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Dear Claudia
''Dear Claudia'' is a 1999 Australian romantic comedy. It was shot on location on Brampton Island Brampton Island is an island in the Cumberland Group, off shore from Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. The island lies within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, and the majority of the island forms the Brampton Islan ... also in a small queensland country town called Clifton. Some locals have parts as extras in the film. Retrieved 10 November 2012 References External links *Dear Claudia at Oz Movies [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal And Jim McElroy
Hal and James "Jim" McElroy (born 6 April 1946) are Australian twin film and television producers. They are best known for three films they produced jointly in the 1970s, all directed by Peter Weir at the start of his career: '' The Cars That Ate Paris'' (1974), '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), and '' The Last Wave'' (1977). They were also joint associate producers of '' Let the Balloon Go'' (1976). The McElroy brothers also worked on projects separately before, during and after these joint projects. They have had entirely separate careers since 1982, with the exception of '' Till There Was You'' (1991). Hal now works with his wife Di McElroy. Early and family life Hal and Jim McElroy were born in 1946 in Melbourne. As twins, they were always inseparable and had identical interests, school activities and friends. They entered the film industry together in 1966, moving to Sydney to work on productions such as ''Age of Consent'' (1969) and '' Ned Kelly'' (1970). They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bryan Brown
Bryan Neathway Brown AM (born 23 June 1947) is an Australian actor. He has performed in over eighty film and television projects since the late 1970s, both in his native Australia and abroad. Notable films include '' Breaker Morant'' (1980), '' Give My Regards to Broad Street'' (1984), '' F/X'' (1986), '' Tai-Pan'' (1986), ''Cocktail'' (1988), '' Gorillas in the Mist'' (1988), '' F/X2'' (1991), ''Along Came Polly'' (2004), ''Australia'' (2008), '' Kill Me Three Times'' (2014) and '' Gods of Egypt'' (2016). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for his performance in the television miniseries '' The Thorn Birds'' (1983). Early life Brown was born in Panania, a south-western Sydney suburb, the son of John "Jack" Brown and Molly Brown, a pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet, who also worked as a house cleaner. He grew up with his younger sister, Kristine, in Panania, and began working at AMP as an actuarial student. He started to act ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandra Vujcic
Aleksandra Vujcic (born 1973) is a Croatian-New Zealand actress best known for her acting appearances in 1990s films. She moved to New Zealand when she turned twenty and came to attention in the New Zealand film ''Broken English'' after being discovered in a bar. Select credits *''Broken English'' (1996) *''Dear Claudia'' (1999) *''Last Run ''Last Run'' is a 2001 British-German action film, directed by Anthony Hickox, starring Armand Assante and Jürgen Prochnow. Cast *Armand Assante as Frank Banner *Jürgen Prochnow as Andrus Bukarin *Ornella Muti as Danny * Corey Johnson as J ...'' (2001) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vujcic, Aleksandra 1973 births Living people Croatian actresses Croatian emigrants to New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand actresses 21st-century New Zealand actresses ... [...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 played the character Kelly Lewis on the Australian television series '' The Secret Life of Us'' and Cherie Butterfield in the Australian comedy/drama series '' Offspring''. She portrayed the role of Lorraine in the Australian TV series '' Redfern Now'' and Aunt Linda in the television program '' Cleverman''. Mailman is the main character in the Australian TV series '' Total Control''. Mailman was the first Aboriginal actress to win the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and has gone on to win four more both in television and film. She first gained recognition in the 1998 film '' Radiance'' for which she won her first AFI award. She has had roles in '' Rabbit-Proof Fence'', '' Bran Nue Dae'', '' Oddball'', '' The Sapphires'', '' Paper Planes'', ''Mental'', '' Blinky Bill the Movie'', '' Combat Wombat'', ''H Is for Happiness'', and '' The Boo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rel Hunt
Aurel Mitterdorfer, professionally known as Rel Hunt, is an Australian actor who played Angus in ''Macbeth'', an updated modern version of the Shakespeare play and portrayed Al Corley in the fictionalized 2005 American television movie/docudrama '' Dynasty: The Making of a Guilty Pleasure'', based on the creation and behind the scenes production of the 1980s prime time soap opera ''Dynasty''. He also played a bag thief in one episode of ''Home and Away'' (1993), Ben Murphy in one episode of '' Blue Heelers'' (1994), Butch Yunkin in ''The Stalking of Laurie Show'' (2000) and Ryan Scheppers in Seasons 5-7 of ''Heartbreak High ''Heartbreak High'' is an Australian television program created by Michael Jenkins and Ben Gannon that ran from 1994 to 1996 on Network Ten and 1997 to 1999 on the ABC, for seven series. It was also partially funded from 1996 by BBC2, with so ...''. He also voiced Frankie in the '' Static Shock'' episode "Pop's Girlfriend". Hunt starred in '' Underbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brampton Island
Brampton Island is an island in the Cumberland Group, off shore from Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia. The island lies within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, and the majority of the island forms the Brampton Islands National Park, however there is a resort located on the island. The highest point of the island is Brampton Peak, 214 m above sea level. History Early history The traditional Aboriginal owners of Brampton Island are the Ngaro people, although no permanent population was present when Captain James Cook passed through the area in June 1770. The island was simply known as "M" in the naval charts until it was eventually given its European name in 1879, when Staff Commander Bedwell of the Royal Navy recognised the group of islands and named each after towns in the county of Cumberland. An expedition led by George Elphinstone Dalrymple landed at the island in 1860. They encountered a group of around 14 Aboriginal people with several b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Romantic Comedy 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, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s English-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 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 * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
