
Mr Accident (Yahoo Serious, 2000) Deb Verhoeven, "History of cheap guffaws (hehehe)", Cinema Papers, 134, August/September 2000: 30-33
Mr Chedworth Steps Out (Ken G. Hall, 1939) Cecil Callaway
Mr Pumpkin's Big Night Out (Priscilla Cameron, Michelle Warner, 1998)
Mr Reliable (Nadia Tass, 1996) aka My Entire Life; wr. Don Catchlove, Terry Hayes; comedy; Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Susie Porter, Paul Sonkkila, Frank Gallacher; Wally Mellish gets away with it because he can't read and write
Mr Wrong (Gaylene Preston, 1985) NZ
Mrs Soffel (Gillian Armstrong, 1984) Diane Keaton, Mel Gibson
Muggers (Dean Murphy, 1999) prod. David Redman, Nigel Odell; Matt Day, Jason Barry as medical sts; comedy; 97 min.
Mull (Don McLennan, 1989) aka Mullaway (video); Nadine Garner, Bill Hunter, Mary Coustas, Nick Giannopoulos; "Mull" is the nickname of main character 17-year-old Phoebe Mullens (Nadine Garner) whose mother contracts Hodgkinson's disease; rites-of-passage story and social drama; Melbourne
Mullet (David Caesar, 2001) wr. David Caesar; Ben Mendelsohn, Susie Porter, Andrew S. Gilbert, Belinda McClory, Tony Barry, Kris McQuade, Peta Brady, Wayne Blair, Paul Kelman, Steve Le Marquand, Aaron Blabey, Jim Webb, Nash Edgerton, Bryan Brown (publican's voice); 89 min.
Multiplex (Tim Boyle project 2004) comedy
Murder Of Captain Fryatt, The (John Gavin, 1917)
Muriel's Wedding (P. J. Hogan, 1994) Toni Collette, Bill Hunter, Rachel Griffiths, Sophie Lee, Daniel Lapaine; 100 min.
Murphy Of Anzac (J. E. Mathews, 1916) Private Simpson (with the donkey?))
Murrabinna (Justin Schneider, 1998) 90 min.; going to video through Tribe First Rites films with VideoEzy
Mushrooms (Alan Madden, 1994) Julia Blake, Lynette Curran, Simon Chilvers, Boris Brkic, Brandon Burke, George Shevtsov; comedy
Mutiny on the Bounty, The (Raymond Longford, 1916) Aust/NZ
My Blessings (Bill Mousoulis, 1997) six days in the life of independent filmmaker Jane Friedman; 78 min.
My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979) prod. Margaret Fink, wr. Eleanor Witcombe, novel Miles Franklin, dp Don McAlpine, design Luciana Arrighi, ed. Nick Beauman; Judy Davis, Wendy Hughes, Sam Neill, Aileen Britton, Max Cullen, Robert Grubb, Patricia Kennedy; 100 min.; six AFIs 1979; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
My Brother Jack (Ken Cameron, 2000?) mini-series, broadcast on Channel 10; wr. John Alsop; Matt Day, Simon Lyndon, Angie Milliken, William McInnes, Raelee Hill, Felix Williamson, Jack Thompson
My Country (Angus Caffrey, 1985) John Flaus
My Cunt (Deb Strutto, Liz Baulch, 1996)
My First Wife (Paul Cox, 1984) wr. Bob Ellis; John Hargreaves (AFI Best Actor), Wendy Hughes
My Life without Steve (Gillian Leahy, 1986)
My Mad Heart (Ian Watson, pre-production 2004) wr. Ian Watson; Ray Barrett, Sacha Horler, Barry Otto (as imaginary Don-Quixote-like character); man has bipolar brother
My Mother Frank (Mark Lamprell, 2000) wr. Mark Lamprell; Sinead Cusack, Rose Byrne; prods Phaedon Vass, Susan Vass & John Winter for Intrepid Films; finance: FFC; distribution: Beyond; 51 year-old Frances has created a safe and secure, if somewhat bizarre world for herself, and it's boring her to death, so she enrols at the same university as her son: a film about how life seems to offer you two options: change or die; review by Bec Smith in if MAG, August 2000: 17
My Mother My Son (2000) broadcast on SBS Saturday 27 May 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation; young woman's journey attempting to visit her child in foster care
My Partner (1915) set on Californian goldfields
My Sister (2004) short
My Survival as an Aboriginal (Essie Coffey, 1979) documentary; 49 min.
My Own Private Oz (Philip Brooks, 2000) documentary (see also Monkey Grip file)
My Year Without Sex (Sarah Watt, 2009) Sacha Horler, Matt Day
Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello, The (Anthony Lucas, 2005) silhouette animation; screened SBS March 2006; many awards
Mystery Island (J. A. Lipman, 1937) thriller
Mystery Island (Gene W. Scott, 1980) 75 min.
Mystery Of A Hansom Cab, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1911) novel Fergus Hume
Mystery Of A Hansom Cab, The (Arthur Shirley, 1925) novel Fergus Hume
Mystery Of The Black Pearl, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1912) aka The Black Pearl Mystery
Mystic, The (Paul Currie, in production 2004) Aust-Irish co-prod., wr. Sean Molloy
Mystical Rose (Michael Lee, 1976)
Naked Bunyip, The (John B. Murray, 1970) Graeme Blundell, Barry Humphries, Jacki Weaver
Naked Country, The (Tim Burstall, 1985) aka Morris West's The Naked Country; John Stanton, Rebecca Gilling, Ivar Kants, Tommy Lewis; Charters Tower, Qld
Naked on the Inside (Kim Farrant, 2007) documentary
Namitjira the Painter (Lee Robinson, 1946) documentary
Napoleon (Mario Andreacchio, Michael Bourcher, 1993) Napoleon is a dog
Nation is Built, A (Frank Hurley, 1938) dramatised documentary to celebrate sesquicentenary of white settlement
Natural Justice: Heat (Scott Hartford-Davis, 1996) tele-feature, prod. Paul D. Barron, dp Russell Bacon; Claudia Karvan, Steve Bastoni, Sonia Todd, John Moore, Martin Jacobs, Jeremy Sims, Igor Sas, Maurie Ogden, Lynette Narkle; shot and set in York, WA; pre-sold Channel 7; 93 min.
Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey, The (Vincent Ward, 1988) NZ
Nazi Supergrass (David Bradbury, 1993) documentary
Neath Austral Skies (Raymond Longford, 1913) Lottie Lyell
Ned (Abe Forsythe, 2003) Abe Forsythe as Ned, Jason Donovan; spoof , grossout comedy; [Abe Forsythe is the son of actor Drew Forsythe]
Ned Kelly (Tony Richardson, 1970) wr. Tony Richardson, Ian Jones; Mick Jagger; not Australian
Ned Kelly (Gregor Jordan, 2003) Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Joel Edgerton, Anthony Hayes, Naomi Watts; 105 min.; William D. Routt, 'Red Ned', Metro, 136: 10-17.
Needle (John V. Soto, 2010) Ben Mendelsohn, John Jarratt, Khan Chittenden, Luke Carroll, Michael Loney, James Hagan; horror
Neighbours (Grundy Television, 1985-) TV serial
Never Say Die (Geoff Murphy, 1988) NZ; Lisa Eilbacher, Temuera Morrison, Tony Barry, George Wendt, Geoff Murphy, Barrie Everard, Colin Clarke; investigative journalist, anti-apartheid
Never Tell Me Never (1998) Claudia Karvan as Janine Shepherd, skier whose legs are injured in traffic accident; broadcast Channel 10, 19 December 2001
New Skin (Anthony Hayes) short; 25 min.; Dendy Award Sydney FF
Newcastle (Dan Castle, 2008) wr. Dan Castle; youth drama; surfing, coming-of-age
Newsfront (Phillip Noyce, 1978) wr. Phillip Noyce, orig. script Bob Ellis, prod. David Elfick, Palm Beach Pictures, dp Vincent Monton, design Lisa Coote, ed. John Scott; Bill Hunter, Wendy Hughes, Gerard Kennedy, Chris Haywood, John Ewart, Bryan Brown; first Australian film to be shown on an Australian airline; many AFI awards; Eastman colour, 35mm, 110 min.
Next Door to the Velinskys (Darren K. Hawkins, 2010)
Next of Kin (Tony Williams, 1982) prod. Robert le Tet, Timothy White for The Film House, SIS Productions, wr. Michael Heath, Tony Williams, dp Gary Hansen, design Richard Francis, Nick Hepworth ed. Max Lemon; John Jarratt, Jackie Kerin, Charles McCallum, Gerda Nicholson, Alex Stitt; sister of mother of main character (Jackie Kerin) is nuts; suspense film, horror; Pat Gillespie (1993: 105) describes the film as "[a] young woman's journey into her mother's horrifying past"; Eastman colour, 35mm, 95 min.
Ngati (Barry Barclay, 1987) NZ; wr. Tama Poata; first feature dir. by Maori
Nicaragua no Pasaran (David Bradbury, 1984) documentary
Nice Coloured Girls (Tracey Moffatt, 1987) wr. prod. Tracey Moffatt; Women's Film Fund, Australian Film Commission; 17 min.
Nickel Queen (John McCallum, 1971) Perth; colour, 35 mm, 89 min. prod. Joy Cavill, John McCallum, wr. Joy Cavill, Henry C. James, John McCallum, story Anneke & Henry James, dp John Williams, design Bernard Hides, music Sven Libaek, ed. Don Saunders; Ed Devereaux, Peter Gwynne, John Laws, Tom Oliver, Alfred Sandor, Ross Thompson, Doreen Warburton, Googie Withers; WA
Niel Lynne (David Baker, 1985) aka Best Enemies; prod. Tom Burstall; Sigrid Thornton, Paul Williams, Judy Morris, Brandon Burke, David Argue, Alan Cinis; drama/thriller; story of two boyhood friends tracing their fates and loves from the turbulent era of the late 1960s to the 1970s; 105 min.
Night (Lawrence Johnston, 2007) feature-length documentary
Nights Belongs to the Novelist, The (Christina Wilcox, 1987) short doco; 48 min.
Night Club (A. R. Harwood, 1952) prod. David Bilcock; golddigger and playboy; Bill Winters goes to a country town to work quietly on the script for a musical show; 55 min.
Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (Tracey Moffatt, 1989) Marcia Langton; v. Scott Murray, article in Cinema Papers, 79, May 1990: 18-22
Night of Fear (Terry Bourke, 1973) horror; 54 min.; see Michael Helms, Cinema Papers, 129, January 1999: 27
Night the Prowler, The (Jim Sharman, 1979) prod. Anthony Buckley for Chariot Films, wr. Patrick White from his short story, dp David Sanderson, design Luciana Arrighi, ed. Sara Bennett; aka Patrick White's The Night the Prowler; Terry Camilleri, Ruth Cracknell, John Derum, John Frawley, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Kerry Walker; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Night We Called It a Day, The (Paul Goldman, 2003) Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne, Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi
Nightmares (John D. Lamond, 1980) co-prod. wr. Colin Eggleston; horror, sci-fi; memorable review by Scott Murray in Murray 1995: 64; 82 min. Gothic thriller
Nightride (Martin Murphy, c 1997) short, wr. Martin Murphy, prod. Della Churchill; Tai Nguyen, Brett Wood, John Brisdon; AFTRS; 11 min.; on the End Play DVD
1915 (ABC, 2001) mini-series in 7 parts, off broadcast, 26Aug-7Oct 2001
Nirvana Street Murder (Aleksi Vellis, 1991) wr. Aleksi Vellis; Mark Little (Boady), Ben Mendelsohn (Luke), Mary Coustas (Helen), Sheila Florance (Molly); black comedy
No.2 (Toa Fraser, 2006) wr. Toa Fraser, prod. Tim White, Lydia Livingstone Philippa Campbell, Colonial Encounters & Southern Light Films, finance New Zealand Film Commission, Working Title Films, Miramax Films, NZ On Air, TVNZ; Ruby Dee (Nanna Maria) Tuva Novotny (Danish Maria); inspired by a dream of her childhood back in Fiji, Nanna Maria demands that her grandchildren put on a big feast at which she will name her successor
No Bag Limit (1973)
No Milk, No Honey (1997) documentary; British group-settlers; WA
No Time for Games (Stephen Luby, Charles Watt, Mark Savage, 1987)
No Way to Forget (Richard Frankland, 1996) short, 11 min.; see From Sand to Celluloid; Best Short Film AFI 1996
No Worries (David Elfick, 1993) Amy Terelinck, Geoff Morell, Susan Lyons, John Hargreaves, Steven Vidler, Ray Barrett, Harold Hopkins, Ngoc Hanh Nguyen (Binh); family has to leave the farm in hard times and come to the city, where the daughter makes a new, Vietnamese friend
Nocturnal (Paul Harris, Wallace Finley) wr. Paul Harris, Wallace Finley, 67 min.; drama, thriller; Twin Peeks
Noise (Matthew Saville, 2007) prod. Trevor Blainey; Brendan Cowell; aftermath of an incident (mass murder) on suburban train
Norman Loves Rose (Henri Safran, 1982) prod. Basil Appleby, Henri Safran for Norman Films, wr. Henri Safran, dp Vincent Monton, design Darrell Lass, ed. Don Saunders; Carol Kane, Tony Owen, Myra de Groot, David Downer, Barry Otto, Sandy Gore, Warren Mitchell; comedy; Jewish 13-yr-old falls in love with sister-in-law who falls pregnant; Eastman colour, 35mm, 98 min.
Northbound Ltd (George Palmer, 1926)
Nostradamus Kid, The (Bob Ellis, 1993) wr. Bob Ellis, dp Geoff Burton; Noah Taylor, Miranda Otto, Arthur Dignam, Peter Gwynne, Jack Campbell, Erick Mitsak, Loene Carmen, Alice Garner, Lucy Bell, Jeanette Cronin, Hec McMillan, Colin Friels, Bob Maza
Not Fourteen Again (Gillian Armstrong, 1996) documentary
Nothing Like Experience (1970)
Now and Forever (Adrian Carr, 1983) prod. Teisha Ghent for Now and Forever Film Partnership, wr. Richard Cassidy from novel by Danielle Steel, dp Don McAlpine, music Bruce Rowland, design Rene & Rochford ed. Adrian Carr; Cheryl Ladd, Robert Coleby, Carmen Duncan, Christine Amor, Aileen Britton, Alex Scott, Kris McQuade; Eastman colour, 35mm, 102 min.
Now And Then (1981)
Nugget, The (Bill Bennett, 2002) Eric Bana (Lotto), Stephen Curry (Wookie), Dave O'Neil (Sue), Belinda Emmett, Peter Moon, Vince Colosimo, Max Cullen, Jane Hall; comedy, set in Mudgee NSW; released 17 October 2002, released on DVD 5 March 2003; 97 min.
Number 96, 1972- 9, TV serial prod. Cash-Harmon Productions
Number 96 (Peter Barnardos, 1974)
Nun and the Bandit (Paul Cox, 1992) novel by E. Grant Watson; two brothers kidnap girl and the nun comes along also; filmed Maldon, Bacchus Marsh
Nurse Cavell (W. J. Lincoln, 1916) aka Edith Cavell
Nutcase (Roger Donaldson, 1980) NZ
Nuts, Bolts And Bedroom Springs (Gary Young, 1975)
Obituary, The (Peter Duncan, 1993)
Occasional Coarse Language (Brad Hayward, 1998) wr. Brad Hayward, prod. Brad Hayward, Trish Piper; Sara Browne (Min Rogers), Astrid Grant (Jaz), Nicholas Bishop (David), Michael Walker (Stanley), Lisa Denmeade (Claire), Michelle Fillery, Belinda Hoare (Soph); Village Roadshow, Flickering Films, Very Chancy Material, 81 min., romantic comedy
Octoroon, The (George Young, 1912
Odd Angry Shot, The (Tom Jeffrey, 1979) prod. Sue Milliken, Tom Jeffrey for Samson Film Services, wr. Tom Jeffrey, novel by William Nagel, dp Don McAlpine, design Bernard Hides, ed. Brian Kavanagh; Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, John Jarratt, Bryan Brown, Graeme Blundell, Richard Moir, Ian Gilmour, Graham Rouse, John Allen, Tony Barry, Brandon Burke, John Fitzgerald, Mike Harris, Johnny Garfield, Ray Meagher, Frankie J. Holden, Roger Newcombe, Brian Evis, Rose Ricketts, Chuck McKinney, Freddie Paris, Sharon Higgins; Vietnam war; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Odds On (Arthur Higgins, 1928)
Off the Edge (Michael Firth, 1977) NZ
Offering, The (Taggart Siegel, Francesca Fisher, 1996) aka Shadow of the Pepper; Mexico/NZ/USA
Office Picnic, The (Tom Cowan, 1972) wr. Tom Cowan, prod. Tom Cowan; Melbourne; B & W, 35 mm, 83 min., Child's Play Moving Picture Company, dp Michael Edols; Max Cullen, Philip Deamer, Ben Gabriel, Kate Fitzpatrick, Gay Steel, John Wood
Officer 666 (Fred Niblo, 1916)
Offspring (Richard Ryan, 1993) wr. Richard Ryan, prod. Phillip Emanuel; Chantal Contouri, Robert Mammone, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick; drama, psycho thriller; dist. Roadshow on VHS; 90 min.
Old Man Who Read Love Stories, The (Rolf de Heer, 2000) Richard Dreyfuss, Timothy Spall, Hugo Weaving; shot in French Guiana, South America; Australian release March 2004 Melbourne; Ali Sharp, "The old man and the jungle: an interview with Rolf de Heer", Metro, 140, 2004: 32-35; might be 2001; brief review of DVD release: Matthew Goodwin, Empire, 43, October 2004: 102
Old Scores (Alan Clayton, 1991) NZ
Olive Tree, The (Edgar Metcalfe, 1975) prod. Elizabeth Backhouse, David Morre, Film Centre Productions, wr. Elizabeth Backhouse, dp Wally Fairweather, ed. David Moore, High Kitson, music Marisa Robles; John Adam, Alan Cassell, Faith Clayton, Jenny McNae, Robert Van Mackelenberg, Leith Taylor; family crisis on WA cattle station
On Guard (Sarah Gibson & Susan Lambert, 1983) prod. Digby (Janice) Duncan for RedHeart Pictures, wrs Sarah Gibson, Susan Lambert, dp Laurie McInnes, ed. Catherine Murphy, sound Pat Fiske, Sue Kerr; Liddy Clark, Jan Cornall, Kerry Dwyer, Mystery Carnage; colour, 16 mm, 52 min.
On My Own (Antonio Tibaldi, 1993) Matthew Ferguson, Judy Davis
On Our Selection (Raymond Longford, 1920)
On Our Selection (Ken G. Hall, 1932) aka Down on the Farm
On the Beach (Russel Mulcahy, 2000) TV, novel by Nevil Shute
On the Beach (Stanley Kramer, 1959) novel by Neville Shute; Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Anthony Perkins
On the Friendly Road (Leonard P. Leary, 1936) NZ
On the Loose (Jane Oehr, 1985 ) prod. Lyn Norfor for Health Media Productions, wr. Ken Cameron, Jane Oehr, Tim Gooding, Mark Shles, Tom McPartland, dp Tom Cowan; Steve Bergan, Jim Filipovski, Tamsin Hardman John Hamblin, Carole Skinner, Ray Meagher; colour, 35 mm, 83 min.
On The Run (Mende Brown, 1982) chase thriller; Rod Taylor, Paul Winfield, Beau Cox, Shirley Cameron, Ray Meagher, Roger Ward
Once Were Warriors (Lee Tamahori, 1994) Temuera Morrison (Jake the Muss), Rena Owen; NZ
One Australia? The Future Starts Here (Christine Sammers, 1991) documentary
One Hundred A Day (Gillian Armstrong, 1973) short
One Hundred Crowded Years (H. H. Bridgman, 1940) dramatised documentary? including Treaty of Waitangi, 1840
One Hundred Years Ago (Gaston Mervale, 1911) Production Company: Australian Life Biograph Company. Story: P W Marony. two thousand feet. Cast: Louise Carbasse [Louise Lovely] (Judith), Harrie Ireland, A J Patrick, Godfrey Cass, Alf Scarlett, James Martin, Harry Beaumont
One Night the Moon (Rachel Perkins, 2001) wr. Rachel Perkins; tragic music-drama adapted from true story about a blacktracker called in to find a missing girl, starring Perth's own Kelton Pell; Paul Kelly, Kaarin Fairfax and their daughter Memphis Kelly are cast as the screen family; music by Mairead Hannan, Paul Kelly, Kev Carmody (premiere, Sydney Opera House June 2001- released shortly afterwards)
One Night Stand (John Duigan, 1984) Cassandra Delaney, Saskia Post, Tyler Coppin, Jay Hackett; the Bomb has just been dropped and four young people are trapped in the Sydney Opera House
One Perfect Day (Paul Currie, 2003) wr. Chip Richards, dp Gary Ravenscroft; Dan Spielman, Leeanna Walsman, Andrew Howard, Nathan Phillips, Abbie Cornish, Rory Williamson, Kerry Armstrong; drama; Tommy Matisse hears music in everything, from the rhythm of the traffic to the beating heart of his girlfriend Alysse - for him it is all "life's secret symphony"; set in Melbourne's Dance party world, this is a modern day fable for young people that explores the power of love, hope and music in a dark and intense world; v. Peter Mattessi, "Highs and lows: underneath the surface of One Perfect Day", Metro, 140, 2004: 36-40; brief review of DVD release: Matthew Goodwin, Empire, 43, October 2004: 103: "hypnotically awful"
One Way Street (John Hughes, 1993) documentary
Only A Factory Girl (1911)
Only the Brave (Ana Kokkinos, 1994) short
Opal Dreams (Peter Cattaneo, 2006) aka Pobby and Dingan, wr. Peter Cattaneo, Ben Rice, Phil Traill, prod. Lizie Gower, Nick Morris, Emile Sherman, dp Robert Humphreys; Sapphire Boyce (Kellyanne), Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie; children's; Australian/UK co-production; Pobby and Dingan are Kellyanne's imaginary friends in Lightning Ridge; Peter Cattaneo's previous film was The Full Monty
Open City (Bill Mousoulis, 1993) 80 min.
Open Water (Chris Kentis, 2004) based on true story about couple left to die on Great Barrier Reef; NOT Australian
Opium Runners, The (Gaumont Agency, 1913)
Orange Love Story (Tom Cowan, 2005) prod. Tom Cowan, wr. Adam Bowen, Tom Cowan; Kay Nankervis, llen Rossi, Brendan May, Sophie Jamieson; 83 min.
Oranges and Sunshine (Jim Loach, 2010) Emily Watson, Hugo Weaving, David Wenham
Original Schtick, documentary, shot on video
Orphan of the Wilderness (Ken G. Hall, 1936) aka Wild Innocence; family story about a kangaroo
Orphans and Angels (Harold Brodie, date) NZ, wr. Harold Brodie, ed. Harold Brodie, music Blind Divine; Emmeline Hawthorne, Christopher Brown
Oscar and Lucinda (Gillian Armstrong, 1997) prod. Robin Dalton, wr. Peter Carey (novel), Laura Jones; Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciaran Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Roxburgh; 132 min.
Other Halves (John Laing, 1984) NZ
Our Feral Friends (Daniel Krige) short
Our Friends, The Hayseeds (Beaumont Smith, 1917) aka The Hayseeds
Out (Samantha Lang, 1995) prod. Samantha Lang; short
Out Of It (Ken Cameron, 1977) Glenn Mason, Chris Haywood, George Spartels, Martin Harris, Terry Camilleri, Saviour Sammut, Arna-Maria Winchester, Margaret Nelson; three friends in the industrial suburbs of Sydney, bored both by unemployment and by the jobs available to them, drift from stripping stolen cars to assisting in a clumsy warehouse robbery
Outback, DVD, Film Australia, from the archive
Outback Strippers (Mike Piper Production Company: Piper Films) Mind's Eye, Network Ten; in production 2000; broadcast Ch10 12 June 2004; documentary; sequel to Suburban Strippers: a group of strippers from the city has heard that Alice Springs' only stripper is about to retire and they decide to take the outback by storm
Outback Upfront: compilation of short films from the ABC TV series
Outback Vampires (Colin Eggleston, 1987) co-writer Colin Eggleston, made for TV
Out of the Blue (Philip Avalon, 1996) Tarantino-like crime story
Out of the Body (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1988) Mark Hembrow, Tessa Humphries; thriller
Over There (ABC, 1972-3) TV serial 26 x 50 min.; dirs Frank Arnold, John Croyston, John Martin, Ralph Peterson; John Hargreaves, Peter Sumner, Anne Haddy, Serge Lazareff, Max Meldrum, John Meillon, Terry Bader, Judy Morris, John Ewart; WW2 overseas service affects Oz family
Over the Hill (George Miller, 1992) aka Around the Bend; book Gladys Taylor, Alone in the Australian Outback; Olympia Dukakis, Sigrid Thornton, Derek Fowlds, Bill Kerr, Steve Bisley; Pitjantjatjara ppl
Overlanders, The (Harry Watt, 1946) Ealing Studios; Chips Rafferty, Daphne Campbell, Clyde Combo (Jacky); has an Aboriginal person as a major character; 91 min.
Oyster Farmer (Anna Reeves, 2004) prod. Anthony Buckley, Piers Tempest, wr. Anna Reeves, dp Alun Bollinger; Alex O'Lachlan, Kerry Armstrong, David Field, Diana Glenn, Jack Thompson, David Kelly, Jim Norton, Claudia Harrison, Alan Cinis; romantic comedy set in Australian-style frontier country (shot on NSW Central Coast, around Brooklyn) with eighth-generation oyster farmers: Vietnam Vets with shotguns; Toronto FF September 2004; Aust release 30 June 2005; 90 min.
Oz: A Rock and Roll Road Movie (Chris Lofven, 1976) shorter version released in USA as 20th Century Oz; prod. Lyne Helms, Chris Lofven; dp Dan Burstall, design Robbie Perkins, ed. Les Luxford; Joy Dunstan (Dorothy), Graham Matters (Wally/the Wizard/record salesman/tram conductor/doorman/face at party), Bruce Spence (bass player/surfie), Michael Carman (drummer/mechanic), Gary Waddell (guitarist/bikie). "Oz is a 'rock'n'roll road movie' with the narrative structure of The Wizard of Oz (1939). Dorothy is now a groupie in search of the king of rock performers, the Wizard; the Straw Man is a vague and gentle surfie, the Tin Man a country car mechanic, and the Lion a timid and self-pitying bikie dressed in fearsome black leather." (Pike & Cooper), colour, 35mm, 103 min.
Pacific Banana (John D. Lamond, 1981) prod. John D. Lamond, SAFC, wr. Alan Hopgood, dop Gary Wapshott, design Herbert Pinter, ed. Ray Dalry; Graeme Blundell (Martin Budd), Robin Stewart, Deborah Gray, Alyson Best, Helen Hemingway, Luan Peters, Manuia Taie; Filmed in Huahine, French Polynesia, and Norwood Studios in Adelaide; Eastman colour, 35mm widescreen, 80 min.
Pact, The (Strath Hamilton, 2003) wr. Hugh Hamilton O'Brien, prod. Phil Avalon, dp Martin McGrath, ed. David Stiven, sound Stephen Smith; Sigrid Thornton, Robert Mammone, Peter O'Brien, Basia A'Hern, Grant Dodwell, Saskia Burmeister, Jamie Crofts
Painted Daughters (F. Stuart-Whyte, 1925)
Palace of Dreams (Denny Lawrence, Geoffrey Nottage, Graham Thorbum, David Goldie & Richard Pellizzeri, 1985) mini-series
Palisade (Laurie McInnes, 1988) short, wr. Laurie McInnes
Palm Beach (Albie Thoms, 1980) prod. Albie Thoms, wr. Albie Thoms, dp Oscar Scherl, music Terry Hannigan, design Dave Fennell, Abe Follington, ed. Albie Thoms; Albie Thoms's only feature film; notable for use of sound; Nat Young, Ken Brown, Amanda Berry, Bryan Brown, Julie McGregor, Lyn Collingwood, John Flaus, David Elfick; Eastman colour, 35mm, 88 min.
Pallet on the Floor (Lynton Butler, 1986) NZ
Pandemonium (Haydn Keenan, 1987) aka Haydn Keenan's Pandemonium; David Argue, Amanda Dole, Arna-Maria Winchester, Mercia Deane-Johns, Esben Storm, Rainee Skinner, Kerry Mack, Lex Marinos; 88 min.; "least boring Australian film ever made" - Geoff Gardner, Murray 1995; woman arrives at Bondi saying she has been raised by dingoes
Paperback Hero (Anthony J. Bowman, 1999) prod. Lance Reynolds, John Winter; Claudia Karvan, Hugh Jackman, Angie Milliken, Andrew S. Gilbert, Jeanie Drynan; 96 min.
Paradise Beach (Village Roadshow & New World Intl, 1993-94) TV serial
Paradise Road (Bruce Beresford, 1997) aka Beyond the Wire, A Voice Cries Out; Glenn Close, Susie Porter, Cate Blanchett
Parker (Jim Goddard, 1984) aka Bones; Bryan Brown (David Parker), Cherie Lunghi, Kurt Raab; Australian businessman is kidnapped then released, and sets out to find out what happened
Parklands (Kathryn Millard, 1996) Cate Blanchett (first film), Tony Martin; set in Adelaide; on the Travelling Light DVD; 50 min.
Passage (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill, 1983) experimental, 65 min.
Passion: The Story of Percy Grainger (Peter Duncan, 1999) prod. Matt Carroll; Richard Roxburgh, Barbara Hershey, Emily Woof, Claudia Karvan, Simon Burke, Linda Cropper, Julia Blake
Pastmaster (Steve Jodrell, 1998) wr. Peter Bibby, short story by Lloyd Davies; Nigel Hawthorne; comedy; WA?
Patrick (Richard Franklin, 1978) prod. Antony I. Ginnane, Richard Franklin, Patrick Productions, Australian International Film Corporation, wr. Everett de Roche, dp Don McAlpine, music Brian May, design Leslie Binns, ed. Edward McQueen-Mason; Susan Penhaligon, Rod Mullinar, Robert Helpmann, Bruce Barry, Julia Blake, Frank Wilson; horror and sci-fi; Agfa colour, 35mm, 120 min.
Patriot Games (Phillip Noyce, 1992) novel Tom Clancy; Harrison Ford (Jack Ryan) NOT Australian
Patu (Merata Mita, 1983) documentary, NZ
Paws (Karl Zwicky, 1997) children's
Peaches (Craig Monahan, 2003) wr. Sue Smith, dp Ernie Clark; Emma Lung (Steph), Hugo Weaving (Alan), Jacqueline McKenzie, Matthew Le Nevez, Tyson Contor; budget AUD $5.5mill; set in peach cannery, two time frames, 1980s and present, three intertwined love stories + econ rationalism, declining power of unionism; centres on Steph (Emma Lung) and her discoveries about late mother from diary; Alan is former union rep, now foreman; world premiere Montreal FF, 28 August 2004; 108 min.; FFC budget $3.060,062, box office $280,462
Pear ta ma 'on maf (Vilsoni Hereniko, 2004) aka The Land Has Eyes, prod. Merata Mita; Sapeta Taito, Rena Owen, John Fatiaki
Pearls and Savages (Frank Hurley, 1921) documentary about Anglican missions in Papua; with additional footage expanded to become With the Headhunters in Papua, 1923: Hurley presented both films lecturing from the stage; see Pike & Cooper 1998: 131-3
Pearls Before Swine (Richard Wolstencroft, 2000) Wolstencroft is director of the Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Peel (Jane Campion, 1982) short, aka Peel: An Exercise in Discipline; father orders son to pick up orange peel from roadside; dysfunctional situation
Peggy (Kevin Lucas, seeking funding 2004)
Percy Gets A Job (William Stratford Percy, 1912)
Perfect Strangers (Gaylene Preston, 2003) wr. Gaylene Preston, dp Alun Bollinger; Sam Neill, Rachael Blake, Joel Tobeck; prod. Huntaway Films (Sam Neill, John Clarke, Jay Cassells); NZ
Personal History Of Australian Surf, Being The Confessions Of A Straight Poofter, A (1981)
Personality Plus (Clem Maloney, 2009)
Peter Kenna's The Umbrella Woman (Ken Cameron, 1987) Rachel Ward, Steven Vidler, Bryan Brown (Sonny Hills), Sam Neill; "rigorously traces the social conditions that constrain, stultify and pervert a woman's sexual and romantic drives" (Adrian Martin, in Murray 1995: 225) aka The Good Wife ... aka Peter Kenna's The Good Wife (1987) ... aka The Umbrella Woman ... aka Who's Zoomin Who (USA)
Peter Vernon's Silence (Raymond Longford, 1926) Production Company: Longford-Lyell Productions. Photography: Arthur Higgins. 5830 ft. Cast: Rawdon Blandford (Peter Vernon), Walter Hunt (Philip Kingston), Loretta May (Marie), Rene Sandeman, Iris Webster, Beryl Gow, John Faulkner, George Chalmers, Billy Ryan, Victor Davy, Annie Permain. The last of the Longford-Lyell productions before Lyell's death in December 1925 was an uninspired melodrama about a man's loyalty to his mate.
Peter Weir Short Film Collection
Petersen (Tim Burstall, 1974) prod. Tim Burstall for Hexagon Productions; Jack Thompson, Wendy Hughes, Jacki Weaver, Helen Morse, Arthur Dignam, John Ewart, Charles Tingwell; brief review of DVD release: MG, Empire, 45, December 2004: 112
Phantom, The (Simon Wincer, 1996) shot in N. Qld but NOT Australian
Phantom Gold (Rupert Kathner, 1937) Harry Lasseter's reef
Phantom Stockman, The (Lee Robinson, 1953) Chips Rafferty, Charles Tingwell, Rod Taylor; produced by Southern International (Lee Robinson & Chips Rafferty)
Phantom Treehouse, The (1983)
Phar Lap (Simon Wincer, 1983) prod. John Sexton for John Sexton Productions, Michael Edgley International, wr. David Williamson, dp Russell Boyd ed. Tony Paterson, music Bruce Rowland, design Larry Eastwood, ed. Tony Paterson; Vincent Ball, Tom Burlinson, Celia de Burgh, Ron Leibman, Judy Morris, John Stanton, Martin Vaughan; Eastman colour, 35mm, 118 min.
Philippines, My Philippines (Chris Nash, 1988) documentary
Phobia (John Dingwall, 1990) Gosia Dobrowolska, Sean Scully; agoraphobic wife; reviewed Ross Harley, Cinema Papers, 81, December 1990: 58-59. Commercial failure.
Piano, The (Jane Campion, 1993) prod. Jan Chapman; Holly Hunter, Anna Paquin, Sam Neill, Harvey Keitel, Kerry Walker, Genevieve Lemon, Tungia Baker, 121 min.
Picnic at Hanging Rock (Peter Weir, 1975) prod. Jim & Hal McElroy, prod. Patricia Lovell, wr. Cliff Green from novel by Joan Lindsay, dp Russell Boyd; Kirsty Child, John Fegan, Vivean Gray, Dominic Guard, John Jarratt, Anne Lambert, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Ingrid Mason, Garry McDonald, Helen Morse, Rachel Roberts, Martin Vaughan, Jacki Weaver; thriller
Picture Show Man, The (John Power, 1977) prod. Joan Long for Limelight Productions, wr. Joan Long from Penn's Pictures on Tour by Lyle Penn, dp Geoff Burton, music Peter Best, design David Copping; Tony Barry, Patrick Cargill, Sally Conabee, Jeanie Drynan, John Ewart, Harold Hopkins, Garry McDonald, John Meillon, Judy Morris, Grant Page, Rod Taylor; Melbourne, colour, 35mm, 98 min.
Pictures (Michael Black, 1981) NZ
Pictures that Moved, The (Alan Anderson, 1968) documentary
Pigeon (Vencenzo Gallo, 1997)
Pilbara Pearl (Christopher R. Watson, 1999) wr. Sarah Rosetti; short
Pioneers, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1916) novel Katharine Susannah Prichard
Pioneers, The (Raymond Longford, 1926) novel Katharine Susannah Prichard
Pirate Movie, The (Ken Annakin, 1982) loosely based on Pirates of Penzance
Pitch Black (David N. Twohy, 2000) wr. Jim & Ken Wheat; prod. Tom Engelman; Vin Diesel, Radha Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Keith David, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, John Moore, Simon Burke; horror, 150 min.
Place at the Coast, The (George Ogilvie, 1987) wr. Hilary Furlong, dp Jeff Darling; novel Jane Hyde, The Bee Eater; John Hargreaves, Heather Mitchell, Tushka Bergen, Aileen Britton, Willie Fennell, Michel Fawdon, Julie Hamilton, Sue Ingleton, Margo Lee; rite of passage; tourist development
Plains Empty (Beck Cole, 200%)
Plains of Heaven, The (Ian Pringle, 1982) prod. John Cruthers for Seon Films, wr. Ian Pringle, Doug Ling, Elizabeth Parsons, dp Ray Argall oomposer: Andew Duffield, design Elizabeth Stirling, ed. Ray Argall; Adam Briscombe, Jenny Cartwright, Reg Evans, John Flaus, Gerard Kennedy, Richard Moir; Fuji colour, 16 mm, 80 min.
Playing Beatie Bow (Donald Crombie, 1986) novel by Ruth Park; Imogen Annesley, Peter Phelps
Plugg (Terry Bourke, 1975) wr. Terry Bourke, prod. Ninki Maslansky for Romac Productions, dp Brian Probyn; Reg Gorman, Cheryl Rixon, Peter Thompson, Norman Yemm; Perth WA; colour; sex comedy; 88 min.
Plumber, The (Peter Weir, 1978) wr. Peter Weir; prod. Matt Carroll, music Rory O'Donoghue, Gerry Toland, dp David Sanderson; Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond, Henri Szeps; black comedy; 76 min.; doctor's wife terrorised by visits by strange plumber
Plunge into Darkness (Peter Maxwell, 1977) John Jarratt; horror
Point of No Return (Vincent Monton, 1993) aka Countdown; Marcus Graham is ex-soldier Grady
Police Rescue (Southern Star Xanadu, the ABC & the BBC, 1992) TV series prod
Police Rescue: The Movie (Michael Carson, 1994) Gary Sweet, Zoe Carides, Steve Bastoni, John Clayton; Sonia Todd
Policy, The (Daniel Krige) short
Pommy Arrives In Australia (Raymond Longford, 1913) aka Pommy, The Funny Little New Chum
Portrait: Jane Campion and The Portrait of a Lady (Peter Long & Kate Ellis, 1996) documentary of the two-and-a-half month shoot for The Portrait of a Lady
Portrait of a Lady, The (Jane Campion, 1997) wr. Laura Jones, dp Stuart Dryburgh; Nicole Kidman, John Malkovich, Barbara Hershey, Mary-Louise Parker, Martin Donovan, Shelly Winters, Richard E. Grant, Shelly Duvall, Christian Bale, Viggo Mortensen, Valentina Cervi, John Gielgud; not Australian
Possum Paddock (Charles Villiers, Kate Howarde, 1921)
Possum (Brad McGann, 1997) NZ; short; 19 min.
Postcard Bandit, The (Tony Tilse, 2003)
Potato Factory, The (Robert Marchand, 1999) original tape
Powder Burn (Stephen Prime, 1999) Gillian Phillips, Tim Nicholls, Gregory J. Read; released 19 August 1999, Sydney; going to video through Tribe First Rites films with VideoEzy; 96 min.
Power And The Glory, The (Noel Monkman, 1941) aka The Invaders; action
Praise (John Curran, 1998) wr. Andrew McGahan based on his novel, prod. Martha Coleman, dp Dion Beebe; Peter Fenton, Sacha Horler, Tex Perkins, Marta Dusseldorp, Joel Edgerton; AFI Nomination 1999; 98 min./100 min.
Precious Find (Philippe Mora, 1996) Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen; NOT Australian
Predator 2 (Stephen Hopkins, 1990) not Australian
Prehistoric Hayseeds (Beaumont Smith, 1923)
Presence, The (John Rhall, 1991)
Prey (George Miller, 2008) thriller; six travellers enter a sacred Aboriginal site in Australia and fall under a century-old curse
Price, The (Dunstan Webb, 1924)
Prime Mover (David Caesar, 2009) comic drama; William McInnes, Andrew S. Gilbert, Lynette Curran, Jeanette Cronin, Gyton Grantley, Emily Barclay, Michael Dorman, Anthony Hayes, Ben Mendelsohn
Prisoner of St Petersburg, The (Ian Pringle, 1990) Noah Taylor, Solveig Dommartin; Noah thinks he's in a novel by Dostoevsky
Prisoner: Cell Block H (Grundy Organisation, 1979-86) TV serial
Prisoners (Peter Werner, 1982) Aust/NZ; Tatum O'Neal, Colin Friels, Shirley Knight, David Hemmings, Bruno Lawrence, Ralph Cotterill, John Bach, Ira Seidenstein, Michael Hurst
Private Collection (Keith Salvat, 1972) wr. Keith Salvat & Sandy Sharp, Keisal/Bonza Films, dp David Gribble; Peter Reynolds, Pamela Stephenson, Brian Blain, Grahame Bond, John Paramor, Noel Ferrier, Les Foxcroft; comedy; Sydney, colour, 16 mm, 92 min.
Prodigal Son, The (Tony Radevski, 2006) wr. Tony Radevski, prod. Tom Zubrycki; emotional story of gay man in his 40s reunited with his traditional, Macedonian family after being estranged from his father for 15 years; won the Flickerfest IF Media Award for Most Popular Film at Flickerfest 2006; short, 27 min.
Projectionist, The (short, 2004)
Promised Woman, The (Tom Cowan, 1975) prod. Richard Bennan, Tom Cowan for BC Productions, wr. Tom Cowan from Throw Away Your Harmonica, play by Theo Patrikareas, dp Tom Cowan, design Gillian Armstrong, composer Vassili Daramaras, ed. David Stiven; Yelena Zigon, Takis Emmanuel, Nikos Gerissimou, Kate Fitzpatrick, Graham Shirley, Gillian Armstrong; Sydney; colour, 35 mm, 84 min.
Proof (Jocelyn Moorhouse, 1991) Hugo Weaving, Genevieve Picot, Russell Crowe, Heather Mitchell; 86 min.
Proposition, The (John Hillcoat, 2005) wr. Nick Cave, music Nick Cave; shooting Winton Qld October 2004; Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Emily Watson, John Hurt, David Wenham, Tom Budge, David Gulpilil, Leah Purcell, Tom E. Lewis; epic period Western; Australian-British co-production, three brothers charged with brutal crime 1880s; 104 min.
Protected (Alessandro Cavadini, 1975), prod. Carolyn Strachan, dp. Fabio Cavadini; dramatised documentary about a strike by Aboriginal workers in June 1957 on Palm Island
Psycho 2 (Richard Franklin, 1983) NOT Australian
Puberty Blues (Bruce Beresford, 1981) prod. Joan Long for Limelight Productions, wr. Margaet Kelly, from book by Kathy Lette, Gabrielle Carey, dp Don McAlpine, music Les Gock, Tim Finn, design David Copping, ed. William Anderson; Nell Schofield, Jad Kapelja, Jay Hackett, Ned Lander, Tony Hughes, Sandy Paul, Geoff Rhoe; girls want to surf too; Lesley Speed, "You and me against the world: revisiting Puberty Blues", Metro, 140, 2004: 54-60; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Pudding Thieves (Brian Davies, 1967) wr. Brian Davies; first "Carlton school" (University of Melbourne circle) film
Punisher, The (Mark Goldblatt, 1988) wr. Robert Kamen, dp Ian Baker; Dolph Lundgren, Louis Gossett, Jeroen Kabbe, Kim Miyori; NOT Australian
Puppy (Kieran Galvin, 2005) prod. Melissa Beauford, wr. Kieran Galvin, dp Tom Gleeson; Nadia Townsend, Bernard Curry; explores the complex and strangely beautiful relationship that develops between a delusional man and a suicidal young woman when he holds her captive at his remote property
Pure Shit (Bert Deling, 1975) wr. Bert Deling, dp Tom Cowan, prod. Bob Weis; Gary Waddell, John Laurie, Ann Heatherington, Carol Porter, Helen Garner, Phil Motherwell, Max Gillies; premiered Perth FF; commercial release 1976
Pursuit of Happiness, The (Martha Ansara, 1988) prod. Martha Ansara, wr. Martha Ansara, Laura Black, Alex Gibson; Anna Gare, Laura Black, Peter Hardy, Jack Coleman; set and shot in Fremantle WA; female journo involved in peace movement; low-budget political thriller
Queen and I, The (Michael Pattinson, 2004) wr. Gerry Connolly, Michael Pattinson; dp Ben Nott ACS; Garry McDonald, Jane Turner; comedy; Australian/UK co-production
Queen City Rocker (Bruce Morrison, 1986) aka Tearaway; NZ
Queensland (John Ruane, 1976) prod. Chris Fitchett, wr. John Ruane and Ellery Ryan, dp Ellery Ryan, ed. Mark Norfolk; John Flaus, Bob Karl, Alison Bird, Tom Broadbridge, Jack Mobbs, Patricia Condon, Melbourne, colour, 16mm, 52 min.
Quiet American, The (Phillip Noyce, 2002) dp Christopher Doyle; Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen; Toronto 2002; completed around Sept 2001 (ie. 9/11) but not released until December 2002; AAN Best Actor Michael Caine; NOT Australian
Quiet Earth, The (Geoff Murphy, 1985) sci-fi; NZ
Quiet Room, The (Rolf de Heer, 1996) wr. Rolf de Heer, prod. Rolf de Heer, Domenico Procacci, Sharon Jackson, Fiona Paterson; Paul Blackwell, Celine O'Leary, Chloe Ferguson, Phoebe Ferguson; little girl withdraws into silence as a reaction to her parents threatening to separate; 93 min.
Quigley (Simon Wincer, 1991) aka Quigley Down Under (US) Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner; western; Quigley is hired to eliminate vermin, but they turn out to be indigenous people on the WA cattle station
Quirk (Davor Dirlic, 1998) comedy
Rabbit-Proof Fence (Phillip Noyce, 2001) wr. Christine Olsen, based on book by Doris Pilkington Garimara, dp Christopher Doyle; Everlyn Sampi, Kenneth Branagh, David Gulpilil, Tianna Sainsbury, Ningali Lawford, Laura Monaghan, Deborah Mailman, Jason Clarke, Myarn Lawford, Roy Billing, Anthony Hayes (Reg), Garry McDonald, David Ngoombujarra (kangaroo hunter); Molly Kelly and Daisy Kadibil appear briefly at the end; based on true story about Aboriginal children escaping custody in the 1930s; shot in SA (partly in WA: the scenery without people), but set in WA; Best Film, Best Sound, Best Original Score AFI Awards 7 November 2002: Peter Gabriel; 94 min.
Rabbit on the Moon (Monica Pellizzari, 1987) short
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (David Hemmings, 1981) aka Race for the Yankee Zephyr; prod. John Barnett, Antony I. Ginnane, David Hemmings for F. G. H. Film Consortium, Zephyr Films, First Gty Films, wr. Everett DeRoche, dp David Monton, music Brian May, ed. John Laing, design Bernard Hides; Bruno Lawrence, George Peppard, Donald Pleasence, Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence; action thriller, search for money from crash; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Racing Luck (Rupert Kathner, 1941) comic adventure; final appearance of Raymond Longford
Radiance (Rachel Perkins, 1999) Deborah Mailman (Nona), Rachael Maza (Cressy), Trisha Morton-Thomas (Mae); story of reunion between three Aboriginal sisters
Rage (ABC TV, 1985-) TV series
Rage in Placid Lake, The (Tony McNamara, 2003) wr. Tony McNamara, play The Cafe Latte Kid Tony McNamara, prod. Marian Macgowan; Ben Lee, Garry McDonald, Rose Byrne, Miranda Richardson; released 28 August 2003
Rain (Christine Jeffs, 2003) NZ, Sarah Peirse (Kate), Marton Csokas (Cady), Alicia Fulford-Wierzbicki (Janey), Alistair Browning (Ed), Aaron Murphy (Jim); Metro, 136: 78-80; 82-85; 'Endurance' is 'holding on ... it's holding on, and now it's my turn.' 'So then we just went on.'
Rainbow Bird and Monster Man (John Lewis, 2001?) documentary; won Best Editing in a Non Feature Film AFI Awards 7 November 2002; subject is pedophilia?
Ralph (Vincenzo Gallo, 1996) comedy
Rangi's Catch (Michael Forlong, 1973) NZ
Rangle River (Clarence Badger, 1936) aka Men With Whips; wr. Charles Chauvel, Elsa Chauvel, story Zane Grey; western
Rats and Cats (Tony Rogers, shooting May 2005) prod. Jason Byrne, privately funded; Jason Gann, Adam Zwar; small-time journalist tracks down once-famous actor; cautionary tale about celebrity ; budget $1.2m (Oz 25May2005: 16; Oz 2July2005: 4-6)
Rats in the Ranks (Bob Connolly & Robin Anderson, 1996) documentary
Rats Of Tobruk, The (Charles Chauvel, 1944) Grant Taylor, Peter Finch, Chips Rafferty
Raw Deal (Russell Hagg, 1977) producers: Russell Hagg and Patrick Edgeworth, wr. Patrick Edgeworth, dp Vincent Monton, music Ronald Edgeworth, design Jon Dowding, ed. Tony Patterson; Gerard Kennedy, Gus Mercurio, Rod Mullinar; Gerard Kennedy, Bethany Lee, Gus Mercurio, Rod Mullinar, Christopher Pate, Anne Pendelbury, Norman Yemm; "Kangaroo western"; Melbourne and Sydney, colour, 94 min.
Raw Nerve (Tony Wellington, 1990) aka Things and Other Stuff; Kelly Dingwall, Rebecca Rigg, John Polson; three teens spend intense day together
Razorback (Russell Mulcahy, 1984) wr. Everett de Roche, prod. Jim & Hal McElroy; Gregory Harrison, Arkie Whiteley, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood (Benny Baker), David Argue (Dicko Baker), Judy Morris; wr. Everett de Roche, novel Peter Brennan, dp Dean Semler, music Iva Davies; horror parody
Razzle Dazzle (Darren Ashton, 2007) Kerry Armstrong
Real Macaw, The (Mario Andreacchio, 1998) Jamie Croft, Jason Robards, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Waters, Gerry Connolly
Rebel (Michael Jenkins, 1985) prod. Phillip Emanuel, wr. Bob Herbert, Michael Jenkins from play by Bob Herbert, dp Peter James; Ray Barrett, Bryan Brown, Debbie Byrne, Kim Deacon, Matt Dillon, Bill Hunter, Julie Nihill; Kodak colour, 35 mm, 105 min.; Matt Dillon plays a GI deserter in Sydney hidden by a nightclub singer, Debbie Byrne
Rebel, The (J. E. Mathews, 1915)
Reckless Kelly (Yahoo Serious, 1993) aka Ned Kelly; Yahoo Serious, Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle, Hugo Weaving, Bob Maza
Recycle (Cath Murphy, 2004) short, 14 min.
Red Dog (Kriv Stenders, 2011) wr. Daniel Taplitz, Louis de Bernieres (novel); Josh Lucas, Rachael Taylor
Red Herring (Karl Madderom, 1996)
Red Hill (Patrick Hughes, 2010) western; Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley, Tommy Lewis
Red Matildas (Sharon Connolly & Trevor Graham, 1985) documentary
Red Planet (Antony Hoffman, 2000) USA/Australia; part shot at Coober Pedy
Red Rain (Jim Kaufman, 1993) prod. Rosa Colosimo; Russell Crowe, Jennifer Beals; psycho-sexual thriller; not completed or not released? Canadian, NOT Australian
Red Sky At Morning (Arthur Hartney, 1944) aka Escape At Dawn in 1951 re-release; play by Dymphna Cusack; historical romance set 1812
Redball (Jon Hewitt, 1999) prod. Meredith King, Phillip Parslow; John Brumpton, Belinda McClory; crime story, shot on DV (digital video); "street slice of cops under pressure"
Redheads (Danny Vendramini, 1991) prod. Richard Mason, dp Steve Mason, camera operator Laurie McInnes; Catherine McClements, Claudia Karvan, Alexander Petersens; drama, thriller; 105 min., colour, MA, 35 mm, released on VHS; when a young barrister takes on a hardened young street kid, they become the centre of a murder investigation and intrigue
Reef, The (Andrew Traucki, 2010) thriller
Reflections (Geoffrey Brown, 1998)
Refracting Glasses, The (David Perry, 1993) experimental
Relative Strangers (Rosemary Hesp, 1998) wr. prod. Rosemary Hesp, AFTRS, nominated for a craft award AFI 1998; quasi documentary, through voice-over, about guy who was brought up by his grandmother, with his 18 years older mother as his 'sister'; Simon Cooper's story; 12 min.
Relatives (Anthony Bowman, 1985) prod. Basil Appleby and Henri Safran for Archer Films, wr. Anthony Bowman, dp Tom Cowan, design Darrel Lass, ed. Colin Greive; Michael Atkins, Ray Barrett, Robin Bowring, Jeannie Drynan, Norman Kaye, Bill Kerr, Ray Meagher, Carol Raye, Rowena Wallace; domestic comedy; Eastman colour, 16 mm. 90 min.
Re-living off the Land (Simon Best & Paul Murphy, 2009) mockumentary
Remittance Man, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1913) reformed thief
Remorse, A Story Of The Red Plague (J. E. Mathews, 1917) boy contracts syphilis, kills himself
Removalists, The (Tom Jeffrey, 1975) prod. Margaret Fink, wr. David Williamson; Jacki Weaver, John Hargreaves, Peter Cummins, Martin Harris, Chris Haywood, Kate Fitzpatrick; domestic drama
Renegades (Phillip Noyce, 1974) shot 1970-1974; "diary film" funded by Experimental Film Fund, documentary of demonstrations and the street theatre group of George Shevtsov, Noyce and Jan Chapman
Reprieve, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1913) 28 min.
Resistance (Paul Elliott, Hugh Keays-Byrne, 1991) wr. Macau Collective; Donal Gibson, Helen Jones, Lorna Lesley, Stephen Leeder, Kris McQuade, Robyn Nevin, Bogdan Koca, Harold Hopkins
Restless and the Damned, The (Yves Allegret, 1959) last of features from the Lee Robinson & Chips Rafferty production team
Retribution (Armand Lionello, 1921) crime in Anakie sapphire mines
Return Home (Ray Argall, 1990) wr. Ray Argall; Dennis Coard, Frankie J. Holden, Ben Mendelsohn, Micki Camilleri, Rachel Rains; see also Eight Ball; two brothers reunited; AFI Best Director
Return of Captain Invincible, The (Philippe Mora, 1983) aka Legend in Leotards; prod. Andrew Gaty for Seven Keys, wr. Andrew Gaty, Steven de Souza, dp Mike Molloy. design David Copping, ed. John Scott; Alan Arkin, Christopher Lee, Kate Fitzpatrick, Bill Hunter, Michael Pate, David Argue, John Bluthal, Chelsea Brown, Max Cullen, Arthur Dignam, Noel Ferrier, Hayes Gordon, Chris Haywood, Graham Kennedy, Gus Mercurio, Max Phipps, Alfred Sandor; comedy; Eastman colour, 35mm, 92 min.
Return to Eden (Karen Arthur, Rod Hardy, Arch Nicholson & Kevin Dobson (series 1) 1983 (series 2) 1986), mini-series, prod. Jim & Hal McElroy; Rebecca Gilling, James Reyne, Phillip Avalon
Returning, The (John Day, 1990) Aust/NZ
Rev Dell's Secret, The (P. J. Ramster, 1924)
Rewi's Last Stand (Rudall Hayward, 1940) NZ
Ride A Wild Pony (Don Chaffey, 1975) Disney
Riders, The (Ray Lawrence, announced) Tim Winton novel
Right Hand Man, The (Di Drew, 1987) UAA presents a Yarraman Film Production, c 1986 UAA (Australasia) Limited; budget $5.5 million; location: Bathurst, NSW; dist. GUO; opened 21 November 1987; "One of the handful of Australian films made under 10BA for the Perth-based [WA] production company UAA (as distinct from its tax-funded investment in overseas productions) ..." (Murray 1995); Hugo Weaving
Right Here, Right Now (Matthew Newton, 2005) wr. Matthew Newton, Toby Schmitz, prod. David Gross; Dai Peterson, Matthew Newton, Toby Schmitz, Tim Draxl, Tim Richards, Geoff Morell, Brooke Satchwell, Pia Miranda, Genevieve O'Reilly
Rikky and Pete (Nadia Tass, 1988) dp David Parker
Rip Van Winkle (W. J. Lincoln, 1912)
River Queen (Vincent Ward, 2005) NZ epic; Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis, Temuera Morrison, Stephen Rea; Toronto Sept 2005
River Street (Tony Mahood, 1996) Aden Young, Bill Hunter, Essie Davis, Tammy Macintosh, Sullivan Stapleton; real estate
Risk (Alan White, 2000) wr. John Armstrong, prod. Marian Macgowan; drama; Bryan Brown, Claudia Karvan, Tom Long; enduring Aussie icon Bryan Brown is a middle-aged larrikin rorter of the (insurance) system who passes on his criminal wisdom to young apprentice Tom Long
Road from Coorain (Brendon Marr, 2002) TV movie, prod. Penny Chapman
Road to Alice (Stavros Andonis Efthymiou, 1992) short, wr. Stavros Andonis Efthymiou; Hugo Weaving, Noah Taylor, 29 min.
Road to Nhill (Sue Brooks, 1997) wr. Alison Tilson; prod. Sue Maslin, dp Nicolette Freeman, Gecko Films/Ronin Films; Tony Barry, Vikki Blanche, Paul Chubb, Lynette Curran, Matthew Dyktynski, Bill Hunter, Patricia Kennedy, Alwyn Kurts, Monica Maughan, Terry Norris, Lois Ramsey, Denise Roberts, Kerry Walker, Bill Young
Road To Ruin, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1913)
Road Train (Dean Francis, 2010) horror; Xavier Samuel, Sophie Lowe
Roadgames (Richard Franklin, 1981) prod. Richard Franklin for Quest Films, wr. Everett DeRoche, from short story by Richard Franklin, Everett De Roche, dp Vincent Monton, music Brian May, designer John Dowding, ed. Edward McQueen-Mason; Stacey Keach, Jamie Lee Curtis, Marion Edward, Grant Page, Thaddeus Smith, Alan Hopgood, Bill Stacey, Stephen Millichamp; Hitchcock-like thriller; Eastman colour, 35mm, 110 min.
Robbery under Arms (Charles McMahon, 1907) MacMahon's Exquisite Pictures, screenplay, scenario, script Charles MacMahon, from the novel by Rolf Boldrewood, dp Byers Coates, William Duff, 5000 ft. Jim Gerald (Warrigal), George Merriman (warder), Lance Vane (Inspector of Police), William Duff (trooper), Arthur Guest (curate), Rhoda Dendron
Robbery Under Arms (Kenneth Brampton, 1920)
Robbery under Arms (Jack Lee, 1957) Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, David McCallum, Maureen Swanson, Jill Ireland; from the novel by Rolf Boldrewood; Capt. Starlight has a black offsider; 96 min.
Robbery under Arms (Donald Crombie & Ken Hannam, 1985)
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (Jim Sharman, 1975) not Australian; not in Pike & Cooper; made in England for 20th Century Fox
Rogue (Greg McLean, 2007) monster croc
Roll (Martin Wilson, 2004) short, 50 min., Toby Malone, Damien Robertson, Marcus Graham, David Ngoombujarra, Tasma Walton; WA; Soul Films; Martin Wilson is a graduate of Murdoch University, 1991, 1993
Rolling Home (Paul Witzig, 1974) documentary
Roly Poly Man, The (Bill Young, 1994) wr. Kym Goldsworthy; Paul Chubb, Les Foxcroft, Susan Lyons, Peter Braunstein, Zoe Bertram, Frank Whitten, Jane Harders, John Batchelor, Rowan Woods, Valerie Bader, Sarah Lambert, Deborah Kennedy, Jim Pike, Roy Billing, Barbara Stephens; satire of film noir; people's heads explode; excellent review by Jim Schembri in Murray 1995: 392
Romance Of Runnibede, The (Scott R. Dunlap, 1928)
Romance Of The Burke And Wills Expedition Of 1860, A (Charles Byers Coates, 1918)
Romantic Story Of Margaret Catchpole, The (Raymond Longford, 1911) Lottie Lyell
Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996) aka William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (Baz Luhrmann, 1996) dp Don McAlpine; Claire Danes, Leonardo di Caprio, Brian Dennehy, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite; not Australian
Romper Stomper (Geoffrey Wright, 1992) Russell Crowe, Daniel Pollock, Jacqueline McKenzie, Alex Scott; 89 min.
Romulus My Father (Richard Roxburgh, 2007) Raimond Gaita's book; Eric Bana; shooting Victoria 2006
Roof Needs Mowing, The (Gillian Armstrong, 1974) short, 10 min.
Rough Diamonds (Donald Crombie, 1993) comedy; Jason Donovan, Angie Milliken
Rough Passage, A (Franklyn Barrett, 1922)
Roy Hollsdotter Live (Matthew Saville, 2004) wr. Matthew Saville, prod. Trevor Blainey; Darren Casey, John Clarke, Luke Elliot, Asher Keddie, Maude Davey; Roy is a would-be comic superstar; dark comedy; brief review of DVD release: EP, Empire, 43, October 2004: 97; 50 min.
Ruby and Rata (Gaylene Preston, 1990) NZ
Rudd's New Selection (Raymond Longford, 1921)
Run Chrissie Run! (Chris Langman, 1984) aka Reunion; Kodak colour, 35 mm, 98 min. prod. Harley Manners SAFC, wr. Graham Hartley, novel When We Run by Keith Leopold, dp Bernie Clark, pd Andrew Livingstone, ed. Andrew Prowse; Michael Aitkens Shane Briant, Carmen Duncan, Nicholas Eadie, Annie Jones, Redmond Symons
Run Rebecca Run! (Peter Maxwell, 1982) family drama
Runaway (John O'Shea, 1964) NZ
Running from the Guns (John Dixon, 1987) aka Free Enterprise; larrikins and cars; David (Jon Blake) and Peter (Mark Hembrow) are two likely lads who run a car repair shop in the industrial part of Port Melbourne; Murray 1995: 228
Running on Empty (John Clark, 1982) prod. Pom Oliver for Film Corporation of Western Australia, wr. Harry Tomblin, dp David Gribble, design Greg Brown, ed. Stuart Butterworth; Terry Serio, Richard Moir, Deborah Conway, Max Cullen, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Chris Haywood, Grahame Bond, Vangelis Mourikis; Fox (Richard Moir) is the king of street drag-racing, Mike (Terry Serio) has to beat him, with the help of blind Rebel (Max Cullen); shot in Wollongong but financed partly by the WA Film Commission; Kodak colour, 35mm, 83 min.
Rush (Frank Arnold, Eric Taylor & Michael Jenkins, 1974, 1976) mini-series series 1 1974, series 2 1976; western; cf. Cash and Company
Rushing Tide, The (Gerald M. Hayle, 1927) 72 min.
Russell Affair, The (P.J. Ramster, 1928)
Russia House, The (Fred Schepisi, 1990) NOT Australian
Russian Doll (Stavros Kazantzidis, 2000) romantic comedy, David Wenham, Hugo Weaving, Natalia Novikova, Sacha Horler; 90 min.
Rust Bucket (Robert Connolly, 1997) short, wr. Robert Connolly, camera Tristan Milani; Rowan Woods (Wayne), Di Adams (Susan), Rex Woods (Ben), Jamie Oxenbould (mechanic), Steve Rodgers (David), Steve Worland, Rob Blanzen (thieves), Tropfest DVD, 7 min.
Sabbat of the Black Cat, The (Ralph Lawrence Marsden, 1973) Ralph Lawrence Marsden; horror; based on E. A. Poe story
Safety in Numbers (David Douglas, 2005) Jessica Napier
Sailmaker, The (Simon West, forthcoming @ 2004) US offshore production to be shot in Australia; set in 19C; after a sea captain sinks into despair and alcoholism after the death of his wife, a sailmaker must come to the rescue
Saint, The (Phillip Noyce, 1997) Val Kilmer; not Australian
Sally Marshall is not an Alien (Mario Andreacchio, 1999) prod. Terry Charatsis, Micheline Charest; Helen Neville
Saltwater Man (Mitch Torres, 2001?)
Salute (Matt Norman, FFC funding 2007) doco about the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico Olympic Games
Salute of the Jugger (David Peoples, 1989) aka Blood of Heroes; Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen
Salvation (Paul Cox, 2007) Natalia Novakova, Bruce Myles, Wendy Hughes, Kim Gyngell, Alex Menglet, Richard Piper, Maggie Miles, Chris Haywood, Terry Norris, Bud Tingwell, Julia Blake, Deidre Rubenstein, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Rodney Afif, Loene Carmen, Hamish Michael, Barry Humphries
Sample People (Clinton Smith, 2000) wr. Peter Buckmaster; Kylie Minogue, Ben Mendelsohn, Simon Lyndon, David Field, Paula Arundell, Joel Edgerton, Nathalie Roy, Nathan Page, Justin Rosniak, Matthew Wilkinson, Gandhi MacIntyre
Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009) wr. Warwick Thornton, dop Warwick Thornton; Rowan McNamara, Marissa Gibson; official site
Sanctuary (Robin de Crespigny, 1995) wr. David Williamson; Steve Bisley, Arky Michael, John Alderstone
Sapphires, The (Wayne Blair, forthcoming) wr. Tony Briggs, Keith Thompson; original stage cast: Deborah Mailman, Rachael Maza, Lisa Flanagan, Ursula Yovich
Sarah: The Seventh Match (Yoram Gross, 1983)
Satan In Sydney (Beaumont Smith, 1918)
Satellite (Ben Speth, 2005) tracks the orbits of three characters - an ageing security guard, a young Aboriginal man and an adolescent girl - as they move through Melbourne; 72 min.
Saturday Night (James Balian, 1999) Alison Whyte, Aaron Pederson
Savage Honeymoon (Mark Beesley, 1998) NZ
Savage Islands (Ferdinand Fairfax, 1983) aka Nate and Hayes; NZ
Save the Lady (Leon Thau, 1981) wr. John Palmer, Yoram Gross; Wallas Eaton, John Ewart, Bill Kerr, Desmond Tester, John Coleby, Robert Clarkson; children's; Hobart
Saving Grace (Costa Botes) NZ
Saviour, The (Peter Templeman, 2006) short; Oscar nomination 2006
Saw (James Wan, 2004) Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Cary Elwes; slasher; world premiere Sundance January; Aust release 2 Dec 2004
Say a Little Prayer (Richard Lowenstein, 1993) aka I Came Back to Show You I Could Fly, novel by Robin Klein; wr. Richard Lowenstein, dp Graeme Wood; pd Chris Kennedy, ed. Jill Bilcock; Fiona Ruttelle, Sudi de Winter; introverted kid meets addict chick and enters her fantasy world
Scales of Justice (Michael Jenkins, 1983) ABC mini-series; John Hargreaves; three plays: "Job", "Game", "Numbers"; corruption in police and govt; 3 x 80min.
Scarecrow, The (Sam Pillsbury, 1981) NZ
Scars Of Love (Walter S. McColl, 1918) aka Should Children Suffer?
Schooner (Stuart Beattie, pre-production 2006) prod. Hugh Jackman, Seed Productions, Greg Coote; Simon Baker
Scobie Malone (Terry Ohlsson, 1975) aka Helga's Web from novel by Jon Cleary, wr. Casey Robinson, prod. Casey Robinson, Kingcroft Productions, dp Keith Lambert, music Peter aarke, ed. Bill Stacey; Jack Thompson, James Condon, Cul Cullen, Noel Ferrier, Ken Goodlet, Joe James, Jacqueline Kott, Max Meldrum,Judy Morris, Shane Porteous, Rod Taylor; detective story; 98 min.
Scarfies (Robert Sarkies, 1999) aka Crime 101; NZ; 94 min.
Scratched (Travis Bain, 2004, post)
Screeemer (Gary Young, 1996) aka Scream
Sea Change (TV series) wr. Andrew Knight & Deb Cox
Sea Dogs of Australia (Martyn Keith, 1913)
Seal Hunters, The (Paul Maunder, 1973) NZ, short, ed. Sam Neill
Sealed Room, The (Arthur Shirley, 1926)
Sebastian and the Sparrow (Scott Hicks, 1989) children's film, set in Adelaide, friendship between two boys, one Euro-Aust, other from Viet bground
Second Chance (Peter Andrikidis, Scott McAboy, 2005) telemovie; wr. Ro Hume, John Misto; Ben Mendelsohn, Jodie Dry, Alyssa McClelland, Tara Morice, Geoff Morrell, Rhys Muldoon; filmed Broome, WA; 88 min.
Second Journey (to Uluru), The (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill, 1981) experimental
Second Time Lucky (Michael Anderson, 1984) comedy
Secret Bridesmaid's Business, TV feature; Rebecca Frith
Secret Of The Skies (A. R. Harwood, 1934) drama
Secret River, The (Fred Schepisi, 2008) in planning 2007; novel Kate Grenville, script Jan Sardi, prod. Stephen Luby, Mark Ruse, Ruby Entertainment
Secrets (Michael Pattinson, 1992) aka Do You Want to Know a Secret? prod. Michael Pattinson, wr. Jan Sardi; Beth Champion (Emily), Malcolm Kennard (Danny), Danii Minogue (Didi), Willa O'Neill (Vicki), Noah Taylor (Randolf); teenpic; five teenagers break into the hotel where the Beatles are staying but get no further than the service basement; trapped there together, they tell each other their secrets, with the Kennard character as the evil catalyst
Seeing Red (Virginia Rouse, 1992) prod. Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Virginia Rouse & William Marshall, wr. Roger Pulvers, music Andrew Yencken, dp Ian Jones; Zoe Carides, Anne Louise Lambert, Peta Toppano, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, George Spartels, Henri Szeps, John Mulcock, 98 min.; writer and his son are pursued from Sydney to Canberra and back again; little-seen thriller, based on the short story "Red Herrings" by Virginia Rouse (Tony Harrison 1994: 89); broadcast on Channel 9, 0230 5 December 2002: missed it
Seekers, The (Ken Annakin, 1954) aka Land of Fury; NZ
Selkie (2000) children's?
Semi-Detached (Tony Ayres, project 2003) wr. Tony Ayres, prod. Liz Watts & Michael McMahon, Porchlight Films
Send a Gorilla (Melanie Read [Melanie Rodriga], 1988) wr. Melanie Read; NZ
Sentenced For Life (E. J. Cole, 1911)
Sentimental Bloke, The (Raymond Longford, 1919)
Sentimental Bloke, The (F. W. Thring, 1932) wr. C. J. Dennis; Cecil Scott, Ray Fisher, Tal Ordell; 92 min.
Sentimental Bloke, The (Alan Burke, 1976) (TV, musical) Graeme Blundell, Geraldine Turner; poem by C. J. Dennis
Separation City (Paul MIddleditch, 2009) NZ; Joel Edgerton, Rhona Mitra, Danielle Cormack
September (Peter Carstairs, 2007) Tropfest backed, prod. Jon Polson; friendship between two 15-yr-old boys - one white, one black - in wheatbelt late 1960s; Australian release 25 October 2007
Serenades (Mojgan Khadem, 2001) child result of Afghan father winning night with Aboriginal woman; cultural clash; see Collins & Davies 2004: 88-89
Serious Undertakings (Helen Grace, 1983) short
Set, The (Frank Brittain, 1970) novel by Roger Ward; Sean Myers, Rod Mullinar; two young men have an affair; one attempts suicide; overseas sale banned by the censor
Settlement, The (Howard Rubie, 1984) Qld; wr. Ted Roberts, prod. Robert Bruning; Tony Barry, Allen Cassell, John Jarratt, Bill Kerr, Lorna Lesley, Katy Wild, Babette Stephens, David Downer; sideshow setting, menage a trois; 95 min.
Seven Keys To Baldpate (Monte Luke, 1916)
Seven Little Australians (Arthur Greville Collins, 1939)
Sex is a Four Letter Word (Murray Fahey, 1994) aka Love Stories; Joy Smithers, Rhett Walton, Mark Lee, Tessa Humphries, Miranda Otto, Timothy Jones, Jonathan Sammy-Lee; comedy
Shadow of Lightning Ridge (Wilfred Lucas, 1920) western
Shadow of the Boomerang (Dick Ross, 1960) World Wide Pictures (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association); "Christian western"; Jimmy Little's first role
Shadow Panic (Margot Nash, 1989) experimental short
Shaker Run (Bruce Morrison, 1985) NZ; car chases
Shame (Steve Jodrell, 1988) Barron Films; Deborra-Lee Furness; WA; location Toodyay; 94 min.
Shark Net, The (Graeme Burfoot, 2003) TV mini-series; broadcast ABC August 2003; book by Robert Drewe
Shattered Illusion, The (A. G. Harbrow, 1928)
Shepherd Of The Southern Cross, The (Alexander Butler, 1914)
Sher Mountains Killings Mystery (Vince Martin, 1990) prod. Phil Avalon; Phil Avalon, Abigail, ... Joe Bugner
Shifting Sands: From Sand to Celluloid Continued (1998) AFI; indigenous issues; six parts: Tears, My Colour Your Kind, Passing Through, Grace, Promise, My Bed Your Bed; details: Tears (Ivan Sen, 1998) prod. Teresa-Jayne Hanlon; Luke Carroll (Vaughn), Jamilla Frail (Lena), 14 min.; My Colour Your Kind (Daniel McClean, 1998) wr. Daniel McClean; albino Aboriginal girl is in a mission run by Catholic nuns; Grace (Wesley Enoch, 1998) London/Cairns; Grace (Justine Saunders) comes home from London to Cairns for a funeral; Promise (Mitch Torres, 1997); Gran remembers her promised husband: they are 'thrown together' and that was 'proper hard'; he looks after her; My Bed Your Bed (Erica Glynn) promised husband is shown to a young girl at a traditional ceremony, later she takes her bed and goes to him
Shimmer (Phillip Avalon, 1993) wr. Phillip Avalon; unreleased? incomplete? Cinema Papers, 93, May 1993: 74
Shine (Scott Hicks, 1996) wr. Jan Sardi; Geoffrey Rush (AA), Noah Taylor, John Gielgud, Googie Withers, Lynn Redgrave; Academy Award; 130 min.; young David Helfgott is traumatised by martinet father
Shiralee, The (Leslie Norman, 1957) Ealing Films; from the novel by D'Arcy Niland, 103 min.; Peter Finch (Macauley), Dana Wilson (Buster)
Shiralee, The (George Ogilvie, 1988) Bryan Brown, Noni Hazlehurst, Rebecca Smart; made for TV as 2 x 100 min.
Shirley Thompson versus the Aliens (Jim Sharman, 1972) prod. Jim Sharman, colour, 16 mm, 104 min., Kolossal Pictures, wr. Helmut Bakaitis & Jim Sharman, dp David Sanderson; Helmut Bakaitis, June Collis, Tim Elliott, Kate Fitzpatrick, Ron Haddrick, Jane Harders, Alexander Hay, Max Hess, John Ivkovitch, Phil Kitamura, Marion Johns, John Llewellyn, Sue Moir, Marie Nicholas, Candy Raymond, Julie Rodgers, Georgina West; rock tale, 1950s, girl visiting Luna Park Sydney hears from aliens
Short Changed (George Ogilvie, 1986) Jamie Agius, David Kennedy, Susan Leith, Mark Little, Ray Meagher; see Kathy Bail, Murray 1995: 204; custody of Aboriginal child, family melodrama
Shotgun Wedding (Paul Harmon, 1994) aka David O'Brien's Shotgun Wedding; light drama; Aden Young, Bill Hunter, Zoe Carides, John Walton, John Clayton, Paul Chubb, Sean Scully, Max Cullen, Marshall Napier
Shot of Love (J. Harkness, 2006) wr. J. Harkness; Anastasia Seis, Travis McMahon, Nathan Dean Ramsey, Mathew Wilkinson, Stephen Cummings; explores how a gunshot fired in an alley late one night affects the lives of those who saw or heard the incident Should A Doctor Tell? (P. J. Ramster, 1923)
Should A Girl Propose? (P. J. Ramster, 1926) Production Company: P J Ramster Photoplays. Producer, Screenplay, Scenario, Script: P J Ramster. Photography: Jack Fletcher. 4000 ft. Cast: Cecil Pawley (Ellis Swift), Thelma Newling (Esma), Rex Simpson, Joy Wood, Norma Wood. "... rescue of the heroine by rope from the surf and rocks at Bondi." (Pike & Cooper)
Should I Be Good? (Grahame McLean, 1985) NZ
Show Business (A. R. Harwood, 1938) same story as his Nightclub
Showgirl's Luck (Norman Dawn, 1931) aka Talkie Mad; comedy musical
Shrimp on the Barbie, The (Michael Gottlieb, Alan Smithee, 1990) aka The Boyfriend from Hell: title used in UK because Mattel owns the word "Barbie"; Cheech Marin; comedy; NZ/USA; 86 min.
Siam Sunset (John Polson, 1999) prod. Al Clark; AFI Nomination 1999; Linus Roache, Danielle Cormack, Ian Bliss, Roy Billing
Sick Stockrider, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1913)
Sidecar Racers (Earl Bellamy, 1975) aka The Team; prod. Richard Irving, Universal Pictures; wr. Jon Cleary, dp Paul Onorato, music Tom Scott, ed. Robert Kimble; Ben Murphy (Jeff Rayburn), Wendy Hughes (Lynn Carson), John Clayton (Dave Ferguson), John Meillon (Ocker Harvey), John Derum (Pete McAllister), Liddy Clark, Peter Graves, Peter Gwynne, Serge Lazareff, Arna-Maria Winchester; "young American surfer visiting Australia drifts into the world of sidecar motorcycle racing" (Pike & Cooper); 100 min.
Siege of Firebase Gloria, The (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1988) Vietnam 1968
Siege of Pinchgut, The (Harry Watt, 1959) Ealing Films; Aldo Ray; last of the Ealing films made in Australia; Matt Kirk takes over Fort Denison in an attempt to get a re-trial
Signal One: Bullet Down Under (Rob Stewart, 1993) prod. Phillip Avalon, wr. Karl Shiffman; unreleased; Christopher Atkins, Mark 'Jacko' Jackson
Silence of Dean Maitland, The (Raymond Longford, 1914)
Silence of Dean Maitland, The (Ken G. Hall, 1934) play by Maxwell Gray; John Longden (Dean Maitland), Charlotte Francis (Alma Lee), Bill Kerr (Cyril Maitland Jnr); clergyman murders the father of his pregnant lover and then allows his best friend to be convicted for the crime
Silence, The (Cate Shortland, 2006) prod. Jan Chapman; two-part telemovie, broadcast ABC May 2006
Silent One, The (Yvonne Mackay, 1984) NZ
Silent Partner (Alkinos Tsilimidos, 2001) David Field (Bill) and Syd Brisbane (John), two drunks, get the chance of a lifetime, to race their own greyhound, [while] unbeknown to them they are being set up for a big sting; Lynden Barber, "Let slip the dogs", The Weekend Australian, 31 March-1 April 2001, Outtakes, Arts: R23; 116 min.
Silent Witness, A (Franklyn Barrett, 1912)
Silks And Saddles (John K. Wells, 1921) aka Queen of the Turf
Silver Brumby, The (John Tatoulis, 1993) novel by Elyne Mitchell; Caroline Goodall, Russell Crowe (The Man); review by Jim Schembri in Murray 1995: 371; set in High Country
Silver City (Sophia Turkiewicz, 1984) Gosia Dobrowolska, Ivar Kants, Steve Bisley; 100 min.; three AFIs; migrant drama
Sin Of A Woman, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1912)
Singer and the Dancer, The (Gillian Armstrong, 1977) prod. Gillian Armstrong, wr. Gillian Armstrong, John Pleffer, from Old Mrs Bilson, short story by Alan Marshall, music Robert Murphy, dp Russell Boyd, design Sue Armstrong, ed. Nicholas Beauman; Ruth Cracknell, Elizabeth Crosby, Jude Kuring, Kate Sheil, Rob Steele; Melbourne, colour, 35mm from 16mm, 52 min.
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, The (Michael Tuchner, 1992) wr. Martin Copland & Scott Busby; Jon Voigt, Sam Neill, Bruno Lawrence, Kerry Fox, John Callen, Stacey Pickren, Michael Mizrahi, Tony Barry; 94 min.
Sione's Wedding (Chris Graham, 2006) wr. James Griffin, Oscar Kightly; NZ comedy
Sirens (John Duigan, 1994) Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi, Kate Fischer, Pamela Rabe, Ben Mendelsohn, John Polson, John Duigan (earnest minister); review by Adrian Martin in Murray 1995: 393; Norman Lindsay story
Sissy (Debbie Gittins, 2001) documentary; three gay Aboriginal guys in Northbridge: ? Culbong, Anna Mae (transvestite), Ella Fitzgerald; 'We are glamorous, we are here and we are queer'; Sissy is an expression of gay black identity in Perth: CC and Ella are well known socialites and Anna Mae regularly struts her stuff on stage
Six Days Straight (Michael Duignan, 2002) short, wr. Louise Woodruff Sanz, prod. John Kisch; Drew Forsythe, Damien Fowler, Jennifer Kent; 12 min.; on the DVD with Alvin Rides Again
Six Degrees of Separation (Fred Schepisi, 1993) NOT Australian
Six Pack (Kay Pavlou, Di Drew, Sue Brooks, Rodney Fisher, Megan Simpson & Karin Altmann, 1991) mini-series
Skin Deep (Geoffrey Steven, 1978) NZ
Skin of Your Eye (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill, 1973) experimental
Skippy (Fauna Productions/Norfolk International Productions, 1968-70) TV series
Sky Pirates (Colin Eggleston, 1986) prod. John Lamond; shot partly in Bora Bora and Easter Island; John Hargreaves (Dakota Harris), Meredith Phillips, Max Phipps, Bill Hunter, Simon Chilvers; pilot goes through time warp while looking for sacred stone
Slate, Wyn and Me (Don McLennan, 1987) Film Victoria; ed. Zbigniew Friedrich, production design Patrick Reardon, music Trevor Lucas & Ian Mason, dp David Connell, story editor Tom Burstall, exec. producers Antony I. Ginnane & William Fayman, novel Slate & Me and Blanche McBride Georgia Savage, screenplay Don McLennan, prod. Tom Burstall; Sigrid Thornton (Blanche), Simon Burke (Wyn), Martin Sacks (Slate), Tommy Lewis (Morgan), Lesley Baker (Molly), Harold Baigent (Sammy), Michelle Torres (Daphne), Murray Fahey (Martin), Taya Straton (Pippa), Julia MacDougall (Del Downer), Peter Cummins (Old Man Downer), Reg Gorman (Wilkinson), Warren Owens (Tommy), Eric McPhan Simon Westaway (policemen), Kurt von Schneider (truck driver), 91 min.; review by Joanne Murray-Smith in Cinema Papers, 65, September 1987: 53-54; extract repr. in Murray 1995: 229
Sleeping Dogs (Roger Donaldson, 1977) NZ; Sam Neill
Slice of Life (John Lamond, 1982) prod. John Lamond, wr. Alan Hopgood, dp Ross Berryman, composer Brian May, design Paul Jones, ed. Jill Rice; Jane Clifton, John Ewart, Juliet Jordan, Caz Lederman, Dina Mann, Amanda Muggleton, Robin Nedwell; Eastman colour, 35 mm, 100 min.
Slim Dusty Movie, The (Rob Stewart, 1984) Slim in concert with dramatised flashbacks to his youth, as played by Jon Blake
Sliver (Phillip Noyce, 1993) Sharon Stone; NOT Australian
Slow Night at the Kuwaiti Cafe, A (Marc Gracie, 1991)
Smash Palace (Roger Donaldson, 1981) NZ; Bruno Lawrence
Smiley (Anthony Kimmins, 1956) London Films, an Alexander Korda Production; Colin Petersen (Smiley), Bruce Archer, Ralph Richardson, John McCallum, Chips Rafferty, Reg Lye; sequel: Smiley Gets a Gun
Smiley Gets a Gun (Anthony Kimmins, 1958) Sybil Thorndike, Keith Calvert, Bruce Archer, Chips Rafferty
Smithy (Ken G. Hall, 1946) aka Pacific Adventure (for US); Columbia Pictures (US), although made by the Cinesound team; Ron Randell, Muriel Steinbeck, Charles Tingwell has one line in the opening scene, Billy Hughes appears as himself; Hall's last film; Charles Kingsford Smith docu-drama
Smoke 'Em If You've Got 'Em (Ray Boseley, 1988) about an odd group of people who have come together after a nuclear attack is launched on Australia; they are in a huge bomb shelter and have a massive party as they realise they'll probably all die soon ... and that's about it
Smokes and Lollies (Gillian Armstrong, 1976) documentary
SNAK: Sensitive New Age Killer (Mark Savage, 2000) wr. Mark Savage; 84 min.
Snakes and Ladders (Mitzi Goldman & Trish FitzSimons, 1987) documentary
Snapshot (Simon Wincer, 1979) aka Day After Halloween; prod. Antony I. Ginnane for Australian International Film Corporation, wr. Chris DeRoche, Everett DeRoche, dp Vincent Monton, music Brian May, design Jon Dowding, ed. Philip Reid; Chantal Contouri, Robert Bruning, Sigrid Thornton, Denise Drysdale, Vincent Gil, Jon Sidney, Jacqui Gordon, Julia Blake, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Lulu Pinkus; see Greg Kerr in Murray 1995: 47; released on DVD 2004; thriller; colour, 35mm, Panavision, 90 min.
Sniper (Luis Llosa, 1992)
Snow: The Movie (Robert Gibson, 1982) to do with skiing and wet T-shirt competition; shot at Falls Creek
Soft Fruit (Christina Andreef, 1999) prod. Helen Bowden, exec. prod. Jane Campion; Genevieve Lemon, Jeanie Drynan, Sacha Horler, Linal Haft, Russell Dykstra; AFI Nomination 1999; bunch of Florence Nightingales come home to nurse their mum
Soldier's Tale, A (Larry Parr, 1988) France/NZ
Soldier Boys (John King, 1967) NZ
Soldiers of the Cross (Joseph Perry & Herbert Booth, 1900)
Solo (Tony Williams, 1978) prod. David Hannay, Tony Williams, wr. Martyn Sanderson, Tony Williams, dp John Blick, music Marion Arts, Dave Fraser, Robbie Laven, design Paul Carvel, ed. Tony Williams; Lisa Peers, Vincent Gil, Perry Armstrong, Maxwell Fernie, Martyn Sanderson, Davina Whitehouse; romance drama; first Aust-NZ co-production; Eastman colour, 35mm, 96 min.
Solo (Morgan O'Neill, 2006) wr. Morgan O'Neill; Colin Friels
Solo Flight (Ian Mills, 1975)
Someone Else's Country (Barry Alister, 1996) documentary
Somersault (Cate Shortland, 2004) aka More Than Scarlet (working title); prod. Anthony Anderson, Jan Chapman, dp Robert Humphreys; Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Erik Thompson, Anne Louise Lambert; premiere MIFF Wed 21 July 2004; discovery of the difference between sex and love in Jindabyne, an Australian winter ski resort town; standing ovation at Cannes 2004; Toronto FF September 2004; general release 9 Sept 2004; won all 13 awards at the AFIs 29 October 2004; review: Richard Luck, Empire, 43, October 2004: 27; see also: 35; 106 min.
Something in the Air, ABC TV soap; Eric Bana
Somewhere in the Darkness (Paul Fenech, 1998) going to video through Tribe First Rites films with VideoEzy
Son is Born, A (Eric Porter, 1946) prod. Eric Porter, wr. Gloria Bourner; Kitty Bluett, Peter Dunstan, Peter Finch, Jane Holland, John McCallum, Ron Randell, Muriel Steinbeck, b/w, 85 min.; family melodrama
Son of a Lion (Benjamin Gilmour, 2007) set in Pakistan
Sons for the Return Home (Paul Maunder, 1979) NZ; novel by Albert Wendt, Samoa
Sons of Matthew (Charles Chauvel, 1949) Greater Union Theatres/Universal Pictures; shot in Qld; Michael Pate, Ken Wayne, Tommy Burns, John Unicomb, John Ewart, Wendy Gibb; 107 min.; aka The Rugged O'Riordans (overseas version); family melodrama
Sons of Steel (Gary L. Keady, 1989) rock star and his girlfriend strive to turn back time in order to avert a disaster in the near future; exploitation
Sorry My Love (John Hoomer, Ghassan Hariri, 1997)
Sound Of Love (John Power, 1978) John Jarratt, Celia de Burgh, George Ogilvie, Don Barker; Eileen and Dave meet when their affliction brings them together in a clinic for the deaf
Sound of One Hand Clapping, The (Richard Flanagan, 1998) wr. Richard Flanagan from his own novel, prod. Rolf de Heer, exec. prod. Steve Vizard, Andrew Knight, Jackie O'Sullivan, dp. Martin McGrath; Kerry Fox, Kristof Kaczmarek, Rosie Flanagan, Melita Jurisic, Jacek Koman, Evelyn Krape, Essie Davis; 93 min.; Slovenians in Tasmania; mostly positive review by Brian McFarlane, Cinema Papers, 124, May 1998: 36
Swerve (Craig Lahiff, 2010)
South Solitary (Shirley Barrett, 2010) Marton Csokas, Miranda Otto, Barry Otto
Southern Cross (Peter Maxwell, Seiji Moriyama, 1982) aka The Highest Honour, The Highest Honor (US); prod. Lee Robinson, Takeyo Otoh, wr. Lee Robinson, Takeyo Otoh, Katsuya Suzaki, dp John McLean; John Howard, Atsuo Nakamura, George Mallaby, Michael Aitkens, Stuart Wilson, Steve Bisley, Tony Bonner, Harold Hopkins; action adventure WW2 attack on Singapore
Southern Cross (Mark DeFriest, 2001) wr. Ron Elliott, story Paul Barron, prod. Paul D. Barron, remake of A Waltz Through the Hills (Frank Arnold, 1988) from the novel by Gerry Glaskin; Heath Bergersen, Bill Kerr, Michael Loney, Geoff Kelso; two Vietnamese children escape from an institution for refugees, and make their way to Perth
Spag, The (Giorgio Mangiamele, 1962) 37 min.
Spagnola, La (Steve Jacobs, 2001) wr. prod. Anna-Maria Monticelli; Lola Marcelli, Alice Ansara, Lourdes Bartolome, Alex Dimitriades; AFI 2001: Best Original Music Score: Cezary Skubiszewski
Spank (Ernie Clark, 1999) prod. David Lightfoot; http://www.palace.net.au/spank/spank.html
Spider and Rose (Bill Bennett, 1994) Ruth Cracknell, Simon Bossell; review by Jim Schembri in Murray 1995: 394; comedy based on age difference
Spirit Of Gallipoli, The (Keith Gategood, William Green, 1928)
Spirit Stones (Allan Collins, 2007) wr. Ken Hayward, prod. Jennifer Gherardi, JAG films, dp Torstein Dyrting; documentary
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (Alex Proyas, 1989) futuristic fantasy
Splendid Fellows (Beaumont Smith, 1934) Frank Leighton (as Hon. Hubert Montmorency Ralston); also promoted in NZ with the subtitle The Hayseeds at the Melbourne Centenary; Beaumont Smith's last film; buddy movie; cameo by Charles Kingsford Smith
Spook (David Anthony Hall, 1986)
Spotswood (Mark Joffe, 1992) aka The Efficiency Expert; Anthony Hopkins, Ben Mendelsohn, Alwyn Kurts, Bruno Lawrence, John Walton, Rebecca Rigg, Toni Collette, Russell Crowe; mocassin factory shaken by arrival of time-and-motion expert
Spudmonkey (Stuart McBratney, 2001)
Spur Of The Moment (A. R. Harwood, 1931) first talkie [cf. The Cheaters], screened 26 September 1931; static indoors melodrama
Square, The (Nash Edgerton, 2008) David Robert, Clair van der Boom, Joel Edgerton, Anthony Hayes; man's life begins to unravel when his mistress brings him a bag of cash; thriller; released 31 July 2008
Square Bashing (Stephen Harrop, 1982) short; 9 min.
Squatter And The Clown, The (1911)
Squatter's Daughter, The (Bert Bailey, 1910) aka The Land of the Wattle
Squatter's Daughter, The (Ken G. Hall, 1933) prod. Ken G. Hall, Cinesound Productions, wrs Gayne Dexter, E. V. Timms, play by 'Albert Edmunds' (Bert Bailey & Edmund Duggan), photography: Frank Hurley, George Malcolm; Owen Ainley, W. Lane Bayliff, Dorothy Dunkley, Jocelyn Howarth, George Lloyd, Grant Lyndsay, Fred Macdonald, Claude Turton, Katie Towers, Les Warton, John Warwick; 35 mm, 104 min. Romeo and Juliet story
Squatter's Son, The (E. J. Cole, 1911) "In a climactic horseback escape, the hero is helped by an obedient 'Black Boy' who destroys a bridge to delay the pursuers" Pike & Cooper 1998: 23; quotations in Malone 1987: 2
Squeaker's Mate (David Baker, before 1975?) short; story by Barbara Baynton; David Mitchell, Myra Skipper; on the DVD with The Great Macarthy; 41 min.
Squeeze (Richard Turner, 1980) NZ
Squeeze A Flower (Marc Daniels, 1970) Walter Chiari; liqueur recipe; comedy
Squizzy Taylor (Kevin Dobson, 1982) David Atkins, Allen Cassell, Cul Cullen, Robert Hughes, Michael Long, Kim Lewis, Jacki Weaver; 97 min.
Stan and George's New Life (Brian McKenzie, 1992) Paul Chubb, John Bluthal, Julie Forsyth, Margaret Ford; Bill Mousoulis, http://www.innersense.com.au/senses/contents/2/some.html Review by Jan Epstein in Murray 1995: 348; from her review in Cinema Papers, 90, October 1992: 55; review by Barrett Hodsdon, Filmnews, August 1992: 13; old-fashioned comedy
Stanley: Every Home Should Have One (Esben Storm, 1984) David Argue, Peter Bensley, Nell Campbell, Jonathan Coleman, Michael Craig, Max Cullen, Graham Kennedy, Lorna Lesley
Star Struck (Gillian Armstrong, 1982) aka Starstruck; prod. David Elfick, Richard Brennan for Palm Beach Pictures, ed. Stephen Maclean, dp Russell Boyd, design Brian Thomson, ed. Nicholas Beauman; Jo Kennedy, Ross O'Donovan, Margo Lee, Pat Evison, Geoffrey Rush, Max Cullen, Melissa Jaffer; musical; Eastman colour, 35mm, 105 min.
Starlight Hotel (Sam Pillsbury, 1987) NZ; It is Depression era NZ and school-kid Kate is missing her father badly; the temptation to seek him out leads her into diverse and intense encounters with fate
Starship (Roger Christian, 1985)
Starview (Patrick Flannigan, 1988)
State of Shock (David Bradbury, 1989) documentary
State of Siege, A (Vincent Ward, 1978) NZ
Stealth (Rob Cohen, forthcoming 2004) US offshore production to be shot in SA, Fox Studios Sydney, and Thailand; Sam Shepard, Josh Lucas; NOT Australian
Steel City (Catherine Marciniak and Aviva Ziegler) prod. Stefan Moore, Denise Haslem and Gina Twyble, production company: a Film Australia National Interest Program Status, ABC; in production 2000; documentary about the human impact of the closure of the BHP steelworks in Newcastle
Stiff (John Clarke, 2004) telemovie, wr. John Clarke, novel by Shane Maloney; prod. Huntaway Films (Sam Neill, John Clarke, Jay Cassells) in assoc. with Ruby Entertainment (Mark Ruse and Stephen Luby); first in "Murray Whelan" series; David Wenham (Murray Whelan), Mick Molloy, Sam Neill; broadcast Seven June 2004
Still Point, The (Barbara Boyd-Anderson, 1985) Nadine Garner, Lyn Semmler, Robin Cuming, Steve Bastoni, Alex Menglet; teen movie (for girls); Adrian Martin calls it "teen literature", Murray 1995: 176
Sting in the Tail, A (Eugene Schlusser, 1989) aka Scorpio; prod. Rosa Colosimo, Reg McLean; female MP to become first female PM; political comedy set Adelaide
Stir (Stephen Wallace, 1980) aka The Promoting of Mr Smith; wr. Bob Jewson, prod. Richard Brennan for Smiley Films, dp Geoffrey Burton, music Cameron Allen, design Lee Whitmore, ed. Henry Dangar; Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Michael Gow, Phil Motherwell, Gary Waddell, Ray Marshall; prison drama; filmed Gladstone Jail, SA; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Stockade (Hans Pomeranz, 1971) Michelle Fawdon (Elizabeth Green), Rod Mullinar (Peter Lalor); 90 min. began as a musical play detailing, with reasonable historical accuracy, the events at the Eureka Stockade when rebellious miners fought against government regulation of the goldfields in Ballarat in 1854
Stone (Sandy Harbutt, 1974) Sandy Harbutt, Hedon Productions, wr. Sandy Harbutt, Michael Robinson, dp Graham Lind, design Tim Storrier, music Billy Green, ed. Ian Barry; Ken Shorter (Stone), Sandy Harbutt (Undertaker), Deryck Barnes (Doctor Townes), Hugh Keays-Byrne (Toad), Roger Ward (Hooks), Vincent Gil (Dr Death), Slim de Grey, Rebecca Gilling, Bill Hunter, Harry Lawrence, Sue Lloyd, Garry McDonald, Helen Morse, Ros Spiers, Owen Weingott; Stone is an undercover cop who infiltrates a bikie gang when several of its members are murdered; Sydney, colour, 35mm, 98 min. 126 min.?
Stone Bros (Richard Frankland, 2009) aka Stone Bros; comedy; Luke Carroll, Leon Burchill, Valentio Del Toro, David Page, Peter Phelps
Stork (Tim Burstall, 1971) prod. Tim Burstall, Bilcock and Copping Film Productions, wr. David Williamson from play The Coming of Stork, dp Robin Copping; Helmut Bakaitis, Graeme Blundell Peter Cummins, Sean McEuan Max Gillies, Dennis Miller, Bruce Spence, Jacki Weaver; Spence won an AFI for this; Melbourne; colour, 35 mm, 90 min.; brief review of DVD release: Michael Adams, Empire, 45, December 2004: 112; three AFIs
Storm Boy (Henri Safran, 1976) prod. Matt Carroll for South Australian Film Corporation, wr. Sonia Borg, from novel by Colin Thiele, dp Geoff Burton, music Michael Carlos, design David Copping, ed. G. Turney-Smith; Greg Rowe, David Gulpilil, Peter Cummins, Judy Dick, Grant Page; white boy befriends pelican and outcast Aborigine, Fingerbone Bill, banished by his Kunai people, Adelaide, colour, 93 min.
Story of the Kelly Gang, The (Charles Tait, 1906)
Stowaway (Lee Robinson & Ralph Habib, 1958) novel by Georges Simenon; Southern International
Strange Bedfellows (Dean Murphy, 2003) Paul Hogan, Michael Caton pretend to be gay to exploit tax laws; brief review of DVD release: Matt Coyte, Empire, 43, October 2004: 9; see also Metro 141
Strange Fits of Passion (Elise McCredie, 1999) prod. Lucy MacLaren, dp James Grant; Michela Noonan, Mitchel Butel; coming-of-age black comedy drama; "bittersweet fable about a young woman's series of hilarious sexual and social misadventures as she struggles to discover the meaning of love, sex and desire in a post-everything world"
Strange Holiday (Mende Brown, 1970) children's
Strange Planet (Emma-Kate Croghan, 1999) prod. Stavros Kazantzidis; Naomi Watts, Claudia Karvan, Felix Williamson, Tom Long; 96 min.; romantic comedy; http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/REVIEWS/S/strange_planet.html
Strangers (Craig Lahiff, 1989) wr. John Emery, dp Steve Arnold; James Healy, Anne Looby, Melissa Docker, Jim Holt, Tim Robertson; drama
Strangler's Grip, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1912)
Strata (Geoffrey Steven, 1983) NZ
Street Hero (Michael Pattinson, 1984) wr. Jan Sardi, prod. Julie Monton for Paul Dainty Films, dp Vincent Monton; Vince Colosimo, Sandy Gore, Bill Hunter, Ray Marshall, Amanda Muggleton, Peter Sardi, Sigrid Thornton; he wants a career as a rock singer; 100 min.
Street to Die, A (Bill Bennett, 1985) Chris Haywood, Jennifer Cluff, Robin Ramsay, Pat Evison, Arianthe Galani, Peter Hehir; Colin (Chris Haywood) dies of the effects of Agent Orange, to which he was exposed in Vietnam
Streetfighter (Stephen E. de Souza, 1995)
Streets Of London, The (F. W. Thring, 1934)
Strictly Ballroom (Baz Luhrmann, 1992) dp Steve Mason; Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia Carides, Peter Whitford, Barry Otto, Antonio Vargas; 91 min.
Strike (George Young, 1912)
Strike Me Lucky (Ken G. Hall, 1934) vehicle for Roy Rene (Harry Van der Sluice aka Henry van der Sluys) as Mo McMackie; Roy Rene's father was a Dutch Jew and and his mother Anglo-Jewish
Strikebound (Richard Lowenstein, 1984) wr. Richard Lowenstein, book by Wendy Lowenstein [his mother], prod. Miranda Bain and Timothy White for TRM Productions, ed. Jill Billcock; Carol Burns, Reg Evans, Nik Forster, Chris Haywood, Hugh Keays-Byrne, David Kendall, Rob Steele; 100 min.; miners strike in 1936: they locked themselves in the main shaft
Stroker (John Laurie, 1988) John Flaus
Strong is the Seed (Arthur Greville Collins, 1949) story of William Farrer
Struck by Lightning (Jerzy Domaradzki, 1990) aka Riders on a Storm; wr. Trevor Farrant, prod. Terry Charatsis & Trevor Farrant; Garry McDonald, Brian Vriends; article by Hunter Cordaiy, Cinema Papers, 79, May 1990: 24-29; interview with Jerzy Domaradzki by Hunter Cordaiy, Cinema Papers, 79, May 1990: 30-32; Domaradzki filmography: 32; 105 min.
Struck Oil (Franklyn Barrett, 1919)
Subdivision (Sue Brooks, 2009) comedy; Bruce Spence, Gary Sweet, Steve Bisley, Brooke Satchwell
Subterano (Mort S. Seben, 2001) Alex Dimitriades, Tasma Walton, Alison Whyte, Chris Haywood
Suburban Mayhem (Paul Goldman, 2006) wr. Alice Bell, prod. Leah Churchill-Brown; Emily Barclay, Michael Dorman (Rusty); Genevieve Lemon, Steve Bastoni; she plans to kill her father; comedy; shooting Newcastle Aug/Sept 2005; Cannes, Toronto 2006
Suburban Strippers (Mike Piper, c 1998) documentary, prod. Mike Piper, wr. ed. narr. Andrew Ellis, Piper Films, with ABC finance, broadcast on Channel 10
Sugar Cane (Laurie McInnes, 2003 project) mother-daughter situation
Sugar Factory, The (Robert Carter, 1998) wr. Robert Carter; Rhondda Findleton, Michaela Noonan, John Waters, Tony Hayes; Best Film Hollywood Film Festival 1998; Matt Day as a mentally disturbed teenager, Harris, tormented by guilt over the death of a child; his half-sister, Christine, was taken away by her mother: he "fretted" and went crazy; also, he shut Rhondda Findleton's daughter in the fridge, playing hide-and-seek, and she died; but he ends up with RF; he tries to make things better, sitting under the house, making bags of "sugar" out of crushed stone
Sum of Us, The (Geoff Burton & Kevin Dowling, 1994) Jack Thompson, Russell Crowe, John Polson, Deborah Kennedy; review by Jan Epstein in Murray 1995: 395; 96 min.
Summer City (Christopher Fraser, 1977) prod. wr. Phillip Avalon, Avalon Films/Summer City Productions, dp Jerry Marek, design Jann Harris, music Phil Birkis, ed. David Stiven; John Jarratt (Sandy), Phillip Avalon (Robbie), Steve Bisley (Boo), Mel Gibson (Scollop), Debbie Forman (Caroline), James Elliot, Abigail, Ward Austin, Sydney, colour, 35mm.
Summer of Love (Wayne Groom, 2000) wr. Wayne Groom; Natalie Lang, Scott Corfield, Ryan Someone, Bree Maddox; after her father dies, a woman retreats to the coast with her boyfriend, only to lust after another man
Summer Of Secrets (Jim Sharman, 1976) prod. Michael Thornhill, wr. John Aitken, dp Russell Boyd, design Jane Norris, music Cameron Allan, ed. Sara Bennett; Nell Campbell, Rufus Collins, Arthur Dignam, Kate Fitzpatrick, Jude Kuring, Andrew Sharp; horror, sci-fi; colour, 35mm, 102 min.
Summer of the Seventeenth Doll (Leslie Norman, 1959) Ernest Borgnine, Anne Baxter, John Mills, Angela Lansbury
Summerfield (Ken Hannam, 1977) prod. Patricia Lovell, wr. Cliff Green, dp Mike Molloy, design Graham Walker, music Bruce Smeaton, ed. Sara Bennett; Nick Tate, John Waters, Elizabeth Alexander, Max Cullen, Barry Donnelly, Sheila Florance, Michelle Jarman, Charles Tingwell, Geraldine Turner; psychological drama, mystery thriller; incest; Sydney, colour, 35mm, 91 min.
Sun (Phillip Noyce, 1969) experimental short
Sunday in Melbourne (Gil Brealey, Paul Olsen, 1958)
Sunday Too Far Away (Ken Hannam, 1975) prod. Gil Brealey, Matt Carroll, South Australian Film Corporation, wr. John Dingwall, dp Geoff Burton, music Patrick Flynn; Jack Thompson, Max Cullen, Robert Bruning, Jerry Thomas, Peter Cummins, John Ewart, Sean Scully, Reg Lye, Graham Smith, Ken Shorter, Lisa Peers, Ken Shorter; 90 min.
Sundowner, The (E. J. Cole, 1911)
Sundowners, The (Fred Zinnemann, 1960) wr. Isobel Lennart, novel Jon Cleary, dp Jack Hildyard, 133 min., Warner Bros; Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Dina Merrill, Chips Rafferty, Michael Anderson, Lola Brooks, Wylie Watson, John Meillon, Ronald Fraser, Mervyn Johns, Molly Urquhart, Ewen Solon, Ray Barrett (two-up player), Leonard Teale (shearer), John Fegan; Pike & Cooper: 230-231
Sunny and the Dark Horse (David McDougall, Judith McDougall, 1986)
Sunny South, The (Alfred Rolfe, 1915) aka The Whirlwind Of Fate
Sunrise (F. Stuart-Whyte, Raymond Longford, 1926)
Sunshine City (1973)
Sunshine Sally (Lawson Harris, 1922) Production Company: Austral Super Films. Producer: Lawson Harris, Yvonne Pavis. Screenplay, Scenario, Script: John Cosgrove. Photography: Arthur Higgins. Assistant Director: Clyde Marsh. 5000 ft. Cast: Yvonne Pavis (Sal), Joy Revelle (Tottie Faye), John Cosgrove (Spud Murphy), Dinks Patterson (Skinny Smith), Mrs Hutton (Katie Smith), J P O'Neill (Bill Smith), Sheila Moore (Mrs Constance Stanton), Lionel Lunn (Basil Stanton), Mervyn Barrington (James Stanton), Maude Ranier (Salvation Army woman). "Sal is rescued from the surf at Coogee by a bronzed lifesaver, Basil Stanton, and is taken to his wealthy Potts Point home to recuperate." (Pike & Cooper)
Sunstruck (James Gilbert, 1972) aka The Education of Stanley Evans, wr. Stan Mars; Harry Secombe, Maggie Fitzgibbon, John Meillon, Dawn Lake, Peter Whittle, Bobby Limb, Norman Erskine, Jack Allen, Derek Nimmo; Secombe arrives Kookaburra Springs to run the local school; comedy
Surf Movies (Albie Thoms, 1981) documentary
Surfer, The (Frank Shields, 1988) low-budget action-thriller
Surrender in Paradise (Peter Cox, 1976) prod. Peter Cox for Paradise Pictures, wr. Peter Cox, dp Don McAlpine, music Ralph Tyrell, ed. Bob Blasdall, Peter Cox; Ross Gilbert, Carolyn Howard, Erroll O'Neill, Rod Wissler; time travel yarn; Brisbane, colour, 16 mm, 92 min.
Survival (Phillip Noyce, 1982) TV documentary; Mike Willesee, Diane Cilento, Jo Kennedy; 50 min.
Survive the Savage Sea (Kevin Dobson, 1991)
Surviving Georgia (Sandra Sciberras & Kate Whitbread, 2010) Pia Miranda, Holly Valance, Shane Jacobson, Toby Wallace
Survivor, The (David Hemmings, 1981) prod. Antony I. Ginnane for Riaci Investments, Tuesday Film Productions, wr. David Ambrose, novel James Herbert, dp John Seale, music Brian May, design Bernard Hides, ed. Tony Paterson; David Powell, Jenny Agutter, Peter Sumner, Robert Cotterill, Joseph Cotten, Angel Punch-McGregor, Lorna Lesley; supernatural thriller; Eastman colour, 35mm, 94 min.
Swagman's Story, The (Raymond Longford, 1914)
Sweet Dreamers (Tom Cowan, 1982) prod. Lesley Tucker for TC Productions, ed. Tom Cowan, Lesley Tucker, dp Brian Probyn, music Brett Cabot, design Lesley Tucker, ed. Tom Cowan; Richard Moir, Sue Smithers, Adam Bowen, Frankie Raymond, Richard Tipping, Maisie Turner; about film-making in the 1970s; Eastman colour, 16 mm, 96 min.
Sweet Nell Of Old Drury (Raymond Longford, 1911)
Sweet Talker (Michael Jenkins, 1991) aka Confidence; wr. Tony Morphett, story Bryan Brown & Tony Morphett, dp Russell Boyd, prod. Ben Gannon; romantic comedy; Bryan Brown (Harry Reynolds), Karen Allen (Julie McGuire); Chris Haywood, Bill Kerr, Bruce Spence, Bruce Myles, Paul Chubb, Peter Hehir, Justin Rosniak; 86 min.; con man falls in love with Beachport, SA
Sweetheart (2004)
Sweethearts (Colin Talbot, 1989)
Sweetie (Jane Campion, 1989) wr. Jane Campion, Gerard Lee, dp Sally Bongers; Genevieve Lemon, Karen Colston, Tom Lycos, Jon Darling, Dorothy Barry, Michael Lake, Paul Livingston
Swerve (Craig Lahiff, 2010)
Swimfan (John Polson, 2002) Jesse Bradford, Erika Christensen, Shiri Appleby; NOT Australian; 81 min.
Swimming Upstream (Russell Mulcahy, 2002) wr. Anthony Fingleton, dp Martin McGrath; Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis, Jesse Spencer, Tim Draxl, Mitchell Dellevergin, 115 min., first screened 31 October 2002; national release in Australia 27 February 2003; written by Anthony Fingleton, it is his own story of growing up in Brisbane in the 1950s; it is Mulcahy's first Australian film since Razorback (1984); Metro, 136: 26-29; US release 3 February 2005
Swinger (Gregor Jordan, 1995) man hanging himself; Darren Gilshenan (John) , Lucy Bell (girlfriend), Jerome Ehlers (Macmillan), Ian Rogerson (DJ), Tropfest DVD, 3 min.
Sword of Bushido (Adrian Carr, 1989)
Sydney: A Story of a City (Bruce Beresford, 1999) IMAX promo for Sydney Olympics
Sydney's Darlings (Thomas Marinato, 1926)
Sylvania Waters (Brian Hill & Kate Woods 1992) TV documentary series
Sylvia (Michael Firth, 1985) NZ
Sympathy In Summer (Antony I. Ginnane, 1971) wr. prod. Antony I. Ginnane
Tackle Happy (2003) documentary about The Puppetry of the Penis guys
Tail of a Tiger (Rolf de Heer, 1985) children's film about a boy who wants to fly - and does fly, in a Tiger Moth
Take Away (Marc Gracie, 2003) wr. Dave O'Neil, Mark O'Toole; Vince Colosimo, Stephen Curry, Rose Byrne; released August 2003; released on DVD December 2003
Takeover (David MacDougall & Judith MacDougall, 1980) documentary
Tale of Ruby Rose, The (Robert Scholes, 1988) Melita Jurisic, Chris Haywood, Rod Zuanic, Sheila Florance; Tasmania; fur trapper's wife's life of fantasy
Tale Of The Australian Bush, A (Gaston Mervale, 1911) aka Ben Hall, The Notorious Bushranger; Production Company: Australian Life Biograph Company. Screenplay, Scenario, Script: P W Marony. 2500 ft. Cast: A J Patrick (Ben Hall), Godfrey Cass (Melville), Harry Beaumont (Gilbert), James Martin (Keightley), Gilbert Emery (Chief of Police), Harrie Ireland (Mrs Keightley), Isma Owen (Robbie Hall), Louise Carbasse [Louise Lovely] (Mrs Hall)
Talk (Susan Lambert, 1994) wr. Jan Cornall; Victoria Longley, Angie Milliken, Richard Roxburgh, Jacqueline McKenzie, John Jarratt; conversation overheard by stranger has bizarre repercussions on the lives of two women
Tall Timber (Dunstan Webb, 1926) wr. Dunstan Webb; Australasian Films; Eden Landeryou, Billie Sim
Tall Timbers (Ken G. Hall, 1937) prod. Ken G. Hall, Cinesound Productions, wr. Frank Harvey from Frank Hurley story, dp George Heath; 89 mins., 35 mm.; Frank Leighton, Shirley Ann Richards, Aileen Britton, Campbell Copelin, Letty Craydon, Peter Dunstan, Frank Harvey, George Lloyd, Joe Valli, Ronald Whelan
Tapak Dewata: Path of the Gods (Phillip Noyce, 1979) aka Bali: Island of the Gods; aka Bali: Pulau Dewata
Te Kooti Trail, The (Rudall Hayward, 1927)
Te Rua (Barry Barclay, 1991) NZ
Teesh and Trude (Melanie Rodriga, 2002) Susie Porter, Linda Cropper, Peter Phelps; world premiere Brisbane Film Festival 13 July 2002, then Melbourne Film Festival later the same month; national season begins Perth Thursday 6 March 2003
Temptation of a Monk (Clara Law, 1993) NOT Australian, made before Law came to Australia from Hong Kong in 1996
Tempting a Married Man (Adam Lynton, 1993)
Ten Canoes (Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr, 2006) wr. Rolf de Heer, prod. Rolf de Heer, Julie Ryan; was to be co-directed by Rolf de Heer and David Gulpilil, but the latter pulled out; performed entirely in the Ganalbingu language of Gulpilil's Yolngu people in Arnhem Land, according to the FFC it is be "one of the few Australian feature films to rely on English subtitles"; surreal tragi-comedy
Tender Hook, The (Jonathan Ogilvie, 2007) novel by JM Coetzee: Disgrace; Hugo Weaving, Rose Byrne, Matt Le Nevez; boxing, crime noir; Cannes 2008
Tender Hooks (Mary Callaghan, 1989) wr. Mary Callaghan, prod. Chris Oliver, dp Ray Argall; Nique Needles, Jo Keenedy, Anna Philips, Robert Menzies, John Polson; key in prison
Tender Mercies (Bruce Beresford, 1983) wr. Horton Foote; Robert Duvall; Tess Harper; NOT Australian; AAN for director, writer, lead actor: Horton Foote and Robert Duvall won Oscars
Tenth Straw, The (Robert G. McAnderson, 1926) convict melodrama
Terra Nova (Paul Middleditch, 1997)
Terra Nullius (Anne Pratten, 1993) short; stolen generations Aboriginal girl has been sexually abused by adoptive father
Terrain (Terry Kyle, 1995) sci-fi
Test Pictures (Geoffrey Steven, 1975) Denis Taylor, Lee Feltham; NZ; A couple move to a small community in the country to live an alternate lifestyle. (Verhoeven 1999: 500)
Thank God He Met Lizzie (Cherie Nowlan, 1997) wr. Alexandra Long; Richard Roxburgh, Cate Blanchett, Frances O'Connor http://www.sbs.com.au/movieshow/REVIEWS/T/thank_god_he_met_lizzie.html
That Certain Something (Clarence Badger, 1941) film director looks for a girl with it
That Eye the Sky (John Ruane, 1994) prod. Peter Beilby, Grainne Marmion, wr. Tim Winton (novel), John Ruane & Jim Barton; Peter Coyote (Henry Esau), Lisa Harrow, Amanda Douge, Mark Fairall, Alethea McGrath, Jamie Croft, 101 min.
That Lady From Peking (Eddie Davis, 1970) Carl Betz, Nancy Kwan, Bobby Rydell, ... Ruth Cracknell, ... Jack Thompson; A defecting Russian diplomat is murdered in Hong Kong while trying to give his story to a world-famous author, Max Foster (Betz); Foster's attempts to find the diplomat's diary bring him to Sydney, with Chinese, Russian and American spies in hot pursuit
That's Show Biz (Phillip Noyce, 1973) Gretel Pinninger, Phillip Noyce
They Found a Cave (Andrew Steane, 1962) Visatone Island Pictures; director, most of the cast, and novelist all from Tasmania, where the film was shot; 63 min.
They're a Weird Mob (Michael Powell, 1966) wr. Richard Imrie [Emeric Pressburger], novel by Nino Culotta [John O'Grady]; Walter Chiari (Nino Culotta), Clare Dunne, Chips Rafferty, Alida Chelli, Ed Devereaux
Thin Red Line, The (Terrence Malick, 1998) wr. Terrence Malick; Sean Penn etc., Miranda Otto in small part; filmed in Queensland; not Australian
Third Person Plural (James Ricketson, 1978) prod. Gill Eatherley, Greg Ricketson, John Weiley, Abraxas Films, wr. James Ricketson, dp Tom Cowan, music Greg McLean, ed. Christopher Cordeaux; Bryan Brown, Margaret Cameron, George Shevtsov, Linden Wilkinson; Kodak colour reversal, 16 mm, 90 min.
Thirst (Rod Hardy, 1979) prod. Antony I Ginnane for F. G. Film Productions, wr. John Pinkney, dp Vincent Monton, music Brian May, design Jon Dowding, Jill Eden, ed. Phil Reid; Chantal Contouri, David Hemmings, Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps, Lulu Pinkus, Walter Pym, Henry Silva; review by Bruce Sandow in Murray 1995: 48; vampire, horror, sci-fi; Eastman colour, 35mm Panavision, 98 min.
Thirteenth Floor, The (Chris Roache, 1988) wr. Chris Roache, prod. David Hannay & Charles Hannah, dp Steve Prime, 90 min.; Lisa Hensley, Miranda Otto, Tim McKenzie, Jeff Truman, Vic Rooney, Tony Blackett, Michael Caton; murdered son of exec haunts 13th floor where he was killer; horror flick
Thirteenth House, The (Shane McNeil, 2003) Smoking Gun Productions; mystery, psychological thriller; completed 2003, but may not have gained general release; 58 min.
This is New Zealand (Hugh Macdonald, 1970) documentary, triptypch presentation; three screen film for Expo 70 in Japan
This is not a Love Story (Keith Hill, 2002) original tape
This Won't Hurt a Bit (Chris Kennedy, 1993) aka Le Dentiste; Grieg Pickhaver, Alwyn Kurts, Gordon Chater, Dennis Miller, Jacqueline McKenzie, Coleen Clifford; comedy; dentistry
Thomson of Arnhem Land (John Moore) documentary; shunned by government and ostracised by white society, anthropologist David Thomson paid a high price for his progressive views on Aboriginal culture; wr. Michael Cummins, prod. Franco di Chiera, John Moore and Michael McMahon, a Film Australia National Interest Program in association with John Moore Productions, ABC; in production 2000
Thoroughbred (Ken G. Hall, 1936) Helen Twelvetrees
Those Dear Departed (Ted Robinson, 1987) Garry McDonald, Pamela Stephenson
Those Terrible Twins (J. E. Ward, 1925) Ginger Meggs
Those who Love (P. J. Ramster, Paulette McDonagh, 1926) prod. Paulette McDonagh, prod. manager & art dir. Phyllis McDonagh; Marie Lorraine [Isabel McDonagh]
Thread of Voice (Arf Arf, 1994)
Three Blind Mice (Matthew Newton, 2008) Sydney Film Festival, 8 June 2008
Three Dollars (Robert Connolly, 2004) prod. John Maynard, Robert Connolly, Elliot Perlman, novel Elliot Perlman; David Wenham, Frances O'Connor, Sarah Wynter, Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik; man finds himself at age 38 with wife, child and three dollars; shot Easter 2003; claimed as first Australian film released in digital format, opening at Picture Show Man Twin Cinema Merimbula and Arcadia Twin Ulladulla, the two cinemas first in regional NSW to install digital projectors (Oz, 25 May 2005: 16; but cf. Finding Joy); FFC budget $3,600,000 box office $1,239,114; 120 min.
Three Hundred Thousand Years (Albert Volker, 1997) sci-fi
Three in One (Cecil Holmes, 1957) trilogy about mateship; Holmes's last film
Three Strings To Her Bow (George Young, 1911)
3 the Hard Way (Tim Boyle) shooting 2004
Three to Go (Peter Weir, Brian Hannant, Oliver Howes, 1971) prod. Gil Brealey, Commonwealth Film Unit, dp Kerry Brown, ed. Wayne Le Clos; Michael, dir. Peter Weir, wr. Peter Weir; Grahame Bond, Matthew Burton, Peter Colville, Betty Lucas, Judy McBurney, Georgina West; Judy, dir. Brian Hannant, wr. Brian Hannant, music Grahame Bond, Rory O'Donoghue; Brian Anderson, Gary Day, Serge Lazareff, Judy Morris, Cliff Neate, Wendy Playfair, Penny Ramsay, Mary Ann Severne; Toula, dir. Oliver Howes, wr. Oliver Howes; Gabrial Battikha, Erica Crown, Joe Hasham, Rina Ioannou, Andrew Pappas; B&W, 35mm, 89 min.
Through My Eyes (Di Drew, 2004) dp Phil Cross; telemovie; Miranda Otto (Lindy Chamberlain), Craig McLachlan (Michael Chamberlain), Peter O'Brien; disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain; shot in and around Brisbane, Qld; broadcast November 2004 Ch7
Thunderbolt (John Gavin, 1910) John Gavin, as Thunderbolt, "is rescued from a police trap by a half-caste girl ..." (Pike & Cooper 1998: 11)
Thunderstruck (Darren Ashton, 2003) dop Geoffrey Hall, ed. Martin Connor; Roy Billing, Stephen Curry, Damon Gameau, Jason Gann, Ryan Johnson, Kestie Morassi, Callan Mulvey, Sam Worthington; AC/DC fans want to bury friend's ashes next to Bon Jovi; shot in Perth and Adelaide; brief review of DVD release: Annie Sebel, Empire, 45, December 2004: 97 (2/5 stars)
Ticket In Tatts, A (Gaston Mervale, 1911)
Ticket In Tatts, A (F. W. Thring, 1934)
Ticket Of Leave Man, The (Gaston Mervale, 1912) 46 min.
Tide Of Death, The (Raymond Longford, 1912) 33 min.
Tiger Island (Gerald M. Hayle, 1930)
Till Human Voices Wake Us (Michael Patroni, 2002) wr. Michael Patroni, dp Roger Lanser; Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham-Carter, Lindley Joyner, Frank Gallacher, Brooke Harman, 97 min., national release 12 September 2002
Till There Was You (John Seale, 1990) dp Geoffrey Simpson, prod. Jim & Hal McElroy; Mark Harmon, Jeroen Krabbe, Deborah Unger, Chief Telkon Watas, Kate Ceberano; set and shot in Vanuatu; Cinema Papers, 79, May 1990: 6-10
Tim (Michael Pate, 1979) prod. Michael Pate for Pisces Productions, wr. Michael Pate, novel by Colleen McCullough, dp Paul Onorato, music Eric Jupp, design John Carroll, ed. David Stiven; Mel Gibson, Piper Laurie, Pat Evison, Deborah Kennedy, Alwyn Kurts; social realism; Tim is intellectually handicapped; Eastman colour, 35mm, 100 min.
Time Guardian, The (Brian Hannant, 1987) Tom Burlinson, Nikki Coghill, Dean Stockwell, Carrie Fisher, Henry Salter, Peter Merrill, Tim Robertson, Jim Holt
Time in Summer (Ludwik Dutkiewicz, 1968) SA; art movie
Timeless Land, The (ABC, 1979, TV mini-series) dirs Michael Carson, Rob Stewart, wr. Peter Yeldham; David Gulpilil as Benelong
To Have and To Hold (John Hillcoat, 1997) aka The Small Man; Rachel Griffiths, Tcheky Karyo, David Field; broadcast on Channel 9, 19 December 2001
To Hell and Back (Richard Frankland, 2008) wr. Richard Frankland, prod. Ross Hutchens; Luke Carroll, Leon Burchill
To Love a Maori (Rudall Hayward, Rami Hayward, 1972) NZ
To Market, To Market (Virginia Rouse, 1987) drama
To the Distant Shore (Hans Detlief Sierck aka Douglas Sirk 1937) aka Zu Neuen Ufern; set in Australia but may not have been shot here: check
To the Point of Death (Craig Godfrey, 1994)
Tom White (Alkinos Tsilimidos, 2004) aka Missing Tom, dp Toby Oliver; Colin Friels, Rachael Blake, Bill Hunter, Dan Spielman; premiere Melbourne Film Festival July 2004; tragic/humorous drama; Friels loses job and family and becomes a street-person; www.tomwhite.com.au; Australian release 19 August 2004; review by Michael Adams, Empire, 42, September 2004: 18; see also: 34
Tomorrow when the War Began (Stuart Beattie, 2010)
Topless Women Talk About Their Lives (Harry Sinclair, 1997) NZ
Touch (2003 project) wrs Clara Law, Eddie Fong, prod. Beth Fray
Touch and Go (Peter Maxwell, 1980) aka Friday the Thirteenth; prod. John Pellatt for Mutiny Pictures, wr. Peter Yeldham, dp John McLean, design David Copping, ed. Sara Bennett; Wendy Hughes, Chantal Contouri, Carmen Duncan, Jeanie Drynan, Liddy Clark, Christine Amor, Jon English, John Bluthal, Brian Blain, Vince Martin, Barbara Stephens; comedy thriller; Eastman colour, 35mm, 92 min.
Touch Wood (Gillian Armstrong, 1980) documentary
Towel Head (Rowan Woods, 1997) RW checks into top hotel, enjoys room service, leaves; Rowan Woods (guest), John Bocska (reception), Stephen Thompson (bellhop), short, 5 min.
Town Like Alice, A (Jack Lee, 1956) Peter Finch; only final sequences shot in Australia; 112 min.
Town Like Alice, A (David Stevens, 1981) mini-series; Bryan Brown
Townies and Hayseeds (Beaumont Smith, 1923)
Tracker, The (Rolf de Heer, 2002) wr. Rolf de Heer, dp Ian Jones; David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page; national release 8 August. David Gulpilil won Best Actor AFI Awards 7 November 2002; songs performed by Archie Roach; 98 min.
Tran the Man (Rowan Woods, 1994) wr. Rowan Woods; David Wenham (Ray Moss), Rowan Woods (Donny Moss), Stephen Leeder (Uncle Jack) Skye Wansey (Deb); © AFTRS; short, ca. 16 min.
Transported (W. J. Lincoln, 1913)
Traps (John Hughes, 1985) wr. prod. John Hughes; Carolyn Howard, Paul Davies, John Flaus, Gwenda Wiseman; CIA involvement in Oz Politics after the fall of Whitlam; colour, 16 mm, 96 min.
Traps (Pauline Chan, 1994) aka Dreamhouse; wr. Robert Carter, Pauline Chan, novel Kate Greville, dp Kevin Hayward, ed. Nicholas Beauman; Saskia Reeves, Robert Reynolds, Sami Frey, Jacqueline McKenzie, Kiet Lam; filmed on location in Vietnam; Chan's feature debut; English couple come to French Indo-China, 1950, to do photo-journalism story on rubber plantation, and become involved in political developments
Travelling Light (Kathryn Millard, 2003) Pia Miranda, Sacha Horler; a warmly told story of finding your place in the world - a tricky task in stuffy suburban Adelaide circa 1971
Travelling North (Carl Schultz, 1987) Leo McKern, Henri Szeps, Graham Kennedy, Julia Blake; aka David Williamson's Travelling North; brief review of DVD release: Luke Goodsell, Empire, 42, September 2004: 117
Tree, The (Julie Bertucelli, 2010) wr. Judy Pascoe; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Marton Csokas, Arthur Dignam, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Tremors (Ron Underwood, 1989) see: Jonathan Rayner 2000: 33
Trespassers, The (John Duigan, 1976) wr. prod. John Duigan, dp Vincent Monton, design Gillian Armstrong, music Bruce Smeaton, ed. Tony Patterson; Briony Behets, Peter Carmody, Sydney Conabere, John Derum, Cliff Ellen, Max Gillies, Chris Haywood, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Judy Morris, Peter Thompson, Ross Thompson; Melbourne, colour, 35 mm, 91 min.
Trespasses (Peter Sharp, 1984) NZ
Trial of Ned Kelly, The (John Gauci, 1977) TV movie, wr. Roger Simpson (John Waters as Ned)
Trial Run (Melanie Read [Melanie Rodriga], 1984) NZ
Tripe (Greg Woodland, 1985)
Triple Word Score (Armagan Ballentyne); 9 min.; two older women play scrabble, new man arrives
Triumph Of Love, The (P. J. Ramster, 1922)
Trojan Warrior (Salik Silverstein, 2002) wr. Salik Silverstein; Stan Longinidis, Arthur Angel, John Brumpton, Mark Brandon Read, Mark Jackson, Dermott Brereton; 95 mn. Trooper O'Brien (John Gavin, 1928)
True Believers, TV documentary, co-wr. Bob Ellis
True Love and Chaos (Stavros Andonis Efthymiou, 1996) wr. Stavros Andonis Efthymiou, prod. Anne Darrouzet; Naveen Andrews, Kimberley Davies, Ben Mendelsohn, Miranda Otto, Genevive Picot, Noah Taylor, Hugo Weaving
True Story of Eskimo Nell, The (Richard Franklin, 1975) aka Dick Down Under; Max Gillies, Serge Lazareff, Paul Vachon, Abigail, Kris McQuade, Elli McClure, Grahame Bond, Max Fairchild, Victoria Anoux, Elke Neidhardt; released on DVD 2004; review by John Tittensor in Cinema Papers 5, March-April 1975: 52-53
Truman Show, The (Peter Weir, 1998) Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney; NOT Australian
Truth about Taro, The (Mark Thackray, Susannah Thackray, 1997) Taro Tanaka comes to Australia from Japan
Tudawali (Steve Jodrell, 1987) prod. Paul D. Barron, Julia Overton, wr. Alan Seymour, dp. Michael Edols, prod. design Phil Peters, ed. Kerry Regan; Ernie Dingo, Jedda Cole, Peter Fisher, Frank Wilson, Charles Tingwell, Suzanne Peveril, Bill McCluskey, Michelle Torres; WA; made for TV, docu-drama about Aboriginal actor, Robert Tudawali; 91 min.
Tulip (Rachel Griffiths, 1998) wr. Rachel Griffiths; Charles "Bud" Tingwell; older man dealing with death of his wife; 15 min.; short; videotape
Tumbler, The (Marc Gracie, 2008) wr. Chris Thompson, prod. Stacey Testro; Gary Sweet, Louise Crawford, Hazem Shammas, Suzannah Bayes-Morton
Tunnel Vision (Clive Fleury, 1994) prod. Phillip Avalon
Turkey Shoot (Brian Trenchard-Smith, 1982) aka Escape 2000, Blood Camp Thatcher; prod. Antony I. Ginnane, William Fayman for Second FGH Film Consortium, wr. Jon George, Neill Hicks, story George Schenck, dp John McLean, music Brian May, design Bernard Hides, ed. Alan Lake; Steve Railsback, Olivia Hussey, Michael Craig, Carmen Duncan, Noel Ferrier, Lynda Stoner, Roger Ward, Michael Petrovich, Gus Mercurio, John Ley, Bill Young, Steve Rackman, John Godden, Oriana Panozzo; Kodak colour, 35mm, 94 min.
Turn Around (Samantha Saunders, 2003) short; Lisa Flanagan (Glenni) and Wayne Munro (Charlie); indigenous theme
Turning April (Geoff Bennett, 1996) Tushka Bergen, Aaron Blabey
Turtle Beach (Stephen Wallace, 1992) novel by Blanche d'Alpuget; Greta Scacchi, Joan Chen, Jack Thompson, Art Malik, Norman Kaye, Victoria Longley, Martin Jacobs, William McInnes, George Whaley; 88 min.
Twelfth Night (Neil Armfield, 1987) uses Australian colloquialisms; filmed Balmain
27A (Esben Storm, 1974) prod. Hayden Keenan, Smart Street Films, wr. Esben Storm, dp Michael Edols, design Peter Minnett, ed. Richard Moir; Robert McDarra, Bill Hunter, Graham Corry, James Kemp, Richard Moir, Max Osbiston; alcoholic imprisoned under section of Qld Mental Act; Melbourne, colour, 16mm 86 min.
Twins, The (Leslie McCallum, 1923)
Two Brothers Running (Ted Robinson, 1987) wr., novel Morris Lurie; Tom Conti, Elizabeth Alexander, Ritchie Singer; comedy about two Jewish brothers
2 Door Mansion (David Rechtman, 2007) Pippa Grandison, Matthew Charleston; 75 min.
Two Friends (Jane Campion, 1985) prod. Jan Chapman for the ABC, wr. Helen Garner, dp Julian Pennry; Emma Coles, Kris Bidenko, Kris McQuade, Peter Hehir; colour, 16 mm, 80 min.
Two Hands (Gregor Jordan, 1999) prod. Marian Macgowan; 103 min.; Heath Ledger, Bryan Brown, Rose Byrne, David Field, Susie Porter, Tom Long, Steven Vidler, Tony Forrow, Mariel McClorey; Film Critics Circle Best Film Award and the Urban Cinefile/Telstra Movies Readers award for Favourite Australian Film for 1999; 1999 AFI awards for Best Film, Best Supporting Actor (Bryan Brown), Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing
Two Laws (Alessandro Cavadini & Carolyn Strachan, 1981) documentary
Two Minutes Silence (Paulette McDonagh, 1933) Marie Lorraine; last McDonagh sisters film
2.37 (Murali Thalluri, 2006) aka 2:37; Cannes, Toronto 2006
Two Thousand Weeks (Tim Burstall, 1969) wrs Tim Burstall, Patrick Ryan; Jeanie Drynan, Mark McManus, Eileen Chapman, David Turnbull, Michael Duffield, Stephen Dattner, Bruce Anderson, Dominic Ryan, Nicholas McCallum, Anne Charleston, Graeme Blundell; writer's isolation: he only has 2000 weeks to achieve something in his life
Two/Out (Kriv Stenders, 1998) prod. Catherine Kerr, AFC/POD Film Production; wr. Troy Davies, Kevin Steinberg, based on the play Jack by Jim McNeil; Richard Green, Tony Ryan, 14 min., winner best short film AFI awards 1998
Typhoon Treasure (Noel Monkman, 1938) aka The Perils Of Pakema Reef
Ugly, The (Scott Reynolds, 1997) NZ
Uncivilized (Charles Chauvel, 1936) adventure; woman kidnapped by Aborigines led by white man; northern Qld
Unconditional Love (P. J. Hogan, 2003) wr. Jocelyn Moorhouse, P. J. Hogan; Kathy Bates, Rupert Everett; not Australian; no theatrical release in Australia: went straight to DVD (in 2003)
Undead (Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, 2003) wr. Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig, screened MIFF July 2003, released September 2003
Under Capricorn (Alfred Hitchcock, 1949) set in nineteenth-century Sydney but may not have been shot in Australia; Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten
Under the Gun (Matthew George, 1995) aka Ironfist;
Under the Lighthouse Dancing (Graeme Rattigan, 1996) Jacqueline McKenzie, Jack Thompson, Naomi Watts, Aden Gillett, Phillip Holder, Zoe Bertram, Ingle Knight; Rottnest, WA
Under the Mountain (Jonathan King, 2009) NZ
Under the Radar (Evan Clarry, 2004) dp Phil Cross; Nathan Phillips, Steady Eddy, Clayton Watson, Chloe Maxwell, comedy/thriller; shot on Gold Coast; national release 29 July 2004; four travellers caught in the crossfire of rival gangs; surfer Brandon has to do community service among the disabled; they escape together; see AFI Insider Winter 2004 for interview with Clarry
Under the Skin, 1994, TV mini-series Film Australia
Undercover (David Stevens, 1983) prod. David Elfick for Palm Beach Pictures, wr. Miranda Downes, dp Dean Semler, design Herbert Pinter, ed. Tim Wellburn; Sandy Gore, Caz Lederman, Michael Pate, Peter Phelps, Genevieve Picot, Andrew Sharp, John Walton; Berlei story; romantic comedy; Eastman colour, 35mm, wide-screen, 100 min.
Undercover (Yvonne Mackay, 1990) NZ
Unfinished Business (Bob Ellis, 1986) wr. Bob Ellis, prod. Rebel Penfold-Russell, for Unfinished Business Productions, Lipsync Productions, dp Andrew Lesnie, design Jane Jonson, music Norman Kaye, ed. Amanda Robson; Michele Fawdon, John Clayton, Norman Kaye, Jack Ellis, Tom and Jennie Ellis, Katie Hughes, Andrew Lesnie, Call Ricketson, Bob Ellis; comedy; colour, 16 mm, 75 min.
Unfinished Business (2000) broadcast on SBS Saturday 3 June 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation; Ernie Dingo, Aaron Pedersen; moving drama of separated mother and child
Unfinished Sky (Peter Duncan, 2007) William McInnes, Monic Hendrickx; farmer and illegal Afghani immigrant fall in love
Unfolding Florence (Gillian Armstrong, 2006) aka A Colourful Life [working title]; documentary about design pioneer Florence Broadhurst
Uninhabited (Bill Bennett, 2010) supernatural thriller
Union Maids (J. Reichert & J. Klein, 1976) documentary
Until the End of the World (Wim Wenders, 1992) aka Bis ans Ende der Welt; Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell, William Hurt, Adelle Lutz, Ernie Dingo, Sam Neill, Ernest Berk, Christine Osterlein, Rüdiger Vogler, Elena Smirnova, David Gulpilil, Jeanne Moreau, Lois Chiles, Lauren Graham, Max von Sydow, Jimmy Little, Bart Willoughby, Justine Saunders, Kylie Belling, Rhoda Roberts, Paul Livingston
User Friendly (Gregor Nicholas, 1990) NZ
Utu (Geoff Murphy, 1983) NZ
Vacant Possession (Margot Nash, 1995) 95 min.; Pamela Rabe (Tessa), John Stanton (Frank), Toni Scanlan (Joyce), Linden Wilkinson (Kate), Rita Bruce (Auntie Beryl), Olivia Patten (Millie); Millie provides the commentary on the actual relationship of white and black; John Stanton, the father, has PTSD or 'shell-shock', following WW2 air crash with loss of crew; 95 min.
Van Diemen's Land (Jonathan Auf Der Heide, 2009) Arthur Angel; based on the true story of Alexander Pearce; cannibalism; cf. The Last Confession of Alexander Pearce
Velo Nero (Monica Pellizzari, 1987) short
Vengeance (Wendy Chandler, c. 1998) wr. Wendy Chandler, prod. Judi McCrossin, animated short, 10 min.; sendup of nature tourism, and tabloid TV; winner best animated short film AFI 1998
Venus Factory, The (Glenn Fraser, 1997) Terry Serio
Venus of the South Seas (James R. Sullivan, 1924) NZ
Via Satellite (Anthony McCarten, 1998) NZ; comedy
Vicious (Karl Zwicky, 1988) aka To Make a Killing; nasty crime story
Video Fool for Love (Robert Gibson, 1995) videographed ed. Robert Gibson; prod. Kennedy Miller; Robert Gibson, Gianna Santone, April Ward; 87 min. (George Miller appears briefly at the beginning) package: since 1983 Robert Gibson has carried a camcorder with him at all times
Vietnam (John Duigan & Chris Noonan, 1987) mini-series; Nicole Kidman (AFI), Barry Otto, Alyssa Jane Cook; family caught up in different ways in the Vietnam war
View from Greenhaven, The (Simon & Kenn MacCrae, 2008) Chris Haywood, Wendy Hughes, Steve Bisley, Geoff Morell, Russell Dykstra
Vigil (Vincent Ward, 1984) NZ
Vincent (Paul Cox, 1987) aka Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh
Violet's Visit (Richard Turner, 1995)
Visitors (Richard Franklin, 2003) wr. Everett de Roche; Radha Mitchell, Susannah York, Ray Barrett
Voodoo Lagoon (Nicholas Cohen, 2006) wr. Nicholas Cohen, prod. Martin Brown, Nigel Thomas; Australia/UK co-production horror film
Voss (Peter Butler, 1988) opera based on Patrick White's novel
Waiting (Jackie McKimmie, 1991) Noni Hazlehurst (AFI Best Actress), Deborra-Lee Furness, Frank Whitten, Helen Jones, Denis Moore, Fiona Press, Ray Barrett
Waiting at the Royal (Glenda Hambly, 2000) Catherine McClements, Noni Hazlehurst, Josephine Byrnes, Jo Kennedy, Glynnis Angel; Ramon Tikaram; c 2000 FFC
Waiting City, The (Claire McCarthy, 2009) Radha Mitchell, Joel Edgerton
Waiting for Harry (Kim McKenzie, 1980) documentary
Wake in Fright (Ted Kotcheff, 1971) aka Outback (US); wr. Evan Jones, novel Kenneth Cook, dp Brian West, ed. Anthony Buckley; Gary Bond (John Grant), Donald Pleasence (Doc Tydon), Chips Rafferty (Jock Crawford), Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, John Meillon, Peter Whittle, Al Thomas, John Armstrong, Slim de Grey, Maggie Dence, Norman Erskine, Buster Fiddess, Tex Foote, Owen Moase, John Dalleen, Colin Hughes, Mark Jackson, Nancy Knudsen, Dawn Lake, Harry Lawrence, Robert McDarra, Carlo Manchini, Liam Reynolds; suspenser; last film of Chips Rafferty and Buster Fiddess; Kotcheff went on to direct the first Rambo film First Blood; filmed Broken Hill
Walk into Paradise (Lee Robinson & Giorgio Pagliero, 1956) aka Walk into Hell; produced by Southern International (Lee Robinson & Chips Rafferty); 93 min.; exploring PNG; action adventure; filmed in both French and English
Walk The Talk (Shirley Barrett, 2000) wr. Shirley Barrett; comedy; Nicki Bennett, Salvatore Coco, Sacha Horler; Nicki Bennett, a real-life singer, plays a singer who is managed by Salvatore Coco's character; Shirley Barrett's second feature started filming in Queensland on 1 November 1999; the story is based on events surrounding Gold Coast model Fairlie Arrow.
Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg, 1971) prod. Si Litvinoff, Max L. Raab & Si Litvinoff Films, wr. Edward Bond, novel James Vance Marshall, dp Nicolas Roeg, music John Barry, design Terry Gough, ed. Anthony Gibbs, Alan Patillo; Jenny Agutter (Girl), Lucien John [Roeg] (Brother), David Gulpilil (Aboriginal boy), John Meillon, Noelene Brown, Peter Carver, Barry Donnelly; influential UK production about two white Australian children stranded in desert and helped to safety by young Aborigine, played by David Gulpilil; 100 min.
Walking on Water (Tony Ayres, 2002) wr. Roger Monk, prod. Liz Watts, Robert Humphries, cinematographer; Vince Colosimo, Maria Theodorakis, Nathaniel Dean, Judy Farr, Nicholas Bishop, David Bonney, Daniel Roberts, Anna Lise Phillips; Gavin dies of AIDS and his friends and family have to cope with the manner of his death; premiered Adelaide Film Festival 2002; Roger Monk won Best Original Screenplay AFI Awards 7 November 2002; Maria Theodorakis won Best Actress in a Leading Role AFI Awards 7 November 2002; Reva Childs won Best Editing AFI Awards 7 November 2002; 90 min.
Waltz through the Hills, A (Frank Arnold, 1988) wr. John Goldsmith, novel Gerry Glaskin, prod. Paul D. Barron, Roz Berrystone; Andre Jansen, Ernie Dingo, Tina Kemp, Dan O'Herlihy, Geoffrey Atkins, Maggie Wilde West, Margaret Ford, Geoffrey Gibbs, Robert Faggetter, Pippa Williamson (farmer's wife); AFI Best Actor Ernie Dingo, 1988; Pater Award Best Children's Drama, 1988; made in WA; 100 min.
Waltzing Matilda (Pat Hanna, 1933) comedy with the boys from the Diggers films; Hanna's last film
Wanderer, The (Scott Hicks, 1974) wr. Kim McKenzie; Ross Thompson, Penne Hackforth-Jones
Wannabes, The (Nick Giannopoulos, 2003) premiere at the TriBeCa Festival, New York, May 2003
War Stories (Gaylene Preston, 1995) NZ
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train (Bob Ellis, 1988) wr. Bob Ellis, Denny Lawrence, dp Yuri Sokol, prod. Ross Dimsey, Western Pacific Films; Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, Norman Kaye, John Clayton, Rod Zuanic, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, Steve J. Spears; 91 min.
Warming Up (Bruce Best, 1985) Queenie Ashton, Adam Fernance, Kim Grogan, Lloyd Morris, Barbara Stephens, Henri Szeps; comedy: country football team learns ballet
Waste (Tony de Pasquale, 1998) going to video through Tribe First Rites films with VideoEzy
Wasted on the Young (Ben C. Lucas, 2010)
Watch the Shadows Dance (Marc Joffe, 1987) aka Nightmaster (video); wr. Michael McGennan, dp Martin McGrath; Tom Jennings, Nicole Kidman, Vince Martin; martial arts
Water Diary, The (Jane Campion, 2006) short; Cannes 2006
Waterfall (Arthur Cantrill & Corinne Cantrill, 1984)
Waterfront (Chris Thomson, 1984) mini-series
Watermark (Georgina Willis & Kerry Rock, 2003) traces the unravelling of a middle-aged man's relationships with two women and is inspired by the theme of fate in Greek tragedy; invited to screen in the Director's Fortnight at Cannes 2003
Wayleggo (Robert Kingsbury, 1965)
Way of the Birds, The (Sarah Watt, 2000) animated short
Way Outback (Alfred Rolfe, 1911)
Waybacks, The (Arthur W. Sterry, 1918)
Waybacks of 1925, The (Arthur W. Sterry, 1925)
We Aim to Please (Margot Nash & Robin Laurie, 1977) short; experimental
We Have Decided Not to Die (2004) Sydney Film Festival 2004
We of the Never Never (Igor Auzins, 1982) exec. prod. Phillip Adams, prod. Greg Tepper for Adams Packer Productions, Film Corporation of Western Australia, wr. Peter Schreck from novel by (Jeannie) Mrs Aeneas Gunn, dp Gary Hansen (AFI), design Josephine Ford, ed. Cliff Hayes; Angela Punch McGregor, Arthur Dignam, Martin Vaughan, Lewis Fitz-Gerald, John Jarratt, Tony Barry, Tommy Lewis; Eastman colour, 35mm, 134 min.
Wedding Party, The (Amanda Jane, 2010) aka Kin; Josh Lawson, Isabel Lucas, Steve Bisley; comedy drama
Weekend of Shadows (Tom Jeffrey, 1978) John Waters, Melissa Jaffer; drama, thriller; posse chasing a murder suspect led by anxious police sergeant Caxton (Wyn Roberts) includes Rabbit (John Waters) who is pressured to join by his wife Vi (Melissa Jaffer) in order for them to be seen to conform, as they are socially isolated; when the drunken disorganised group catches up with the Pole (Michael Gawenda), Rabbit kills him to save him from their tormenting him; story is a study of the morality of all involved
Weekend with Kate (Arch Nicholson, 1991) aka Depth of Feeling; Colin Friels, Catherine McClements; comedy
Weird Ones (John Meagher, 1998) aka I Am Green; wr. Des Waterman; Sam Toomey, Katina Cremona, Ariane DeGeus, John Howitt; comedy; 92 min.; eccentrics visited by alien
Welcome to Woop Woop (Stephan Elliott, 1997) aka The Big Red; wr. Douglas Kennedy (novel) & Michael Thomas; Rod Taylor, Johnathon Schaech, Susie Porter, Dee Smart, Richard Moir, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Barry Humphries, Mark Wilson, Paul Mercurio
We Are All Alone My Dear (Paul Cox, date??) on the Innocence DVD; documentary about people in a nursing home
Well, The (Samantha Lang, 1997) wr. Elizabeth Jolley (novel), Laura Jones; Pamela Rabe (Hester Harper), Miranda Otto (Katherine), Paul Chubb (Harry Bird), Frank Wilson (II) (Francis Harper), Steve Jacobs (Rod Borden), Genevieve Lemon (Jen Borden), Simon Lyndon (Jock); drama, thriller; Hester is obsessed with Katherine
Wendy Cracked a Walnut (Michael Pattinson, 1990) aka Almost; Rosanna Arquette, Bruce Spence, Hugo Weaving, Kerry Walker; comedy fantasy
West (Daniel Krige, 2007) wr. Daniel Krige, prod. Anne Robinson, Matthew Reeder; Nathan Phillips, Michael Dorman, Khan Crittenden, Gillian Alexy, David Field, Tim McCunn, Anthony Hayes
Whale Rider (Niki Caro, 2003) NZ
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted (Ian Mune, 1999) Temuera Morrison (Jake the Muss), Rena Owen; NZ
What Happened To Jean? (Herbert Walsh, 1918)
What I Have Written (John Hughes, 1996) wr. John A. Scott, dp Dion Beebe; Martin Jacobs, Gillian Jones, Jacek Koman, Angie Milliken
What the Moon Saw (Pino Amenta, 1990) Andrew Shephard, Pat Evison, Kym Gyngell, Danielle Spencer; children's film
What Women Suffer (Alfred Rolfe, 1911)
What's the Difference (Alan Madden, 1986)
When Love Comes (Garth Maxwell, 1998) NZ
When Mrs Hegarty Comes to Japan (Noriko Sekiguchi 1992) documentary
When the Kellys Rode (Harry Southwell, 1934)
When The Kellys Were Out (Harry Southwell, 1923) aka True Story of the Kelly Gang
Where the Green Ants Dream (Werner Herzog, 1984) prod. Lucki Stipetic, wr. Bob Ellis, Werner Herzog; Bruce Spence, Ray Barrett, Wandjuk Marika, Ralph Cotterill, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Norman Kaye; uranium mining company begins testing, locals occupy sacred site
Where the Two Rivers Meet (Ken Kelso, 1999) wr. Ken Kelso, prod. Nicky Lukacs, Strike Your Heart Productions, dp Greg Knight, ed. Melanie Rodriga, music Kavisha Mazzella et al.; funding SBS, Screenwest; Kelton Pell (Rory (Willy) Dalton), Geoff Kelso (Clive Lewis), Stephen ("Baamba") Albert (Pastor Ronny); broadcast on SBS Friday 2 June 2000 as part of Unfinished Business: Reconciling the Nation; and on ABC Channel 2 28 May; drama of two boyhood adversaries brought together by coincidence in adulthood, who seek to reach a mutual understanding about a corrugated iron canoe, among many other things; the two rivers are the Canning and the Swan; 26 min.
Wherever She Goes (Michael S. Gordon, 1951) biopic of Eileen Joyce; 81 min.
While The Billy Boils (Beaumont, Smith, 1921)
Whiplash (John Lucas & Peter Maxwell, 1961) mini-series
Whipping Boy (Di Drew, 1996) novel Gabrielle Lord; Sigrid Thornton, Temuera Morrison, Tammy McIntosh; state inquiry into a pedophile/pornography racket
White Death (Edwin G. Bowen, 1936) wr. Frank Harvey; Zane Grey financed and starred; adventure about great white shark
White Force (Eddie Romero, 1987)
Whitsunday Ash (Colin Eggleston, 1990)
Who Killed Jenny Langby? (Donald Crombie, 1974) (TV) wr. Greg Barker, Donald Crombie
Whole of the Moon, The (Ian Mune, 1996) NZ
Who Killed Baby Azaria (Michael Thornhill, 1983) aka The Dingo Baby Case, prod. Michael Thornhill
Whose Was The Hand (Alfred Rolfe, 1912)
Wicked Love (Ian Watson, 2010) TV; Vince Colosimo, Rebecca Gibney, Maya Elliott [Maya Stange]; crime
Wicked, Wicked Ladies in the Haunted House, The (Unjoo Moon, in production) LA-based Australian director and her husband DOP Dion Beebe ACS are developing a project based on Mary Chase's children's book about a nine-year old girl's experiences inside a crumbling mansion in her local neighbourhood; Marian MacGowan, who is attached as producer, told Encore a script is in the development stage and that the project would be a co-production with either the UK or Canada
Wide Sargasso Sea, The (John Duigan, 1993) novel Jean Rhys; Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Naomi Watts; prequel to Jane Eyre; filmed Jamaica; NOT Australian
Widower, The (Kevin Lucas, 2004) prod. Aanya Whitehead, wr. Lyndon Terracini, based on poems by Les Murray; poems spoken/sung Lyndon Terracini, music Elena Kats-Chernin; Chris Haywood, Frances Rings, Matt Dyall, Ban Harkin, Tony Barry, Blake Pittman; premiere Melbourne Film Festival June 2004; general release July 2005; 60 min.
Wiggles Movie, The (Dean Covell, 1997)
Wild (Ross Gibson, 1993) documentary
Wild Duck, The (Henri Safran, 1984) film of the play by Ibsen, dp Peter James; Liv Ullman, Jeremy Irons, Ray Barrett, John Meillon, Lucinda Jones, Arthur Dignam, Michael Pate, Rhys McConnochie, Colin Croft, Marion Edward
Wild Horses (Derek Morton, 1984) NZ
Wild Man (Geoff Murphy, 1977) NZ
Wet and Wild Summer! (Maurice Murphy, 1992) "breasty romp"
Will They Never Come? (Alfred Rolfe, 1915)
Wills and Burke: The Untold Story (Bob Weis, 1985) Garry McDonald, Kim Gyngell; spoof of the Burke and Wills story, q.v.
Willfull (Rebel Penfold-Russell, 2002) wr. Harry Cripps, dp Steve Arnold, Anna Lise Phillips; Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Anne Looby, Ellesha Dobbs; national release 29 August 2002; 94 min.
Wind (Carroll Ballard, 1993) Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, Cliff Robertson, Jack Thompson ... James Hagan
Wind (Ivan Sen, 1999) short, wr. Ivan Sen; tracker theme
Windrider (Vincent Monton, 1986) aka Making Waves; prod. Paul D. Barron, Barron Films; Bush Christmas Productions; Simon Chilvers, Tom Burlinson, Nicole Kidman, Jill Perryman, Charles Tingwell; Perth, WA; budget $2.5mill; dist. Hoyts; 25 December 1986; 35mm.; 92 min.
Winds of Jarrah, The (Mark Egerton, 1985) prod. Mark Egerton and Marj Pearson for Film Corporation of Western Australia, WA, wr. Mark Egerton, based on a storyline, characters and screenplay by Anne Brooksbank and Bob Ellis, based on the novel The House in the Timberwoods by Joyce Dingwell, 1959, dp Geoff Burton; location: Dorrigo, NSW; first film adapted from a Mills & Boon novel; set in 1946; originally to be shot in Pemberton; Isabelle Anderson, Steve Bisley, Terence Donovan, Harold Hopkins, Susan Lyons, Emil Minty, Martin Vaughan, Dorothy Alison, Nikki Gemmell, Steven Grives, Mark Kounnas, Bill McCluskey; Eastman colour, 35 mm, wide screen, 94 min.
Windtalkers (John Woo, 2002?) Nicholas Cage, Frances O'Connor; re WW2 codebreaking; NOT Australian
Wings Of Destiny (Rupert Kathner, 1940) dp Arthur Higgins; espionage thriller
Winter of our Dreams (John Duigan, 1981) prod. Richard Mason for Vega Film Productions, wr. John Duigan, dp Tom Cowan, design Lee Whitmore, ed. Henry Dangar; Judy Davis, Bryan Brown, Baz Luhrmann, Cathy Downes, Mervyn Drake, Zoe Lake, Mark Luhrman, Peter Mochrie; prostitute Davis falls for bookseller Brown; Eastman colour, 35mm, 90 min.
Wish (Adam Lynton, 1997)
Witch Hunt (Barbara Chobocky, 1986) documentary
With Love to the Person Next to Me (Brian McKenzie, 1987) Kim Gyngell, Paul Chubb, Barry Dickins, Beverley Gardiner, Phil Motherwell, Sally McKenzie; taxi driver records conversations
With Prejudice (Esben Storm, 1982) Ananda Marga trial
With Time to Kill (James Clayden, 1987) vigilantes
Witches of Eastwick, The (Dr George Miller, 1987) NOT Australian
Within Our Gates (Frank Harvey, 1915) aka Deeds That Won Gallipoli
Within The Law (Monte Luke, 1916)
Witness (Peter Weir, 1985) NOT Australian
Wog Boy, The (Aleksi Vellis, 2000) Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo; released 24 February; (related to TV show Wogs Out of Work); 88 min.
Wolf Creek (Greg McLean, 2005) prod. David Lightfoot, wr. Greg McLean, dp Will Gibson; horror, loosely based on Ivan Milat and Peter Falconio stories; John Jarratt, Cassandra Magrath, Nathan Phillips, Kestie Morassi, Andy McPhee; a group of backpackers unwisely accept help from a seemingly friendly local in the Australian outback; John Jarratt is a seemingly harmless man who meets three backpackers in remote Western Australia; shot in Adelaide and Flinders Ranges; world premiere Sundance Jan 2005; Cannes 2005; 98 min.
Woman In The Case, The (George Willoughby, 1916)
Woman Suffers ... While the Man Goes Free, The (Raymond Longford, 1918)
Woman's Tale, A (Paul Cox, 1991) Sheila Florance (AFI Best Actress), Gosia Dobrowolska, Norman Kaye, Chris Haywood
Women of the Sun (James Ricketson, David Stevens, Stephen Wallace & Geoffrey Nottage, 1982) mini-series
Won On The Post (Alfred Rolfe, 1912)
World's Fastest Indian, The (Roger Donaldson, 2006) Invercargill, NZ; Anthony Hopkins; life of Burt Munro who set land speed records on his Indian Scout motorcycle
Wreck, The (W. J. Lincoln, 1913)
Wreck Of The Dunbar, The (Gaston Mervale, 1912) aka The Yeoman's Wedding
Wrong Side of the Road (Ned Lander, 1981) two bands: Us Mob and No Fixed Address are the "stars" of the docu-drama
Wrong World (Ian Pringle, 1986) Richard Moir, Jo Kennedy; Victoria; disturbing road movie
Wronsky (Ian Pringle, 1980) wr. Ian Pringle, Doug Ling, prod. Ian Pringle for Seon Film Productions, dp Ray Argall, ed. Tony Paterson; Miranda Brown, Phil Dagg, John Flaus, Rob Jordan, Doug Ling, Lisa Parish, Ross Thompson, Frank Walsh; drama; Eastman colour, 16 mm, 70 min.
X (Jon Hewitt, 2010)
Yachts And Hearts (Charles Byers Coates, 1918) aka The Opium Smugglers
Yackety Yack (Dave Jones, 1974) wr. prod. Dave Jones, dp Gordon Glenn; Melbourne; colour, 16 mm. 86 min.; John Flaus, Dave Jones, Jerzy Toeplitz; look at low-budget film-making (OR Yacketty Yak?)
Yank In Australia, A (Alf Goulding, 1942)
Year My Voice Broke, The (John Duigan, 1987) Kennedy-Miller; Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran; coming-of-age, rite of passage; 105 min.
Year of Living Dangerously, The (Peter Weir, 1982) prod. Jim McElroy for Wayan Productions, wr. David Williamson, from novel by C. J. Koch, design Herbert Pinter, ed. Bill Anderson, music Maurice Jarre; Mel Gibson, Sigourney Weaver, Peter Collingwood, Noel Ferrier, Linda Hunt, Bill Kerr; Jakarta 1960s; Eastman colour, 35mm, 117 min.
Year of Wonders (Pip Karmel, FFC provisional funding 2005) novel Geraldine Brooks, prod. Phillip Noyce, Miranda Culley, Jeremy Thomas; Derbyshire village faced with plague 1665
Year of the Dogs (Michael Cordell, 1997) documentary, re Footscray AFL team, shot on video
Yellow Fella (Ivan Sen, 2005) short documentary on life of Tom. E. Lewis
Yolngu Boy (Stephen Johnson, 2001) Sean Mununggur, John Sebastian Pilakui, Nathan Daniels; Aust. dist. Palace; 88 min.; see Leonie Rutherford, "Negotiating masculinity: Yolngu Boy", Metro, 140, 2004: 62-69; see Collins & Davies 2004: 88-91
You and Your Stupid Mate (Marc Gracie, 2005) wr. Mark O'Toole, Dave O'Neil; released 5 May 2005; Nathan Phillips, Angus Sampson, William McInnes, Tayler Kane, Samir Malik, Rachel Hunter, Madeline West; FFC funding $1,038,462, box-office $685,881; 85 min.
You Can't See 'Round Corners (David Cahill, 1969) Ken Shorter; novel by Jon Cleary; Ken Shorter, Rowena Wallace, Carmen Duncan, Judith Fisher, Slim de Grey, Max Cullen, Peter Aanensen, Max Phipps, Henri Szeps; man deserts at time of Vietnam War
You Can't Push the River (Leslie Oliver, 1992)
You Can't Stop the Murders (Anthony Mir, 2003) prod. Anastasia Sideris; Gary Eck, Akmal Saleh, Anthony Mir, Richard Carter, Kirstie Hutton, Garry Who, Rob Carlton, Steve Rogers; simple, nonsensical Australian comedy which originally took form as a two-minute sketch comedy for television: "like a series of comedy sketches "; Metro, 136: 30-34
Young Einstein (Yahoo Serious, 1988) [b. Greg Pead in Newcastle]; Yahoo Serious, Odile le Clezio, John Howard
Yumi Yet (Dennis O'Rourke, 1976) documentary
Zilch! (Richard Riddiford, 1989) NZ
Zombie Brigade (Barrie Pattison, 1988) aka The Body Counters, prod. Carmelo Musca, dp Alex McPhee, music John Charles & Todd Hunter; John Moore, Khym Lam, Adam Wong, Bob Faggetter, Maggie Wilde-West, Geoff Gibbs, 90 min.; shot in Toodyay, WA; not only is the lead actor Indigenous, but another Indigenous character, Charlie, provides the turning-point in the plot (cf. Howling 3); horror
Zone 39 (John Tatoulis, 1995) aka The Zone; Peter Phelps, Carolyn Bock
Selected Key References
The list includes: every film in Andrew Pike & Ross Cooper 1980, Australian Film 1900-1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, OUP/AFI, Melbourne; every film in Scott Murray ed. 1995, Australian Film 1978-1994: A Survey of Theatrical Features, second edition, OUP/AFC/Cinema Papers, Melbourne; every film in Deb Verhoeven, 1999, Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films, Damned Publishing, Melbourne; every film in the 'select filmography' in Susan Dermody & Elizabeth Jacka 1988, The Screening of Australia: Anatomy of a National Cinema Vol. 2, Currency Press, Paddington; every film in the filmography in Tom O'Regan, 1996, Australian National Cinema, Routledge, London, that is, the Australian films: his list includes TV productions and some films which are NOT Australian in any sense; but not (yet) everything in Tony Harrison 1994, The Australian Film and Television Companion, Simon & Schuster, Sydney.
Brand, Simon 1985, The Australian Film Book 1930-Today, Dreamweaver Books, Sydney.
Harrison, Tony 1994, The Australian Film and Television Companion, Simon & Schuster, Sydney.
McFarlane, Brian, Geoff Mayer & Ina Bertrand 1999, The Oxford Companion to Australian Film, OUP, Melbourne.
Murray, Scott ed. 1995, Australian Film 1978-1994: A Survey of Theatrical Features, editorial assistants Raffaele Caputo, Alissa Tanskaya, 2nd edn, OUP in association with the Australian Film Commission and Cinema Papers, Melbourne. Rev. and expanded edn of: Australian Film 1978-1992.
O'Regan, Tom 1996, Australian National Cinema, Routledge, London.
Pike, Andrew & Ross Cooper 1998, Australian Film 1900-1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, revised edition, OUP, Melbourne.
Shirley, Graham & Brian Adams 1989, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, revised edition, Currency Press, Sydney.
Verhoeven, Deb, 1999, Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films, Damned Publishing, Melbourne.
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