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The Final Stage
''The Final Stage'' is a film directed by Frank Howson. Cast * Tommy Dysart as Stinky Radford * Abigail as The Woman * Adrian Wright Production It was based on an early play by Howson and was the seventh film from Boulevard Films Boulevard Films was an Australian production company which made a number of movies in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many which were set against a background of the entertainment industry.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in ... and the third which Howson directed. He shot it over two weeks with a cast of six actors on one set. The movie has been called one of Howson's most personal works. Fraud Case Howson later tried to pass the film off as another movie ''The Boy Who Dared to Dream'' in order to enable investors to achieve a tax deduction. This was unsuccessful and Howson was convicted of fraud.David McLennan, 'Movie Credits Changed To 'preserve Integrity' ', ''The Canberra Times'', 1 September 2000 p4 References External ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Howson
Frank Michael Howson (born 1952) has had a career in entertainment. He directed ''Flynn'' (1996) on the early life of Errol Flynn and ''Hunting'' (1991). Howson, with Peter Boyle, helped establish Boulevard Films which produced thirteen films from '' Boulevard of Broken Dreams'' (1988) to ''Flynn''; besides producing for Boulevard Films, Howson often wrote scripts and directed. Early years Howson was born in Melbourne and started in show business when he was seven. After leaving school, Christian Brothers College, St. Kilda (1963–1967), Howson's first job was with Melbourne radio station 3UZ as office boy. Eventually promoted to panel operator, he worked on John McMahon's popular weekly show Radio Auditions (see 3UZ). Whenever not enough acts showed up, young Frank was summoned to perform under made up names. During this period Howson was nicknamed 'Magical Frank' when asked to perform on a pilot for a TV talent show by 3UZ's Jimmy Hannan. Recording artist DJ Stan Rof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Dysart
Thomas Gibson Dysart (24 December 1935 – 7 June 2022) was a Scottish-born Australian actor, known for his appearances on television dramas and comedies and in character roles in films and miniseries. Early career Dysart graduated from NIDA in 1959, and started his career as a vocalist and performed in theatre. Film and TV roles High-profile early roles included appearances in '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'', ''Phoenix Five'', and several roles in the Crawford Productions police drama series '' Homicide'', ''Division 4'', ''Matlock Police'' and ''Cop Shop''. Dysart appeared briefly in the series ''Prisoner'' in the early 1980s, where he played what is perhaps his best-known acting role, that of vicious and cold prison officer Jock Stewart. In the storyline, after being fired from the prison service Stewart admitted to prisoner Judy Bryant that he was the one responsible for murdering her lesbian lover, fellow prisoner Sharon Gilmour. This revelation brought to a close a murd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abigail (actress)
Abigail Rogan (known mononymously as Abigail; born 23 July 1946) is an English-born retired actress particularly of television soap operas and film and was also briefly a vocalist. She emigrated from London in 1968 and became one of Australia's significant sex symbols of the early-1970s, promoted as a sultry blonde siren in the vein of Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot.Giles, Nigel "Number 96 : Australian TV's Most Notorious Address" She appeared in numerous soap opera's including, ''Number 96'', '' Sons and Daughters'' and '' Chances''. Biography Early life Abigail was born in London, England in 1946 and educated in France, she started her career in her native United Kingdom, appearing in such roles as ''Robin Hood'' and theContinental Theatre, she arrived in Australia to study civil engineering whilst acting part time, but made a major foray in showbiz when she was given the chance to appear as the female lead in a local theatre production of the British comedy ''There's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boulevard Films
Boulevard Films was an Australian production company which made a number of movies in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many which were set against a background of the entertainment industry.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p196-197 History The company was established in 1981 by Frank Howson and his partner Peter Boyle. Their first feature was ''Backstage'' although they were ultimately bought out of the project by the Burrowes Film Group. They then made ''Boulevard of Broken Dreams'', and in 1988 they put together $24.5 million for a slate of seven films: ''Heaven Tonight'', ''Sinbad'', ''Highway Hero'', ''Beyond My Reach'', ''Hunting'', ''Fallen Angel'' and ''Young Flynn''. This was an impressive achievement at the time since the Australian film industry was then reeling from a reduction in the 10BA tax concessions. Five of these were made (''Sinbad'' became '' What the Moon Saw''). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Wright
Adrian Wright (1 July 1947 – 28 November 2015) was English Australian actor remembered for his roles in the 1970s children's television series ''Freewheelers'' and the Australian serial ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner'' in which he played male nurse Neil Murray, after playing an off-duty policeman in episode 10. Personal life and career Born in Maidenhead, England, he was the son of Matvin Wright, a painter and first appeared as an actor in repertory theatres in England and Wales. He subsequently moved to Australia where he continued his career. His most prominent role is probably that of Neil Murray in ''Prisoner (TV series), Prisoner''. He was married to Australian actress and singer Abigail (actress), Abigail, he died in 2015. Selected filmography * ''Freewheelers'' (1972) * ''Village Hall (TV series), Village Hall'' (1974) * ''End Play'' (1975) * ''Summerfield (film), Summerfield'' (1977) * ''The Survivor (1981 film), The Survivor'' (1981) * ''Sky Pirates'' (1986) * ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Comedy 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'', 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) * Australia (other) Australia is a country in the Southern Hemisphere. Australia may also refer to: Places * Name of Australia relates the history of the term, as applied to various places. Oceania *Australia (continent), or Sahul, the landmasses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 Films
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1995 Comedy Films
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1990s English-language Films
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