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Dear Claudia
''Dear Claudia'' is a 1999 Australian romantic comedy. Premise A postman, Walter, and a woman, Claudia, are stranged on a tropical island after the postman's plane crashes in the ocean. Cast * Bryan Brown as Walter Burton * Aleksandra Vujcic as Claudia * Deborah Mailman * Kim Hillas * Rel Hunt * Ken Radley * Sam Healy Sam Healy is an Australian actress most known for her work portraying Jazmina Hillerman on '' All Saints'', an Australian hospital drama. She has also acted as an extended guest regular on ''Blue Heelers'' and ''McLeod's Daughters ''McL ... as Sara Production It was shot on location on Brampton Island also in a small queensland country town called Clifton. Some locals have parts as extras in the film. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal And Jim McElroy
Hal McElroy and James "Jim" McElroy (born 6 April 1946) are Australian film and television producers. They are twin brothers. 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 ''Ne ... [...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 salesman John "Jack" Brown and Molly Brown, a pianist in the early days of the Langshaw School of Ballet and a drama student at the Edith Paull Drama School, who also worked as a house cleaner. He grew up with his younger sister, Kristine, in Panania, and beg ... [...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 ''Dear Claudia'' is a 1999 Australian romantic comedy. Premise A postman, Walter, and a woman, Claudia, are stranged on a tropical island after the postman's plane crashes in the ocean. Cast * Bryan Brown as Walter Burton * Aleksandra Vujcic as C ...'' (1999) *'' Last Run'' (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 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] |
Rel Hunt
Aurel Mitterdorfer, professionally known as Rel Hunt, is an Australian actor, best known for his role as Ryan Scheppers in the television series ''Heartbreak High''. Early life Hunt was born 'Aurel Mitteldorfer', in Sydney, Australia on August 15, 1974. He is the oldest of four sons, born to a Hungarian father and an Australian mother. At high school, Hunt was banned from acting classes for misbehaving. After finishing school he began a Commerce degree at the University of New South Wales, and modelled on the side. Career While modelling, Hunt landed a guest role in two episodes of ''Police Rescue''. Following this, came guest roles in '' Police Rescue: The Movie'', '' G.P.'', ''Blue Heelers'', ''Home and Away'', ''Blue Heelers'' and several television commercials. Within days of finishing his university degree, he earned the role of Ryan Scheppers in ''Heartbreak High'', which he played from 1997 to 1999. Hunt starred as Butch Yunkin in the made for television film, ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United International Pictures
United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada. UIP also had international distribution rights to certain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and United Artists (UA) films when MGM was part of the venture and also distributed Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney films in certain territories until 1987. In 2001, MGM left UIP, and signed a distribution deal with 20th Century Studios, 20th Century Fox's overseas arm. UIP formerly distributed DreamWorks Pictures releases internationally as well until late 2005. In 2002, 2007, and 2021, the 20 countries overseas reorganized their organizations, and Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures decided to have independent distribution systems. History Cinema International Corporation (1970–1981) Paramount Pictures, Paramount's early history with MCA Inc., MCA dates back to the 1950s, when part of its talent pool worked f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Classification Board
The Australian Classification Board (ACB or CB) is an Australian Government of Australia, government Statute, statutory body responsible for the classification and censorship of films, television programmes, video games and publications for exhibition, sale or hire in Australia. The ACB was established in 1917 as the Commonwealth Film Censorship Board. In 1988 it was incorporated for administrative purposes into the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), until its dissolution in 2006. Following the legislative changes enacted in the ''Commonwealth Classification Act 1995'', it became known as the ''Classification Board''. The Department of Communications and the Arts provided administrative support to the ACB from 2006 until 2020, when it was merged into the 'mega department' of the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications. Decisions made by the ACB may be reviewed by the Australian Classification Review Board. The ACB now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Healy
Sam Healy is an Australian actress most known for her work portraying Jazmina Hillerman on '' All Saints'', an Australian hospital drama. She has also acted as an extended guest regular on ''Blue Heelers'' and ''McLeod's Daughters ''McLeod's Daughters'' is an Australian drama television series created by Posie Graeme-Evans and Caroline Stanton for the Nine Network, which aired from 8 August 2001, to 31 January 2009, lasting eight seasons. It stars Lisa Chappell and ...'' and as a series regular on '' Sammy J & Randy in Ricketts Lane''. She was a series regular in the Canadian television series, '' BeastMaster'' in season 2 as the demon, Iara, and in the US TV series "Monarch Cove". Healy is sometimes credited as "Samantha", which is her birth name. Filmography Film Television References External links * Australian television actresses Living people 1976 births {{Australia-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brampton Island
Brampton Island is an island in the Cumberland Group, off shore from Mackay, 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 bark canoes. These ves ... [...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 * Austrian German dialect * Something associated with the count ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s English-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday 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, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Australian Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday 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, as the 15th pope. Births Valerian Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
