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Vietnam (miniseries)
''Vietnam'' is a 1987 Australian TV mini-series directed by Chris Noonan and John Duigan. It stars Barry Otto, Nicole Kidman and Nicholas Eadie. The series won the Logie Award for Most Popular Single Telemovie or Miniseries. Plot Set in the 1960s through to the early 1970s, ''Vietnam'' is a mini-series about Australia's involvement in the Vietnam war. The Goddard family live in Canberra – Public servant Douglas, Evelyn (Veronica Lang), and their son Phil and daughter Megan. Aged 15, Megan is now a rebellious teenager, infuriating her conservative parents while her older sibling Phil is a budding photographer. Australia joins the war in Vietnam and the strains and stresses it places on the Goddard family mirror the political and social upheavals the country experiences in the 1960s. Phil is called up in the national draft and he reluctantly goes to do his duty with Australian army forces in Vietnam. He encounters the harsh realities of the war when the platoon walks into a mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mini-series
In the United States, a miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells a story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series" is a more recent American term which is sometimes used interchangeably. , the popularity of miniseries format has increased in both streaming services and broadcast television. The term " serial" is used in the United Kingdom and in other Commonwealth nations to describe a show that has an ongoing narrative plotline, while "series" is used for a set of episodes in a similar way that "season" is used in North America. Definitions A miniseries is distinguished from an ongoing television series; the latter does not usually have a predetermined number of episodes and may continue for several years. Before the term was coined in the United States in the early 1970s, the ongoing episodic form was always called a "serial", just as a novel appeari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unconventional Warfare
Unconventional warfare (UW) is broadly defined as "military and quasi-military operations other than conventional warfare" and may use covert forces or actions such as subversion, diversion, sabotage, espionage, biowarfare, sanctions, propaganda or guerrilla warfare. This is typically done to avoid escalation into conventional warfare as well as international conventions. Description Aside from the earlier definition of warfare that is not conventional, unconventional warfare has also been described as: There is another type of warfare— new in its intensity, ancient in its origin—war by guerrillas, subversives, insurgents, assassins; war by ambush instead of by combat, by infiltration instead of aggression, seeking victory by eroding and exhausting the enemy instead of engaging him. It preys on unrest. Methods and organization Unconventional warfare targets the civilian population psychologically to win hearts and minds, and only targets military and political bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noel Ferrier
Noel Ferrier Member of the Order of Australia, AM (20 December 193016 October 1997) was an Australian television personality, comedian, stage and film actor, raconteur, and theatrical producer. He was a regular panelist in Graham Kennedy's popular game show ''Blankety Blanks (Australian game show), Blankety Blanks''. His movie credits include ''Avengers of the Reef'' (1973), ''Alvin Purple'' (1973), ''Alvin Rides Again'' (1974), ''Scobie Malone (film), Scobie Malone'' (1975), ''Deathcheaters'' (1976), ''Eliza Fraser (film), Eliza Fraser'' (1976), ''Turkey Shoot (1982 film), Turkey Shoot'' (1982), ''The Year of Living Dangerously (film), The Year of Living Dangerously'' (1982), and ''Backstage (1988 film), Backstage'' (1988). He received an AFI nomination for Best Actor for his role in ''Eliza Fraser''. His final movie role was in ''Paradise Road (1997 film), Paradise Road'' (1997). Death Noel Ferrier died 15 October 1997 in Sydney, aged 66, reportedly from a heart attack. Hon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cassandra Delaney
Cassandra Delaney (born 8 September 1961) is an Australian actress best known for her marriage to and divorce from American singer John Denver. Career Delaney started her career in show business in 1982 with a one-off single, "Boots"—a reworked country version of the 1966 Nancy Sinatra hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"—before moving into acting. Delaney starred in a number of Australian films, one of which, ''Fair Game (1986 film), Fair Game'' (1986), has become a cult classic. Personal life Delaney married Denver in 1988, after a two-year courtship. Settling at Denver's home in Aspen, the couple had a daughter, Jesse Belle. She and Denver separated in 1991 and divorced in 1993. Of this, his second marriage, Denver wrote "before our short-lived marriage ended in divorce, she managed to make a fool of me from one end of the valley to the other". Delaney's older sister is actress Delvene Delaney. Filmography Film Television Television (as self) Referenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Holt (actor)
James David Holt (born 15 January 1956) is an English-born actor who has appeared in many Australian television shows and films. Holt is also a magician, and has had the opportunity to incorporate this talent into some of his television appearances. Well known productions in which he has appeared include ''Bodyline (miniseries), Bodyline'', ''Anzacs (TV series), Anzacs'', ''Crocodile Dundee II'', ''A Country Practice'', ''Embassy (TV series), Embassy'', ''G. P.'', ''Heartbreak High'', ''Wildside (Australian TV series), Wildside'', and most recently in an episode of ''Packed to the Rafters'' (2009). He is married to publishing executive Robyn Holt, and they have a daughter named Hannah. From around 2002 to early 2006, he was based in Russia while his wife was the Managing Director of Condé Nast Publications, Condé Nast Zao. Filmography Acting References External links *Bio details of Robyn Holt 1959 births Living people Australian male film actors Australian ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett Climo
Brett Leonard Climo (born 26 September 1964) is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for playing Peter Healy in the soap opera '' Sons and Daughters'' and George Bligh in a '' A Place to Call Home''.Gentleman proves his substance ''Sydney Morning Herald''. 20 June 2013 Early life Climo was born to parents Nancy and Ray in , Australia in 1959. His father died of a when he was three years old, and he was raised by his mother and grew up with two older sisters, Annette and Deann ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercia Deane-Johns
Mercia Deane-Johns is an Australian actress of film, stage and television. She is also a writer, singer, and stand-up comedian. She has played a wide array of characters since she was 12 years old and has appeared in many film roles and TV series on Australian screens. Education Born in Melbourne on 21 February 1958, Mercia Deane-Johns trained at a television and film course with Crawford Productions, in 1974. She has studied ballet at the Gertrud Bodenwieser Dance Centre, in Sydney. Deane-Johns obtained a diploma in classical singing and theory of music from the London College of Music, Ealing, London in 1975. She is also an Associate of the London College of Music (A.L.C.M). She was on a twelve-month contract at the Melbourne Theatre Company in 1978. She has studied Tai chi and had private lessons with the late Tennyson Yui for one year, in 1980. Deane-Johns attended Southern Cross University from 2006 to 2010 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts in writing and communication. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyssa-Jane Cook
Alyssa-Jane Cook (born 16 February 1967) is an Australian actress, singer, and TV presenter currently on TVSN. Actress roles She is best known for her regular role as Lisa Bennett on the Australian television soap opera '' E Street''. She played the lead role of Olivia Murray in the series '' Above the Law'', and appeared as Kelli Edwards in ''Home and Away''. As a presenter, she hosted the series ''Sex/Life'', co-hosted ''Australia’s Funniest People'', and was a regular on ''Home Life Style'', ''Beauty and the Beast'', and '' Good News Week''. In the science fiction series ''Farscape'' she appeared as the character Gilina Renaez in the episodes " PK Tech Girl", "Nerve", " The Hidden Memory", and " John Quixote". On stage, Cook played Columbia in ''The New Rocky Horror Show'' 1992 Australian tour, and has appeared in ''The Vagina Monologues''. In 2008, Cook was the face of weight-loss company Bodytrim. She appeared in advertisements on Australian TV for their product ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pauline Chan (Australian Actress)
Pauline Chan ( zh, c=陳寶玲, p=Chén Bǎolíng, ; born 1956) is an Australian actress, director, screenwriter and producer. Early life Born and raised 16 years in Vietnam, Pauline Chan was sent to Hong Kong during the Vietnam War. She is of Chinese descent. Chan attended high school, enrolled in drama school, and worked as an actress in Hong Kong. Later, she traveled to the United States and studied film at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1980, Pauline Chan moved to Sydney, Australia. Career Pauline Chan made her acting debut debut in the 1987 George Miller produced Australian TV miniseries ''Vietnam''. Chan also appeared alongside Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Denholm Elliott in the 1989 TV miniseries '' Bangkok Hilton''. Chan's short film ''Dusty Hearts'' won the ''Special Mention Award'' in the Short Film category. at the 1991 Torino International Festival of Young Cinema. In 1994 Pauline Chan wrote and directed the film ''Traps''. She also directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Lee (Australian Actor)
Mark Lee (born 1958) is an Australian theatre and film actor and director, and singer. He played the lead role in the 1981 film ''Gallipoli'', alongside Mel Gibson.Michael Ferguson and Michael S. Ferguson Since then, Lee has worked extensively in Australian film, television and theatre. Career He originally worked as a model and coffee house singer. His film debut was in 1970 in the film ''Strange Holiday'' (based on the novel by Jules Verne). After his success in ''Gallipoli'' (1981) he spent some time as a musician, playing and singing as front man in popular Sydney bands like One Way Ticket and The Idle Poor, performed in company with his Conservatorium-trained, violin-playing younger brother, David. Lee also spent some years acting in, and frequently simultaneously directing, amateur plays. He starred in the 1987 Australian television drama ''Vietnam'' (one of Nicole Kidman's early roles) and the 1988 gay cult film '' The Everlasting Secret Family''. He also starred as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grace Parr (actress)
Grace Parr is an Australian actress. She co-starred in ''Prejudice'' for which she was nominated for the 1989 Australian Film Institute Award for Best Lead Actress in a Telefeature. Parr's other featured roles include the Japanese–Australian TV series '' Ultraman: Towards the Future'', SBS TV's first continuing drama series '' The Girl from Steel City'' and the mini-series ''Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...''. References External links * Living people Australian television actresses Australian film actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Actresses from Manila {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Polson
John Polson (born 6 September 1965) is an Australian actor, director and founder of Tropfest. Polson is perhaps best known for his role starring opposite Russell Crowe and Jack Thompson in '' The Sum of Us'' (1994). In February 2001, Polson attended the 12th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in Hokkaidō, Japan, where his film ''Siam Sunset'' won the Minami Toshiko Award. In 2005 he directed the film '' Hide and Seek'', which achieved number one box-office status in America. He also directed the feature film '' Tenderness'' starring Russell Crowe and Laura Dern, which was released in 2009. Polson is the creative founder of Tropfest, the world's largest short film festival. In 2007, Tropfest partnered with the Tribeca Film Festival to present Tropfest@Tribeca in Battery Park. He is also a saxophone player. At the APRA Music Awards of 2013 The Australasian Performing Right Association Awards of 2013 (generally known as APRA Awards) are a series of related awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
