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Jack Irish
''Jack Irish'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on ABC TV on 14 October 2012. The series stars Guy Pearce as the title character, a former criminal lawyer turned investigator and debt collector. Much of the action is set in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. Adapted from the crime fiction novels by author Peter Temple, the telemovies and series ''Jack Irish'' were developed by Andrew Anastasios, Matt Cameron and Andrew Knight. They began as three feature-length movies, before being adapted into three six-episode series, the final one airing from June 2021. All three movies were directed by Jeffrey Walker, while Kieran Darcy-Smith serves as lead director on the series. ''Bad Debts'', the first of the three feature-length movies, was watched by an average of 950,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the sixth most watched programme of the week. ''Black Tide'', the second movie, was watched by an average of 851,000 Australian viewers, ranking as the thirt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Drama
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), drama or gangster film, but also include Comedy film, comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as Mystery film, mystery, suspense or Film noir, noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. ''China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Fiction
Crime fiction, detective story, murder mystery, crime novel, mystery novel, and police novel are terms used to describe narratives or fiction that centre on criminal acts and especially on the investigation, either by an amateur or a professional detective, of a crime, often a murder. Most crime drama focuses on criminal investigation and does not feature the courtroom. Suspense and Mystery fiction, mystery are key elements that are nearly ubiquitous to the genre. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as historical fiction and science fiction, but the boundaries are indistinct. Crime fiction has several subgenres, including detective fiction (such as the whodunit), courtroom drama, hardboiled, hard-boiled fiction, and legal thrillers. History Proto-science and crime fictions have been composed across history, and in this category can be placed texts as varied as the Epic of Gilgamesh from Mesopotamia, the Mahabharata from History of India, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vadim Glowna
Vadim Glowna (; 26 September 1941 – 24 January 2012) was a German actor and film director. Since 1964, he appeared in more than 150 films and television shows. He directed the 1983 film '' Dies rigorose Leben'', which won an Honourable Mention at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival. In 1989, he was a member of the jury at the 39th Berlin International Film Festival. Three years later, his film '' Rising to the Bait'' was entered into the 42nd Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography Actor * '' Immensee'' (1943), as Baby (uncredited) * ''Im Schatten einer Großstadt'' (1965, TV film), as Johnny * ''Frühlings Erwachen'' (1966, TV film), as Melchior Gabor * ''Zuchthaus'' (1967, TV film), as Robert Labitzke * ''A Premeditated Crime'' (1967, TV film), as Anton Katz * '' Liebe und so weiter'' (1968), as Rob Studebecker * ''Tramp oder Der einzige und unvergleichliche Lenny Jacobson'' (1968, TV film), as Guido * ''Horror'' (1969, TV film), as Alex * '' 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Jane Mailman (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman is best known for her characters: Parliament of Australia, MP Alexandra "Alex" Irving on the Australian political drama series ''Total Control (TV series), Total Control'', Kelly Lewis on the Australian drama series ''The Secret Life of Us'', Cherie Butterfield in the Australian comedy-drama series ''Offspring (TV series), Offspring'', Lorraine in the Australian drama series ''Redfern Now'', Poppy Birkbeck in the miniseries ''Boy Swallows Universe (TV series), Boy Swallows Universe'' and Aunt Linda in the Australian dystopian science fiction series ''Cleverman (TV series), Cleverman''. Mailman was the first Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and has gone on to win six more both in television and film. She first gained recognition in the 1998 film ''Radiance (1998 film), Radiance'' for whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Franklin (comedian)
Robert Andrew Franklin (born 1965), is a Hillingdon, London-born, Welsh raised, comedian who has lived in Australia since 1989. Career Television On Australian television, Franklin was both writer and performer on ''Jimeoin'' (1994–95), '' Shaun Micallef's World Around Him'' (1996), ''Small Tales & True'' (1998), ''Eric'' (1997), '' The Mick Molloy Show'' (1999) and '' Introducing Gary Petty'' (2000), in which he played the title role and received an Australian Writers' Guild award nomination. Franklin has also acted in TV dramas such as '' Kangaroo Palace'' (1997), '' Stingers'' (2002), '' After the Deluge'' (2003), '' CrashBurn'' (2003), ''The Heartbreak Tour'' (2005), '' Tripping Over'' (2006) and an episode of '' The Adventures of Lano and Woodley'' ("Starquest"). From 2016 to 2021, Franklin had a recurring role as Brendan O'Grady in the ''Jack Irish'' films and television series. Franklin has made several appearances on '' Thank God You're Here'' and was in the sitcoms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Atkinson (actress)
Kate Atkinson (born 28 June 1972) is an Australian film, television and theatre actress. She is best known for her roles on television series '' SeaChange'' as police officer Karen Miller and ''Offspring'' as Renee. From 2013 to 2021 she appeared in a regular role in '' Wentworth'' as Deputy Governor (later Governor) and Industries Manager Vera Bennett. Atkinson has also had regular roles in the television series '' Fat Cow Motel'', ''Blue Heelers'', ''The Cooks'' and ''Kath & Kim''. Film roles include ''Japanese Story'', '' The Hard Word'' and '' The Jammed''. Biography Atkinson was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, on 28 June 1972 to an English mother and Tasmanian father. She was raised in Perth, Western Australia. She studied English at Curtin University in Perth from 1990 to 1993, earning a BA with a double major in theatre and film and television. Atkinson appeared in the long-running drama ''Wentworth'' as Vera Bennett from series 1 to the finale in 2021. She repr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Falk
Ronald "Ron" William Thompson Falk (born 23 August 1935 – 27 June 2016) was an Australian actor and production designer. He was perhaps best known as the voice of the Coruscant Diner chef, Dexter Jettster in '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''. His other works included roles in ''Jack Irish, Secret City'', ''The Damnation of Harvey McHugh'' and ''ITV Play of the Week''. Early life Falk was born on 23 August 1935 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. In his early years, he was educated at the Geelong Grammar School. Career Falk's acting career began in Melbourne at the Union and National theatre. He played alongside the late Monica Maughan and Barry Humphries in ''The Front Page'' and other classical theatre roles. He soon moved to England where he spent ten years to participate in other theatre productions. He later moved back to Australia where he continued his acting career well into his senior citizen years. Personal life Falk took a two-year break from acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Flaus
John Flaus is an Australian actor. Career Flaus began acting in 1969 when he was on the set of the short film ''The American Poet's Visit'', directed by Michael Thornhill. Flaus was there to observe the set, but Thornhill had told him to be on screen for a party scene. Filmography *'' Rake'' (2014) *''Tracks'' (2013) *'' Jack Irish'' (2012–2021) - 3 films and 15 episodes as Wilbur *''Pinion'' (2010) *''I Love You Too'' (2010) *'' Mary and Max'' (2009) *'' Harvie Krumpet'' (2003) *'' Crackerjack'' (2002) *'' The Dish'' (2001) *'' The Castle'' (1997) *'' Lilian's Story'' (1996) *'' The Nun and the Bandit'' (1992) *''Bloodlust'' (1992) *'' See Jack Run'' (1992) *'' Spotswood'' (1992) *''In Too Deep'' (1990) *'' Jigsaw'' (1990) *'' Nirvana Street Murder'' (1990) *'' Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train'' (1989) *''Grievous Bodily Harm'' (1988) *'' Devil's Hill'' (telefilm) (1988) *''Ghosts of the Civil Dead'' (1988) *''Hungry Heart'' (1987) *''Feathers'' (1987) *''Traps'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Norris (actor)
Terence Richard Norris (9 June 1930 – 20 March 2023) was an Australian stage, radio, television and film actor, and politician. As an actor, he starred in television shows such as '' Bellbird'' and ''Cop Shop'', and in films like '' Romulus, My Father'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' and '' Paper Planes''. Norris interrupted his show business career for ten years with a stint serving in state politics, for the Labor Party with the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early and personal life Norris was born in Richmond, a suburb of Melbourne. His father was a boilermaker. He married the English-born Australian Julia Blake in 1962. They met in Yorkshire and often appeared together in repertory theatre. They had three children: Dominic, Jane and Sarah Norris died on 20 March 2023 after a short illness, at the age of 92. Acting career Theatre Norris trained at the Melbourne Tivoli Theatre and started his career in the 1950s and early 1960s wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Garvey
Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles. Early life and education Damien Garvey graduated from Padua College, a Catholic boys' school in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1982. Career Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his acting career. Some of his early roles include shows such as '' Medivac'' (his first role, in 1998), '' Water Rats'' (2000), '' Young Lions'' (2002), and in the children's drama '' Cybergirl'' (2001). Garvey appeared on '' McLeod's Daughters'', in a recurring role from 2001 until 2007. He then had a role in season one of ''Sea Patrol'' (2007). In 2008 and 2009, he appeared on ABC1's drama ''East of Everything''. In 2010, acting in Channel Nine's '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile'', Garvey won an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (2010). In 2011, he had a role as a bartender and former soldier Tom Boylan, in the American sci-fi series '' Ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC Iview
ABC iview is a video on demand and catch-up TV service run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Currently iview video content can only be viewed by users in Australia. As of 2016, ABC iview attracts around 50 million plays monthly and accounts for around half of the total time streamed by Australian TV video services. History After running for several months in beta form under the name "ABC Playback", the service became available as a Flash website in July 2008. This was the next step after the video podcasting of ABC TV programs since July 2006. The iview Flash website was redesigned in 2009 and 2010, to cater for a large increase in content. An iOS app for iPads was launched in December 2010, followed by a mobile version for iPhone in June 2012. An iview Android app supporting phones and tablets on Android 4.0.3 and above was released on 18 December 2013. Over the following years, iview was released to a range of Smart TVs, games consoles and other devices. C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
