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Warm Nights On A Slow Moving Train
''Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train'' is a 1988 Australian film directed by Bob Ellis and starring Wendy Hughes, Colin Friels, and Norman Kaye. Nominated at the AFI Awards in the Best Achievement in Cinematography (Yuri Sokol) category. Premise Working as a prostitute on the weekend train to Sydney Jenny (Wendy Hughes) meets The Man ( Colin Friels), who seduces her so that she will murder for him. Cast * Wendy Hughes as Jenny Nicholson aka. The Girl * Colin Friels as The Man * Norman Kaye as Salesman * John Clayton as Football coach * Rod Zuanic as Young soldier * Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Brian * Peter Whitford as Steward Production Bob Ellis said the idea for the film came to Denny Lawrence as he and Ellis were travelling on a train and they wrote the script together. Ellis said "the idea was that each client would be some part of the Australian male".David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p134-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Dimsey
Ross Dimsey (born 16th October 1943) is an Australian writer, producer, director and film executive. He was born in Melbourne and worked in Britain and America from 1969–69. He worked in a variety of capacities on a number of films. From 1969–1969 he was head of the Victorian Film Corporation.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p285 In the 1969s he was the director of Film Queensland. Select credits *''Stork'' (1971) - assistant director *''Dimboola'' (1973) - directed feature version of play that was never released *''Libido'' (1973) - production manager, assistant director *''Alvin Rides Again'' (1974) - production manager, assistant director *''End Play'' (1975) - 2nd unit director, production manager *''Fantasm'' (1976) - writer *''Fantasm Comes Again'' (1977) - writer *''Blue Fire Lady'' (1977) - writer, director *'' Final Cut'' (1980) - director *''Second Time Lucky'' (1984) - writer *''The Naked Country'' (1985) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Clayton (Australian Actor)
John Clayton may refer to: Arts and entertainment Writing *John Clayton (architect) (died 1861), English architect and writer * John Bell Clayton and Martha Clayton (c. 1907–1955), & (1915–1961), American writers *John Clayton (sportswriter) (1954–2022), American sportswriter and reporter * John J. Clayton, American fiction writer, teacher, and editor Other media * John Clayton (painter) (1728–1800), English artist * John Clayton Adams (1840–1906), English landscape artist *John Clayton (Australian actor) (1940–2003), Australian actor *John Clayton (British actor) (1845–1888), British actor *John Clayton (bassist) (born 1952), American jazz bassist *John Clayton, Lord Greystoke, birthname of the fictional character Tarzan Politics * John Clayton (Roundhead) (1620–?), English politician *John Clayton (town clerk) (1792–1890), antiquarian and town clerk of Newcastle upon Tyne, England * John M. Clayton (1796–1856), U.S. Senator from Delaware and U.S. Secretary of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rail Transport Films
Rail or rails may refer to: Rail transport *Rail transport and related matters *Rail (rail transport) or railway lines, the running surface of a railway Arts and media Film * ''Rails'' (film), a 1929 Italian film by Mario Camerini * ''Rail'' (1967 film), a film by Geoffrey Jones for British Transport Films *'' Mirattu'' or ''Rail'', a Tamil-language film and its Telugu dub Magazines * ''Rail'' (magazine), a British rail transport periodical * ''Rails'' (magazine), a former New Zealand based rail transport periodical Other arts *The Rails, a British folk-rock band * Rail (theater) or batten, a pipe from which lighting, scenery, or curtains are hung Technology *Rails framework or Ruby on Rails, a web application framework *Rail system (firearms), a mounting system for firearm attachments *Front engine dragster *Runway alignment indicator lights, a configuration of an approach lighting system *Rule Augmented Interconnect Layout, a specification for expressing guidelines for pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Drama 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 ''The Australian'', with its Saturday edition, ''The Weekend Australian'', is a broadsheet newspaper published by News Corp Australia since 14 July 1964.Bruns, Axel. "3.1. The active audience: Transforming journalism from gatekeeping to gatew ...'', 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) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1988 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1988 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * May 25 – '' Rambo III'' was released as the most expensive film ever made with a production budget between $58 and $63 million. The film failed to match the box office earnings from '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (1985). * July 15 – ''Die Hard'' defies low commercial expectations to gross $141.5 million worldwide. Hailed as an influential landmark in the action film genre, it influenced a common formula for many '90s action films, featuring a lone everyman against a colorful terrorist character who's usually holding hostages in an isolated setting. Such films and their sequels are often referred to as "''Die Hard'' on a _____": '' Under Siege'' (battleship), ''Cliffhanger'' (mountain), ''Speed'' (bus), ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Australia
The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received international recognition. Many actors and filmmakers with international reputations started their careers in Australian films, and many of these have established lucrative careers in larger film-producing centres such as the United States. Commercially successful Australian films include: ''Crocodile Dundee'', George Miller's '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', Baz Luhrmann's ''Moulin Rouge!'', and Chris Noonan's ''Babe''. Award-winning productions include ''Picnic at Hanging Rock'', ''Gallipoli'', ''The Tracker'', ''Shine'' and ''Ten Canoes''. Australian actors of renown include Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Rod Taylor, Paul Hogan, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, Jacki Weaver, Geoffrey Rush, Hugo Weaving, Eric Bana, Guy Pearce, Hugh Jackman, Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Wincer
Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus authority ''Simon'' * Tribe of Simeon, one of the twelve tribes of Israel Places * Şimon ( hu, links=no, Simon), a village in Bran Commune, Braşov County, Romania * Șimon, a right tributary of the river Turcu in Romania Arts, entertainment, and media Films * ''Simon'' (1980 film), starring Alan Arkin * ''Simon'' (2004 film), Dutch drama directed by Eddy Terstall Games * ''Simon'' (game), a popular computer game * Simon Says, children's game Literature * ''Simon'' (Sutcliff novel), a children's historical novel written by Rosemary Sutcliff * Simon (Sand novel), an 1835 novel by George Sand * ''Simon Necronomicon'' (1977), a purported grimoire written by an unknown author, with an introduction by a man identified only as "Simon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Whitford
Peter Whitford (born 1939) is an Australian former radio, theatre, television and film character actor known for numerous roles particularly as wealthy businessmen and members of the aristocracy. Peter Whitford was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He graduated from NIDA in 1963. In his early career, he played Jack Parker in the long-running radio serial '' Blue Hills''. Whitford an actor, playwright, director and singer started his career firstly in radio roles and subsequently in the theatre genre in 1958, but has appeared in numerous TV and film roles, stating from the late 1960s until 2010. Film roles * ''The Tichborne Affair'' (1975) as Cubitt * ''Cass'' (1978) as Frank * ''My Brilliant Career'' (1979) as Uncle Julius * ''Phar Lap'' (1983) as Bert Wolfe * '' Careful, He Might Hear You'' (1983) as George * ''With Prejudice'' (1983) as Bodor * '' Who Killed Hannah Jane?'' (1984) as James Gannon * ''Dead End Drive-In'' (1986) as Thompson * '' Running from the Guns'' (198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Lewis Fitz-Gerald (born 15 November 1958) is an Australian actor, screenwriter and television director, who lectures in Screen and Media Studies at Australia's University of New England. Filmography As actor * ''Breaker Morant'' (1980) – Lt. George Witton * '' The Last Outlaw'' (1980, TV mini-series) – Tom Lloyd * ''I Can Jump Puddles'' (1981, TV series) – Alan Marshall / Narrator * ''Outbreak of Love'' (1981, TV series) – Alan Marshall / Narrator * '' We of the Never Never'' (1982) – Jack * '' Fighting Back'' (1982) – John Embling * '' The Dean Case'' (1982, TV movie) – George Dean * '' The Boy Who Had Everything'' (1984) – Vandervelt * ''The Flying Doctors'' (1985–1986, TV series) – David 'Gibbo' Gibson * '' The More Things Change...'' (1986) – Barry * '' The Shiralee'' (1987, TV mini-series) – Tony * ''Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train'' (1988) – Brian * ''Rikky and Pete'' (1988) – Adam * '' Evil Angels'' (1988) – Tipple * ''The Four Minu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the film and television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Australian film and television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the U.S. and the BAFTA Awards for the U.K. The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. The AACTA International Awards, inaugurated on 27 January 2012, are presented every January in Los Angeles. History 1958–2010: AFI Awards The awards were presented ann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patric Juillet
Patric Juillet is an Australian chef and film producer. He was married to Wendy Hughes, and produced several of her films. Children = Jay Juillet , Dominic Juillet, Gabriella Juillet, Raphaella Juillet , Michaela Juillet Select credits *''Man of Flowers'' (1983) - assistant to director *''Unfinished Business (1985 Australian film)'' - associate producer *''Remember Me'' (1985) (TV movie) - producer *''Pandemonium'' (1987) - executive producer *'' Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train'' (1988) - producer *''Boundaries of the Heart'' (1988) - producer *''Luigi's Ladies ''Luigi's Ladies'' is a 1989 Australian comedy directed by actor Judy Morris.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p310 It was the final film of actor David Rappaport. Refe ...'' (1989) - producer References {{DEFAULTSORT:Juillet, Patric Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Australian film producers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Sokol
Yuri may refer to: People and fictional characters Given name *Yuri (Slavic name), the Slavic masculine form of the given name George, including a list of people with the given name Yuri, Yury, etc. * Yuri (Japanese name), also Yūri, feminine Japanese given names, including a list of people and fictional characters *Yu-ri (Korean name), Korean unisex given name, including a list of people and fictional characters Singers *Yuri (Japanese singer), vocalist of the band Move *Yuri (Korean singer), member of Girl Friends * Yuri (Mexican singer) *Kwon Yu-ri, member of Girls' Generation Footballers *Yuri (footballer, born 1982), full name Yuri de Souza Fonseca, Brazilian football forward *Yuri (footballer, born 1984), full name Yuri Adriano Santos, Brazilian footballer *Yuri (footballer, born 1986), full name Yuri Vera Cruz Erbas, Brazilian footballer *Yuri (footballer, born 1989), full name Yuri Naves Roberto, Brazilian football defensive midfielder *Yuri (footballer, born 1990), full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
