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List Of Films Shot In Brisbane ...
The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in Brisbane, Australia. Films See also * Australian Film Commission * Cinema of Australia * Film Australia * Screen Australia * South Australian Film Corporation * World cinema * List of Australian films * List of films set in Australia * List of films shot in Adelaide * List of films shot in Darwin * List of films shot on the Gold Coast * List of films shot in Queensland * List of films shot in Sydney * List of films shot in Tasmania * List of films shot in Western Australia References {{reflist, 3 * Films Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, and the third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of approximately 2.6 million. Brisbane lies at the centre of the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
48 Shades
''48 Shades'' (titled ''Australian Pie: Naked Love'' in the United States) is a 2006 Australian comedy film by debut director Daniel Lapaine, starring Richard Wilson, Emma Lung, Robin McLeavy, and Victoria Thaine. It is based on Nick Earls' popular 1999 novel '' 48 Shades of Brown''. It was filmed in Brisbane, Australia. School scenes from the film were filmed in the real-life Brisbane Boys' College. The book on which the film is based has also been adapted into a play for La Boite Theatre Company. Plot A few months ago Dan had to make a choice. Go to Geneva with his parents for a year, board at school or move into a house with his uni student bass-playing aunt, Jacq, and her friend, Naomi. He picked Jacq's place. Now he's doing his last year at school and trying not to spin out. Trying to be cool. Trying to pick up a few skills for surviving in the adult world. Problem is, he falls for Naomi, and things become much, much more confusing. As Dan fumbles through the process of f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Railway Man (film)
''The Railway Man'' is a 2013 war film directed by Jonathan Teplitzky. It is an adaptation of the 1995 autobiography of the same name by Eric Lomax, and stars Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Irvine, and Stellan Skarsgård. It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2013. Plot During the Second World War, Eric Lomax is a British officer who is captured by the Japanese in Singapore and sent to a Japanese POW camp, where he is forced to work on the Thai-Burma Railway north of the Malay Peninsula. During his time in the camp as one of the Far East prisoners of war, Lomax is tortured by the ''Kempeitai'' (military secret police) for building a radio receiver from spare parts. The torture depicted includes beatings, food deprivation and waterboarding. Apparently, he had fallen under suspicion of being a spy, for supposedly using the British news broadcast receiver as a transmitter of military intelligence. In fact, however, his only intention h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tender (2012 Film)
Elizabeth Maree Tomkins (born 1 December 1982) is an Australian film producer. She studied at Queensland College of Art, graduating in 2005, and later began work at Briz 31 Community Television, where among other roles she produced the station's flagship show ''Cinema''. She subsequently left community television to pursue work on various films and TV series shot in Canada, South-East Queensland, and Far-North Queensland by companies including HBO, FOX, Dimeworth Films, and Limelight International. By 2009 she changed course to pursue independent producing and began as Production Manager and publicist of a low-budget thriller ''Sleeper''. The film was developed by Brisbane-based production company Seven8 Media and was distributed in North America and Canada by Celebrity Home Entertainment. This would lead to her producing Screen Development Australia funded short film ''Tender'' which she developed with its Queensland branch QPIX. In 2012 Liz Tomkins and Judd Tilyard pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Sky
''Iron Sky'' is a 2012 comic-science-fiction action film directed by Timo Vuorensola and written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.io9.com by Charlie Jane Anders (7 May 2008), "Nazi Moonbase Launches Stealth Attack". Retrieved 1 May 2009. It tells the story of a group of Nazi Germans who, having been defeated in 1945, fled to the Moon, where they built a space fleet to return in 2018 and conquer Earth. ''Iron Sky'' is one of the most expensive Finnish films. ''Iron Sky'' comes from the creators ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daybreakers
''Daybreakers'' is a 2009 science-fiction action horror film written and directed by Michael and Peter Spierig. The film takes place in a futuristic world overrun by vampires, and centers around a vampiric corporation which sets out to capture and farm the remaining humans while researching a substitute for human blood. Ethan Hawke plays vampire hematologist Edward Dalton, whose work is interrupted by human survivors led by former vampire "Elvis" (Willem Dafoe), who has a cure that can save the human species. An international co-production between Australia and the United States, ''Daybreakers'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009. It was released in the United Kingdom on 6 January 2010 and in North America on 8 January 2010. The film grossed over $50 million worldwide and received mixed critical reception. Plot In 2009, a plague caused by an infected bat transforms most of the world's population into immortal vampires. The human population plumm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Her Skin
''In Her Skin'' (also known as ''I Am You'' from the working title ''How to Change in 9 Weeks'') is a 2009 Australian drama movie written and directed by Simone North. The film is based on the true story of the murder of 15-year-old Rachel Barber, Ivan Southall's granddaughter, who went missing on March, 1, 1999. It was later discovered that Barber was murdered by a former neighbour and family babysitter, Caroline Reed Robertson. The film's story is told from alternating points of view; the victim, the victim's parents, and the murderer. Flashbacks reveal details about all of the characters, including the motive of the murderer. ''In Her Skin'' is inspired by the book ''Perfect Victim'' by Elizabeth Southall (Rachel's mother) and Megan Norris (an Investigative reporter). Synopsis Fifteen-year old Rachel Barber misses her tram to meet with her father. Her parents grow concerned and report the incident to the police the next day. Since Rachel had gone missing with her backpack, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triangle (2009 British Film)
''Triangle'' is a 2009 psychological horror film written and directed by Christopher Smith (director), Christopher Smith and starring Melissa George and Michael Dorman. The film was released in the United Kingdom on 16 October 2009. George portrays a single mother who goes on a boating trip with several friends. When they are forced to abandon their ship, they board a derelict ocean liner, where they become convinced that someone is stalking them. Plot Jess prepares to take Tommy, her autism, autistic son, on a boat trip with her friend Greg and hears the doorbell ring, but no one is there. Jess drives to a Florida harbor without Tommy, explaining that he is at his special needs school, and boards Greg's boat with his married friends Sally and Downey, Heather, and Victor. At sea, a storm approaches, and while Greg radios the United States Coast Guard, Coast Guard, he picks up a distress signal from a woman frantically pleading help. The woman says that someone is killing everyo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fool's Gold (2008 Film)
''Fool's Gold'' is a 2008 American romantic action comedy film from Warner Bros. Pictures about a recently divorced couple who rekindle their romantic life while searching for a lost treasure. The film is directed by Andy Tennant and reunites the ''How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'' stars Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson. It received negative reviews from critics and grossed $111 million worldwide. Plot Ben "Finn" Finnegan is a treasure hunter and he has been searching for the sunken Spanish galleon, the ''Aurelia'', that was lost at sea with the 1715 Treasure Fleet for over eight years. He and his right-hand man Ukrainian Alfonz find a fragment of dishware especially produced as part of the Queen's Dowry when his accidentally sunken ship uncovers it in the seabed. Owing Gangster rapper Bigg Bunny over $60,000, Finn is roughed up by Bigg's thugs and left for dead. He hurries, once he escapes, to the divorce hearing his wife Tess has called in Key West, but he arrives one minute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NewsMail
The ''NewsMail'' is an online newspaper based in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. It has a wide range of content including domestic and international affairs. The paper has a long, notable history, starting as a family business and more recently becoming part of the regional network of News Corp Australia, the largest Australian newspaper publisher. It shut down its printed edition and became online-only in June 2020. History Thomas White, the founder of NewsMail, first named the newspaper the ''Burnett Argus'' in 1861. In 1869, White moved publishing to Maryborough and changed the name to ''The Maryborough Mail''. In 1872, the publisher moved and renamed the newspaper again to the Mount Perry Mail. Later on, The Mount Perry Mail moved to Bundaberg and became ''The Bundaberg Mail''. Several newspapers were published weekly in Bundaberg between 1880 and 1900, but by the early 20th century two tri-weeklies divided the market: ''The Mail'' and its competitor ''The Star''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Horseman (film)
''The Horseman'' is a 2008 Australian vigilante action film directed and written by Steven Kastrissios and starring Peter Marshall, Evert McQueen and introducing Caroline Marohasy. Plot After the drug-induced death of his teenaged daughter, Christian (Peter Marshall) is sent a video tape, a "snuff film" involving his daughter and several men. Christian then decides to avenge his daughter by killing all those linked to the sex tape. Along the way he meets a teenage runaway named Alice (Caroline Marohasy) and a fragile friendship begins to unfold. Cast Production ''The Horseman'' was conceived as a short film. Release The film came out on DVD and Blu-ray on 1 March 2010 in the UK. The film was part of the Sitges Film Festival, Fantasia Festival, the Film4 FrightFest and South by Southwest 2009. Screen Media Ventures set the limited theatrical run for the United States on 15 June 2010. Critical reception While it has been criticised for the brutal violence and content matter, r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Condemned
''The Condemned'' is a 2007 action film written and directed by Scott Wiper. The film stars Steve Austin, Vinnie Jones, Robert Mammone, Tory Mussett, Madeleine West and Rick Hoffman. The film centers on ten convicts who are forced to fight each other to the death as part of an illegal game which is being broadcast to the public. ''The Condemned'' was filmed in Queensland, Australia. Fight choreography was coordinated by Richard Norton, who also stunt doubles for Jones on some scenes. A sequel titled ''The Condemned 2'' starring Randy Orton was released in 2015. The film was produced by WWE Films and distributed by Lionsgate on April 27, 2007. Plot Jack Conrad awaits execution in a corrupt Salvadoran prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and transported to a deserted island in the South Pacific along with nine other condemned criminals from prisons around the world. They are "offered" the opportunity to avoid capital punishment and win back their freedo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
