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Paul Chubb
Paul Dunford (14 January 1949 – 9 June 2002), professionally billed as Paul Chubb, was an Australian film, television and stage actor and scriptwriter primarily in genres of comedy and drama. Early life He was born in Arncliffe, a suburb of Sydney. and had a brother Greg, (Timothy Bean). Career He began his career as an "everyman" character actor by studying under Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Theatre and began to appear in television commercials, soap-operas including ''Number 96'', and television dramas. He wrote and acted in pub plays and pantomimes and segued to feature film work such as with Julie Forsyth in '' Stan and George's New Life'' (1990), which "remains a defining portrayal in a body of work that includes ''Così'', ''Bliss'' and ''Road To Nhill''," a total of 22 feature films. ''Sydney Morning Herald'' obituary, "Spontaneous, effortless... and genuine", by Doug Anderson, June 22, 2002 Chubb guest-starred as a State Member of Parliament Patrick Rafferty (Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arncliffe, New South Wales
Arncliffe is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Arncliffe is located 11 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the Bayside Council. Arncliffe is south of the Cooks River and Wolli Creek, close to Sydney Airport. Arncliffe is a mostly residential area featuring low-density detached and semi-detached houses and some medium density town houses and blocks of flats. There are also some areas of commercial and light industrial developments. History ] Arncliffe's name comes from a small village called Arncliffe, North Yorkshire, Arncliffe in North Yorkshire, England. The name appears in the Domesday Book of 1086, as 'Arneclif', meaning Eagle Cliff. In his book "A Village Called Arncliffe" (1997) Ron Rathbone relates that an early land speculator, William Hirst, created a subdivision in 1840 named The Village of Arncliffe Estate. William Hirst was born in Settle, Yorkshire. Settle is a market t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shotgun Wedding (1993 Film)
''Shotgun Wedding'' is a 1993 Australian film based on the Wally Melish siege. accessed 6 November 2012 Directed by Paul Harmon, it stars and . Cast * as Jimmy Becker * |
Passionless Moments
''Passionless Moments'' is a 1983 short Australian drama film written and directed by Jane Campion and Gerard Lee. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * David Benton - Ed Tumbury * Ann Burriman - Gwen Gilbert * Alan Brown - Neighbor / Neighbor * Sean Callinan - Jim Newbury * Paul Chubb - Jim Simpson * Sue Collie - Angela Elliott * Haedyn Cunningham - Board Member * Ron Gobert - Board Member * Elias Ibrahim - Ibrahim Ibrahim * Paul Melchert - Arnold * George Nezovic - Gavin Metchalle * Jamie Pride - Lyndsay Aldridge * Gordon Quiller Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Clan Gordon, ... - Board Member * Keith Smith - Board Member * Yves Stening - Shaun References External links *''Passionless Moments''at Oz Movies 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye Paradise
''Goodbye Paradise'' is a 1983 Australian film directed by Carl Schultz. The plot centres on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early 1980s, when a disgraced former cop, Michael Stacey (Ray Barrett) writes a book exposing police corruption, does an investigation resulting in two murders, exposes a religious cult and watches the army begin a military coup. Cast *Ray Barrett as Michael Stacy *Paul Chubb as Curly *Guy Doleman as Quiney *Kate Fitzpatrick as Mrs. McCreadie * Lex Marinos as Con *Robyn Nevin as Kate *Don Pascoe as Senator McCredie *Janet Scrivener as Kathy Production The idea of doing a Raymond Chandler-type story set on the Gold Coast came from Denny Lawrence. His original idea was to have an ex police officer working as a private investigator who investigated a quasi-religious commune run by a charlatan that ended with the deaths of many of the communes' followers. Then the Jonestown Massacre happened and Lawrence backed away from this idea.Christine Cremen, "Denny Lawr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Girl's Own Story
''A Girl's Own Story'' is a 1984 short Australian drama film directed by Jane Campion. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1986 Cannes Film Festival. The short centers on the female adolescent experience—particularly female desire—using a fragmentary approach. Plot The film is set during the 1960s at the height of Beatlemania. It opens with schoolgirls singing a Beatles song in the courtyard of their Catholic school to the delight of their classmates, but a nun arrives to break it up. Two girls, Pam and Stella, are in a bedroom where they kiss cutouts of Beatles members that are pinned to the wall. One of the girls is wearing the cutout of her favorite Beatle as a mask to practice kissing on her friend. This is intercut with scenes of one of the other schoolgirls, Gloria, who is at home playing a game of make-believe with her brother Graeme. Pam's home life is a scene of dysfunction due to her unfaithful father and a depressed mother. Despite the paren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coca-Cola Kid
''The Coca-Cola Kid'' is a 1985 Australian romantic comedy film. It was directed by Dušan Makavejev and stars Eric Roberts and Greta Scacchi. The film is based on the short stories ''The Americans, Baby'', and ''The Electrical Experience'' by Frank Moorhouse, who wrote the screenplay. It was entered into the 1985 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Becker, a hotshot American marketing executive (played by Roberts) from The Coca-Cola Company, visits their Australian operations in Sydney and tries to figure out why a tiny corner of Australia (the fictional town of Anderson Valley) has so far resisted all of Coke's products. He literally bumps into the secretary (played by Scacchi) who is assigned to help him. Becker discovers that a local producer of soft drinks run by an old eccentric has been successfully fending off the American brand name products. The executive vows an all out marketing war with the eccentric but eventually comes to reconsider his role as a cog in Coca-Cola's gian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
With Love To The Person Next To Me
''With Love to the Person Next to Me'' is a 1987 film directed by Brian McKenzie and starring Kym Gyngell.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p119-120 Production The film was funded by the Creative Development Branch of the Australian Film Commission and Film Victoria and was shot over three weeks on 16mm.Jan Epstein, "With Love to the Person Next to Me", ''Australian Film 1978-1992'', Oxford Uni Press, 1993 p235 Release According to McKenzie the film ran for three weeks in a Melbourne cinema, got reviews and didn't make any money: It's all about the sounds that you hear, the sounds that you replay, the various sounds that represent the different parties in the flats and how they impinge on the lead character's life. The film is a good example of the tough and thoughtful indi films made in the 80's and earlier with tiny crews and penny farthing budgets. It has been restored (by Ray Argall, the films cine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bullseye (1987 Film)
''Bullseye'' is an Australian comedy adventure film directed by Carl Schultz.''Bullseye'' at The movie is also known as ''The Trailblazer'', ''Trailblazer'', ''Outback'' and ''Birdsville''.Suzanne Brown, ''Australian Film 1978-1992'', Oxford University Press, 1993 p266 Plot In the 1860s, two friends, Harry and Bluey, steal a thousand head of cattle and trek it across country from Queensland to Adelaide.Cast *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danger Down Under (film)
''Danger Down Under'' is a 1988 TV movie by director Russ Mayberry which starred Lee Majors as Reed Harris, a successful American horse-breeder who has come to Australia on business and for one last chance to reconcile with his estranged wife Sharon and their sons. It was a pilot film for the NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an Television in the United States, American English-language Commercial broadcasting, commercial television network, broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Enterta ... network for an unmade TV series ''The Hawkesbury''.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p34 References External links * 1987 television films 1987 films Australian drama television films 1987 drama films Films directed by Russ Mayberry 1980s English-language films English-language drama films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter & Pompey
Peter may refer to: People * List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name * Peter (given name) ** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church * Peter (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name) Culture * Peter (actor) (born 1952), stage name Shinnosuke Ikehata, Japanese dancer and actor * ''Peter'' (album), a 1993 EP by Canadian band Eric's Trip * ''Peter'' (1934 film), a 1934 film directed by Henry Koster * ''Peter'' (2021 film), Marathi language film * "Peter" (''Fringe'' episode), an episode of the television series ''Fringe'' * ''Peter'' (novel), a 1908 book by Francis Hopkinson Smith * "Peter" (short story), an 1892 short story by Willa Cather Animals * Peter, the Lord's cat, cat at Lord's Cricket Ground in London * Peter (chief mouser), Chief Mouser between 1929 and 1946 * Peter II (cat), Chief Mouser between 1946 and 1947 * Peter III (cat), Chief Mouser between 1947 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Braid
''Golden Braid'' is a 1990 Australian film directed by Paul Cox, who later called it "quite a funny film, but very few people get it.""Interview with Paul Cox", ''Signet'', 13 January 2001 Retrieved 18 November 2012 It was entirely funded by the Australian Film Commission
The Australian Film Commission (AFC) was an Australian government agency was founded in 1975 with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a producti ... .
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Dead To The World (film)
''Dead to the World'' is a 1991 Australian film. It premiered at the 1991 Melbourne International Film Festival. accessed 6 November 2012 Plot The owner of an inner city boxing gym and her troupe of boxers band together to fight developers.References External links *''Dead to the World'' at Australian Screen Online
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