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Channel Chaos
''Channel Chaos'' is a 1985 Australian film set at a TV station.Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p25 Cast * Jay Hackett * Tim Scally * Lyn Semmler * Peter Moon as Dick Jones * Tiriel Mora Tiriel Mora (born 19 October 1958) is an Australian television and film actor. Early life Tiriel Mora's parents were French-born visual artist Mirka Mora and German-born entrepreneur, art dealer and restauranteur Georges Mora. His older brot ... as Police Officer Plot The actors of the TV series ''Copfile'' investigate when their scriptwriter is killed. Production The film was the second of four movies made by the team of Barry Peak and Chris Kiely who ran the Valhalla Cinemas in Sydney and Melbourne. The movie was known in production as ''A Hatful of Arseholes'' and the budget was raised through 10BA. Peak and Kiely hated the movie when they finished and decided not to screen it in their own cinema. References External links * Aus ...
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Barry Peak
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Chris Kiely
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Peter Moon (comedian)
Peter Moon (born 18 January 1953) is an Australian comedian, best known for writing and performing in the sketch comedy ''Fast Forward (Australian TV series), Fast Forward''. Biography Moon was born in Yarram, Victoria, Yarram, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. On ''Fast Forward'', his characters were often oafish sidekicks to more dominant characters played by Steve Vizard, including Barry the advertising executive and Abdul the Persian carpet salesman. Moon appeared in one of the show's best-known parodies, of the ''Kung Fu (1972 TV series), Kung Fu'' television series (also opposite Vizard), and as the "very unattractive" Soviet newsreader Victor with Jane Turner as Svetta. After ''Fast Forward'', Moon worked as a writer and occasional guest performer on its successor, ''Full Frontal (Australian TV series), Full Frontal'', and various other comedy series, usually alongside other ''Fast Forward'' alumni. In 1995 Moon joined the 2Day FM ''Morning Crew'' breakfast radio show, ...
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Tiriel Mora
Tiriel Mora (born 19 October 1958) is an Australian television and film actor. Early life Tiriel Mora's parents were French-born visual artist Mirka Mora and German-born entrepreneur, art dealer and restauranteur Georges Mora. His older brothers are film director Philippe Mora and art dealer William Mora. He lived with his father in a hotel in St Kilda, and his mother lived lived nearby. Mora decided that he wanted to be an actor at the age of five. When he turned eighteen he spent a year in London before returning to Australia to study at the University of New England. He was short listed for a place at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) several times, but was unsuccessful. Career Mora is best known for his roles as the hard-nosed journalist Martin 'Marty' Di Stasio, in the cult satirical television series '' Frontline'', and as the bumbling local solicitor Dennis Denuto, in 1997 comedy film '' The Castle''. His other television credits include a guest role ...
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Valhalla Cinema, Melbourne
The Valhalla Cinema was a repertory and arthouse cinema in Melbourne, Australia. Noted for audience participation films, it was named for Valhalla, the "Hall of the slain" in Norse mythology. It ran as the Valhalla at Victoria Street, Richmond from 1976 until 1987, when it moved to the present location of the Westgarth Theatre in Northcote. In 1996 the Valhalla closed its doors and became Westgarth Cinema, now the Palace Westgarth. History The cinema opened its doors on 10 June 1976 at 216 Victoria Street, Richmond. The first film to be screened there was Michael Ritchie's ''"Smile"''. The cinema was started by two friends from Sydney University: Barry Peak and Christopher Kiely. They had been running short seasons of films by the likes of the Marx Brothers, W.C. Fields & Mae West and Humphrey Bogart in Melbourne for some time. Realising that they needed a permanent home in Melbourne, rather than keep renting venues such as the Palais and The National in St Kilda and the ...
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Australian Comedy Films
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1980s English-language 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 r ...
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1985 Comedy Films
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