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Maybe This Time (1980 Film)
''...Maybe This Time'' is a 1980 Australian feature film starring Bill Hunter, Mike Preston, Ken Shorter and Judy Morris. It was the first feature directed by Chris McGill. It was the feature film debut of stage/TV actor Jill Perryman. Plot Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with Paddy. Cast *Judy Morris as Fran * Bill Hunter as Stephen * Mike Preston as Paddy *Jill Perryman as Mother *Ken Shorter as Alan * Michele Fawdon as Margo *Leonard Teale as Minister *Jude Kuring as Meredith *Rod Mullinar as Jack *Chris Haywood as Salesman *Lyndall Barbour as Miss Bates *Lorna Lesley as Suzy Williams Production Bob Ellis says it took him five years to get the film made and that it was turned down by Gillian Armstrong, Stephen Wallace, Tony Buckley, Donald Crombie, Ken H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Kavanagh (filmmaker)
Brian Kavanagh (born 1935) is an Australian author, editor, writer, producer, and director of films and documentaries. As a film editor, he is known for his collaborative works with Fred Schepisi and Murray Fahey. In 1986, he was honored with the Australia Film Institute Award for Best Achievement in Editing, for his work on '' Frog Dreaming''. In 1997, he was awarded a lifetime membership of Australian Screen Editors. Filmography As director/producer * 1971: ''A City's Child'' * 1980: '' Maybe This Time'' (as producer only) * 1983: '' Double Deal'' (also as writer) * 1986: '' Departure'' * 1996: ''Flynn'' (original director) As editor * 1970: ''The Naked Bunyip'' * 1973: ''Libido'' * 1976: '' The Devil's Playground'' * 1978: ''The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith'' * 1978: ''Long Weekend'' * 1979: ''The Odd Angry Shot'' * 1985: '' Frog Dreaming'' * 1986: ''Going Sane'' * 1993: '' Frauds'' * 1993: '' Get Away, Get Away'' * 1994: ''Encounters Encounter or Encounters may refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyndall Barbour
Lyndall Harvey Barbour (19 May 1916 – 10 October 1986) was an Australian actress, primarily of radio, although she also added stage and television work (both series and made-for-television movies) to her repertoire. Born in Egypt to Australian parents, she was a three time recipient of the Macquarie Radio Network award. Early life Lyndall Harvey Barbour was born in Cairo, the daughter of Australian parents Eric Pitty Barbour and Dora Frances Blanche Barbour (Grieve). Both of her parents were born in New South Wales. Her father was serving in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps during World War I at the time of her birth. She was raised in Sydney, attending the Church of England Girls Grammar School, before earning a bachelor's degree at the University of Sydney in 1938, and joined the dramatic society under the engagement of May HollinworthMartha Rutledge"Lyndall Harvey Barbour"''Australian Dictionary of Biography'' (2007). Career Barbour began acting while in college, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1980 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1980 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Worldwide gross revenue The following table lists known worldwide gross revenue figures for several high-grossing films that originally released in 1980. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highest-grossing films worldwide in 1980. Events * April 29 – Sir Alfred Hitchcock, known as "the Master of Suspense", dies at his home in Bel Air, California, at the age of 80. * May 21 – ''The Empire Strikes Back'' is released and is the highest-grossing film of the year (just as its predecessor, ''Star Wars'', was three years prior). * June 9 – Richard Pryor sets himself on fire while free-basing cocaine and drinking 151-proof rum. Pryor ran down his stree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Drama Films
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TCMDB
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is an American movie-oriented pay-TV network owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. Launched in 1994, Turner Classic Movies is headquartered at Turner's Techwood broadcasting campus in the Midtown business district of Atlanta, Georgia. The channel's programming consists mainly of classic theatrically released feature films from the Turner Entertainment film library – which comprises films from Warner Bros. (covering films released before 1950), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (covering films released before May 1986), and the North American distribution rights to films from RKO Pictures. However, Turner Classic Movies also licenses films from other studios and occasionally shows more recent films. The channel is available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Malta (as Turner Classic Movies), Latin America, France, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, the Nordic countries, the Middle East, Africa (as TNT), and Asia-Pacific. History Origins In 1986, eight y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Fawdon
Michele Fawdon (1947–2011) was an English-born Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles in TV serials ''Matlock Police'' (1971–1974), ''The Unisexers'' (1975) and ''A Country Practice'' (1980, 1985, 1992). In 1979 she won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for ''Cathy's Child'' (1979) and Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress for a Telefeature for ''The Fish Are Safe'' (1986) in 1987. She died of an unspecified cancer. Biography Michele Fawdon was born on 15 December 1947 in Harrow, London, as the oldest of three children of Yvonne and John Fawdon, a pilot for BOAC. She had polio as a child and took ballet lessons to strengthen her leg. Some of Fawdon's childhood was spent based in Hong Kong and Singapore. From the age of 12 she attended a theatrical boarding school in Sussex and completed an examination by London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. The Fawdons emigrated to Sydney in August 1964. She stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Volska
Anna Volska (born 1 December 1944 in Milanówek, Poland) is an Australian stage and television actress. She arrived in Australia when she was young and has acted from a young age. Television work Volska has appeared in many Australian television drama series, mostly in a guest role. Her first role was in 1965, where she had a small role in ''The Recruiting Officer''. In 1973, Volska had a leading role in ''Behind the Legend'' (where she played 'Helena Rubenstein'). She then appeared on '' A Country Practice'' from 1987 until 1991. In 2009, she had a recurring role in the final season of '' All Saints'' (as 'Katerina Ajanovic'). In 2010, Volska appeared on the telemovie ''Sisters of War'' playing the role of nun named Sister Cordula. Filmography FILM TELEVISION Theatre Volska has acted extensively in theatre in companies such as Nimrod Theatre Company and the Bell Shakespeare Company displayed great versatility in roles as varied as those from Shakespeare to modern Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Thompson (actor)
Jack Thompson, AM (born John Hadley Pain; 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He was educated at University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as '' The Club'' (1980), '' Sunday Too Far Away'' (1975), ''The Man from Snowy River'' (1982) and ''Petersen'' (1974). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards. Early life Born John Hadley Pain in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, Thompson was three years old when his mother died, leaving his father, a merchant seaman, unable to care for him and his brother, David. He was sent to "LakeHouse orphanage" in Narrabeen by his aunt and subsequently adopted by the poet and ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gough Whitlam
Edward Gough Whitlam (11 July 191621 October 2014) was the 21st prime minister of Australia, serving from 1972 to 1975. The longest-serving federal leader of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) from 1967 to 1977, he was notable for being the head of a Reformism, reformist and socially progressive administration that extraordinarily ended with his removal as prime minister after controversially being dismissed by the governor-general of Australia, Sir John Kerr (governor-general), John Kerr, at the climax of the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis. Whitlam is the only Australian prime minister to have been removed from office. Whitlam served as an Navigator#In aviation, air navigator in the Royal Australian Air Force for four years during World War II, and worked as a barrister following the war. He was first elected to the Australian House of Representatives in 1952, becoming a member of parliament (MP) for the division of Werriwa. Whitlam became deputy leader of the Labo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Hughes
Wendy Hughes (29 July 19528 March 2014) was an Australian actress known for her work in theatre, film and television. Her career spanned more than forty years and established her reputation as one of Australia's finest and most prolific actors. In her later career she acted in '' Happy New Year'' along with stars Peter Falk and Charles Durning. In 1993 she played Dr. Carol Blythe, M. E. in '' Homicide: Life on the Street.'' In the late 1990s, she starred in '' State Coroner'' and '' Paradise Road.'' Career Born in Melbourne, Australia to English-born parents, Hughes originally studied to become a ballerina but during her teenage years she turned her focus to acting and later graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) and, after honing her skills with the Melbourne Theatre Company, had her first film role in ''Petersen'' (1974). During the early 1970s she also had her first television parts, including appearing in ''Power Without Glory'', a television series fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Morse
Helen Morse (born 24 January 1947) is an English-born Australian actress who has appeared in films, on television and on stage. She won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the 1976 film '' Caddie'', and starred in the 1981 miniseries ''A Town Like Alice''. Her other film appearances include '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), '' Agatha'' (1979), ''Far East'' (1982) and '' The Eye of the Storm'' (2011). Early life and education Morse was born in Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex, England, in 1947. She was the oldest of four children; her parents were a doctor and nurse. She moved to Australia in 1950 with her family. She attended school at Presbyterian Ladies' College in Burwood, Victoria, and graduated from at the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1965, and trained with Brian Syron in Sydney. Career Morse won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1976 film ''Caddie''. Her notable screen perfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Hannam
Ken Hannam (12 July 1929 – 16 November 2004) was an Australian film and television director who also worked in British television drama. Career Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, the eldest of three boys, Hannam lived in his youth in Sydney and was educated at Wollaroi College in Orange, New South Wales. He worked in Australian radio, theatre and television. He started in radio when 15 years of age. He was an announcer at 2SM. He appeared in theatre as an actor, and appeared in the first Philip Street Revue. In 1957 he took over the TV show '' Captain Fortune''. In 1968 he moved to England. He worked in English television, and returned to direct Australian feature films.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p96-98 Feature Films His first feature '' Sunday Too Far Away'' (1975) marked the emergence of an internationally recognised Australian film industry. He went on to direct '' Summerfield'' (1977) and other films. His 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
