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Abe Forsythe
Abraham Forsythe (born 26 July 1981) is an Australian film and television actor, director, writer and producer. He is the son of actor and comedian Drew Forsythe. Career He first appeared on the TV series ''The Miraculous Mellops (TV series), The Miraculous Mellops''. He has since appeared as Campbell Todd on the Australian TV series ''Always Greener'', starred in the mini-series ''Marking Time'' and starred and directed the 2003 film ''Ned (film), Ned''. He also directed and starred in a parody of ''The Matrix'' called ''Computer Boy''. He also starred in the Australian/British television series co-production ''Tripping Over''. Forsythe has also guest starred in several Australian TV shows, including ''Blue Heelers'', ''All Saints (TV series), All Saints'', ''Water Rats (TV series), Water Rats'' and ''Blue Water High''. In 2009, Forsythe wrote and directed the Tropfest short ''Being Carl Williams''. The short won second prize and the Best Comedy award. The 2010 Tropfest saw him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Dallimore
Helen Dallimore (born 31 October 1971) is an Australian actress, known for originating the role of Glinda the Good Witch, Glinda in the West End Theatre, West End production of ''Wicked (musical), Wicked''. Early life Dallimore grew up in Oxford, Oxford, England and Sydney, Australia. She trained at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, graduating in 1995. She was awarded a Mike Walsh Fellowships, Mike Walsh Fellowship in 2002. Dallimore's parents are academics and she has one brother. Career Theatre Dallimore's credits with the Sydney Theatre Company include: David Edgar's ''Pentecost'', ''The Unlikely Prospect of Happiness'', Andrew Upton and Gale Edwards' ''The Hanging Man'', and "Miss Adelaide" in ''Guys and Dolls (musical), Guys and Dolls''. She also created the role of "Simone" in ''Up for Grabs (play), Up for Grabs'', later played by Madonna (entertainer), Madonna in the West End. She made her West End debut as Glinda in the original London cast of the mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Series Cricket
World Series Cricket (WSC) was a commercial professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 which was organised by Kerry Packer and his Australian television network, Nine Network. WSC ran in commercial competition to established international cricket. World Series Cricket drastically changed the nature of cricket, and its influence continues to be felt today. Three main factors caused the formation of WSC — a widespread view that players were not paid sufficient amounts to make a living from cricket or reflect their market value and that following the development of colour television and increased viewer audiences of sports events, the commercial potential of cricket was not being achieved by the established cricket boards and Packer wished to secure the exclusive broadcasting rights to Australian cricket, then held by the non-commercial, government-owned Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), to realise and capitalise on the commercial potential of cricket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Incredible Journey Of Mary Bryant
''The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant'' is a 2005 miniseries loosely based on the life of Mary Bryant, an English girl from Cornwall who in this telling was convicted of petty theft (though the historical Mary Bryant was transported for a violent robbery and assault), and who was transported to the Australian Penal Colony on the First Fleet with other prisoners bound for Botany Bay. It was written by Peter Berry and directed by Peter Andrikidis. The film had a budget in excess of 15 million, making it the largest-budget television mini-series produced in Australia. BBC News. 15 April 2006. Plot Mary's story begins in her home, Cornwall where her vi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fireflies (TV Series)
''Fireflies'' is an Australian television show which aired on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Australia and RTÉ One in Ireland. It debuted on 7 February 2004 and screened as 22 episodes. The series was set in the fictional country town of Lost River, population 487. The location was the actual Hunter Valley town of Wollombi, and other scenes are set in the district and along the southern end of the Putty Road to Singleton. It was centred on the lives of a group of volunteer firefighters, during the hottest, driest summer in decades. The theme song "Beautiful Feeling" was written and performed by Paul Kelly. Songs and music All the songs and music used on ''Fireflies'' was written, produced, and sung by Paul Kelly. * Change Your Mind * Beautiful Feeling * Foggy Highway * Just About to Break * I Wasted Time * You Broke a Beautiful Thing * Beautiful Promise * Boon Companion * If I Could Start Today Again * I Smell Trouble * Emotional * My Way is to You * Your Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Kelly
Edward Kelly (December 1854 – 11 November 1880) was an Australian bushranger, outlaw, gang leader and convicted police-murderer. One of the last bushrangers, he is known for wearing a suit of bulletproof armour during his final shootout with the police. Kelly was born in the then- British colony of Victoria as the third of eight children to Irish parents. His father, a transported convict, died shortly after serving a six-month prison sentence, leaving Kelly, then aged 12, as the eldest male of the household. The Kellys were a poor selector family who saw themselves as downtrodden by the Squattocracy and as victims of persecution by the Victoria Police. While a teenager, Kelly was arrested for associating with bushranger Harry Power and served two prison terms for a variety of offences, the longest stretch being from 1871 to 1874 on a conviction of receiving a stolen horse. He later joined the " Greta Mob", a group of bush larrikins known for stock theft. A violent confro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape From Jupiter
''Escape from Jupiter'' is an Australian children's science fiction drama which aired from 26 November 1994 to 11 March 1995 on ABC. Concerning a small group of children on Jupiter's moon Io, the series ran for 13 episodes. When one of Io's volcanoes erupts, the surviving colonists must flee the moon and try to reach the safety of Earth. Using a derelict space station in orbit of Io, they convert it into a rudimentary space craft and set off, having many adventures and forming close relationships along the way. The series was followed by ''Return to Jupiter''. Introduction The main character is Michael Faraday, a boy in his teens who has lived in space his whole life. Having never been to Earth, he resides with his father on the moon Io. Despite being a mining colony habituated predominantly by adults, a few have their families with them. Michael's best friend is Kingston, the son of the medical officer of the colony. In addition to this duo are Jarrod and Anna, both childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Miraculous Mellops
''The Miraculous Mellops'' is an Australian sci-fi/comedy television series, created by Karl Zwicky and Margarita Tassone and produced by Film Australia and Millennium Pictures in association with the Network Ten. Aimed at children, the first season screened on Australian television in 1991 with the second season of the series screening in 1992. Synopsis The series centred on a group of teenagers, two brothers and a sister; Michael, Jason and Samantha Mellop. A year earlier, their mother has died and their family business, 'The Lazy Daisy Nursery' is run by their rationalist father Bill and absent-minded Aunt Josey. The general plot of both seasons were the strange events that the Mellop teens would often get caught up in, without their father or aunt noticing and/or believing them. As well as the Mellops coming across the adventures, another family would often stick their noses into the situation when not wanted. This other family, The Dumps, consisted of a trailer trash e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RoboCop (franchise)
''RoboCop'' is an American science-fiction, action, superhero, cyberpunk, media franchise featuring the futuristic adventures of Alex Murphy, a Detroit, Michigan police officer, who is fatally wounded in the line of duty and transformed into a powerful cyborg, brand-named RoboCop, at the behest of a powerful mega-corporation, Omni Consumer Products. Thus equipped, Murphy battles both violent crime in a severely decayed city and the blatantly corrupt machinations within OCP. The franchise began in 1987 with the film ''RoboCop''. ''RoboCop 2'' followed in 1990, and ''RoboCop 3'' in 1993. There have also been various television series, video game and comic book tie-ins. The franchise has made over US$100 million worldwide and a remake serving as a reboot titled ''RoboCop'' was released in February 2014. A new installment titled ''RoboCop Returns'' was in the works and will serve as a direct sequel to the 1987 film, ignoring other sequels and the remake, as well as the two live actio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,660 attending in 2016. It takes place each January in Park City, Utah; Salt Lake City, Utah; and at the Sundance Resort (a ski resort near Provo, Utah), and acts as a showcase for new work from American and international independent filmmakers. The festival consists of competitive sections for American and international dramatic and documentary films, both feature films and short films, and a group of out-of-competition sections, including NEXT, New Frontier, Spotlight, Midnight, Sundance Kids, From the Collection, Premieres, and Documentary Premieres. History 1978: Utah/US Film Festival Sundance began in Salt Lake City in August 1978 as the Utah/US Film Festival in an effort to attract more filmmakers to Utah. It was founded by Sterl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Gad
Joshua Ilan Gad (born February 23, 1981) is an American actor. He is known for voicing Olaf in the '' Frozen'' franchise, playing Elder Arnold Cunningham in the Broadway musical ''The Book of Mormon'', and playing Le Fou in the live-action adaptation of Disney's ''Beauty and the Beast''. For his role as Olaf, Gad won two Annie Awards, and for his work in ''The Book of Mormon'', he co-won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album and received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical, both shared with Andrew Rannells as one of the two leading artists. Gad played Skip Gilchrist in the political sitcom '' 1600 Penn'' on NBC, and a fictionalized version of himself on FX's '' The Comedians'', alongside Billy Crystal. His other film roles include '' The Rocker'', ''The Internship'', '' 21'', ''Love & Other Drugs'', ''Jobs'', ''Pixels'', ''The Wedding Ringer'', ''The Angry Birds Movie'' and its sequel, ''A Dog's Purpose'' and its sequel '' A Dog's Journey'', ''Marshal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lupita Nyong'o
Lupita Amondi Nyong'o (, ; ; born 1 March 1983) is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. She is the recipient of List of awards and nominations received by Lupita Nyong'o, several accolades, including an Academy Awards, Academy Award, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Tony Awards, Tony Award. The daughter of Kenyan politician Peter Anyang' Nyong'o, she was born in Mexico City, where her father was teaching, and was raised in Kenya from the age of three. She attended college in the United States, earning a bachelor's degree in film and theatre studies from Hampshire College. She later began her career in Hollywood as a production assistant. In 2008, she made her acting debut with the short film ''East River (film), East River'' and subsequently returned to Kenya to star in the television series ''Shuga (TV series), Shuga'' (2009–2012). She then pursued a master's degree in acting from the Yale School of Drama. Soon after her graduation, she had her first feature film rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Monsters (2019 Film)
''Little Monsters'' is a 2019 zombie comedy film written and directed by Abe Forsythe, starring Lupita Nyong'o, Alexander England, Josh Gad, and Kat Stewart. The story centres on a washed-up musician, a children's television personality, and a kindergarten teacher teaming up to protect a group of young schoolchildren during a sudden zombie outbreak. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2019, and was released in the United States on October 8, 2019, by Neon, in a limited release followed by digital streaming on October 11, 2019, by Hulu. It was released in Australia on October 31, 2019, by Universal Pictures and in the United Kingdom on November 15, 2019, by Altitude. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with many praising the performances of the cast. Plot Dave is a dirty-talking, washed-up musician who goes through a rough break up with his girlfriend and is forced to stay with his sister, Tess, and her son, Felix, a child w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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