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Phillip Avalon
Phillip Avalon is an Australian writer, producer, director and actor of films and TV. Film writer Scott Murray wrote in 1993 that: If Australia has any producer-cum-auteurs, then Phillip Avalon is certainly one... Avalon's films are preoccupied with violence bubbling to the surface in a lower-middle-class society repressed by Christian and materialist values. He has a decided affinity for the topsider, for those who refuse to play society's games, and whose anti-social attitudes may, in fact, conceal a soul well attuned to life's pulses. Biography Avalon grew up in Newcastle. Avalon was born Phillip Holbrook, changing his name to Avalon once he moved to Sydney. He spent several years serving in the Australian army, including a stint in New Guinea. Avalon first came to public attention as a model, then he moved into acting. He studied acting at the Independent Theatre in North Sydney, and began getting roles in stage productions such as ''Hadrian VII'' with Barry Morse and on Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Morse
Herbert "Barry" Morse (10 June 19182 February 2008) was a British-Canadian actor, writer, and director. He was known for playing Lt. Philip Gerard, the principal antagonist of the American television series '' The Fugitive'' (1963–67), as well as Dr. Victor Bergman on Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's science-fiction programme '' Space: 1999'' (1975–76). Morse's performing career spanned seven decades and hundreds of roles across film, television, stage, and radio. At various times, he worked in the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. He was a steady fixture of BBC and CBC television programming for many years, and an artistic director of the Shaw Festival. Early life Morse was born on 10 June 1918, in the Hammersmith area of west London (he later claimed to have been born in Shoreditch in London's East End, but publicly-accessible birth records confirm Hammersmith), a son of Charles Hayward Morse and Mary Florence Hollis Morse. His parents owned a tobacco shop. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatal Bond
''Fatal Bond'' is a 1992 Australia erotic thriller film, directed by Vince Monton, starring Linda Blair and Jerome Ehlers. It was filmed in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, New South Wales, including Narrabeen Caravan Park. Synopsis Leonie Stevens is a hairdresser who dates the charming Joe Martinez who may or may not be a serial killer. Cast *Linda Blair as Leonie Stevens * Jerome Ehlers as Joe Martinez *Stephen Leeder as Anthony Boon * Donal Gibson as Rocky Borgetta *Joe Bugner as Claw Miller * Caz Lederman as Detective Chenko * Teo Gebert as Shane Boon *Penny Pederson as Bree Boon * Roger Ward as Detective Greaves * Ross Newton as John Harding * Kevin Johnson as himself *Caroline Beck as Jenny * Jan Adele as Mrs Karvan *Lyndon Harris as Joy Turner *Ken Snodgrass as Sgt. Taylor *Peter Browne as Caravan Man * Bob Barrett as Fisherman Bob *Jim Winshuttle as Fisherman *Donna Lee as Celia Boon *Ron Holbrow as Celia's Husband Production Avalon was going to cast Russell Crowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Male Film Actors
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) Australian (1858 – 15 October 1879) was a British-bred Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He was exported to the United States where he had modest success as a racehorse but became a very successful and influential breeding stallion. Back ..., a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Activities Purpose The BFI was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history, heritage and culture of the United Kingdom. Archive The BFI maintain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Barber
Anthony Ferraro Louis Barber (born 28 March 1940) is a British Australian Gold Logie award-winning television game show host, radio announcer, singer and media personality, who has been active in the industry since the early 1960s. Biography Early life Barber was born in Oldham, England in March 1940. He has said that he "owes much of his enthusiastic and driving personality to a loving Irish grandma and a whole street full of aunts who kept the spirits high during the dark years of World War II." He moved with his family to Australia in 1947 and was educated by the Sisters of Mercy and the Irish Christian Brothers. He attended Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, graduating in 1960. In his own words:''"The Sisters of so-called Mercy taught me to sing & dance, the brothers taught me to bob & weave. The navy taught me to play rugby."'' Radio Barber started his media career in 1961, as a cadet announcer at radio station 6GE in Geraldton, Western Australia. By t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liquid Bridge
''Liquid Bridge'' is a 2003 Australian film starring Ryan Kwanten. The film concerns aspiring pro surfer Nick McCallum (Kwanten), who is held back from achieving fame by his disabled father. However, after being framed for smuggling drugs and jailed, he fights to prove his innocence. Retrieved 9 November 2012 Cast * as Nick McCallum * as Jeanne *Jarrod Dean as Dane Sanders * |
The Pact (2003 Film)
''The Pact'' is a 2003 Australian film. The movie was privately financed. Plot Teenage friends Susan, Wilga, Patricia and Kenny are train surfers, seeking an adrenaline high. One day they run out of luck when Patricia is impaled on a water pipe. Following her death, the others make a pact to do something good to honour her name - or come back and ride the train again in 15 years to their death. 15 years later Susan and Kenny have forgotten about the pact, but Wilga, having spent his time in prisons and mental wards over the years has come to collect on the pact. Wilga murders Susan's boyfriend and kidnaps her daughter to blackmail her into riding with him to the end of the line. Cast * Sigrid Thornton as Susan Tuttle * Robert Mammone as Wilga Roberts * Peter O'Brien as Roy Folksdale * Essie Davis as Helene Davis * Saskia Burmeister as Young Susan Tuttle * Jamie Croft as Young Wilga Roberts * Ellie Saffron as Patricia Roberts * Bernard Wheatley as Kenny Da Silva * Mitchell M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Finder (2001 Film)
''The Finder'' is a 2001 Australian film. Cast * Paul Mecurio as Leo Natoli * Simon Westaway as Les Kearney * Anja Coleby as Rebecca Castaldi * Alan Lovell as Ace Mulroney * Allison Cratchley as Michelle Reed * Dieter Brummer as Rick Davidson * Rowena Wallace as Irene Davidson * Rob Carlton as Wheels * Gerard Maguire as Sgt Jack Matthews * Vic Rooney as Jim Davidson * Callan Mulvey as Sam Natoli * Caz Lederman as Judy Wheelen Plot An ex-cop sets himself up as "a finder" and gets involved in a mysterious kidnapping. Production The film was an idea of producer-writer Phil Avalon's. It was shot in 2000 with privately raised finance. Reception The film was finished by December 2000. It was sold to Israel, China, Russia and the CIR and was screened at the American Film Market in February 2001. It had a one off screening at Avalon's own bar in Sydney before being released on DVD. The critic for ''Screen Daily'' said that: Unable to unlock the potential of their sun/surf/sleuth co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tunnel Vision (1995 Film)
''Tunnel Vision'' is a 1995 Australian mystery thriller film directed by Clive Fleury and starring Patsy Kensit, Robert Reynolds, Rebecca Rigg, and Shane Briant. Cast *Patsy Kensit as Kelly Wheatstone *Robert Reynolds as Frank Yanovitch *Rebecca Rigg as Helena Martinelli *Shane Briant as Inspector Bosey * Gary Day as Steve Docherty * Justin Monjo as Craig Breslin * David E. Woodley as David De Salvo *Liz Burch as Mrs. Leyton *Jonathan Hardy Jonathan Hardy (20 September 1940 – 30 July 2012) was a New Zealand-Australian film and television actor, writer and director. Early career Hardy was born in Wellington and began his training at the New Zealand Players' Drama School. He tr ... as Henry Adams * Paul Denny as Driver * Puven Pather as Youth * Gennie Nevinson as Club Owner Production The film was shot in Queensland from 14 February to 20 March 1994 but was not released theatrically and was not released on video until 1996.Scott Murray, "Tunnel Vision", ''Cinema Papers'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
