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Frank Whitten
Frank Edgar Richard Whitten (15 November 1942 – 12 February 2011) was a New Zealand television actor. He was more recently known for playing Ted "Grandpa" West in the New Zealand television show '' Outrageous Fortune''.Megahey, LeslieEsteemed drama teacher and actor who was prominent in radical theatre ''The Age'', 11 April 2011. Early life and education Whitten was born in Te Aroha and grew up in the Waikato region in the 1940s and 50s. Around 1963, "with very little experience and even less money", he left for England to become an actor. He also spent time as an improvisational tutor at leading British drama school the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and by 1970 was the school's vice-principal. Over the next eighteen years, Whitten worked in a children's community theatre company he co-founded called Common Stock, which developed plays with, and for, working-class children. Career In 1982 Whitten returned to New Zealand and began acting in theatre. Two years late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Screen Awards
The Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand (DEGANZ) is a screen-sector trade union that represents the interests of directors and editors within New Zealand's screen and motion picture industry. Initially known as the Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand (SDGNZ), it was founded in 1995 when 18 New Zealand (NZ) directors gathered together at an annual industry conference in Wellington to discuss directors' conditions of work and the need for an organization to represent their interests independent of the Screen Production and Development Association (SPADA), which had evolved from the original concept of a guild that represented both producers and directors. Overview The Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand was previously a registered Incorporated society. It seeks to maintain a forum where directors and editors can define, defend and further their professional industry. The Guild has a membership of approximately 200 directors and editors, many of whom a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ripper (1997 Film)
Ripper or The Ripper may refer to: People * Ripper (surname) * Paul Burchill, ring name "The Ripper", a professional wrestler based on Jack the Ripper * Kirk Hammett, nicknamed "The Ripper", the lead guitarist in the heavy metal band Metallica * Jack the Ripper, a pseudonym for an unidentified serial killer (or killers) active in London in the latter half of 1888 * Ripper Jayanandan (born 1968), Indian serial killer * Tim "Ripper" Owens, a heavy metal singer * Psicosis II, a Mexican ''Luchador enmascarado'' who was renamed Psyco Ripper and then Ripper * Terry "The Ripper" Rivera, a professional wrestler from All-Star Wrestling * Danny Rolling, serial killer known as the "Gainesville Ripper" * Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer active in Yorkshire from 1975–1980 * Brandon Vedas, nicknamed "Ripper", a man who died of a drug overdose on IRC Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Ripper (G.I. Joe), in the G.I. Joe universe * "Ripper", the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doing Time For Patsy Cline
''Doing Time for Patsy Cline'' is a 1997 Australian film starring Miranda Otto, Richard Roxburgh, and Matt Day, and directed by Chris Kennedy. Plot Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father's sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nashville, Tennessee. He hopes to hitchhike to Sydney Airport where his take-off into a successful country/western singing career will hopefully begin. However, fate and his naivety find him hitchhiking with a psychotic drug thief named Boyd, and Boyd's mesmerising girlfriend, Patsy. The plot then splits into a series of parallels, flash forwards and flashbacks. One depicts Ralph's imprisonment after being framed for drug trafficking. The other follows the dramatic ascent of his career to hype status and the pairing between the dynamic Patsy and himself. Both paths eventually lead him home, with Ralph consequently being more mature and adjusted, and with a bag full of experiences. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Our Selection
''On Our Selection'' (1899) is a series of stories written by Australian author Steele Rudd, the pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, in the late 1890s, featuring the characters Dad and Dave Rudd. The original edition of the book was illustrated by the Australian artists A. J. Fischer, Albert Henry Fullwood, G. W. Lambert, Fred Leist, Frank P. Mahony and Alf Vincent. Background synopsis Towards the end of 1895 Davis sent to '' The Bulletin'' a sketch ''Starting The Selection'' based on his father's experience. The sketch was published on 14 December 1895. Encouraged by J. F. Archibald, the editor and publisher of ''The Bulletin'', Davis continued writing the series of sketches. The stories were originally written about different families but accepting a suggestion by A. G. Stephens, a writer at ''The Bulletin'', the work was reconstructed as the experiences of the Rudd family. In Australian history, a selection was a "free selection before survey" of crown land under legislati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon (1995 Film)
''Napoleon'' is a 1995 Australian family film directed by Mario Andreacchio, and written by Michael Bourchier, Mario Andreacchio, and Mark Saltzman about a Golden retriever puppy who runs away from his city home to be a wild dog. Plot In Sydney, Australia, a puppy named Muffin is living with a human family and his own mother. He, calling himself Napoleon and pretending to be tough, wishes that he could live with the wild dogs that he can hear howling in the distance. The family has a birthday party and one of the decorations is a basket with balloons strapped to it. Out of curiosity, Napoleon hops inside it, but it, untied from its tether, begins to float away. Napoleon flies high above Sydney and heads out to the sea. A galah named Birdo drops down on the side of his basket and offers to help him get down. Birdo's idea of help is to pop the balloons suspending the basket, causing Napoleon to land unharmed on a beachhead. He thinks he can finally seek out the wild dogs and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Roly Poly Man
''The Roly Poly Man'' is a 1994 Australian feature film. Production It was funded through private investment, The Film Finance Corporation and the NSW Film and Television Office. Its budget was just under $1,000.000. Cast * Paul Chubb as Dirk Trent * Les Foxcroft as Mickey * Susan Lyons as Sandra Burnett * Zoe Bertram as Laurel Trent * Frank Whitten as Dr. Henderson * Peter Braunstein as Det. Tom McKenzie * John Batchelor (actor), John Batchelor as Axel * Rowan Woods as Prof. Wauchop * Jane Harders as Jane Lewis * Valerie Bader as Motel Manager * Sarah Lambert as Vicki Lane * Deborah Kennedy as Chantal * Jim Pike as Tony * Exploding White Mice as Thrash Rock Band * Roy Billing as Sidebottom * Barbara Stephens as Nun * Kylie Jane Green as School Girl * Bruce Venables as Security Guard * Laura Gabriel as Nurse * Marie Armstrong as Wife * Bill Vince as Husband * Robert Bruning as Garfield * Tony Poli as Gary (billed as Toni Poli) * Dan Wyllie as Aggro Graffitist (billed as Daniel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greenkeeping
''Greenkeeping'' is a 1992 Australian film directed by David Caesar David Caesar (born 1963) is an Australian television and film director and writer. He grew up in Turlinjah on the south coast of NSW and attended school in nearby Moruya where he was school captain in his senior year. Caesar graduated from the A .... Production Caesar had originally wanted to make his feature debut with another script he had written, ''Prime Mover''. However, it was expensive to produce, so he decided to make the cheaper ''Greenkeeping'' instead after having a successful reading of the script at the Harold Park Hotel.Peter Galvin, "David Caesar's Greenkeeping", ''Cinema Papers'', January 1992 p20-26 Caesar contrasted ''Greenkeeping'' with ''Prime Mover'', which was about a truck driver: With ''Greenkeeping'', I tried to do something about a character who was trying to go for a far less masculine lifestyle, a character who was literally doing the best he could within a domestic world; about tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waiting (1991 Film)
''Waiting'' is a 1991 Australian film directed by Jackie McKimmie and starring Noni Hazlehurst, Deborra-Lee Furness, and Fiona Press. Premise Friends meet at a farm house to await the birth of a baby. Cast *Noni Hazlehurst as Clare *Deborra-Lee Furness as Diane *Frank Whitten as Michael *Helen Jones as Sandy *Denis Moore as Bill *Fiona Press as Therese *Ray Barrett as Frank *Noga Bernstein as Rosie *Peter Tu Tran as Tan *Brian Simpson as Booroomil *Matthew Fargher as Steve Box office ''Waiting'' grossed $185,600 at the box office in Australia. Reception At the AFI Awards Fiona Press won the Best Actress in a Supporting Role award and the film was nominated in 4 other categories. Jackie McKimmie was awarded the OCIC Award – Honorable Mention in the Venice Film Festival. See also *Cinema of Australia The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Of Scorpio
''Ring of Scorpio'' is a 1990 Australian TV miniseries by Alan Bateman, Errol Sullivan and Kim Williams. It was made with assistance from the Film Finance Corporation Australia, BBC Television, and the Nine Network. It was shot in Morocco, Spain, Sydney, and Broken Hill. Description Plot outline :''Three women (Catherine Oxenberg, Catherine Goodall, Linda Cropper) plot revenge against a drug dealer (Jack Scalia) who seduced them before scamming them to participate in his operations, ultimately causing them to spend time in Moroccan prisons, ruining their lives.'' Synopsis :''A gripping story of secrets within secrets, of disloyalty and deception, of passion, murder and revenge. Helen Simmons cannot believe her eyes. There, on the floor of the Sydney Stock Exchange, is a man she thought was dead. Richard Deveraux, the man who once told her he loved her, the man who betrayed her, the man who nearly destroyed her and her friends. Now, it seems Richard is not only alive and well, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Shrimp On The Barbie
''The Shrimp on the Barbie'', released in Australia as ''The Boyfriend from Hell'', is a 1990 comedy film directed by Michael Gottlieb (under the pseudonym Alan Smithee) and starring Cheech Marin. The title is derived from a line in a 1980s series of popular ads starring Paul Hogan promoting tourism to Australia: "I'll slip an extra shrimp on the barbie for you". Plot Australian heiress Alexandra Hobart's (Emma Samms) father has disapproved of every boyfriend she has brought home to meet him, including her burly, life-of-the-party fiancé, Bruce (Vernon Wells). After a disastrous birthday party, Alexandra decides to challenge her father ( Terence Cooper) with the worst boyfriend she can find. She hires a down-on-his luck waiter from a Mexican restaurant in Sydney, Australia named Carlos ( Cheech Marin) to masquerade as her new boyfriend to persuade her father into allowing her to marry Bruce. Needing the money to save the failing restaurant, Carlos agrees to the ruse; acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Clean Machine
''The Clean Machine'' is a 1988 Australian tele movie about police corruption starring Steve Bisley. It was one of four telemovies made by Kennedy Miller around this time. Plot Inspector Eddie Riordan is appointed to head a new anti-corruption squad. Production The director was Ken Cameron: They asked me did I want to make it on 35mm. Now, I've always wondered whether I made a big mistake by not doing it on 35mm. But I don't think it would have been a success in the cinema. It wouldn't have had the density that it had on television. In terms of big screen, I could not have had the production values; the money wouldn't have stretched that far. So I don't know. There's a turning point. You never know what these turning points mean. But I knew one of the factors was that we didn't have Mel Gibson in the lead. I think Steve's terrific in it, but to release it as a movie in that genre, you almost needed Mel or a star. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |