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Richard Carter (actor)
Richard Carter (11 December 1953 – 13 July 2019) was an Australian actor who appeared in several television series and independent films. Some of Carter's filmography includes ''Rabbit-Proof Fence'', '' Hating Alison Ashley'', '' Babe: Pig in the City'', ''Happy Feet Two'', ''Our Lips Are Sealed'' (with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Fuller Olsen (born June 13, 1986), also known as the Olsen twins as a duo, are American fashion designers and former actresses. The twins made their acting debut as infants playing Michelle Tanner on the television s ...) and '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', the last of which was his final role. He died in the early hours of 13 July 2019 after a brief illness. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1953 births 2019 deaths Australian male film actors Australian male soap opera actors Australian male video game actors Australian male voice actors Male actors from Sydney 21st-century Aust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountains to the west, Hawkesbury to the north, the Royal National Park to the south and Macarthur to the south-west. Sydney is made up of 658 suburbs, spread across 33 local government areas. Residents of the city are known as "Sydneysiders". The 2021 census recorded the population of Greater Sydney as 5,231,150, meaning the city is home to approximately 66% of the state's population. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2017. Nicknames of the city include the 'Emerald City' and the 'Harbour City'. Aboriginal Australians have inhabited the Greater Sydney region for at least 30,000 years, and Aboriginal engravings and cultural sites are common throughout Greater Sydney. The traditional custodians of the land on which modern Sydney stands are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda (film)
''Belinda'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Pamela Gibbons which stars Deanne Jeffs in the title role. The film was also known as ''Midnight Dancer''. Plot Sixteen-year-old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret. Eventually, she is able to reach her goal, but not before experiencing humanity at best and worst of times. Cast * Deanne Jeffs as Belinda * Mary Regan as Crystal * Kaarin Fairfax as Sandra * Nicos Lathouris as Benny * Hazel Phillips as Doreen * John Jarratt John Jarratt is an Australian television film actor, producer and director and TV presenter who rose to fame through his work in the Australian New Wave. He has appeared in a number of film roles including '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ' ... as Graeme * Elizabeth Lord as Mandy * Gerda Nicholson as Belinda's Mother * Alan Cassell as Belinda's Father * Tim Burns as Jamie Production The movie was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Hands (1999 Film)
''Two Hands'' is a 1999 Australian comedy crime film written and directed by Gregor Jordan. The film stars Heath Ledger as Jimmy, a young man in debt to Pando, a local gangster played by Bryan Brown, and also stars Rose Byrne, David Field, and Susie Porter. It won the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Film in 1999. It was filmed in 1998 but was not released in Australia until 29 July 1999. Before its release, it was screened at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States but was not released to DVD in the US until December 2005. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1999 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album.ARIA Award previous winners. Plot Jimmy, while working as bouncer at a strip club in Kings Cross, is approached by local mob boss Pando who says he has work for him. Pando gives Jimmy $10,000 to deliver to a woman in Bondi, and when she appears not to be home, he goes for a swim on the beach. Unfortunately the $10,000 is stolen by two street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paws (film)
''Paws'' is an independent 1997 Australian family comedy film that was released on 25 September 1997 in Australia and filmed in Sydney, New South Wales. The film stars 15-year-old guitarist Nathan Cavaleri who has adventures with PC – a talking Jack Russell Terrier (voiced by comedian Billy Connolly). The dog is computer literate– skills acquired from his former master allowing him to create a computer program that translates his words into English, with Zac subsequently designing a portable version that can be 'concealed' in a bow tie – and the pair must a stop a valuable disk from falling into the wrong hands. Plot Alex, a computer programmer from a cold place very far away, receives a visit from an intruder named Anja, but before she breaks in; he writes an important message to a colleague, at a greyhound racetrack, named Susie, transfers it to a floppy disk and gives it to his dog, PC warning him that he should give it only to Susie and trust no one. He hides PC just be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idiot Box (film)
''Idiot Box'' is a 1996 Australian film starring Ben Mendelsohn and Jeremy Sims. Set in (around 1980's or 90's) middle class city urban Australian youth and young adults culture with local criminal well to do's and widespread general unemployment. The story viewing is shown from the private and illicit side of the activity of friends turning to crime by personal circumstance, all the way to the nitty-gritty of sand-shoes and caring considerate criminals' sincerity. Idiot box is another "era" Australian "bank robber film" entwined with a wry sense of humour. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1997 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack, Cast or Show Album.ARIA Award previous winners. Plot The story follows two fictional characters Mick (Jeremy Sims) and Kev (Ben Mendelsohn) who have nothing to offer. They are stereotypical bogans with a taste for cheap thrills. Kev's hobby is being angry, his motto is ''"Maximum fear, minimum time"''. He is unemployed with "attitude, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Signal One
''Signal One'' (also known as ''Bullet Down Under'') is a 1994 Australian crime film directed by Rob Stewart and starring Christopher Atkins, Mark Jackson, Richard Carter, and Virginia Hey. It is a buddy cop movie. Production The film was known as ''Bullet Down Under''. It was made partly with finance from the NSW Film and Television Office and the FFC.Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p141 Plot synopsis Martin Bullet is a former cop from Los Angeles who has just moved to Sydney, Australia to escape difficulties back home. Joining the Sydney police force, Martin is given Jack Moran for a partner after the latter lost one recently. The two become involved in the unsavory dealings of a vicious crime syndicate while trying to solve the murder of Jack's last partner. Cast *Christopher Atkins as Martin Bullet *Mark 'Jacko' Jackson as Jack Moran * Richard Carter as Frankie Button *Virginia Hey Virginia Hey (born 19 June 1952) i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel's Wedding
''Muriel's Wedding'' is a 1994 Australian comedy-drama film written and directed by P.J. Hogan. The film, which stars Toni Collette, Rachel Griffiths, Jeanie Drynan, Sophie Lee, and Bill Hunter, focuses on the socially awkward Muriel whose ambition is to have a glamorous wedding and improve her personal life by moving from her dead-end hometown, the fictional Porpoise Spit, to Sydney. The film premiered at the 1994 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in Australia on 29 September 1994. It received positive reviews and earned multiple award nominations, including a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Collette). Plot Muriel Heslop, a socially awkward young woman, is the target of ridicule by her shallow and egotistical friends, Tania, Cheryl, Janine, and Nicole. She spends her time listening to ABBA songs and perpetually daydreams of a glamorous wedding to get her out of the dead-end beach town of Porpoise Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Escape (1994 Film)
''No Escape'', released in some countries as ''Escape from Absolom'' and ''Absolom 2022'', is a 1994 American science fiction action film directed by Martin Campbell. It stars Ray Liotta, Lance Henriksen, Stuart Wilson, Kevin Dillon, Michael Lerner and Ernie Hudson. It was based on the 1987 novel ''The Penal Colony'' by Richard Herley. In a dystopian future, a former Reconnaissance Marine serves life imprisonment on an island inhabited by savage and cannibalistic prisoners. It was the first film collaboration between the director Martin Campbell and actor Stuart Wilson, who both later worked in ''The Mask of Zorro'' and ''Vertical Limit'', both released in 1998 and 2000, and the film was also the third collaboration between the producer Hurd and Henriksen, after '' The Terminator'' and '' Aliens'', both directed by James Cameron, and released in 1984 and 1986. Plot In 2022, the penal system is run by corporations, and prisoners are seen as assets. Highly-trained ex-Marine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reckless Kelly
''Reckless Kelly'' is a 1993 Australian comedy film produced, written, directed and starring Yahoo Serious. It co-stars Melora Hardin, Alexei Sayle and Hugo Weaving. The story is a satirical take on a modern-day Ned Kelly, a famous Australian outlaw. Synopsis A modern-day Ned Kelly robs banks in Australia and gives all the money to the poor people. Ned is forced to go to Hollywood to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks there for his own benefit. Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island. That is when a movie producer shows up and gives Ned an offer he cannot refuse. Cast * Yahoo Serious ... Ned Kelly * Melora Hardin ... Robin Banks * Alexei Sayle ... Major Wib * Hugo Weaving ... Sir John * Kathleen Freeman ... Mrs. Delance * John Pinette John Paul Pinette ( ) (March 23, 1964 – April 5, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exchange Lifeguards
''Exchange Lifeguards'' (American title: ''Wet and Wild Summer!'') is a 1992 Australian-American comedy film directed by Maurice Murphy and starring Christopher Atkins, Julian McMahon and Elliott Gould. Plot A property developer wants to take over an Australian beach for a high rise resort. He sends his son to Australia to check out the situation, posing as an exchange lifeguard. He falls in love with a woman who owns the land his father needs for the development and finds himself sympathising with the locals. Cast *Christopher Atkins as Bobby McCain * Julian McMahon as Mick Dooley * Rebecca Carlton as Julie Thomas * Vanessa Steele as Charlene * Elliott Gould as Mike McCain * Richard Carter as Al Eastman * Amanda Newman-Phillips as Kylie * Christopher Pate as Richard Gray * Lois Larimore as Donna McCain * Brian M. Logan as Terry *Mark Hembrow Mark Hembrow (born 1955, in Brisbane) is an Australian actor, writer and musician. He has also has worked as a producer and dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sher Mountain Killings Mystery
''Sher Mountain Killings Mystery'' is a 1990 Australian film directed by Vince Martin and Phillip Avalon. This film is categorized as an "Ozploitation" horror film. The synopsis for this film is “Nobody trusted that the Gem has mysterious power. From thieves’ perspectives, it was just another jewel. But not everything is as it appears ("Sher Mountain Killings Mystery (1990) - IMDb", 2003).’ The film differentiate itself from other horror film with the concepts such as Old Ranger’s castle, cursed stone and Mysterious power which adds more Australianness tone to the film. Denis Whitburn wrote the script who was gaining notice at the time with his work on Blood Oath. According to the Beyond press kit, producer Phillip Avalon devised the story and the basic script before bringing in Whitburn to improve it ("Denis Whitburn - The Screen Guide - Screen Australia", n.d.). Unique feature of the film is that the cast includes British professional boxer Joe Bugner, who gained the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Punisher (1989 Film)
''The Punisher'' is a 1989 American action film directed by Mark Goldblatt, written by Boaz Yakin, and starring Dolph Lundgren and Louis Gossett Jr. Based on the Marvel Comics' character of the same name, the film changes many details of the character's comic book origin and the main character does not wear the trademark "skull" shirt. Instead the character uses the knife with the skull. Shot in Sydney, Australia, ''The Punisher'' co-stars Jeroen Krabbé, Kim Miyori, Nancy Everhard, and Barry Otto. Plot Frank Castle is a former undercover police detective and U.S. Marine whose wife Julie was killed five years ago, along with their two daughters, by a Mafia car bomb intended for Frank who is also presumed to be dead. Castle has since become the city's most wanted, and most mysterious, vigilante - known only as "The Punisher". He now lives in the labyrinthine sewer-system of NYC, having assassinated 125 mobsters (not counting henchmen) in the past half-decade. His work is known by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
