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Russian Doll (film)
''Russian Doll'' is a 2001 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Stavros Kazantzidis and produced by Allanah Zitserman, starring Hugo Weaving, David Wenham and Natalia Novikova Set in and around the Bondi Beach area of Sydney, Australia, the film follows Harvey, a neurotic private investigator and wannabe crime writer, who gets asked to marry his best friend's mistress. The film was released on 6 April 2001. Plot Harvey, a self-doubting private investigator, plans to marry his girlfriend until he is hired to solve an adultery case and discovers the adulterer is cheating with his fiancée. Lost and dejected, Harvey quits his job and wallows in booze and the occasional odd blind date. Meanwhile, Katia, a Jewish woman from St. Petersburg, arrives in Sydney after answering an ad from an international matchmaking agency. But instead of love, she finds her prospective groom dead on arrival. Stranded in a foreign city with no one to turn to, Katia meets Ethan, a married ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavros Kazantzidis
Stavros Kazantzidis is a Greek-Australian writer, director and producer. Achievements Kazantzidis's film career was kick-started in 1992, when ''Road to Alice'', a short film he both wrote and directed, won 'Best Short Film' at the Australian Film Institute Awards. He was also the winner of 'Young Filmmaker of the Year' at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in the same year. He wrote, directed and produced ''Love & Other Catastrophes'', the international hit, which was nominated for 'Best Film' in 1996 in the Australian Film Institute Award. In 2000, Kazantzidis's film ''Russian Doll'' went on to be the winner of 'Best Original Screenplay' in the Australian Film Institute Awards. Filmography Horseplay (2003) ''In the Cut'' (2003) ''Russian Doll'' (2000) Strange Planet' (1999) True Love & Chaos' (1997) '' Love & Other Catastrophes'' (1996) Road to Alice' (1990) Education Kazantzidis acquired his Bachelor in Visual Arts from the University of Sydney in 1988, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felicity Price
Felicity Price is an Australian actress and screenwriter. She co-wrote and starred in ''Wish You Were Here'' which saw her nominated for the 2012 AACTA Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role and won Best Original Screenplay. Filmography Television *'' Wolf Creek'' (2017) TV series – Nina Webber (6 episodes) *''Rescue Special Ops'' (2011) TV series – Wendy Schmidt (1 episode) *''Home and Away'' (2009) TV series – Jane Avent (8 episodes) *'' All Saints'' (2006) TV series – Katrina King (1 episode) *'' Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure'' (2005) TV movie – Dottie *'' The Alice'' (2004) TV movie – Felicity Marione *''The Postcard Bandit'' (2004) TV movie – Receptionist *''Always Greener'' (2002) TV series – Anne Clarke (4 episodes) *''Farscape'' (2002) TV series – Princess Katralla (3 episodes) *'' Water Rats'' (1997) TV series – Sally (1 episode) *'' Big Sky'' (1997) TV series – Kirstie (1 episode) Film *''Heartthrob'' (2017) – Collette *'' Bad Gir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 Films
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2001 Comedy Films
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by 2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following 0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Institute Award For Best Screenplay
The Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) was an award presented intermittently by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), for an Australian screenplay written directly for the screen or based on previously released or published material. It was handed out at the Australian Film Institute Awards (known commonly as the AFI Awards), which are now the AACTA Awards after the establishment of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), by the AFI. The award was handed out from 1975-1977, 1980-1982, 1990-1992, and again in 2007; two separate awards were created for " Best Adapted Screenplay" and "Best Original Screenplay The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best screenplay not based upon previously published material. It was created in 1940 as a separate writing award from the Academy Award for Best Story. Beginning with the ..." and have been presented intermittently from 1978-1979, 1983-1989, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Film Institute
The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsible for producing Australia's premier annual film and television awards, the AACTA Awards (previously the AFI Awards)."The Australian Film Institute – Celebrating 50 Years of Pride and Passion" Overview The work of the institute is supported by government funding, corporate sponsors and approximately 10,000 members nationally. As Australia's foremost motion picture industry association, AFI promotes the Australian film and television industry and plays a cent ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz (born 14 July 1944) is an Australian film critic, writer, producer and television personality. Early life Pomeranz was born Margeret Anne Jones-Owen on 14 July 1944 in Waverley, a suburb of Sydney. She was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon, the then newly-opened Macquarie University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in German and social psychology, and the Playwright's Studio at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA). In her early twenties, she left Sydney to escape the "banality" and travelled around Europe, before returning to Australia and settling in Sydney. Career Pomeranz joined the Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) in 1980 as writer/producer, and was appointed producer for David Stratton's film presentations. Together with Stratton, she hosted the long-running SBS TV program ''The Movie Show'' from 1986 until 2004. She appeared on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) version of the prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Stratton
David James Stratton (born 10 September 1939) is an English-Australian award-winning film critic, as both a journalist and interviewer, film historian and lecturer and television personality and producer. Life and career Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, in 1939, Stratton was sent to Hampshire to see out the war years with his grandmother, an avid filmgoer, where he was taken to the local cinemas regularly and saw a diverse range of movies. He attended Chafyn Grove School from 1948 to 1953 as a boarder. He saw his first foreign film at Bath in 1955—Italian romantic comedy ''Bread, Love and Dreams''. That was soon followed by Akira Kurosawa's Japanese adventure drama classic ''Seven Samurai'' tracked down in Birmingham. At the age of 19, he founded the Melksham and District Film Society. David arrived in Australia in 1963, and soon became involved with the local film society movement. He directed the Sydney Film Festival from 1966 until 1983. At the time, he was the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Movie Show
''The Movie Show'' is an Australian film review program which was broadcast on SBS TV. Its history is divided into three parts, until it finally wound up in 2008. History The original format, which ran from 30 October 1986 to 12 May 2004, had two presenters, David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz. Stratton and Pomeranz left for the ABC in early 2004, expressing dissatisfaction at high-level decisions at SBS. They soon had a new program with a similar format, ''At the Movies''. SBS continued ''The Movie Show'', which underwent a style change to become more appealing to youth. Three new presenters were brought in: Megan Spencer, Fenella Kernebone and Jaimie Leonarder. Marc Fennell presented a segment reviewing newly released DVDs. The final episode of ''The Movie Show'' aired in 2006. From 2007 to 2008, ''The Movie Show'' returned with a new interactive 10-minute format, presented by Lisa Hensley and Michael Adams. See also * List of Australian television series Future s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sacha Horler
Sacha Horler (born 1971) is an Australian actress. Her parents were lawyers, but co-founded Sydney's Nimrod Theatre Company in the early 1970s. Career Sacha Horler graduated from Sydney's National Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1993 and made her film debut two years later with a role in the music-themed comedy ''Billy's Holiday''. Among her Sydney stage credits were featured roles in the one-act play collection ''Playgrounds'' (1996) and Harold Pinter's theater classic '' The Birthday Party'' (1997). In 1997, Horler was featured in the Australian-produced drama ''Blackrock'', and the following year she appeared in the international hit '' Babe: Pig in the City''. Horler's breakthrough role was in the 1998 gritty drama ''Praise'' which featured a significant amount of nudity and sex scenes. In 1999, her follow-up supporting role in ''Soft Fruit'' required her to gain weight for the part. That same year she had a supporting role in the drama ''My Mother Frank''. Over the next t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allanah Zitserman
Allanah Zitserman is an Australian scriptwriter and film producer, founder of Dungog Film Festival, and director of Lumila Films. Education Zitserman graduated from University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) in 1998 with a Bachelor of Business and Communications. Career In the late 1990s when she was 19, Zitserman started the popular nightspot, Barbarella at Soho Bar. After graduating, Zitserman, took a production job on '' Strange Planet'' (1999) starring Naomi Watts and Claudia Karvan. Shortly after she set up a film development and production company. A year later, she produced and penned her debut feature film Russian Doll (film) starring Hugo Weaving. Russian Doll earned Zitserman an AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. In 2003, she followed this up by cowriting and producing the black comedy ''Horseplay'' starring Abbie Cornish. Zitserman then worked in script development for a few years in London. While overseas she curated several private functions at internati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Frith
Rebecca Frith is an Australian actress. Biography Since graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1987, Frith has appeared in a diversity of TV shows (Water Rats (TV series), G.P., A Country Practice, MDA). Firth gained international acclaim as the older of two sisters vying for the attentions of a lecherous DJ in Shirley Barrett's Caméra d'Or winning debut, '' Love Serenade'', screening in Un Certain Regard at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. For the role she was awarded the Leonardo da Vinci prize for Best Actress, Debut Performance by the Beaux Arts Society in New York. In 2002 she received an Australian Film Institute award nomination ' Best Actress in a Supporting or Guest Role in a Television Drama' for her role in ''Secret Bridesmaids' Business''. Frith's extensive stage credits include The Sydney Theatre Company's The Crucible, Midsummer Night's Dream, title role in Romeo & Juliet, and The Rain Dancers. Filmography * ''SLiDe'' (4 episodes, 2011) .... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
