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David Field (actor)
David Field (born 6 June 1961) is an Australian character actor and film director who has appeared in numerous film and television roles, including '' Chopper'', '' Two Hands'' and ''Gettin' Square''. In 2009, Field made his directorial debut with ''The Combination''. He is also known for his role in advertisements for Oak as part of the Hungry/Thirsty campaign and as the ex prison inmate uncle in the mini series '' A Moody Christmas''. Filmography Film (directing) *''The Combination'' (2009) *''Convict'' (2014) Film (acting) *'' Expired'' (a.k.a. ''Loveland'') (2022) as Sam *'' Mortal Kombat'' (2021) as Referee *''Moon Rock For Monday'' (2021) as Detective Lionell *''Dark Art'' (2020) (short film) as Simon *''The Translator'' (2020) as Chase *''The Wrong Barber'' (2020) (short film) as The Barber *''High Ground'' (2020) as Kurtz *'' The Combination: Redemption'' (2019) as White hero *''The Pretend One'' (2017) as Roger *''Monoliths'' (2017) (short film) as The Driver *''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
These Final Hours
''These Final Hours'' is a 2013 Australian sci-fi apocalyptic thriller film written and directed by Zak Hilditch and starring Nathan Phillips and Angourie Rice. It was selected to be screened as part of the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film takes place in Perth and begins ten minutes after an asteroid has collided with earth in the North Atlantic, leaving approximately twelve hours until the subsequent global firestorm reaches Western Australia. James and his lover, Zoe, are having sex for the last time at her beach house, where she reveals that she is pregnant with James' child. Wishing to block out all feelings and avoid what's coming, James berates Zoe for sharing her news and leaves for "the party to end all parties". After having his car stolen, he comes across two men who have kidnapped a young girl and are planning to rape her. James kills them and rescues the girl. The girl, named Rose, explains that she was separated fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BlackJack (telemovie)
''BlackJack'' is a series of Australian television movies created by Shaun Micallef and Gary McCaffrie, and starring Colin Friels. The movies began airing on Network Ten in 2003 and concluded in 2007. They were shown in the United Kingdom on the BBC and UKTV Drama. After testifying against his former colleagues in a corruption trial Sydney detective Jack Kempson (Colin Friels) is reassigned to a unit charged with entering the details of old cases into a police database. He unofficially begins to investigate unsolved crimes dating back many years. Episodes Pilot * ''BlackJack: Murder Archive'' (2003) First trilogy * ''BlackJack: Sweet Science'' (2004) — Jack discovers that the sons (Alex O'Loughlin and Anthony Hayes) of a criminal gunned down during a football game in 1992 are now following in their dead father's footsteps. * ''BlackJack: In The Money'' (2005) * ''BlackJack: Ace Point Game'' (2005) Second trilogy * ''BlackJack: Dead Memory'' (2006) * ''BlackJack: At ... [...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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oyster Farmer
''Oyster Farmer'' is a 2004 Australian romantic comedy/drama film about a 24 year old man who runs away to the Hawkesbury River and finds a job with eighth-generation oyster farmers. It was written and directed by Anna Reeves, produced by Anthony Buckley and Piers Tempest, and stars Alex O'Loughlin and Diana Glenn. The film was both set and filmed in the Hawkesbury River region, Sydney. Plot Jack Flange is caring for his sister Nikki, who is in hospital following a serious car accident and is facing dwindling health insurance money to pay for her recovery. To circumvent this, Jack stages a hijack of a payroll van at the Sydney Fish Markets. He sends the money to himself via an Australia Post Box at the crime scene to avoid getting caught. Jack waits for the arrival of the money in Brooklyn, where he lands among a community who make their living off the Hawkesbury River. Amongst these is eight-generation oyster farmer Brownie and his elderly father Mumbles, who Jack applies to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hell Has Harbour Views (film)
''Hell Has Harbour Views'' is a 2005 Australian television movie starring Matt Day and Lisa McCune. It was written and directed by Peter Duncan, based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Richard Beasley. It was nominated for "best miniseries or telemovie" at both the AFI Awards and the Logie Awards, losing to ''The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant'' at both; and for two additional AFI Awards and an additional Logie Award, all of which it lost to ''Love My Way''. Synopsis While successful and primed to continue ascending the company ladder, attorney Hugh Walker is guilt stricken by the people he and his company have hurt along the way. During a large case he meets the journalist Caroline and the two begin seeing each other, despite the fact that Hugh already has a girlfriend, Helen. Things grow more tense after he witnesses a sexual encounter in the office, placing him in the middle of office strife. Cast * Matt Day as Hugh Walker * Lisa McCune as Caroline Ashton * Marta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feed (2005 Film)
''Feed'' is a 2005 Australian crime-horror film directed by Brett Leonard. The plot involves a police investigation of non-consensual feederism. The film explores themes of love, dominance and submission. Plot Australian cop, Phillip (Patrick Thompson) works as a cybercrime investigator for Interpol but is left shaken after investigating a case in Hamburg, Germany in which a man consented to having his own penis cut off and eaten by his lover. Phillip's own relationship is also troubled due to his frequent travel and difficulties with romantic intimacy, and he finds himself unable to respond positively to his beautiful girlfriend's sexual overtures. The two have rough sex that gets out of hand, and she leaves him after writing "''pig''" on his chest with lipstick. Meanwhile, Phillip has been working with his partner, Nigel (Matthew Le Nevez), to investigate a fetish website that features morbidly obese women being held captive and fed fattening food. The website's intricate encry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Opal Dream
''Opal Dream'' (also known as ''Pobby and Dingan'') is a 2006 Australian drama film, based on the 2000 Ben Rice novella '' Pobby and Dingan'', directed by Peter Cattaneo and starring an ensemble cast including Vince Colosimo, Jacqueline McKenzie, Christian Byers and Sapphire Boyce. It was filmed on location around South Australia, in Adelaide, Coober Pedy and Woomera. ''Opal Dream'' was released in Australia on 28 September 2006, with eventual release around the world. Plot The film begins by introducing Kellyanne Williamson, playing with imaginary friends Pobby and Dingan. The family of Rex Williamson—his wife, Anne, daughter Kellyanne and son Ashmol—have moved to Coober Pedy, known as the "opal capital of Australia", because Rex believed he could make a fortune in mining opal. So far he's had little success. Ashmol, while he loves his sister, is frequently annoyed when she talks to her imaginary friends, and some of the kids at school tease the siblings because of them. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West (2007 Film)
''West'' is a 2007 Australian film written and directed by Daniel Krige and starring Khan Chittenden, Nathan Phillips, Gillian Alexy and Michael Dorman. The film had its world premiere at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival and was scheduled for Australian release on 5 July 2007 at the Chauvel Cinema in Sydney and the Nova Cinema in Melbourne with other cities to follow. Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde fame is the main vocalist on the score to ''West''. She also sings the title song, "Falling in Love". Premise Pete and Jerry are cousins living in Sydney's western suburbs, where they both fall in love with the same girl. Cast Reception Matt Ravier of In Film Australia gave the film a negative review, noting " e wrong-side-of-the-tracks film is an indie staple stateside. This Australian variant doesn’t succeed in updating the well-worn genre and seems happy to simply recycle the classic coming-of-age elements of more successful productions." Margaret Pomeran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfinished Sky
''Unfinished Sky'' is a 2007 drama film written and directed by Peter Duncan. William McInnes stars as John Woldring, an Australian farmer living in self-imposed exile after his wife's death, who rescues and protects Tahmeena, played by Monic Hendrickx, an Afghani refugee who has escaped abusive local townsfolk. Deliberated by scholars and Peter Duncan as a film focused on the response to 9/11, ''Unfinished Sky'' has also been described as post-national cinema, with themes of isolation, the fear of others, and the overcoming of obstacles, all relating to Australian identity. Peter Duncan has reimagined the Dutch film '' The Polish Bride'' (1998), in an Australian context. Monic Hendrickx, who played the title role in ''The Polish Bride'', plays Tahmeena; ''Unfinished Bride'' was a product of the Dutch-Australian venture New Holland Pictures, which was intent on the director's trying her for the role. In the role of John, William McInnes was praised for his portrayal of John as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Careless Love (film)
''Careless Love'' is a 2012 Australian drama film written and directed by John Duigan. The story centers on a university student who secretly works as an escort. It was Duigan's first movie in Australia for a number of years. It was made entirely with private finance and took 30 days to shoot. Retrieved 24 November 2012 Cast * Nammi Le as Linh * as Carol *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Road (film)
''Mystery Road'' is a 2013 Australian crime film with neo-Western elements and setting, written and directed by Ivan Sen. It was screened in the Special Presentation section at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. A film sequel entitled '' Goldstone'' was released in 2016, and TV series in 2018, all featuring Aaron Pedersen as the brooding Indigenous Australian detective Jay Swan. Plot Near the rural town of Winton, Queensland, a truck driver finds the body of a teenage Aboriginal girl named Julie Mason inside one of the drainage culverts under the road. Newly promoted Aboriginal Detective Jay Swan, recently returned from training in the city, investigates the murder. He learns that Julie used to exchange sex with truck drivers for money. He attempts to question another local Aboriginal girl, Tarni Williams, who was friends with Julie, but she refuses to speak to him. A boy gives Jay Julie's phone, which has several text messages to Jay's teenage daughter, Crystal. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
