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Ivar Kants
Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949) (commonly credited as ''Ivor'' Kants or Ivar Kanz) is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in soap operas including ''A Country Practice'', '' G.P.'', '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats'', and ''Blue Heelers''. He portrayed the role of Ken Garrett in the soap opera ''The Restless Years'' (1979) and starred as Father Menotti, a caring inner-city parish priest in the 1980–81 TV series '' Menotti''. A more prominent role was as school principal Barry Hyde, a regular in ''Home and Away ''Home and Away'' (often abbreviated as ''H&A'') is an Australian television soap opera. It was created by Alan Bateman and commenced broadcast on the Seven Network on 17 January 1988. Bateman came up with the concept of the show during a trip ...''. He has also appeared in ''Neighbours'', ''Heartbreak High'' and in the TV movie ''The Plumber (1979 film), The Plumber''. He narrated the ''Hairy Maclary'' audiobook series released by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adelaide
Adelaide ( ) is the capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym ''Adelaidean'' is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide. The Traditional Owners of the Adelaide region are the Kaurna people. The area of the city centre and surrounding parklands is called ' in the Kaurna language. Adelaide is situated on the Adelaide Plains north of the Fleurieu Peninsula, between the Gulf St Vincent in the west and the Mount Lofty Ranges in the east. Its metropolitan area extends from the coast to the foothills of the Mount Lofty Ranges, and stretches from Gawler in the north to Sellicks Beach in the south. Named in honour of Queen Adelaide, the city was founded in 1836 as the planned capital for the only freely-settled British province in Australia. Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Cruz Sentinel
The ''Santa Cruz Sentinel'' is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by Media News Group. Ottaway Community Newspapers, a division of Dow Jones & Company bought the paper in 1982 from the McPherson family. Community Newspaper Holdings bought the ''Sentinel'' in late 2006 from Ottaway, but quickly sold it, February 2, 2007, to MediaNews Group. The MediaNews Group formed Digital First Media in 2013 when it merged with Journal Register Company. The company is controlled by the hedge fund Alden Global Capital Alden Global Capital is a hedge fund based in Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 2007 by Randall D. Smith. Its managing director is Heath Freeman. By mid-2020, Alden had stakes in roughly two hundred American newspapers. The company .... Staff * Publisher/Editor:Jim Gleim * Director of Operations and Advertising: Steve Bennett * Managing Editor: Melissa Murphy References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jenny Kissed Me (film)
''Jenny Kissed Me'' is a 1985 Australian drama film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p370 The director calls it a "tearjerker for men".Brian Jones, 'A Horse for all courses', ''Cinema Papers'', March 1986, p. 28 It has no connection to the poem '' Jenny kiss'd Me'' by Leigh Hunt. Plot Jenny is the ten-year-old daughter of Carol, who lives with Lindsay. Carol has an affair and Jenny goes to live with Lindsay, who has a terminal disease. Cast * Ivar Kants as Lindsay West * Deborra-Lee Furness as Carol West * Tamsin West as Jennifer (Jenny) West * Paula Duncan as Gaynor Roberts * Steven Grives as Mal Evans * Mary Ward Mary Ward may refer to: Scientists and academics * Mary Ward (nurse) (1884–1972) English nurse to the boat people on the waterways * Mary Ward (scientist) (née King, 1827–1869) Irish amateur scientist, was killed by an experimental steam car ... as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Naked Country
''The Naked Country'' is a 1985 Australian film. It was based on the 1957 novel by Morris West. Cast *Rebecca Gilling : Mary Dillon * John Stanton : Lance Dillon *Tom E. Lewis : Mundaru Original Novel The film was based on a novel by Australian author Morris West, writing under the name "Michael East". It was published in 1960, by which time West had established himself with an international best seller, ''The Devil's Advocate''. The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said it was a "skilfully written although not particularly impressive tale of adventure and romance in the outback tradition." Other Adaptations The novel formed the basis for "The Hunters" an episode of the TV series ''Whiplash'' (1960–61). In 1965, screenwriter James Poe was in Sydney to research a film he was going to make for MGM and producer George Englund called ''The Adventures of Captain Cook''. Poe said he hoped to follow this with an adaptation of ''The Naked Country''. However the ''Captain Cook'' project was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silver City (1984 Film)
''Silver City'' is a 1984 Australian film about post-war Poland, Polish immigration to Australia, following World War II. "Silver City" is the nickname of the immigration hostel in Australia. David Stratton calls it one of the best Australian films of the 1980s and thought that it should have made Gosia Dobrowolska a major star. Cast * Gosia Dobrowolska as "Nina" * Ivar Kants as "Julian" * Anna Jemison as "Anna" * Steve Bisley as "Victor" * Debra Lawrance as "Helena" * Ewa Bok as "Mrs. Bronowska" * Dennis Miller as "Max" * Alan Cinis as "Charlie" Production Sophia Turkiewicz had long been interested in making a film about post war migrants to Australia. She attended the Australian Film and Television School in Sydney where she made a short drama ''Letters from Poland'' about a Polish refugee. She started writing the film in 1978 while studying in Poland, originally concentrating on a ship full of Polish refugees going to Australia, then focusing on what happened when they arrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moving Out (film)
''Moving Out'' is a 1983 film about a young Italian-Australian adolescent in Melbourne directed by Michael Pattinson. Pattinson met Jan Sardi, who was a school teacher wanting to move into writing. They discussed making the movie as a 50-minute film and it evolved into a feature. Most of the money was raised privately except for $50,000 from the Australian Film Commission.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p359-360 The movie was shot over six weeks in various schools in inner Melbourne. It was shot on 16 mm and blown up to 35mm. Cast * Vince Colosimo as Gino * Sally Cooper References External links''Moving Out''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...''Moving Out''at Oz Movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dean Case
''The Dean Case'' is a 1983 Australian TV movie which was the first of four telemovies called ''Verdict'' produced by the ABC dramatising real cases (the others being '' The Amorous Dentist'', '' Who Killed Hannah Jane?, and The Schippan Mystery''). Plot The movie tells the story of George Dean, a Sydney-based ferry boat master, arrested in 1895 for attempting to poison his wife.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p41 Cast *Lewis Fitz-Gerald as George Dean *Paul Mason as Paddy Crick *Lola Brooks as Mrs. Seymour *Celia De Burgh as Mary Dean *Ivar Kants References External links''The Dean Case''at Austlit''The Dean Case''at IMDb''The Dean Case''at Screen Australia Screen Australia is the Australian Federal Government's key funding body for the Australian screen production industry, created under the ''Screen Australia Act 2008''. From 1 July 2008 Screen Australia took over the functions of its predecess ... Austral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers (1982 Film)
''Brothers'' is a 1982 Australian drama television film directed by Terry Bourke. It includes a re-enactment of the 1975 murder of the Balibo Five in East Timor.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p136-137 Production The script was based on a novel ''Reflex'' by Australian actor and writer Roger Ward. It was about a photojournalist in Vietnam inspired by Sean Flynn. Ward almost got up a film based on the novel in the early 70s with Jack Thompson in the lead but it did not happen. Ward spent the next few years trying to set up the film elsewhere and eventually sold it to Terry Bourke, who rewrote Ward's script extensively.'Roger Ward Guest Post: The History of "Brothers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barnaby And Me
''Barnaby and Me'' is a 1978 Australian made-for-television film about a girl and her talking koala Barnaby who are pursued by criminals.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p11 The film was one of six TV movies made in Australia by Transatlantic Enterprises along with the ABC. ''Barnaby and Me'' was made in association with Six Flags, presented as the theme park company's first foray into the movie business. It was the final film directed by Norman Panama. Cast *Sid Caesar as Leo Fisk. *Juliet Mills as Jennifer, a young widow of a famed traveler and hunter. * Sally Boyden as Linda, daughter of Jennifer. *Hugh Keays-Byrne as Huggins, employee at an international syndicate. Additionally, Rangi Nicols plays Ko, a native of the mysterious outback colony of Happy Valley. John Newcombe also appears as himself in a scene where competes with Barnaby in a frenzies match on the court. Production It was the second film from Transatlantic E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn!
''Dawn!'' is a 1979 Australian sports biopic about the three-time Olympic gold medallist swimmer Dawn Fraser, who served as technical adviser for the production, it starring Bronwyn Mackay Payne and Bunney Brooke, written by Joy Cavill and directed by Ken Hannam. The film was entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot The film deals with Dawn Fraser's rise to fame as a champion Olympic swimmer, her anti-authoritarian clashes with Australian Swimming officials, her triumphs, marriage and eventual divorce. Cast *Bronwyn Mackay-Payne as Dawn Fraser *Ron Haddrick ... ''Pop'' *Bunney Brooke ... ''Mum'' * Tom Richards ... ''Harry'' *John Diedrich ... ''Gary'' *Gabrielle Hartley ... ''Kate'' *Ivar Kants ... ''Len'' *David Cameron ... ''Joe'' *Kevin Wilson ... ''Bippy'' Production The film was produced by Joy Cavill who had previously made a documentary, '' The Dawn Fraser Story'' (1964). In the 1970s Cavill wrote a script based on Fraser's life and showed it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puzzle (1978 Film)
''Puzzle'' is a 1977 Australian television film directed by Gordon Hessler. Premise A woman steals gold from her second husband just before his death. She goes looking for it with her first husband, a tennis pro.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p126 Cast *James Franciscus *Wendy Hughes *Robert Helpmann Reception The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' called it "a shambles, confused in concept and sloppy in script direction." References External linksPuzzleat BFIPuzzleat Screen Australia''Puzzle''at Peter MalonePuzzleat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ... Australian television films Films directed by Gordon Hessler {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Understudy (1976 Film)
''The Understudy'' is a 1976 Australian television film directed by Eric Luithle and starring John McTernan, Jeanie Drynan, Don Barkham, and Ivar Kants Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949) (commonly credited as ''Ivor'' Kants or Ivar Kanz) is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in soap operas including ''A Country Practice'', '' G.P.'', '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats .... It is about a film within a film.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p158 References External links * Australian television films 1976 television films 1976 films 1970s English-language films 1970s Australian films {{1970s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
