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Kym Gyngell
Kym Gyngell (born 15 April 1952), sometimes also credited as Kim Gyngell, is an Australian comedian and film, television and stage actor. Gyngell won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in 1988 for his role as Ian McKenzie in ''Boulevard of Broken Dreams''. Career Television In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he appeared in ''The Comedy Company'' and developed several popular characters, a few of which survived beyond ''The Comedy Company''. One of his characters, Col'n Carpenter (who neglects to pronounce the letter 'i' in his name Colin), is a slow Australian with unique speech mannerisms. Col'n went on to have his own sitcom that ran for two seasons, in the early 1990s. Also in the early 1990s, Gyngell appeared (as Carpenter) in a series of public service announcements for the Alcohol Advisory Council of New Zealand. Gyngell was a regular on the popular Australian series ''Full Frontal (Australian TV series), Full Frontal'' during the mid- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CrashBurn
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Grievous Bodily Harm
Grievous bodily harm (often abbreviated to GBH) is a term used in English criminal law to describe the severest forms of battery. It refers to two offences that are created by sections 18 and 20 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861. The distinction between these two sections is the requirement of specific intent for section 18; the offence under section 18 is variously referred to as "wounding with intent" or "causing grievous bodily harm with intent",Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice, 1999, paragraph 19-201 at page 1614 whereas the offence under section 20 is variously referred to as "unlawful wounding", "malicious wounding" or "inflicting grievous bodily harm". Statute Section 18 This section now reads: The words omitted in the first to third places specifically included shooting or attempting to shoot, and included some words considered redundant; they were repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part III of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bachelor Girl (film)
''Bachelor Girl'' is a 1988 Australian TV movie.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p331 Plot Dorothy Bloom is a 32-year-old single soap opera writer planning a long, quiet weekend in Melbourne. Her Aunt Esther wants her to meet a gynecologist but instead she runs into Karl Stanton, an old friend from uni days. Cast *Lyn Pierse as Dot Bloom * Kym Gyngell as Karl Stanton *Jan Friedl as Helen Carter *Bruce Spence as Alistair Dredge Jr *Doug Tremlett as Charles *Ruth Yaffe as Aunt Esther *Jack Perry as Uncle Isaac * Monica Maugham as Sybil *Tim Robertson as Grant *Mark Minchinton as Gazza *Christine Mahoney as Jenny *Denis Moore as Bert Production It was financed with the assistance of Film Victoria and the Australian Film Commission. Reception The TV critic from ''The Age'' called the film "wonderfully whimsical. A sort of Aussie '' Heartburn (film), Heartburn'', it combines liberal helpings of Jewish phil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Institute Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Australian film and television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the U.S. and the BAFTA Awards for the U.K. The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. The AACTA International Awards, inaugurated on 27 January 2012, are presented every January in Los Angeles. History 1958–2010: AFI Awards The awards were presented ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevard Of Broken Dreams (film)
''Boulevard of Broken Dreams'' is a 1988 Australian film. It was the first movie from Boulevard Films. Plot A successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter. Production Producer-writer Frank Howson met Pino Amenta when discussing a possible mini-series about Les Darcy. That was never made but they decided to collaborate on this film. Howson later said, "It was the first film we'd done, and it was made with a lot of commercial requirements because we weren't in the position to just make a film and hope for the best. We set out to make a film that would do well here and internationally."Paul Kalina, "Boulevard Films", ''Cinema Papers'', November 1989 p42-43 Among these decisions was the ending. Originally, John Waters' character was to get on a plane to Los Angeles without anyone knowing that he returned home to die. In the final film, though, he was reunited with his wife and child. Howson placed a gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Wills
William John Wills (5 January 1834 – ) was a British surveyor who also trained as a surgeon. Wills achieved fame as the second-in-command of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Early years William John Wills was born on 5 January 1834 in Totnes, Devon, England, and he was the second of seven children born to William Wills (died 28 September 1889) and Sarah Mary Elizabeth Wills (née Calley, born 23 December 1800, baptized 12 March 1801 in Totnes, and died 19 February 1880). Wills lived at the family home at Ipplepen, and as a young child he contracted a fever which left him with "slow and hesitating speech". He was home-tutored by his father until the age of 11, and from 1845 to 1850 attended St Andrew's Grammar School in Ashburton. He was then articled to his father's surgical practice, and he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wills & Burke
''Wills & Burke'' (also known as ''The Wacky World of Wills & Burke'' and ''Wills & Burke: The Untold Story'') is a 1985 Australian black comedy film about the Burke and Wills expedition. It opened a week before ''Burke & Wills'', a serious drama about the expedition. Plot In 1860, Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills are chosen to explore the Australian continent from south to north and back again. Just before the expedition departs, Burke proposes to young actress Julia Matthews, who has trouble remembering who he is. John Macadam tries to sustain public interest by staging a musical play about the expedition. Julia demands the lead role and grows a beard to prove she can play Burke. The play opens around the time Burke and Wills die in the desert. John King survives the expedition and is found by a search party in 1861. Cast * Garry McDonald as Robert O'Hara Burke * Kym Gyngell as William John Wills * Nicole Kidman as Julia Matthews * Peter Collingwood as Sir William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC1
ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The network began operating on 5 November 1956 as the ABC National Television Service, starting in Sydney, followed by Melbourne, with other stations being established in state capitals and regional areas in the following years. In the 1960s and 1970s, the network was also referred to as ABC National Television, or ABC Television. Until the introduction of digital television in 2001, the network was the only domestic television service broadcast by the ABC. On 8 February 2008, the channel was renamed ABC1, before being rebranded as ABC TV on 20 July 2014. As of 2022, the ABC is the third-rated television network in Australia, behind the Seven Network and Nine Net ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits
''The Straits'' is an Australian television drama series for ABC1 filmed in Cairns, the Torres Strait Islands and other Far North Queensland locations. The series is based on an idea by actor Aaron Fa'aoso and produced by Penny Chapman and Helen Panckhurst from Matchbox Pictures. It is directed by Peter Andrikidis, Rachel Ward, and Rowan Woods. It is written by Louis Nowra, Blake Ayshford, Nick Parsons, Kristen Dunphy, and Jaime Browne. On 19 October 2012, it was announced that a second series will not be produced. In December 2012, the show began airing exclusively on Hulu. Synopsis The series follows the Montebello family, whose business involves smuggling drugs into Australia, and guns and exotic wildlife out, making use of ties of blood and loyalty in the Torres Strait Islands. When Harry Montebello, the head of the family, starts to plan his succession, he sparks a vicious family power struggle. While under attack from ambitious bikers and mercurial Papua New Guinea Rasko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lowdown (TV Series)
''Lowdown'' is an Australian television comedy series set in the world of celebrity journalism. Created by Amanda Brotchie and Adam Zwar, it stars Zwar, Paul Denny, Beth Buchanan, Dailan Evans, Kim Gyngell and is narrated by Geoffrey Rush. The ABC series premiered on 21 April 2010 and is produced by Nicole Minchin and directed by Amanda Brotchie. Cast *Adam Zwar as Alex Burchill *Paul Denny as Bob Geraghty *Beth Buchanan as Rita Heywood * Dailan Evans as Dr James Sawers *Kim Gyngell as Howard Evans *Geoffrey Rush as Narrator * Anna Jennings-Edquist as Sharna * Ashley Zukerman as Dylan Hunt *Julia Zemiro as Hope van der Boom *Rebecca Massey as Trudy * Cindy Waddingham as Andrea *Antony Starr as Stuart King * Amanda Brotchie as Susan Series Overview The first series consisted of eight episodes and premiered on 21 April 2010 and ended its first-run on 9 June 2010. A spokesperson for the series, stated in a reply on the 'Letters to the Editor' section on the online website "I kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Very Small Business (TV Series)
''Very Small Business'' is an Australian television comedy series first broadcast on Wednesday 3 September 2008 on ABC1. The series is written by Wayne Hope, Gary McCaffrie, and Robyn Butler, and produced by Hope and Butler. It comprises fourteen half-hour episodes. A new season began screening in September 2018 titled ''Back in Very Small Business''. It comprises six half-hour episodes. Synopsis Don Angel is the small business owner of the Worldwide Business Group, a business he's trying to grow. This business includes publishing of dubious niche magazines such as ''Feelin' Great'', ''Railway Union Monthly'' and ''Music, Music, Music, Music'' - mere vehicles used by smooth-talking Don to sell advertising space to unsuspecting businesses. He's just hired Ray Leonard, a down-and-out former journalist for ''The Australian'', as his senior journalist and sole employee. Cast * Wayne Hope as Don Angel/Marcus Goode/James White/Haydn King/Kerry Akermanis/Pete Mandela * Kym Gyngell as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
