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Lou (2010 Film)
''Lou'' is a 2010 Australian drama film starring John Hurt, Emily Barclay, and Lily Bell Tindley. Plot Young mother Rhea ( Barclay) without a partner, tries to raise her three girls in their ramshackle home while trying to survive on social security. Set in sugarcane country in northern NSW, their lives are upended when Doyle ( Hurt); a former merchant seaman—now in the early stages of Alzheimer's, is thrust upon them with the promise of increased benefits. Cast * John Hurt as Doyle * Emily Barclay as Rhea * Lily Bell Tindley as Lou * Jay Ryan as Cosmo * Damien Garvey as Colin * Daniela Farinacci as Mrs Marchetti * Jonathan Segat as Blake * Logan Reilly as Jock * Charlie-Rose MacLennan as Leanne * Eloise MacLennan as Lani Production The film was inspired by the writer-director's uncle who had Alzheimer's. John Hurt said he agreed to make the film because "this is a very nice story indeed, it's beautifully written". The film was shot in north-eastern New South Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belinda Chayko
Belinda Chayko is an Australian film director and screenwriter. Biography Belinda Chayko started her working career as a cadet journalist with ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' After several years she started leaning towards screenwriting and attended the Australian Film Television and Radio School, obtaining the B.A. degree in screenwriting in 1989. Filmography *2010: '' Lou'' *2000: '' City Loop'' TV series *'' Fires'' *'' Safe Harbour'' *'' Prosper'' *''Barracuda'' *'' Stateless'' *'' Old School'' *'' Newton's Law'' *'' Under the Skin'' *'' The Survivors'' Awards Belinda Chayko was nominated for a number of film awards and won several. *2024: Mona Brand Award for Women Stage and Screen WritersQ&A with screenwriter and director Belinda Chayko 09 May 2024 *''Fires:'' ** [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Ayres
Tony Ayres (born 16 July 1961) is an Australian showrunner, screenwriter, director in television and feature film. He is most notable for his films '' Walking on Water'' and '' The Home Song Stories'', as well his work in television, including working as the showrunner on '' The Slap'' and teen adventure series ''Nowhere Boys''. Early life On 16 July 1961, Ayres was born in Portuguese Macau (now in China). In 1964, Ayres' mother married an Australian sailor and migrated her family to Perth, Western Australia. In 1972, when Ayres was 11 years old, his mother died by suicide. She was a nightclub singer."Going beyond the pale" '''', 4 April 2003. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hurt
Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 28 January 2017) was an English actor. Regarded as one of the finest actors of his time and known for the "most distinctive voice in Cinema of the United Kingdom, Britain", he was described by David Lynch as "simply the greatest actor in the world". In a List of John Hurt performances, career spanning over five decades, he received numerous accolades including four British Academy Film Awards, BAFTAs and a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards. He was Knight Bachelor, knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015 for his services to drama. A graduate of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Art), he Breakthrough role, came to prominence playing Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich, Richard Rich in the film ''A Man for All Seasons (1966 film), A Man for All Seasons'' (1966) and won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for ''The Naked Civil Servant (film), The Naked Civil Servant'' (1975). He played ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Barclay
Emily Barclay Ward (born 24 October 1984) is a British-born New Zealand and Australian AFI award winning actress. Career Emily Barclay was born in Plymouth to a General practitioner and a landscape designer, and raised in Auckland, New Zealand, where she went to an all-girls school and attended Saturday morning drama classes. At the age of nine, Barclay played Hamlet in a school production and decided to become an actress. At the age of 13, she got herself an agent and supported herself between TV movies by working in a video store. Diana Rowan (the same casting agent who discovered Anna Paquin and Keisha Castle-Hughes) discovered Barclay in a school play and cast her as Celia in 2004's '' In My Father's Den'', that raised the actress to prominence. For that film, Barclay won Most Promising Newcomer at the 2005 British Independent Film Awards. She followed by moving to Australia – while continuing part-time with her degree in English and gender studies at the University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn Richards
Glenn Anthony Richards (born 29 December 1973) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay guitarist singer-songwriter for the Australian rock band Augie March. Early life Richards was born in Shepparton, Victoria on 29 December 1973. Richards saved up enough money to buy his first guitar by working long hours on the docks in Fremantle, Western Australia. With Augie March Richards joined Augie March in August 1995. As of 2024 they have released two EPs and seven LPs, while Richards has released one solo album in 2010 and one EP as G.A. Richards and the Dark Satanic Mills Bros. Richards composed the original score for the acclaimed 2023 horror film '' Late Night with the Devil'' whose directors, Colin and Cameron Haines, also directed several early Augie March video clips. Glenn now lives with his family in Tasmania in West Hobart, a suburb of Hobart with views of the city, the Derwent Estuary and the surrounding suburbs. Awards and nominations APRA Awards The APR ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KOJO (company)
Kojo may refer to: * ''King Kojo'', a novel by Ruth Plumly Thompson * KOJO (company), Australian entertainment company which supported the Adelaide Film Festival's Indigenous Feature Documentary Initiative * KOJO (FM), a radio station (91.1 FM) licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States * Kojo (Iraq), Yazidi village near Sinjar in northern Iraq * Kojo (programming language) * Kojo, North Korea, location of a highway airstrip in North Korea * Kojo, the main village of Koijärvi, Finland People *Kojo, one of several Akan names used by the Akan people of West Africa * Kojo (maroon) (c. 1680–1744), a Jamaican maroon also known as Cudjoe * Kojo (singer) (born 1953), singer who entered for Finland in the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest * Kojo Annan (born 1973), the son of ex-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan * Kojo Laing (1946–2017), Ghanaian novelist and poet * Kojo Mensah (born 1985), Ghanaian basketball player * Kojo Nnamdi (born 1945), American radio show host * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and behavioral issues. As a person's condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society. Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death. Although the speed of progression can vary, the average life expectancy following diagnosis is three to twelve years. The causes of Alzheimer's disease remain poorly understood. There are many environmental and genetic risk factors associated with its development. The strongest genetic risk factor is from an allele of apolipoprotein E. Other risk factors include a history of head injury, clinical depression, and high blood pressure. The progression of the di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Ryan (actor)
Jay Ryan (born Jay Bunyan; 29 August 1981) is a New Zealand actor. He is best known for his roles as Jack Scully in ''Neighbours'' (2002–2005), Seaman Billy 'Spider' Webb in ''Sea Patrol (TV series), Sea Patrol'' (2007–2009), Kevin in ''Go Girls'' (2009–2012), Vincent Keller in ''Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series), Beauty & the Beast'' (2012–2016), Detective Ben Wesley in ''Mary Kills People'' (2017–2019) and Bobby in ''Creamerie'' (2021–2023). Ryan made his feature film breakthrough playing adult Ben Hanscom in ''It Chapter Two'' (2019), a sequel to the 2017 horror film ''It (2017 film), It'', based on the It (novel), 1986 novel of the same name. Career Under the name Jay Bunyan, he appeared as "Glen" in ''Scallywag Pirates'' (2000) and had a minor role in ''Xena: Warrior Princess''. He is known for his portrayal of Jack Scully in the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'' from late 2002 until January 2005. From 2007 to 2009, Ryan played Seaman William "Billy" Web ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Garvey
Damien Garvey is an Australian actor and former musician known for his film and television roles. Early life and education Damien Garvey graduated from Padua College, a Catholic boys' school in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1982. Career Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his acting career. Some of his early roles include shows such as '' Medivac'' (his first role, in 1998), '' Water Rats'' (2000), '' Young Lions'' (2002), and in the children's drama '' Cybergirl'' (2001). Garvey appeared on '' McLeod's Daughters'', in a recurring role from 2001 until 2007. He then had a role in season one of ''Sea Patrol'' (2007). In 2008 and 2009, he appeared on ABC1's drama ''East of Everything''. In 2010, acting in Channel Nine's '' Underbelly: The Golden Mile'', Garvey won an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama (2010). In 2011, he had a role as a bartender and former soldier Tom Boylan, in the American sci-fi series '' Ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniela Farinacci
Daniela Farinacci (also credited as Daniella Farinaci) is an Australian actress of Italian descent, who has many television, film and theatre credits. Farinacci is perhaps best known for her role in the Australian movie ''Lantana'' as Paula, alongside Vince Colosimo. She also appeared in supporting roles in '' Little Fish'' and '' Look Both Ways''. Farinacci is known for a starring role in the 2006 television mini-series '' The Society Murders'' as Maritza Wales, based on a real-life crime. She also has a starring role in the police television drama series, '' East West 101'' as Helen Callas. Her theatre roles include Juliet in ''Romeo & Juliet'' and Helena in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and many more Melbourne theatre productions. Farinacci was announced as part of the cast for the second season of '' Total Control'', she also reprised her role for the third and final series. She was also announced as part of the cast for Channel 9’s ''Human Error Human error is an acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...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] |
