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Money Movers
''Money Movers'' is a 1978 Australian crime action drama film written and directed by Bruce Beresford. The film was based on the 1972 novel ''The Money Movers'' by Devon Minchin, founder of Metropolitan Security Services. The story deals loosely with two real-life events, the 1970 Sydney Armoured Car Robbery where A$500,000 was stolen from a Mayne Nickless armoured van, and a 1970 incident when A$280,000 was stolen from Metropolitan Security Services' offices by bandits impersonating policemen. ''Money Movers'' is "one of the few films of the 1970s that deal with crime and police corruption as an entrenched state of being, and one of the earliest to embrace extremely violent action." Plot An armoured payroll truck owned by Darcy's Security Services is robbed and the driver, ex-policeman Dick Martin, is removed from armoured cars and put onto night patrols. The robbers are double-crossed by crime boss Jack Henderson, whose henchman Dino kills all the robbers. Lionel Darcy, head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Beresford
Bruce Beresford (; born 16 August 1940) is an Australian film director, opera director, screenwriter, and producer. He began his career during the Australian New Wave, and has made more than 30 feature films over a 50-year career, both locally and internationally in the United States. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee, and a four-time AACTA Awards, AACTA/AFI Awards winner out of 10 total nominations Beresford's films include ''Breaker Morant (film), Breaker Morant'' (1980), ''Tender Mercies'' (1983), ''Crimes of the Heart (film), Crimes of the Heart'' (1986), ''Driving Miss Daisy'' (1989) – which won four Oscars including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture, Black Robe (film), ''Black Robe'' (1991), ''Silent Fall'' (1994), ''Double Jeopardy (1999 film), Double Jeopardy'' (1999), Mao's Last Dancer (film), ''Mao's Last Dancer'' (2009), and Ladies in Black (film), ''Ladies in Black'' (2018). He was nominated for Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Adapted Scre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirt Track Racing
Dirt track racing is a form of motorsport held on clay or dirt surfaced banked oval racetracks. Dirt track racing started in the United States before World War I and became widespread during the 1920s and 1930s using both automobiles and motorcycles, spreading throughout Japan and often running on horse racing tracks. There are a myriad of types of race cars used, from open wheel Sprint cars and Modifieds to stock cars. While open wheel race cars are purpose-built racing vehicles, stock cars (also known as fendered cars) can be either purpose-built race cars or street vehicles that have been modified to varying degrees. There are hundreds of local and regional racetracks throughout the United States and also throughout Japan. The sport is also popular in Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Award For Best Production Design
The AACTA Award for Best Production Design is an accolade given by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is handed out at the annual AACTA Awards, which rewards achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1976 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Production Design. Best Production Design was first presented as Best Art Direction in 1977. The name changed to its current one in 1983 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Award For Best Editing
The AACTA Award for Best Editing is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. From 1976 to 2010, the category was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI), the Academy's parent organisation, at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (known as the AFI Awards). When the AFI launched the Academy in 2011, it changed the annual ceremony to the AACTA Awards, with the current award being a continuum of the AFI Award for Best Editing. Best Cinematography was first presented in 1976 with the winner being chosen by the Film Editors Guild of Australia (FEGA). The award is presented to the editor of a film that is Australian-made, or with a signific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Award For Best Adapted Screenplay
The AACTA Awards, AACTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), for an Australian screenplay "based on material previously released or published". Prior to the establishment of the Academy in 2011, the award was presented by the Australian Film Institute (AFI) at the annual Australian Film Institute Awards (more commonly known as the AFI Awards). It was first handed out in 1978 when the award for Australian Film Institute Award for Best Screenplay, Best Screenplay (which was first presented at the 1974-75 Australian Film Awards, 1974-75 awards) was split into two categories: AACTA Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay and Best Adapted Screenplay. The award has since been presented intermittently from 1978–1979, 1983–1987, 1989, 1993–2003, 2005–2006, and then from 2008–present. Winners and nominees In the following table, the years listed correspond to the year of film r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AACTA Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards, known as the AACTA Awards, are presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA). The awards recognise excellence in the cinema of Australia, film and television in Australia, television industry, both locally and internationally, including the producers, directors, actors, writers, and cinematographers. It is the most prestigious awards ceremony for the Cinema of Australia, Australian film and Television in Australia, television industry. They are generally considered to be the Australian counterpart of the Academy Awards for the United States and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA Awards for the United Kingdom. The awards, previously called Australian Film Institute Awards or AFI Awards, began in 1958, and involved 30 nominations across six categories. They expanded in 1986 to cover television as well as film. The AACTA Awards were instituted in 2011. The AACTA Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Dollar
The Australian dollar (currency sign, sign: $; ISO 4217, code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar, dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and Legal tender#Australia, legal tender of Australia, including States and territories of Australia, all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Islands, Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu. * ThMoney Trackersite allows users to track Australian banknotes as they circulate around Australia. Images of historic and modern Australian bank notes* [https://www.rba.gov.au/statistics/historical-data.html?v=2022-09-25-02-11-35#exchange-rates Reserve Bank of Australia – historical data of AUD since 1969 (various .xls files)] The banknotes of Australia {{Authority control 1966 establishments in Australia Articles containing video clips Circulating currencies Currencies int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowley Park Speedway
Rowley Park Speedway is a former dirt track racing venue that was located on Torrens Road in Brompton, South Australia and supplanted the Kilburn speedway (1946–1951) on Churchill Road, and the earlier Camden motordrome (1935–1941) on the Bay Road. The speedway ran continually during Australia's speedway seasons (usually October to April) from its opening meeting on 21 December 1949 until its last meeting on 6 April 1979. History Rowley Park was originally conceived in 1948 by a group of Kilburn Speedway Speedcar drivers who were disgruntled with its Melbourne-based promoters Kirjon Speedway. The Soccer Association of South Australia owned the site of a former "pughole" (South Australian term for a clay pit or brick pit) on Torrens Rd. at Brompton named Rowley Park which was located only 5 km from the city and the original plan was for the land to be the home of soccer in South Australia. It was purchased by, and named after Ted Rowley, an English-born de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Getting Of Wisdom (film)
''The Getting of Wisdom'' is a 1977 Australian film directed by Bruce Beresford and based on the 1910 novel of the same title by Henry Handel Richardson. The film is set in 1890s Victoria, when Laura ( Susannah Fowle) enters an exclusive Melbourne ladies' college based on Presbyterian Ladies' College. The film follows her struggle for acceptance, conformity, romance, friendship and achievement over the next four years. Lesbian overtones between a schoolgirl and a music teacher are made explicit in the film, more so than in Richardson's novel. It also starred Barry Humphries, John Waters and Terence Donovan, and featured early career appearances by Kerry Armstrong, Sigrid Thornton, Noni Hazlehurst, Maggie Kirkpatrick and Julia Blake. A musical theme runs through the story, with piano works by Beethoven, Schubert and Thalberg played by Sarah Grunstein. Plot Laura Rambotham is sent to attend boarding school in Melbourne, Australia at the turn of the century. During her secon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Littlemore
Stuart Littlemore KC is an Australian barrister and former journalist and television presenter. He created ABC Television's long-running '' Media Watch'' program, which he hosted from its inception in 1989 to 1997. Early career Littlemore was educated at Scots College, and later studied law at the University of New South Wales, winning the Australian Law Students' Association Championship Moot in 1978. His broadcasting experience began in the late 1960s when he worked as a television current affairs journalist for the BBC in London, and then the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV network, firstly on ''This Day Tonight'' and then on ''Four Corners''. Having established his legal career, Littlemore created for the ABC in 1989 the media commentary program '' Media Watch'', which he presented for a further nine years. His motivation was "I want to show people the problems – not tell them. The program will be contentious. I hope. And idiosyncratic." He published a book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Camilleri
Terrance Camilleri (born 7 November 1949) is a Maltese-born Australian actor who has performed actively in both the United Kingdom and United States. He is best recognised for portraying Emperor Napoleon I in the blockbuster comedy film '' Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure'' (1989). Biography Camilleri was born in British Malta, and made his feature film debut in Peter Weir's 1974 film '' The Cars That Ate Paris''. He appeared in the 1983 sequel film '' Superman III''. He also had a little role in Weir's ''The Truman Show''. Other appearances include as Special Branch Investigator Hemmings in the science fiction film '' Incident at Raven's Gate''. In 2003, he appeared in the American film '' Hey DJ''. In 2006, as part of the World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wilson (Australian Actor)
Frank Edward Wilson (11 April 1924 – 24 October 2005) was an Australian film, stage and television actor; musical comedy singer and director; and television game show and variety host. Early life Frank Wilson was born in 1924 in the Melbourne suburb of Northcote. He left school at the age of 13. In 1943, he joined the Australian Army, where he served as a Signalman in Borneo and Papua New Guinea until his discharge in 1945. Career He began acting in 1947, when he appeared at Melbourne's Tivoli Theatre. Wilson had a small role as a cane cutter in ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll'' (1959). His best-known film appearances were in '' The Club'' (by David Williamson; a role that Wilson had created on stage), '' Crackerjack'', ''Breaker Morant'', '' Black Robe'' and ''Money Movers''. He also appeared in the 1957 Charlie Chaplin film A King in New York. On television he appeared in ''Changi'' (a mini-series written by John Doyle), '' SeaChange'', ''Blue Heelers'', '' Water Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
