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Everett De Roche
Everett De Roche (1946–2014) was an American-Australian screenwriter who worked extensively in the Australian film and TV industry. He was best known for his work in the thriller and horror genre, with such credits as ''Long Weekend'', '' Patrick'', and '' Roadgames''. Early life De Roche was born in Lincoln, Maine, and moved to San Diego with his family when he was six. De Roche emigrated to Australia with his wife when he was 22 in 1968, and worked as a journalist for the Queensland Health Education Council. Career De Roche wanted to be a writer and wrote a spec script for '' Division Four''. Nine months later he received a telegram inviting him to write for the show. From 1970-74 he was a staff writer at Crawford Productions, mainly working on police shows, then he freelanced. In the late 70s and early 80s he established himself as the leading screenwriter of thrillers in Australia. He often worked with director Richard Franklin who said of him: Everett is a very insp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln, Maine
Lincoln is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The town's population was 4,853 at the 2020 United States Census. A statue honoring Medal of Honor recipient Gary Gordon was installed in Lincoln, in 2021. The bronze sculpture faces Gordon's grave at Park Street Cemetery. Etymology Lincoln is named after Maine's sixth governor, Enoch Lincoln. The original name of the settlement was "Mattanawcook" preceding a name change by the Maine state legislature in 1829; it survives in the name of the town high school, Mattanawcook Academy. Geography Lincoln developed around a water powered sawmill on the east bank of the Penobscot River.DeLorme Mapping Company ''The Maine Atlas and Gazetteer'' (13th edition) (1988) maps 43&44 According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and is water. Rollins Mountain is located in Lincoln. The town has 13 different ponds. Demographics 2010 As of the census of 2010, there were 5, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Link (film)
''Link'' is a 1986 British horror film starring Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp along with a trio of simian stars which consist of Locke as Link, Jed as Imp, and Carrie as Voodoo. The title character, "Link", is a super-intelligent yet malicious chimpanzee (played by an orangutan) who lashes out against his masters when they try to have him euthanised. It was directed by Richard Franklin and written by Everett De Roche from a story by Lee David Zlotoff and Tom Ackermann. The score was provided by Jerry Goldsmith. It was filmed in St. Abbs, Scotland. Shue and Goldsmith received Saturn Award nominations for their contributions. Franklin was a devotee of Alfred Hitchcock - he had recently directed '' Psycho II'' - and said after filming “I hesitate to liken it to ''The Birds'' because everyone will say ‘Oh shit, he's doing Hitchcock again.' Unlike ''The Birds'', which is kind of a fantasy, ''Link'' is based on anthropological realities. I’m calling it an anthropological t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skyways (TV Series)
''Skyways'' is an Australian television soap opera drama series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network. Production and casting The series, which aired from 1979 to 1981, was set at the fictional Pacific International Airport and dealt with the lives of the pilots, airline staff and management team who worked there. ''Skyways'' was mainly taped in a television studio where, in many interior-set scenes, Colour Separation Overlay created the illusion of a bustling airport with taxiing planes outside the window. Many of the exterior scenes were shot on location at Melbourne Airport. The show's regular cast members included Tony Bonner as airport manager Paul MacFarlane, later replaced by Gary Doolan ( Gerard Kennedy). Tina Bursill played glamorous and ruthless assistant manager Louise Carter. Bill Stalker, played head of airport security Peter Fanelli, an ex-detective. When ''Skyways'' ended Fanelli was moved to Crawford police procedural ''Cop Shop'', while Brian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chopper Squad
''Chopper Squad'' is an Australian television series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the 0-10 Network (as it was then known).Albert Moran, ''Moran's Guide to Australian TV Series'', AFTRS 1993 p 115 The series recounted the work of a helicopter rescue team operating on Dee Why beach in Sydney. Production Pilot The original pilot was made in 1976, airing in Melbourne in November 1976 and Newcastle (NSW) in August 1977. There was quite a time lag between the pilot and the series going to air in April 1978. As with many series there were changes between the initial pilot and the series. Three actors from the pilot did not continue into the series - Rebecca Gilling, Max Osbiston and Tony Bonner. Additionally, the surnames of characters Phil and Tim were changed. Series The pilot was followed by two series with a total of 26 episodes airing between 1978 and 1979. Shortly after the show began, the " rescue helicopter base" moved its operations from Dee Why Beach Surf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hydra
''The Hydra'' was a magazine produced by the patients of the Craiglockhart War Hospital, noteworthy for having been edited at one time by Wilfred Owen, and for including poems by Siegfried Sassoon. The magazine was headquartered in Edinburgh. Another editor was Black Watch officer James Bell Salmond, who went on to be editor of ''The Scots Magazine'' and was later the Keeper of Muniments at the University of St Andrews. In 1918 George Henry Bonner became the editor. The magazine ceased publication the same year. The ''Hydra'' is mentioned in Pat Barker's novel ''Regeneration'' about the experiences of patients at Craiglockhart War Hospital during World War I. The name was a reference to the hospital's pre-war role as a centre for hydrotherapy. All issues of the magazine were archived by Oxford University The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solo One
''Solo One'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network and screened in 1976. There were 13 half-hour episodes. Synopsis The series was a spin-off from Crawford's other police show ''Matlock Police'' and featured Paul Cronin reprising his role as Senior Constable Gary Hogan, but tailored for a younger audience. It was set in the real country town of Emerald in the Dandenong Ranges east of Melbourne and used the town's actual police station. In the series Hogan sorts out problems for the locals. His call sign is Solo One, hence the series title. Cast Main * Paul Cronin as Senior Constable Gary Hogan * Aileen Britton as Aunt Nan * Keith Eden as Joe Porter Guests * Alwyn Kurts as Alfonso (1 episode) * Elspeth Ballantyne as Sylvia Simpson (1 episode) * George Spartels as Harry Thomas (1 episode) * Gus Mercurio as Pickett (1 episode) * Lesley Baker as Mrs Pickett (1 episode) * Lionel Long as Bob Williams (1 episode) * Lyndel Rowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tandarra
''Tandarra'' is an Australian television series which screened on the Seven Network in Australia in 1976 and on ITV (including the London Weekend Television and Anglia regions) in the UK. It was a follow-up series to ''Cash and Company'' which screened in 1975, and it consisted of 13 one-hour episodes. ''Tandarra'' and ''Cash and Company'' were set during the Victorian gold rush period of the 1850s. The change in format and title was necessitated by the departure of Serge Lazareff who played the title character Sam Cash in the original series ''Cash and Company''. Two of the original characters continued in ''Tandarra'': Joe Brady ( Gus Mercurio) and Jessica Johnson (Penne Hackforth-Jones). The other main character was Ryler ( Gerard Kennedy), who had been introduced in the final episode of ''Cash and Company''. He had been a bounty hunter who was later convinced of Joe's innocence and decided to join him. The title was taken from the name of the homestead owned by Jessica, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bluey (1976 TV Series)
''Bluey'' is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network in 1976. The series was a police drama from Crawford Productions, but was different from many of their previous series—''Homicide'', ''Division 4'' and ''Matlock Police''—in that it focused on a single detective rather than an ensemble, and that the characters were not stock standard archetypes usually seen in police dramas. Stand-up comedian Lucky Grills was cast as the titular Detective Sergeant 'Bluey' Hills who, in contrast to the relatively straight detectives seen in Crawford's previous shows, was obese, drank heavily (even on duty), smoked heavily, visited local prostitutes, and would often enact physical violence on criminals. It premiered on Wednesday 21 July 1976 on ATN-7 in Sydney, as a 90-minute pilot episode, with the first 60-minute episode premiering on the following day, Thursday 22 July 1976. Bluey was later an essential Thursday viewing. Cast Main * Lucky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matlock Police
''Matlock Police'' is an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for The 0-10 Network (now known as Network 10) between 1971 and 1976. The series focused on the police station and crime in the Victorian town of Matlock and the surrounding district, and the backgrounds and personal lives of the main policemen. Background The series was the Ten Network, 0-10 Network's attempt to come up with a police show to rival ''Homicide (Australian TV series), Homicide'' (shown by the Seven Network, 7 Network) and ''Division 4'' (on the Nine Network, 9 Network). ''Matlock Police'' was different from its Melbourne-based predecessors by being set in a small country town, the fictional Matlock, Victoria (Australia), Victoria (a real Matlock, Victoria, Matlock exists in Victoria but is much smaller than the town depicted by this series, which is loosely based on Shepparton). These programmes' introduction featured an overhead shot of a town with a divided road, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine Miles Down
''Nine Miles Down'' is a 2009 horror film based on the Well to Hell, a widespread urban legend (spread mostly in the 1990s) that Russian scientists had drilled so deep that they had broken through into hell and recorded the screams of the damned emanating from the borehole. It was the last feature film credit for writer Everett de Roche. accessed 5 April 2014 It is an international co-production between the UK, Hungary, and the US. Plot Thomas "Jack" Jackmann, an ex-policeman turned security inspector for the GNE energy firm, arrives at the Jevel Afra Drill site, a remote research station in the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Weekend (2008 Film)
In most English-speaking countries, a long weekend is a three or four day weekend. Long Weekend may also refer to: Film and television * ''The Long Weekend'', a 2005 Canadian film starring Chris Klein and Brendan Fehr * ''Long Weekend'' (1978 film), an Australian horror film ** ''Long Weekend'' (2008 film), an Australian remake of the 1978 film * "The Long Weekend" (''American Dragon: Jake Long''), an episode of ''American Dragon: Jake Long'' * "Long Weekend" (''Mad Men''), an episode of ''Mad Men'' * '' The Long Weekend (O' Despair)'', a 1989 film directed by Gregg Araki * ''Long Weekend'' (2021 film), an American film directed by Steven Basilone Literature * ''The Long Week-End'', a 1940 social history of Britain between the World Wars, by Robert Graves and Alan Hodge See also * Interwar period In the history of the 20th century, the interwar period, also known as the interbellum (), lasted from 11 November 1918 to 1 September 1939 (20 years, 9 months, 21 day ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Storm Warning (2007 Film)
''Storm Warning'' is a 2007 Australian horror film directed by Jamie Blanks and starring Nadia Farès and Robert Taylor. Plot Australian lawyer Rob and his beautiful French artist wife Pia spend the day sailing in Western Port, Victoria, perhaps in celebration of her pregnancy of two months. They decide to investigate a gap in the mangroves, which turns out to be a channel, which they follow. The tide turns and they are forced to abandon the dinghy and as night falls head for a distant light, which can only be a farmhouse. Unknowingly, they are somewhere in French Island, a low-lying island with very few inhabitants. Walking cross-country, they come to a desolate road, where a man is being beaten by an unseen assailant next to a parked truck. They flee, and stumble upon a decrepit farmhouse just as a torrential rainstorm begins. In a shed on the property, Rob uncovers a large amount of marijuana growing. Rob and Pia are interrupted when the deranged, redneck owners of the hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |