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Backlash (1986 Film)
''Backlash'' is a 1986 Australian film directed by Bill Bennett. Plot Police officers Trevor Darling (David Argue) and Nikki Iceton (Gia Carides) escort a young Aboriginal woman Kath (Lydia Miller) to the New South Wales outback to stand trial. After getting stranded in the desert a bond grows between them. By the time they are rescued, both Nikki and Trevor believe Kath is innocent. Cast *David Argue as Trevor Darling *Gia Carides as Nikki Iceton *Lydia Miller as Kath *Brian Syron as The Executioner * Jennifer Cluff as Waitress Production Bill Bennett had raised $175,000 from the BBC and ABC to make a documentary about black tracker Jimmy James but was reluctant to proceed. He came up with the idea for the film and wondered if he could use the money to make a feature. Bennett got approval from the tax department and most investors to do this, with J C Williamson Ltd stepping in for the BBC and ABC. The final $50,000 of the budget came from Bennett himself. Bennett later said ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Bennett (director)
Bill Bennett (born 1953) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. Career Bennett was born in London to Australian parents and brought up in Brisbane. He studied journalism and got a cadetship with the ABC in 1972, where he was given the nickname "milkfingers" as a result of an on-air mishap. He spent two years working in Adelaide on ''This Day Tonight'' then went to work for Mike Willesee in Sydney. He then worked on ''The Big Country'' and ''The Australians'' before moving into feature filmmaking with '' A Street to Die'' (1985).David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p54 He dropped out of Medicine at the University of Queensland in 1972 and joined the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a journalist. During a ten-year career as a journalist he won Australia's top TV award, the Logie Awards (Australia's Emmy) for Television Reporter of the Year, and then later for Most Outstanding Docu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Cannes Film Festival
The 39th Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 1986. American filmmaker Sydney Pollack served as jury president for the main competition. British filmmaker Roland Joffé won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for the drama film '' The Mission''. The festival opened with '' Pirates'' by Roman Polanski, and closed with '' El amor brujo'' by Carlos Saura. Juries Main competition *Sydney Pollack, American filmmaker, producer, and actor - Jury President *Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian musician * Sônia Braga, Brazilian actress * Lino Brocka, Filipino filmmaker * Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer *Philip French, English film critic and producer * Alexandre Mnouchkine, French-Russian producer *István Szabó, Hungarian filmmaker * Danièle Thompson, French filmmaker * Alexandre Trauner, Hungarian-French production designer ''Camera d'Or'' * Anne Fichelle - Jury President * Christophe Ghristi, cinephile * Lawrence Kardish cinephile *Serge Leroy, French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1980s Australian Films
__NOTOC__ Year 198 (CXCVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Sergius and Gallus (or, less frequently, year 951 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 198 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire *January 28 **Publius Septimius Geta, son of Septimius Severus, receives the title of Caesar. **Caracalla, son of Septimius Severus, is given the title of Augustus. China *Winter – Battle of Xiapi: The allied armies led by Cao Cao and Liu Bei defeat Lü Bu; afterward Cao Cao has him executed. By topic Religion * Marcus I succeeds Olympianus as Patriarch of Constantinople (until 211). Births * Lu Kai, Chinese official and general (d. 269) * Quan Cong, Chinese general and advisor (d. 249) Deaths * Li Jue, Chinese warlord and regent * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Bill Bennett
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Drama Films
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. ** Spain and Portugal enter the European Community, which becomes the European Union in 1993. * January 11 – The Sir Leo Hielscher Bridges, Gateway Bridge in Brisbane, Australia, at this time the world's longest prestressed concrete free-cantilever bridge, is opened. * January 13–January 24, 24 – South Yemen Civil War. * January 20 – The United Kingdom and France announce plans to construct the Channel Tunnel. * January 24 – The Voyager 2 space probe makes its first encounter with Uranus. * January 25 – Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army Rebel group takes over Uganda after leading a Ugandan Bush War, five-year guerrilla war in which up to half a million people are believed to have been killed. They will later use January 26 as the official date ... [...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'', 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) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1986 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable births and deaths. Five popular films ('' Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'', ''Sleeping Beauty'', '' The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh'', '' Song of the South'' and '' Lady and the Tramp'') were re-released in theaters. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1986 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 7 - Lawrence Gordon resigns as president and chief operating officer of the Fox Entertainment Group, citing poor health * February 3 - Pixar Animation Studios is founded by Edwin Catmull and Alvy Ray Smith. * April - Guy McElwaine resigns as head of Columbia Pictures. * April 26 - Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver. * June - First Midnight Sun Film Festival in Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland. *July 2 - '' The Great Mouse Detectiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Certain Regard
(; 'A Certain Glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films with unusual styles and non-traditional stories seeking international recognition. At the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, ''Killer (1998 film), Killer'' by Darezhan Omirbaev was named the first ever winner. While The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo, ''The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo'' by Diego Céspedes is the most recent winner. Winners In 1998, the was introduced to the section to recognize young talent and to encourage innovative and daring works by presenting one of the films with a grant to aid its distribution in France. Since 2005, the prize consists of Euro, €30,000 financed by the Groupama GAN Foundation. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Argue
David J. Argue (born 1959) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his role as Snowy in ''Gallipoli'' as well as the lead role in the 1993 film '' Hercules Returns'' and Dicko in the 1983 film ''Razorback A feral pig is a pig, domestic pig which has gone feral, meaning it lives in the wild. The term feral pig has also been applied to wild boars, which can interbreed with domestic pigs. They are found mostly in the Americas and Australia. Razorb ...''. Argue left school in grade ten and went to NIDA. He earned a reputation as a talented, charismatic actor whom some found difficult to deal with; he was fired from ''Phar Lap'', ''Fortunate Life'' and ''Great Expectations''. Filmography Film Television Stage References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Argue, Dave Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Living people Australian male comedians 1959 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cognac Festival Du Film Policier
The Festival du Film policier de Cognac (), also known as Cognac Festival du Film Policier, was an annual film festival that took place in Cognac, France from 1982 to 2007. History The inaugural Festival du Film policier de Cognac was held in 1982, and it was held each year after than apart from 1991, until 2007. The festival focused on the police/crime genre and, after 1993, featured a short film and a television film competition. In 2007, the wine syndicate Bureau National Interprofessionel du Cognac announced that it was withdrawing its support of the 25-year-old film event. Without its main backer, the festival ended. However, another famed wine city, Beaune, Beaune, Côte d'Or, saw value in the format and two years later launched a successor: the Festival international du Film policier de Beaune. Since 2010, the Cognac-based ''Polar: Le Festival'' – originally a strictly literary event – has incorporated a film competition, albeit on a much smaller scale, to co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Cluff
Jennifer Cluff (b 1956) is an Australian actor and film producer. Early life Cluff was born in 1956 in the country town of Mudgee in central west New South Wales. Career Cluff's professional acting career began when she was seventeen and cast in the 1973 miniseries, ''Seven Little Australians''. She is known for her roles in 1996 thriller '' Kiss or Kill'' and 1999 drama '' In a Savage Land''. She is also a producer, known for skater film '' Deck Dogz'' (2005) and biographical film '' The Way, My Way'' (2024), the latter of which she also acted in. Cluff is also a dramaturge and script editor. She has worked on both screenplays and novels for major publishing houses. Personal life Cluff has been married to Bill Bennett William Richards Bennett, (April 14, 1932 – December 3, 2015) was a Canadian politician who was the 27th premier of British Columbia from 1975 to 1986. Early life Bennett was the son of Annie Elizabeth May (Richards) and former premier W. ... (with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
