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The Roly Poly Man
''The Roly Poly Man'' is a 1994 Australian feature film. Production It was funded through private investment, The Film Finance Corporation and the NSW Film and Television Office. Its budget was just under $1,000.000. Cast * Paul Chubb as Dirk Trent * Les Foxcroft as Mickey * Susan Lyons as Sandra Burnett * Zoe Bertram as Laurel Trent * Frank Whitten as Dr. Henderson * Peter Braunstein as Det. Tom McKenzie * John Batchelor as Axel * Rowan Woods as Prof. Wauchop * Jane Harders as Jane Lewis * Valerie Bader as Motel Manager * Sarah Lambert as Vicki Lane * Deborah Kennedy as Chantal * Jim Pike as Tony * Exploding White Mice as Thrash Rock Band * Roy Billing as Sidebottom * Barbara Stephens as Nun * Kylie Jane Green as School Girl * Bruce Venables as Security Guard * Laura Gabriel as Nurse * Marie Armstrong as Wife * Bill Vince as Husband * Robert Bruning as Garfield * Tony Poli as Gary (billed as Toni Poli) * Dan Wyllie as Aggro Graffitist (billed as Daniel Wyllie) * Dorothy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kym Goldsworthy
Kym Goldsworthy is an Australian screenwriter and script editor, best known for his work in television. accessed 12 March 2013 Select Credits *'''' (1988–94) - TV series *'''' (1994) - film *'''' (1997–98) - TV series *''The Woodlies
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Deborah Kennedy
:''This is an article about the actress. For the American eco artist and author, see Deborah Kennedy (artist)''. Deborah Kennedy is an Australian character actress recognised for several television and film roles, especially for her appearance in the famous Australian Yellow Pages advertisement with the line "Not happy, Jan!". Career Kennedy began her acting career on the stage, with the Marian Street Theatre, Killara, appearing in ''The Trojan Woman'' and ''Macbeth''. She followed this with work with several other theatrical organisations including SUDS, Repertory 200, the New Theatre, and the Pegeant Theatre. For the Nimrod theatre starting in 1975 she had several roles in plays, acting in ''Much Ado About Nothing'' and ''Richard III''. Other theatre work includes ''Travelling North'', ''House of the Deaf Man'', ''Accidental Death of an Anarchist'', ''Desert Flambe''. Starting in the 1970s she also acted in various television roles, with appearances in '' Certain Women'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1994 Films
File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Mandela casts his vote in the 1994 South African general election, in which he was elected South Africa's first President of South Africa, president, and which effectively brought Apartheid to an end; NAFTA, which was signed in 1992, comes into effect in Canada, the United States, and Mexico; The first passenger rail service to utilize the newly-opened Channel tunnel; The 1994 FIFA World Cup is held in the United States; Skull, Skulls from the Rwandan genocide, in which over half a million Tutsi people were massacred by Hutu, Hutus., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 1994 Winter Olympics rect 200 0 400 200 1994 Northridge earthquake, Northridge earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Sinking of the MS Estonia rect 0 200 300 40 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Crime Comedy Films
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A Very Short War
''A Very Short War'' is a one-hour documentary film produced in 2010 by Karl Conti of Conti Bros Films. It was written by Susan Young and directed by Bill Young and Myles Conti. It was publicly and privately funded, with support from Screen Australia, The History Channel, and NRK2. Australian aviator The film follows the life of early Australian aviator Cliff Carpenter who built his first aeroplane in a garage on Military Road, Cremorne, Sydney and died when the RAF Sunderland Flying Boat L2167 from 210 Squadron was shot down over Norway on the day of the German invasion of that country. Susan Young (writer) and Bill Young (co-director) are the niece and nephew of Cliff Carpenter. The nine RAF airmen who died that day, 9 April 1940, were the first Allied servicemen to die in the defense of Norway. They are remembered with a special ceremony each year at their graves in the Sylling churchyard, 25 km west of Oslo. There was one survivor – Welshman Ogwyn George, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Morecroft
Richard Morecroft (born 20 January 1956) is an English-born Australian radio announcer, TV newsreader and presenter, and conservationist. He presented the Adelaide News bulletin, before becoming the long-running host of the nightly bulletin of ABC News NSW from 1983 until 2002. Between 2010 and 2012, he hosted the quiz show '' Letters and Numbers''. Early life Morecroft was born in Market Harborough in the English Midlands. His father Peter and mother Phyll moved the family to Adelaide in 1966 for the benefit of his brother Andrew's respiratory problems; Peter set up a dentist's practice there. Broadcasting career Morecroft studied English and Drama at the University of Adelaide with thoughts of becoming an actor or teacher. He became involved in the university radio station and auditioned for the ABC before completing his degree. He was hired as a radio announcer and later transferred to work in television, hosting the 7pm Adelaide bulletin for a couple of years before bein ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Billing
Roy Harwood Billing (born 1947) is a New Zealand television actor, now based on Waiheke Island, New Zealand. He was brought up in Ruawai, Northland, New Zealand. Billing spent almost three decades living and working in Australia. He became widely known for his role as organised-crime boss “Aussie Bob” Trimbole in the TV series Underbelly. Career In 1965 Billing formed a psychedelic rock band called The Ministry of Fog. After a short period at university doing a science degree, he dropped out and got a job at Inland Revenue. After three years he moved into advertising, joining Auckland agencies Jacka Brown and later, McCann Erickson. “For a long time, I was stuck in accounts when I really wanted to be in creative.” After hobby stints in amateur theatre and Theatre Corporate, founding director Raymond Hawthorne offered him a job with a state theatre program, Theatre in Education, working with high schools throughout the North Island. Billing left advertising to take ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exploding White Mice
Exploding White Mice were an Australian punk-pop band from Adelaide which formed in 1983 with Paul Gilchrist on vocals, Andy MacQueen on bass guitar, Gerry Barrett on guitar, Craig Rodda on drums and Giles Barrow on rhythm guitar. In 1984 Barrett was replaced by Jeff Stephens on guitar – later also on lead vocals. In 1985 Rodda was replaced on drums by David Bunney. The group released four studio albums, ''Brute Force and Ignorance'' (August 1988), ''Exploding White Mice'' (1990), ''Collateral Damage'' (1992) and ''We Walk Alone'' (1994). The band toured Europe twice before disbanding in April 1999. History 1983-1999 Exploding White Mice were formed in 1983 in Adelaide when Paul Gilchrist on vocals played a one-off show as a cover band at a party with Andy MacQueen on bass guitar (ex-The Deviants, Crunch Pets), Gerry Barrett on guitar (Del Webb Explosion) and Craig Rodda on drums (Screaming Believers). The band's name was taken from a scene in the 1979 film '' Rock 'n' Roll H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Lambert
Sarah Lambert is an Australian actress, writer, director and producer, working primarily in television. She is the writer and showrunner of the 2019 television adaptation of the Marele Day novel, ''Lambs of God'' for Lingo Pictures and Foxtel. The mini-series stars Ann Dowd, Jessica Barden and Essie Davis. Most recently Lamb Of Gods was nominated for Best Screenplay at the 2019 Australian Academy Cinema and Television Art awards as well as being nominated for Best Television Series or Mini Series at the 2019 Australian Writers' Guild. It also won at the 2019 Screen Producers Awards for Best Mini - Series. She is the creator of the Nine Network television series '' Love Child,'' which she also wrote and produced. Lambert starred in the Australian television programme ''Heartbreak High'' as teacher Christina Milano and had a recurring role as Sandy on television soap opera ''A Country Practice'', playing Jo Loveday's best friend, Sandy Crosby from 1986-89. She is the sister of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Chubb
Paul Dunford (14 January 1949 – 9 June 2002), professionally billed as Paul Chubb, was an Australian film, television and stage actor and scriptwriter primarily in genres of comedy and drama. Early life He was born in Arncliffe, a suburb of Sydney. and had a brother Greg, (Timothy Bean). Career He began his career as an "everyman" character actor by studying under Hayes Gordon at the Ensemble Theatre and began to appear in television commercials, soap-operas including ''Number 96'', and television dramas. He wrote and acted in pub plays and pantomimes and segued to feature film work such as with Julie Forsyth in ''Stan and George's New Life'' (1990), which "remains a defining portrayal in a body of work that includes ''Così'', '' Bliss'' and ''Road To Nhill''," a total of 22 feature films. ''Sydney Morning Herald'' obituary, "Spontaneous, effortless... and genuine", by Doug Anderson, June 22, 2002 Chubb guest-starred as a State Member of Parliament Patrick Rafferty (Micha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowan Woods
Rowan Woods (born 1959) is an Australian AACTA Award-winning film and television director, actor and screenwriter. Career Film Woods directed '' The Boys'' in 1998 and won an ACCTA Award for Best Direction. The film was also entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. His next film, '' Little Fish'' was released in September 2005 starring Cate Blanchett. His latest film, '' Fragments'' was released in 2009, and received mixed, but mostly negative reviews from critics. Television He has directed episodes of television series including ''Farscape'', ''Fireflies'', ''Police Rescue'', and '' Spartacus: Blood and Sand''. In 2012, he directed The Straits and some episodes of Rake between 2012 and 2016. In 2016, he directed the acclaimed The Kettering Incident, and also Nowhere Boys. In 2013, he directed The Broken Shore, a Duncan Lawrie Dagger award-winning novel by Australian author Peter Temple Peter Temple (10 March 1946 – 8 March 2018) was an Australi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Batchelor (actor)
John David Batchelor (born 25 September 1969) is a Singaporean-born Australian television and film actor. He is most known for portraying Chief Petty Officer Marine Technical (CPOMT) / Chief Engineer Andy 'Charge' Thorpe on the Australian drama series ''Sea Patrol'', and Peeto in the Australian feature film '' Red Dog''. Career Batchelor graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) with a degree in Performing Arts (Acting) in 1992. Besides portraying Andy 'Charge' Thorpe on ''Sea Patrol'', Batchelor has had guest roles on '' All Saints'', '' Water Rats'', '' Stingers'', and ''Murder Call''. He appeared in the 2003 films, ''Inspector Gadget 2'' and ''Danny Deckchair'', and in the 2008 film ''The Tender Hook''. Batchelor also had a minor role as a bodyguard in the Australian comedy film ''Fat Pizza''. In 2011, Batchelor starred as Peeto in the Australian film '' Red Dog'' and also portrayed the heart wrenching Wally Tomlinson, associate of underworld ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
