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Blackfellas
''Blackfellas'' is a 1993 Australian drama film directed by James Ricketson and starring John Moore, David Ngoombujarra, Jack Charles, John Hargreaves and Ernie Dingo. It is an adaptation of Archie Weller's 1981 novel ''The Day of the Dog''. The film won two AFI Awards and had its premiere at the Valhalla Cinema in Melbourne on 26 August 1993. Plot In Perth, Western Australia, Doug Dooligan (John Moore), a young Nyoongar man, is released from prison, where he was incarcerated for assault. Outside, he is picked up by his charismatic childhood friend Floyd "Pretty Boy" Davies ( David Ngoombujarra), who was partially responsible for Doug's incarceration, and taken to a remote Aboriginal community in Western Australia. He becomes attracted to a local girl Polly (Jaylene Riley) and, upon learning that Floyd is still involved in criminal activities, decides to leave and visit his mother. Determined to stay out of trouble, Doug buys back his father's old property, Yetticup, whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Ricketson
James Staniforth Ricketson is an Australian film director, known for the feature film ''Blackfellas''. He became more widely known when he was charged with espionage for flying a drone in Cambodia in 2017. Film career Ricketson studied at the Australian Film and Television School and has made a number of features and documentaries.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p136 In 1973 Ricketson filmed and helped to organise Philippe Petit's high-wire walk between the two north pylons of Sydney Harbour Bridge. A short film of the walk was released on DVD with Man On Wire, the Academy Award-winning documentary on Petit's World Trade Center (1973–2001), World Trade Center Twin Towers walk. Ricketson directed the feature films ''Third Person Plural'' (1978), ''Candy Regentag'' (1989), ''Blackfellas'' (1994). His documentaries include ''Reflections'' (1973), ''Roslyn and Blagica Everyone Needs a Friend'' (1979), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Weller
Archie Weller (born 13 July 1957) is an Australian writer of novels, short stories and screen plays. Early life Archie Weller was born in Subiaco, Western Australia, and grew up on a farm, ''Wonnenup'', near Cranbrook in the Great Southern region of the state. He attended Guildford Grammar School in Perth as a boarder. His mother was a journalist and his father was a farmer. As a young child Weller was encouraged by his grandfather to write. Writing Weller states he wrote his first book, ''The Day of the Dog'', "within a period of six weeks in a spirit of anger after his release from Broome jail for what he regarded as a wrongful conviction". It won the 1980 The Australian/Vogel Literary Award, in 1982 the inaugural Prose Fiction award in the ''Western Australia Week Literary Awards'', now called the Western Australian Premier's Book Awards, and was made into a film entitled '' Blackfellas'', which won two AFI Awards in 1993. Weller's second novel ''Land of the Golden Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moore (actor)
John Moore is an Australian actor. He has played lead roles in the films ''The Life of Harry Dare'', and ''Blackfellas''. He was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in 1993, for ''Blackfellas'', and in 1995, for ''The Life Of Harry Dare'', and was nominated for the AFI Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1991 for '' Deadly''. He was also nominated for the 2013 AFI Award for Open Craft Award in a Non-feature Film for his acting in the short film ''Cold Turkey''. Other roles include '' Pitch Black'', ''Home and Away'' and the original stage production of ''Bran Nue Dae __NOTOC__ ''Bran Nue Dae'' is a 1990 musical set in Broome, Western Australia, that tells stories and of issues relating to Indigenous Australians. It was written by Jimmy Chi and his band Kuckles and friends, and was the first Aboriginal Austra ...''. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, John Living people Australian male film actors Indigenous Australian m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Award For Best Adapted Screenplay
The AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "based on material previously released or published". Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards). It was first handed out in 1978 when the award for Best Screenplay (which was first presented at the 1974-75 awards) was split into two categories: Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. The award has since been presented intermittently from 1978–1979, 1983–1987, 1989, 1993–2003, 2005–2006, and then from 2008–present. Winners and nominees In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film release; the ceremonies are usually held the same year. The films and screenwriters in bold and in yellow background have won are the winn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |