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William M. Anderson
William M. Anderson (born 12 March 1948) is an Irish film editor who was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the film ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989). He has had an extended, notable association with the director Peter Weir, beginning with the film ''Gallipoli'' (1981), including ''Dead Poets Society'', and continuing through ''The Truman Show'' (1998). Lee Smith co-edited ''The Truman Show'', and was sole editor on Weir's next film, '' Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World'' (2003). Anderson was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Filmography Based on the Internet Movie Database; the director and any co-editors for each film are indicated in parenthesis. *'' Cindy and Donna'' (Anderson – 1970) *''The Young Graduates'' (Anderson – 1971) *''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' ( Beresford – 1972) *''Barry McKenzie Holds His Own'' (Beresford – 1974) *''Aaron Loves Angela'' ( Parks, Jr. – 1975) *''Don's Party'' (Beresford – 1976) *'' The Understudy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast
Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdom and the second-largest in Ireland. It had a population of 345,418 . By the early 19th century, Belfast was a major port. It played an important role in the Industrial Revolution in Ireland, briefly becoming the biggest linen-producer in the world, earning it the nickname "Linenopolis". By the time it was granted city status in 1888, it was a major centre of Irish linen production, tobacco-processing and rope-making. Shipbuilding was also a key industry; the Harland and Wolff shipyard, which built the , was the world's largest shipyard. Industrialisation, and the resulting inward migration, made Belfast one of Ireland's biggest cities. Following the partition of Ireland in 1921, Belfast became the seat of government for Northern Ireland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry McKenzie Holds His Own
''Barry McKenzie Holds His Own'' is the 1974 sequel to the 1972 Australian comedy film ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie''. Returning from the original film is Barry Crocker in the title role, as well as Barry Humphries in the role of Barry's aunt, Edna. Also returning in the director's chair is Bruce Beresford. The then Prime Minister of Australia, Gough Whitlam, along with his wife Margaret Whitlam, made cameo appearances as themselves. Barry Humphries contends that ''Barry McKenzie'' was an inspiration for the later film ''Crocodile Dundee''. Plot The film continues directly where ''The Adventures of Barry McKenzie'' ended with Barry McKenzie (Barry Crocker) and his aunt Edna returning home to Australia from England. During the flight two henchmen of Count Plasma (Donald Pleasence) (a Dracula-type Minister of Culture from the People's Republic of Transylvania) mistake Edna for the Queen of the United Kingdom and kidnap her during their brief stopover in Paris, believing t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Razorback (film)
''Razorback'' is a 1984 Australian natural horror film written by Everett De Roche, based on Peter Brennan's 1981 novel, and directed by Russell Mulcahy. The film revolves around the attacks of a gigantic wild boar terrorising the Australian outback, killing and devouring people. The film was released November 2, 1984. Plot Jake Cullen is babysitting his grandson at his house in the Australian outback when a massive razorback boar smashes through his house and carries off his grandson to devour. Jake is accused of murdering the child, and while his account of the events are met with considerable scepticism, he is ultimately acquitted due to lack of evidence. The event destroys his credibility, however, and he vows revenge on the boar. Two years later, American wildlife reporter Beth Winters journeys to the outback to document the hunting of Australian wildlife to be processed into pet food at a run-down factory. Beth gets video footage of two thugs, Benny Baker and his bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tender Mercies
''Tender Mercies'' is a 1983 American drama (film and television), drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The screenplay by Horton Foote focuses on Mac Sledge, a recovering alcoholism, alcoholic country music singer who seeks to turn his life around through his relationship with a young widow and her son in rural Texas. Robert Duvall plays the role of Mac; the supporting cast includes Tess Harper, Betty Buckley, Wilford Brimley, Ellen Barkin and Allan Hubbard. Financed by EMI Films, ''Tender Mercies'' was shot largely in Waxahachie, Texas. The script was rejected by several American directors before the Australian Beresford accepted it. Duvall, who sang his own songs in the film, drove more than throughout the state, tape recording local accents and playing in country music bands to prepare for the role. He and Beresford repeatedly clashed during production, at one point prompting the director to walk off the set and reportedly consider quitting the film. The film encompasses se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Year Of Living Dangerously (film)
''The Year of Living Dangerously'' is a 1982 Australian romantic drama film directed by Peter Weir and co-written by Weir and David Williamson. It was adapted from Christopher Koch's 1978 novel '' The Year of Living Dangerously''. The story is about a love affair set in Indonesia during the overthrow of President Sukarno. It follows a group of foreign correspondents in Jakarta on the eve of an attempted coup by the 30 September Movement in 1965. The film stars Mel Gibson as Australian journalist Guy Hamilton, and Sigourney Weaver as British Embassy officer Jill Bryant. It also stars Linda Hunt as a Chinese-Australian man with dwarfism, Billy Kwan, Hamilton's local photographer contact, a role for which Hunt won the 1983 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The film was shot in both Australia and the Philippines and includes Australian actors Bill Kerr as Colonel Henderson and Noel Ferrier as Wally O'Sullivan. It was banned from being shown in Indonesia until 2000, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puberty Blues
''Puberty Blues'' is a 1981 Australian coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1979 novel of the same name (essentially a protofeminist teen novel) by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey. Plot The story focuses on two teenage girls from the middle-class Sutherland Shire in Sydney. The girls attempt to create a popular social status by ingratiating themselves with the " Greenhill gang" of surfers, a group of boys with a careless attitude toward casual sex, drugs and alcohol, over the course of one Sydney summer. Cast * Nell Schofield as Debbie Vickers * Jad Capelja as Sue Knight * Jeffrey Rhoe as Garry * Tony Hughes as Danny * Sandy Paul as Tracy * Leander Brett as Cheryl * Rowena Wallace as Mrs. Knight * Charles 'Bud' Tingwell as The Headmaster Production Television writer Margaret Kelly was working at a writing workshop at a suburban theatre where she met Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey, who had written a number of unpublished stories abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Club (1980 Film)
''The Club'' is a satirical film based on the play of the same name by the Australian playwright and dramatist David Williamson. It follows the fortunes of an Australian rules football club over the course of a season, and explores the clashes of individuals from within the club. It was inspired by the backroom dealings and antics of the Victorian Football League's Collingwood Football Club. The film was produced in 1980, written by Williamson and directed by Bruce Beresford. It stars John Howard, Jack Thompson, Graham Kennedy and Frank Wilson. The film was described as a "hilarious, sharply observed slice of life". The film features Mike Brady's 1978 football anthem "Up There Cazaly". Plot The club pays a high price for Tasmanian recruit, Geoff Hayward (Howard). Geoff does not play well initially, infuriating the dedicated coach, Laurie Holden (Thompson). With the club playing so badly, Laurie's coaching days may be over soon. Club president Ted Parker (Kennedy) is forced t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breaker Morant (film)
''Breaker Morant'' is a 1980 Australian war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the same name. The film concerns the 1902 court martial of lieutenants Harry Morant, Peter Handcock and George Witton—one of the first war crime prosecutions in British military history. Australians serving in the British Army during the Second Anglo-Boer War, Morant, Handcock, and Witton stood accused of murdering captured enemy combatants and an unarmed civilian in the Northern Transvaal. The film is notable for its exploration of the Nuremberg Defence, the politics of the death penalty and the human cost of total war. As the trial unfolds, the events in question are shown in flashbacks. In 1980, the film won ten Australian Film Institute Awards including: Best Film, Best Direction, Leading Actor, Supporting Actor, Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, and Editing. It was also nominated for the 1980 Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Money Movers
''Money Movers'' is a 1978 Australian crime action drama film directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the 1972 book ''The Money Movers'' by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services. The story deals loosely with two real-life events, the 1970 Sydney Armoured Car Robbery where A$500,000 was stolen from a Mayne Nickless armoured van, and a 1970 incident when A$280,000 was stolen from Metropolitan Security Services' offices by bandits impersonating policemen. ''Money Movers'' is "one of the few films of the 1970s that deal with crime and police corruption as an entrenched state of being, and one of the earliest to embrace extremely violent action." Plot An armoured payroll truck owned by Darcy's Security Services is robbed and the driver, ex-policeman Dick Martin, is removed from armoured cars and put onto night patrols. The robbers are double-crossed by crime boss Jack Henderson, whose henchman Dino kills all the robbers. Lionel Darcy, head of the comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Cuddington
Chris Cuddington is an Australian animation director who worked at Hanna-Barbera Australia studios in Sydney during the 1970s and 1980s. At Hanna-Barbera (Australia), he was Animation Director for the following TV series: *''Clue Club'' (1976) *'' The Robonic Stooges'' (1977) *'' Wonder Wheels'' (1977) *''The All New Popeye Hour'' (1978) *''Dinky Dog'' (1978) *''Drak Pack'' (1980) *''The Kwicky Koala Show'' (1981) Previously in 1972, he was the storyboard artist of ''Around the World in 80 Days ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' (french: link=no, Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employe ...''. References External links * * Australian animators Living people Hanna-Barbera people Australian storyboard artists Australian television directors Australian film directors Australian animated film directors Year of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getting Of Wisdom (film)
''The Getting of Wisdom'' is a 1977 Australian film directed by Bruce Beresford and based on the 1910 novel of the same title by Henry Handel Richardson. The film is set in 1890s Victoria, when Laura ( Susannah Fowle) enters an exclusive Melbourne ladies' college based on Methodist Ladies' College. The film follows her struggle for acceptance, conformity, romance, friendship and achievement over the next four years. Lesbian overtones between a schoolgirl and a music teacher are made explicit in the film, more so than in Richardson's novel. It also starred Barry Humphries, John Waters and Terence Donovan, and featured early career appearances by Kerry Armstrong, Sigrid Thornton, Noni Hazlehurst, Maggie Kirkpatrick and Julia Blake. A musical theme runs through the story, with piano works by Beethoven, Schubert and Thalberg played by Sarah Grunstein. Plot Laura Rambotham is sent to attend boarding school in Melbourne at the turn of the century. During her second year she tells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Understudy (1976 Film)
''The Understudy'' is a 1976 Australian television film directed by Eric Luithle and starring John McTernan, Jeanie Drynan, Don Barkham, and Ivar Kants Ivar Kants (born 19 July 1949) (commonly credited as ''Ivor'' Kants or Ivar Kanz) is an Australian actor of Latvian descent who has played numerous roles in soap operas including ''A Country Practice'', '' G.P.'', '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats .... It is about a film within a film.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p158 References External links * Australian television films 1976 television films 1976 films 1970s English-language films 1970s Australian films {{1970s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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