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The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
''The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy'' is a 1988 Australian-New Zealand mini series based on the Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford University Press, 1996 p225 It was written by David Phillips, and directed by Chris Thomson, and stars Jack Thompson, Brad Davis and Germain Houde. Plot From 1978 to 1985, the '' Rainbow Warrior'' was the flagship of the Greenpeace fleet, active in supporting a number of anti-whaling, anti-seal hunting, anti-nuclear testing and anti-nuclear waste dumping campaigns, during that period. In 1985 it was at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on its way to a protest against a planned French nuclear test in Moruroa. It was sunk by a bombing operation by the "action" branch of the French foreign intelligence services, the ''Direction générale de la sécurité extérieure'' (DGSE), carried out on 10 July 1985. Fernando Pereira, a photographer, drowned on the sinking ship. Cast * Jack Thompso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Thompson (actor)
Jack Thompson, AM (born John Hadley Pain; 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He was educated at University of Queensland, before embarking on his acting career. In 2002, he was made an honorary member of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS). He is best known as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as '' The Club'' (1980), '' Sunday Too Far Away'' (1975), ''The Man from Snowy River'' (1982) and ''Petersen'' (1974). He won Cannes and AFI acting awards for the latter film. He was the recipient of a Living Legend Award at the 2005 Inside Film Awards. Early life Born John Hadley Pain in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, Thompson was three years old when his mother died, leaving his father, a merchant seaman, unable to care for him and his brother, David. He was sent to "LakeHouse orphanage" in Narrabeen by his aunt and subsequently adopted by the poet and ABC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intelligence Service
An intelligence agency is a government agency responsible for the collection, analysis, and exploitation of information in support of law enforcement, national security, military, public safety, and foreign policy objectives. Means of information gathering are both overt and covert and may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public sources. The assembly and propagation of this information is known as intelligence analysis or intelligence assessment. Intelligence agencies can provide the following services for their national governments. * Give early warning of impending crisis; * Serve national and international crisis management by helping to discern the intentions of current or potential opponents; * Inform national defense planning and military operations (military intelligence); * Protect sensitive information secrets, both of their own sources and activities, and those of other state agencies; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Australian Television Miniseries
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai (or Jingfeng), Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rainbow Warrior (film)
''The Rainbow Warrior'' (sometimes called ''The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior'') is a 1993 made-for-television drama film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Jon Voight and Sam Neill. Plot summary The film is based on the true story of the Greenpeace ship ''Rainbow Warrior'', which was sunk in Waitematā Harbour in Auckland, New Zealand on 10 July 1985 by French DGSE operatives, when it was preparing for a Pacific voyage to protest against French nuclear testing. The film chronicles the police investigation to discover what happened to the ship and who was responsible. Cast * Jon Voight as Peter Willcox * Sam Neill as Alan Galbraith * Bruno Lawrence as Terry Batchelor * Kerry Fox as Andrea Joyce * John Callen as David Lange * Stacey Pickren as * Michael Mizrahi * Tony Barry as Greenpeace activist * Peter Hambleton as Maury Whitham * Greg Johnson as Bert White * Stephen O'Rourke as Eddie * Stig Eldred as Steve Sawyer * Lucy Lawless as Jane Redmond * Dale Stevens as Amy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Day (actor)
Gary Day (born 10 November 1941) is a New Zealand former actor, playwright and lighting director who has appeared in Australian television police drama series, including ''Homicide'' and ''Murder Call''. Television Day worked as a male model and appeared in several television commercials. This led to guest roles in episodes of '' Skippy the Bush Kangaroo'', police dramas ''The Link Men'', '' The Long Arm'', ''Homicide'' and ''Matlock Police'' produced by Crawford Productions. This culminated in the regular role of Senior Detective Phillip Redford in Crawford's series ''Homicide'' in 1973. Redford was a university graduate who had served as a bomb disposal expert in Vietnam, and was anti-violence as a result. Day was the only cast member who appeared in all colour episodes of ''Homicide'' until it ceased production in 1975. Following this he appeared as a regular in Crawford's soap opera '' The Box'' as Marcus Boyd in 1977. His other regular series role was as Detective Inspector ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Menglet
Alex Menglet, born ''Alexei Menglet'' in Moscow USSR in 1956, is an actor who has found success working in Australia. Career Menglet is best known for his roles as chef Ray "Gay Ray" Proctor in the 1984 season of ''Prisoner'' and more recently as Zoran Baranoff in the SBS series ''Kick''. He has also appeared on Australian television series, ''Skyways'', ''The Sullivans'', ''Cop Shop'' and ''Carson's Law''.TV Week, 18 August 1984, p.86 His latest role was in the UK.TV mini-series ''False Witness''. He has also appeared in the films ''Sky Pirates'' (1986), '' The Still Point'' (1986), ''Holidays on the River Yarra'' (1991) and ''He Died with a Felafel in his Hand'' (2001). Menglet also appeared as Joan Ferguson's father and fencing instructor, Ivan Ferguson in ''Wentworth Wentworth may refer to: People * Wentworth (surname) * Judith Blunt-Lytton, 16th Baroness Wentworth (1873–1957), Lady Wentworth, notable Arabian horse breeder * S. Wentworth Horton (1885–1960), New York s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Manon
Christian Manon (born 5 January 1950) is a French-Australian actor based in Sydney, best known for his work in theatre. His most notable film role was Mael in the film adaptation of the Anne Rice novel, ''Queen of the Damned''. Credits Manon is the grandson of turn-of-the-century French opera singer Max-Duiram (1876-1945). His most influential tutor was the celebrated Czech national treasure Zora Semberova. Following a two years residency as actor/writer with innovative multicultural Sidetrack Theatre, Manon has worked in five stage productions with the Sydney Theatre Company as well as with the Bell Shakespeare Company, Belvoir and the Australian Nouveau Theatre (ANTHILL). He toured Australia and New-Zealand for John Frost in Noël Coward's ''Fallen Angels'' with Hayley Mills and Juliet Mills. He has worked several times with Australian directors Barrie Kosky and Jean-Pierre Mignon. A long string of television appearances began in 1982 with ''Bodyline'' and most notably i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Lawrence
David Charles Lawrence (12 February 194110 June 1995) known as Bruno Lawrence was an English-born musician and actor, who was active in the industry in New Zealand and Australia. Initially notable as a musician and founder of 1970s ensemble Blerta, he went on to well-regarded roles in several major films. His television work included starring in 1990s era Australian satirical series ''Frontline''. Early life Born in Worthing, West Sussex, England in February 1941 he moved with his family to New Zealand in 1946. The family settled in New Plymouth before relocating to Wellington in 1948. Music career Lawrence spent most of his life in New Zealand, but also worked extensively in Australia. He was a jazz and rock drummer in many bands, including two years with Max Merritt & The Meteors in Sydney, Quincy Conserve, Blerta, and The Crocodiles. His last recording was with Bernie McGann, Larry Gales and Jonathan Crayford on "Jazz at the St. James" in 1989. A remarkable show, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Thauvette
Guy Thauvette (born March 19, 1944) is a Canadian actor from Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec, Pointe-des-Cascades, Quebec. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Infiltration (2017 film), Infiltration (Le problème d'infiltration)'', for which he was a Prix Iris nominee for Prix Iris for Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actor at the 20th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2018, as well as his performance as Gen. Roméo Dallaire in the film ''A Sunday in Kigali (Une dimanche à Kigali)''.Alison Gillmor, "Rwandan genocide through white eyes". ''Winnipeg Free Press'', March 17, 2007. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thauvette, Guy 1944 births Living people 20th-century Canadian male actors 21st-century Canadian male actors Canadian male film actors Canadian male television actors Male actors from Quebec People from Montérégie French Quebecers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis-Pierre Dillais
Louis-Pierre Dillais is a French businessman. He acknowledged his involvement with the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, sinking of the ''Rainbow Warrior'' in an interview with New Zealand State broadcaster Television New Zealand, TVNZ in 2005. Admiral Pierre Lacoste said in 2005 to the ''New Zealand Herald'' that Dillais was not part of the "Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior#Further investigations, third team". Life According to Greenpeace, his father-in-law is former Foreign Minister Jean François-Poncet. In 1994, French Minister of Defence (France), Defence Minister François Léotard appointed Dillais as chief of the private office of the Minister of Defence, in charge of military intelligence. Dillais had already "worked for the general secretariat of the 'Defense National', attached to Prime Ministerial Services, in charge of European-Atlantic affairs". A 1996 account in the ''Times of London'', according to ''Harper's Magazine'', links him to politics- and arms-related money ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Carroll (actor)
Peter John Carroll (born 1944) is an Australian actor and the father of actress Tamsin Carroll. Early life and education Peter Carroll was born in Sydney, New South Wales in 1944. In his youth, Carroll was a boy soprano and won five awards in the City of Sydney Eisteddfodd in 1963. Carroll attended the University of Sydney, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts, and the University of New South Wales, where he earned a Master of Arts with Honours.Richard McGregor. (19 March 1982."Carrol fascinated by challenge of ''Suicide''" ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. While undertaking his education at the University of Sydney, he commenced amateur acting; after graduating, he worked as a drama teacher for two years. Carroll later attended the Central School of London. In 2003, Carroll received an honorary Doctorate of Creative Awards from the University of Wollongong. Honours * Member of the Order of Australia for "significant service to the performing arts as an actor" in the 2021 Quee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dominique Prieur
Dominique Prieur (born 1949) is a French military officer who was convicted of manslaughter over her part in the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior. Biography Prieur joined the military in 1974 and was recruited as a secret agent in August 1977. Sinking of the ''Rainbow Warrior'' Prieur worked in the intelligence-gathering and evaluation wing of the French Secret Service, the Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE). She was an expert in European peace organisations and was the controller for Christine Cabon. Cabon was posted to Auckland in April 1985, where she infiltrated the Greenpeace office and gathered information for Prieur and her fellow agent Alain Mafart. In July 1985, Prieur and Mafart entered New Zealand from Corsica on Swiss passports issued to their aliases Sophie and Alain Turenge, a newlywed couple on honeymoon. Their instructions were to sink the ''Rainbow Warrior'' as the French government suspected that it would be used to protest the upcoming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
