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Cliff Ellen
Cliff Ellen (born 22 March 1936) is an Australian character actor who played a prominent guest role on the soap opera ''Neighbours'' as Charlie Cassidy. His first role was in ''Homicide''. His credits include '' Crackerjack'', '' Garbo'', and ''Phar Lap''. A theatre actor of many years, Ellen played the role of Gaston in the Australian touring production of Steve Martin's '' Picasso at the Lapin Agile'' as well as Hannie Rayson Hannie Rayson (born 1957) is a multi-award-winning Australian playwright and newspaper columnist. Biography Rayson was born in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria and graduated from the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College o ...'s ''Inheritance''. He also appeared in the 2006 Australian film '' BoyTown''. Ellen writes a column for a local newspaper based on the Mornington Peninsula. Cliff Ellen is the nephew of Joff Ellen, Australian television actor and comedian Filmography Film Television References External links *In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Victoria
Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victoria (state), Victoria, and the second most-populous city in Australia, after Sydney. The city's name generally refers to a metropolitan area also known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of Local Government Areas of Victoria#Municipalities of Greater Melbourne, 31 local government areas. The name is also used to specifically refer to the local government area named City of Melbourne, whose area is centred on the Melbourne central business district and some immediate surrounds. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong Ranges, and the Macedon R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trespassers
''The Trespassers'' is a 1976 film directed by John Duigan and starring Judy Morris and Briony Behets. Premise In 1970, political journalist Richard lives with Penny but is having an affair with actress Dee. The two women meet and become friends. Cast *Judy Morris as Dee *Briony Behets as Penny * John Derum as Richard *Hugh Keays-Byrne as Frank *Peter Carmody as Ted *Camilla Nicoll as Jenny *Diana Greentree as Angela *Max Gillies as Publisher *Chris Haywood as Sandy * Sydney Conabere as Harry * John Frawley Production $70,000 of the budget came from the Australian Film Commission. The film was shot in Melbourne and in south Gippsland in late winter of 1975.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 304 References External links *''The Trespassers''at Australian Screen Online The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Division 4
''Division 4'' is an Australian television police drama series broadcast by the Nine Network and created by Crawford Productions airing between 1969 and 1975 for 301 episodes. Synopsis The series was one of the first to follow up on the enormous success of the earlier Crawford Productions drama ''Homicide'' and dealt with the wide variety of cases investigated by police in the fictional Melbourne suburb of Yarra Central (modelled on St Kilda but with many features in common with Port Melbourne and South Melbourne). Initial publicity suggested that the 'emphasis throughout is on realism'. ''Division 4'' was more concerned with character motivation than ''Homicide''. The first episode included a human interest story for Frank Banner, played by Gerard Kennedy, whose pregnant wife Joy (played by Kate McKittrick) dies in part due to harassment from criminals pursuing a vendetta against him. This situation was recalled in Episode 20, 'The Threat', and in other early episodes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cash And Company
''Cash and Company'' is an Australian television period adventure series, set during the Victoria (Australia), Victorian Victorian gold rush, gold rush of the 1850s. It screened on the Seven Network in Australia in 1976 and on ITV (TV channel), ITV (including the London Weekend Television and Anglia Television, Anglia regions) in the UK. Background The original series consisted of 13 one-hour episodes, and was created by Russell Hagg and Patrick Edgeworth who met working at Crawford Productions. They said they were $5,000 short when making the show - the balance was provided by Ron Casey (Melbourne broadcaster), Ron Casey. Production began in July 1974 and the series premiered on the Seven Network in Brisbane on 17 April 1975, Sydney on 26 May and Melbourne on 29 May. The series was also shown at Sunday lunchtime in the United Kingdom by the London Weekend Television (LWT) Network, in advance of its airing in Australia. It was also screened at the Cannes Film Festival and sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock Police
''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for The 0-10 Network (now known as Network 10) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Matlock and the surrounding district, and the backgrounds and personal lives of the main policemen. Background The series was the Ten Network, 0-10 Network's attempt to come up with a police show to rival ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' (shown by the Seven Network, 7 Network) and ''Division 4'' (on the Nine Network, 9 Network). ''Matlock Police'' was different from its Melbourne-based predecessors by being set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria (Australia), Victoria (a real Matlock, Victoria, Matlock exists in Victoria but is much smaller than the town depicted by this series, which is loosely based on Shepparton). These programmes' introduction featured an overhead shot of a town with a divided road, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Love You Too (2010 Film)
''I Love You Too'' is a 2010 Australian romantic comedy film, and the directorial film debut of Daina Reid. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Peter Helliar. It stars Brendan Cowell, Peter Dinklage, Yvonne Strahovski, Helliar, and Megan Gale, and was produced by Princess Pictures on a budget of . Principal photography began on 4 May 2009 and took place in Melbourne. Plot Jim (Brendan Cowell) is a thirty-three-year-old, emotionally stunted man who works at a miniature railway,Filmed at the Diamond Valley Railway and refuses to grow up. He lives in the granny flat at the back of his sister's house. Jim's pregnant sister Marie ( Bridie Carter) struggles with her oafish brute of a husband, Owen (Travis McMahon). Jim is unable to commit to his English girlfriend of three years, Alice (Yvonne Strahovski), who is very disappointed that Jim can't tell her that he loves her. Hoping to drive her boyfriend into saying those magical words, she considers taking a job in Engla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Hill (film)
''Red Hill'' is a 2010 Australian neo-western thriller film, thriller film written and directed by Patrick Hughes (director), Patrick Hughes in his directorial debut. The film stars Ryan Kwanten, Steve Bisley and Tom E. Lewis. Plot Shane Cooper (Ryan Kwanten), a young police officer, relocates to the small town of Red Hill with his pregnant wife Alice (Claire van der Boom). On his first day on the job, he is shown hostility from William "Old Bill" Jones (Steve Bisley), the head of the police force, for being unable to find his gun and getting shot on duty when he could not bring himself to fire his weapon on an armed boy. Shortly afterwards, the police learn that Jimmy Conway (Tom E. Lewis), a convicted murderer who was arrested by Old Bill for killing his wife, has escaped from prison. Knowing that Jimmy will return to town to seek revenge, Old Bill orders his officers and a group of civilians to arm themselves and shoot Jimmy on sight. Old Bill's men prove to be no match for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom White (film)
''Tom White'' is a 2004 film directed by Alkinos Tsilimidos. Plot Tom White is an architect who chooses to make himself homeless. Outwardly, he has all the signs of a successful life—large home, loving family, successful career. However, it soon becomes clear that not everything is as it appears at work. Tom consciously takes a different path and cuts ties with his normal life. He has chosen the streets, where those he meets, in spite of their position, have enormous self-dignity—the rent boy, an ex-junkie, a gentle-but-manly tramp and a 14-year-old graffiti artist. Tom goes on a personal journey of his own as he plumbs outsider society, yet he discovers his own dignity and gains an understanding of who he is. Cast Production The film was scored by Paul Kelly and the Boon Companions: Dan Kelly, Dan Luscombe, Peter Luscombe and Bill MacDonald. Release The film was released in Australian cinemas on 19 August 2004 and played until 1 September 2004. The film premiered o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Jarman
''Josh Jarman'' is a 2004 Australian comedy film directed by Pip Mushin and starring Marcus Graham. Filming took place around Melbourne, Australia. Plot Josh Jarman is a playwright who can't find anyone to produce his dramatic play. The only producer to show some interest would like to turn it into a musical. This leaves Josh with a dilemma, does he sell out for fame and fortune or does he insist on his artistic integrity, but if he does that he will remain a struggling playwright? Cast * Marcus Graham as Josh Jarman * Suzy Cato as Edwina Billows * Kym Gyngell as Stan Billows * Alex Menglet as Sebastian * Daniela Farinacci as Maxine * Kestie Morassi as Sasha * Damien Richardson as Russ * Damian Walshe-Howling as Fringe Theatre Actor * Deidre Rubenstein as Theatre Actress * Louise Siversen as Therapist Box office ''Josh Jarman'' grossed $11,800 at the box office in Australia. See also *Cinema of Australia The cinema of Australia began with the 1906 production of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noise (2007 Australian Film)
''Noise'' is a 2007 Australian drama-thriller film written and directed by Matthew Saville. The film stars Brendan Cowell, Henry Nixon, Luke Elliot, Katie Wall, Maia Thomas and Nicholas Bell. Plot The film is set against the landscape of two potentially related murders: that of an engaged woman in the inner-western Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, and that of seven passengers on a Melbourne train. From there, the film deals primarily with the experiences of Lavinia Smart, a young woman who boarded the train shortly after the murders, and police Constable Graham McGahan, who is afflicted with increasingly severe tinnitus. When he requests light duty on account of his tinnitus, Constable McGahan is assigned the night shift of a police information van in Sunshine, where he encounters the traumatized members of the local community, including Lucky Phil, a mentally handicapped man, and Dean Stouritis, the dead woman's fiancé. At the same time, the film explores the fear Lavinia exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucky Break (1994 Film)
''Lucky Break'' (released in the United States as ''Paperback Romance'') is a 1994 Australian romantic comedy film directed and written by Ben Lewin, about an eccentric romance novelist. Actress Rebecca Gibney was nominated for AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role by the Australian Film Institute in 1995 for her role in the film. The film was a critical success in Australia but flopped at both the domestic and international box office, where it received generally mixed reviews from critics. Plot Sophie (Gia Carides) is an Australian people, Australian romance novelist, with a wild imagination. She is also a polio survivor who cannot walk without crutches and a leg brace and who is used to indulging her romantic and lustful fantasies (all of which are shown onscreen) only in her imagination and through her novels. After she breaks her leg and finds herself treated normally for the first time in her life, Sophie meets and begins a relat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proof (1991 Film)
''Proof'' is a 1991 Australian romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse. The film stars Hugo Weaving, Geneviève Picot and Russell Crowe. The film was released in Australia on 15 August 1991. It was chosen as "Best Film" at the 1991 Australian Film Institute Awards, along with five other awards, including Moorhouse for Best Director, Weaving for Best Leading Actor, and Crowe for Best Supporting Actor. Plot The story concerns the tribulations of Martin, a blind photographer. Through a series of flashbacks, Martin is shown as a child, distrustful of his own mother. She describes to him the garden outside his bedroom window. She tells him that someone is raking leaves, but he cannot hear the sound and angrily decides she is lying to him. This childhood experience strongly affects Martin as an adult, as he anticipates that sighted people will take advantage of his blindness to lie to him, or worse yet, pity him. He has become a resentful, vaguely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
