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Nina Landis
Nina Landis is an Australian stage and screen actress, who trained in Australia and New York. Her feature film credits include the title role (Rikky) in ''Rikky and Pete'', '' Komodo'', '' Four of a Kind'', '' Handle with Care'', and '' Blackjack: Sweet Science''. Her principal roles on television include ''Embassy'', '' Prime Time'', ''The Keepers'', ''One Summer Again'', '' MDA'', ''The Flying Doctors'', ''Prisoner'', '' A Country Practice''. She has performed on the stages of State theatre companies and fringe theatres. Nina Landis also lectures on 'The Art and Nature of Acting', is a voice-over Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non- diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentation ... artist, and a documentary photographer. She studied drama at Flinders University Adelaide in mid/late 1970s. Filmography FILM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal Victorian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niel Lynne
''Niel Lynne'' (also known as ''Best Enemies'') is a 1985 Australian film about a young man during the 1960s.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p111 Plot Niel Lynne (Paul Williams) is a romantic influenced by his rebellious cousin Eric. Niel falls in love with his cousin Patricia (Judy Morris), who has spent time in Paris. Patricia then goes to Canberra. Neil joins Eric in Melbourne, where Eric is dating the beautiful Fennimore (Sigrid Thornton). After working as an editor for a student newspaper, Niel then volunteers to fight in Vietnam and Patricia joins the Viet Cong. They are finally reunited and get married. Cast * Paul Williams as Niel * Judy Morris as Patricia * Terry McDermott as Rob Lynne * David Argue as Reg * Sigrid Thornton as Fennimore * George Mallaby as Mike O'Brien * Nina Landis as Helen * Nicki Paull as Melissa * Esme Melville as Old Woman * Harold Baigent as Guard * Brandon Burke Production David Baker tried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafferty's Rules
''Rafferty's Rules'' is an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1991 on the Seven Network. The producers of the series were Posie Graeme-Evans (1987–1988), and Denis Phelen. The directors were Graham Thorburn, Mike Smith and Russell Webb. The writers were David Allen, John Upton, Tim Gooding and David Marsh. ''Rafferty's Rules'' was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode. Initially it was hoped that the program would make its debut during the 1985 ratings season and there was an option to extend the series to 26 episodes if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always Afternoon
''Always Afternoon'' is a 1988 Australian mini series about German internees in Australia,Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p173 set in 1914 at Trial Bay Gaol in New South Wales. The series was based on a novel by Gwen Kelly and depicts a love story involving an Australian woman and a German violinist. It was a co-production between Germany and Australia.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 59 It inspired a series of paintings by Ross Watson Ross Watson (born in Brisbane, Australia in 1962) is an artist. He has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions since 1984, including important surveys of Australian and international contemporary art at the National Gallery of Australia .... accessed 3 August 2013 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Time (Australian TV Series)
''Prime Time'' is an Australian soap opera drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that aired on the Nine Network in from January 1986 to January 1987. ''Prime Time'' was the last Australian soap produced with exterior location scenes shot on film and interior scenes shot on videotape. The series was not a popular success and was cancelled after sixty episodes. Premise The series was set at a fictional television station, Channel 5, and dealt with the behind-the-scenes goings-on on the set of a current affairs series called ''Assignment''. Cast * Chris Orchard – David Lockhart * Anthony Hawkins – Harry Jones * Nina Landis – Kate Macarthur * Peter Kowitz – Jim Donnegan * David Whitney – Stephen Lockhart * Julianne White – Diana Fields * Peter Whitford – Charles Garrett * Gary Sweet – Craig Lawrence * Sonja Tallis – Georgina Jones * Tottie Goldsmith – Jamie * Katrina Foster – Jocelyn Cole * Ben Mendelsohn – Bart Jones * John Hann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Handle With Care (1985 Film)
''Handle with Care'' is a 1985 Australian television film directed by Paul Cox and starring Luncinda Cowden and Anna Maria Monticelli. The screenplay concerns two women with breast cancer Breast cancer is cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a re ....Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p76 References External links * 1985 television films 1985 films Australian television films 1980s English-language films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carson's Law
''Carson's Law'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network between 1982-1984. The series was a period piece set in the 1920s and starred Lorraine Bayly as progressive solicitor Jennifer Carson. The episodes revolved around the cases taken on by Jennifer, and the various personal intrigues of her family.Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 100 Brief Synopsis The series' premiere was billed as a 90-minute "movie-length" episode on 24 January 1983, with another two-hour episode in the same timeslot the following night, before settling into its twice-weekly 60-minute format the following week. ''Carson's Law'' was noted for its quality scripts and period production values. Despite being popular in Melbourne, where the series was based and filmed, it did not succeed in Sydney. Attempts to revamp the series to make it appeal more to Sydney audiences eventually alienated the programme's core audience, and it wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Special Squad (Australian TV Series)
''Special Squad'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for Network Ten in 1984. Overview The series focused on an elite division of the Victoria Police, which handled crimes either too sensitive or specialist for regular squads. The Special Squad was headed by Det. Insp. Don Anderson (Alan Cassell), with his main operatives being Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith (Anthony Hawkins), and Det. Sgt. Joel Davis (John Diedrich). ''Special Squad'' was seen by many as an Australian answer to the British series ''The Professionals'' both for its focus on action and violence, and the fact that both series were produced by Raymond Menmuir. However, in reality the characters and plotlines were less developed than the British series. The series lasted for 43 episodes in total. Cast * Alan Cassell as Det. Insp. Don Anderson * Anthony Hawkins as Det. Snr. Sgt. Greg Smith * John Diedrich John Edwin Diedrich (born 25 February 1953 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sullivans
''The Sullivans'' is an Australian period drama television series produced by Crawford Productions which ran on the Nine Network from 15 November 1976 until 10 March 1983. The series tells the story of a fictional average middle-class Melbourne family and the effect that the Second World War and the immediate post-war events had on their lives. It covers the period between 1 September 1939 to 22 August 1948. It was a consistent ratings success in Australia, and also became popular in the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands, Gibraltar, Greece and New Zealand. Pre-production The show was purchased by Channel Nine without a pilot program being produced. They commissioned 34 hours with a view to extension. Fourteen writers were assigned to the thirteen plot lines which had been devised. The cast had not been established when they started writing the series and three months later they still had only two cast members, Vikki Hammond and Noni Hazlehurs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cop Shop
''Cop Shop'' is a long-running Australian police drama television series produced by Crawford Productions that ran for seven seasons between 28 November 1977 and 23 July 1984. It comprised 582 one-hour episodes. The show The show revolved around the everyday operations of both the uniformed police officers and the plainclothes detectives of the fictional Riverside Police Station. It also took a significant interest in the private lives of the characters. ''Australian Television Information Archive.'' 15 July 1999. Retrieved 10 September 2013. While many Crawford Productions police dramas combined videotaped interiors with location footage shot on film, ''Cop Shop'' was shot entirely on video, including external scenes. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wild, Untold Story Of Ozploitation!
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Of A Kind
Four of a kind may refer to: * Four of a kind (poker), a type of poker hand * Four of a Kind (card game), a patience or solitaire * ''Four of a Kind'' (TV series), an American reality series about quadruplets * ''Four of a Kind'' (film), an Australian feature film *'' 4 of a Kind'', the fourth album by American thrash band D.R.I. {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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