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Devil's Playground (TV Series)
''Devil's Playground'' is an Australian psychological thriller television series which premiered on Showcase on 9 September 2014. It was created as a sequel to the 1976 film, '' The Devil's Playground''. The series begins in 1988 and follows the story of Tom Allen, a recently widowed psychiatrist and a secular counselor to the Catholic clergy, who becomes entangled in political and theological intrigue. Simon Burke reprised his role as Tom Allen. Development On 26 November 2012, Matchbox Pictures announced that they would produce a drama series for Foxtel that would serve as a continuation to the 1976 film ''The Devil's Playground''. The series is produced by Helen Bowden, Penny Chapman and Blake Ayshford and directed by Rachel Ward and Tony Krawitz. It is written by Blake Ayshford, Cate Shortland, Alice Addison and Tommy Murphy and the Executive Producers are Tony Ayres, Penny Win and Simon Burke. Synopsis The year is 1988. It is 35 years after the events of Fred Schepisi's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Thriller
Psychological thriller is a genre combining the thriller and psychological fiction genres. It is commonly used to describe literature or films that deal with psychological narratives in a thriller or thrilling setting. In terms of context and convention, it is a subgenre of the broader ranging thriller narrative structure,Dictionary.com, definitionpsychological thriller (definition) Accessed November 3, 2013, "...a suspenseful movie or book emphasizing the psychology of its characters rather than the plot; this subgenre of thriller movie or book – Example: In a psychological thriller, the characters are exposed to danger on a mental level rather than a physical one....", with similarities to Gothic and detective fiction in the sense of sometimes having a "dissolving sense of reality". It is often told through the viewpoint of psychologically stressed characters, revealing their distorted mental perceptions and focusing on the complex and often tortured relationships between obs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with Dolby AC-3, is the name for what has now become a family of audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Formerly named Dolby Stereo Digital until 1995, the audio compression is lossy (except for Dolby TrueHD), based on the modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT) algorithm. The first use of Dolby Digital was to provide digital sound in cinemas from 35 mm film prints; today, it is also used for applications such as TV broadcast, radio broadcast via satellite, digital video streaming, DVDs, Blu-ray discs and game consoles. The main basis of the Dolby AC-3 multi-channel audio coding standard is the modified discrete cosine transform (MDCT), a lossy audio compression algorithm. It is a modification of the discrete cosine transform (DCT) algorithm, which was first proposed by Nasir Ahmed in 1972 and was originally intended for image compression. The DCT was adapted into the modified discrete cosine transform (MD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foxtel
Foxtel is an Australian pay television company—operating in cable television, direct broadcast satellite television, and IPTV streaming services. It was formed in April 2018, superseding an earlier company from 1995. The service was established as a 50/50 joint venture between News Corporation (now the present day News Corp; through News Limited, now News Corp Australia) and Telstra, with News Corp and Telstra holding 65% and 35% ownership shares respectively. It shares many features with the Sky service in the UK and Ireland — including the iQ box, the electronic programme guide, a similar remote control, and Red Button Active. History In 1995, a venture between News Corporation (in particular 20th Century Fox Media) and Telstra took place whereby Telstra would transmit a TV signal through its coaxial network and News Corporation would be the basis for offering channel negotiations and connections. Foxtel was formed ("Fox" representing News Corporation's Fox and "Tel" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Klarwein
Jason Klarwein (born 1976) is an Australian actor, director, producer and artistic director, known for his involvement with Grin & Tonic theatre troupe. Early life Klarwein born was born around 1976. Career In 1996 Klarwein began his professional career with a performance of ''The Glass Cage'' and became a part of the company of Zen Zen Zo Physical Theatre during the period 1996 to 1999. In 2002 he was in the inaugural intake of artists in the Queensland Theatre Company's Emerging Artists Program and received a Matilda Awards, Matilda Special Commendation as part of that ensemble of actors. That same year he was the winner of the Matilda Awards MEAA Award for Best Emerging Actor. He has had roles in several Queensland Theatre Company productions and La Boite Theatre Company. He moved interstate and his role at the Belvoir St Theatre, Belvoir in ''Capricornia (play), Capricornia'' under director Wesley Enoch was the precursor of a later association at Queensland Theatre Company, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Lise Phillips
Anna Lise Phillips (Australia, 1975) is an Australian actress. She is sometimes credited as Anna Lise, Anna Lise Philips, or Anna-Lise Phillips. Early life Phillips grew up in Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia where she was a founding member of the Corrugated Iron Youth Theatre. Her mother was Maggi Phillips, a dancer . Career Philips' first major film role was in '' The Boys'' (1998) shortly followed by ''Envy'' (also known as The New Girlfriend) for which she was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film. Other films of note include Sundance award-winning; Animal Kingdom, Walking on Water, BackTrack, The Pack, ''A Wreck a Tangle'', and ''The Tank''. In 2002 Phillips played Mabel Fine in Icon's telemovie The Three Stooges with Michael Chiklis, Paul Ben Victor, and Evan Handler. Phillips first acted on television in 2002, starring in Channel 9's '' Young Lions''. In 2009, she appeared as Jeneana Palmer in Channel Seven's TV ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leon Ford
Leon Ford is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television and theatre productions. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''The Cooks'', ''Changi'' and the telemovie ''Stepfather of the Bride''. Biography Ford portrayed 1st Lt. Edward 'Hillbilly' Jones in the Emmy award-winning HBO miniseries ''The Pacific'', which follows the story of World War II Marines through different battles of the Pacific theater of war. He has also appeared in many other television series including '' All Saints'', ''East West 101'' and ''McLeod's Daughters'', the 2005 movie ''The Great Raid'' and voiced a character in the 2008 stop motion animated movie ''$9.99''. Stage roles include playing pious charlatan Tartuffe in the 2014 Bell Shakespeare version of ''Tartuffe'', based on the French play originally written by Molière. In addition to acting, he is also both a director and screenwriter. In 2010, Ford both wrote and directed the movie '' Griff the Invisible'', starrin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Cullen
Max Cullen (born 29 April 1940) is an Australian stage and screen actor. He has appeared in many Australian films and television series but is best known for his role in the film ''Spider and Rose'' and the television series ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Secret Valley'' and ''Love My Way''. Early life Cullen was born in Wellington, New South Wales in 1940, but when he was one year old his family moved to Lawson in the Blue Mountains. His brother was the actor Cul Cullen (1934–1982). Career He began his career as a painter and sculptor after training at Sydney's National Art School in 1956 and later studied at the Julian Ashton Art School with Brett Whiteley in 1959. His works have been exhibited regularly in solo and in group exhibitions and he has worked as an illustrator, cartoonist and layout artist on several magazines and newspapers. Cullen was also a regular arts reporter on the ''Sunday'' current affairs television program. He has also worked as a professional and moti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uli Latukefu
Talia'uli Latukefu is an Australian actor and singer, best known for his roles as Dwayne Johnson in the NBC comedy ''Young Rock'' and Byamba in the American Netflix series ''Marco Polo''. He also played Darren Ngata in the popular Australian dramatic series '' Doctor Doctor'' in series 2–4 from 2017 to 2020. He played Cole in the short film '' Alien: Covenant - Prologue: Last Supper'' and the feature film '' Alien: Covenant'', both directed by Ridley Scott; ''Last Supper'' was released on February 22, 2017, and ''Covenant'' on May 19, 2017. He is also known for his role as Father Matteo in the psychological thriller miniseries '' Devil's Playground'' and as "Kool Kris" in the Chris Lilley mockumentary series ''Jonah from Tonga''. In 2004, he was a contestant in the reality singing competition series ''Australian Idol''. In 2022, he portrayed the superhero The Champion in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film ''Black Adam''. Of Tongan descent, Latukefu is a graduate of the Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew McFarlane (Australian Actor)
Andrew McFarlane (born 6 June 1951) is an Australian actor with many stage and screen credits. Personal life McFarlane was born in Albany, Western Australia. After the family moved to Melbourne he attended Camberwell Grammar School and was involved in school plays and school cadets. He has long been open about his homosexuality. Career After making his TV debut in Crawfords police dramas '' Homicide'' and ''Matlock Police'', he won a recurring role on ''Division 4'' before joining World War II soap opera ''The Sullivans'' as oldest son John Sullivan. He left the series after eighteen months and in the storyline John was reported missing in action – the writers left his final fate unresolved in the hope McFarlane would return to the show. McFarlane returned to the role in the TV movie ''The John Sullivan Story''. The role gained McFarlane a Sammy Award for best supporting actor in a TV series in 1977. He later took the lead role in the miniseries ''The Flying Doctors'', repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred Schepisi
Frederic Alan Schepisi ( ; Kael, Pauline (1984). ''Taking It All In''. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 55. born 26 December 1939) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. His credits include ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'', '' Plenty'', '' Roxanne'', ''A Cry in the Dark'', '' Mr. Baseball'', ''Six Degrees of Separation'', and ''Last Orders''. Life and career Frederic Alan Schepisi was born in Melbourne, the son of Loretto Ellen (née Hare) and Frederic Thomas Schepisi, who was a fruit dealer and car salesman of Italian descent."Fred Schepisi Biography (1939– )" FilmReference.com. Retrieved 16 September 2011. He began his career in advertising and directed both commercials and documentaries before making his first feature film, '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penny Chapman
Penny Chapman is an Australian television producer. Her work includes the award-winning ''Brides of Christ,'' '' RAN Remote Area Nurse'' and ''My Place''. Penny received the Maura Fay Award for Services to the Industry at the 2013 Screen Producers Australia Awards. Partial filmography (as producer) *'' Secret Weapon'' (1990) *'' Come in Spinner'' (1990) *'' Children of the Dragon'' (1991) *''Brides of Christ'' (1991) *''The Leaving of Liverpool'' (1992) *''Seven Deadly Sins'' (1992) *''Joh's Jury'' (1992) *''Blackfellas'' (1993) *''Dallas Doll'' (1993) *'' Blue Murder'' (1995) *'' Bordertown'' (1995) *''The Track'' (2000) *''The Road from Coorain'' (2001) *''Temptation'' (2002) *''The Cooks'' (2004) *'' RAN Remote Area Nurse'' (2005) *''Rampant, How a City Stopped a Plague'' (2007) *''Darwin's Lost Paradise'' (2009) *'' The Slap'' (2011) *''Sex, An Unnatural History'' (2011) *''Leaky Boat'' (2011) *''The Straits ''The Straits'' is an Australian television drama series for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
