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The Tourist (TV Series)
''The Tourist'' is a 2022 Drama (film and television), drama-Thriller (genre), thriller black comedy television series. It stars Jamie Dornan as the victim of a car crash who wakes up in a hospital in the Australian outback with amnesia. The series premiered on 1 January 2022 on BBC One in the UK, the next day on Stan (service), Stan in Australia, and on 3 March on Max (streaming service), HBO Max in the US. The second series, set in Ireland, premiered on 1 January 2024 in the UK and Australia, and on 29 February 2024 in the US. Plot The plot places the series in the thriller genre, but the dialogue and characters contain many elements of black comedy, and there is also a romantic sub-plot. Series 1 An Irishman wakes up with amnesia in an Australian hospital. Seeking answers, he encounters a local woman who remembers him and volunteers to help him rediscover his identity. What few clues he can find hint that he has a dark past from which he must escape before it catches up wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama (film And Television)
In film and television show, television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or docudrama, semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humour, humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police procedural, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, Drama (film and television)#Teen drama, teen drama, and comedy drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular Setting (narrative), setting or subject matter, or they combine a drama's otherwise serious tone with elements that encourage a broader range of Mood (literature), moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of Conflict (process), conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of Film industry, cinema or television that involve Fiction, fiction ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed by the South Australian Film Corporation for the use of the South Australian film industry. History 1972–2000 The South Australian Film Corporation was founded as a production company in 1972, established under the ''South Australian Film Corporation Act'' by the Dunstan government. It was intended “to stimulate and encourage the formation and continued development of the South Australian film and television industry”. At the time of the Corporation's establishment, the Australian film industry was stagnating, and the Corporation played a significant role in the revival of Australian film making. Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities.David St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conor MacNeill
Conor MacNeill is a film, television, and stage actor from Northern Ireland. He is best known for his role as Kenny Kilbane in the BBC Two and HBO series ''Industry'' (2020–2024). Early life and education MacNeill was born in West Belfast. Career In his early career, MacNeill appeared in such films as '' Fifty Dead Men Walking'' and ''Peacefire'' directed by Macdara Vallely. He made a cameo appearance as 'Fanta' in '' Cherrybomb''. He also played the character of Dave in ''Five Minutes of Heaven'', which was directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel and premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. He starred as Ciaran MacIonraic in the Irish comedy-drama '' An Crisis'', for which he received a nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Comedy drama series at the 2010 Festival de Télévision de Monte-Carlo. He performed extensively on stage in Ireland. Acting in productions at Lyric Players' Theatre, Gate Theatre, and Project Arts Centre. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Umbilical Brothers
The Umbilical Brothers are an Australian Double act, comedy duo formed in 1988, consisting of David Collins and Shane Dundas. Their performances heavily feature physical comedy and surreal humour, surreal elements. Stage shows by the Umbilical Brothers include ''Heaven by Storm'' (1996), ''Thwack'' (1999), ''SpeedMouse'' (2001), ''Don't Explain (DVD), Don't Explain'' (2007), and ''Kidshow: Not Suitable For Children'' (2015). In 2006, Collins and Dundas created and starred in a children's comedy series called ''The Upside Down Show'', which won a Daytime Emmy Award and a Logie Award for Logie Award for Most Outstanding Children's Program, Most Outstanding Children's Program. The series was inspired by the Umbilical Brothers' adult-oriented comedy act ''SpeedMouse''. The duo's other television appearances include regular skits on ''The Sideshow (TV series), The Sideshow'' and guest performances on the ''Late Show with David Letterman'', ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Ellis
Kamil Ellis (born ) is an Aboriginal Australian actor and musician. He is known for his roles in the TV series ''Cleverman'', ''Nowhere Boys,'' and '' The Tourist''. Early life Kamil Ellis was born around 2000. He is of Wiradjuri descent. Career Ellis has appeared on TV in ''Cleverman'', ''Nowhere Boys,'' ''Bushwhacked!'', and ''SeaChange''. He was an original cast member of the stage play ''The Secret River''. Ellis appeared as a police officer alongside Jamie Dornan and Danielle Macdonald in the limited series, '' The Tourist'' in 2022. At the age of 21, Ellis played the role of a year 12 student in the 2022 high school drama series '' More Than This''. Awards and nominations Together with the Ensemble Offspring he was nominated for the 2019 ARIA Award for Best Children's Album for ''Classic Kids: Music For The Dreaming''. Discography Albums Awards and nominations ARIA Music Awards The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, inno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Mercedes (actress)
Maria Moutsidis (), known professionally as Maria Mercedes, is a Greek-descended Australian television, film and stage actress, performer and singer. She is a mezzo soprano Early life Mercedes was born in Melbourne to parents George and Dionisia Moutsidis, a working class couple who emigrated via ship to Australia from Greece, seeking better prospects. Her father had been as aspiring actor in Greece. She attended Brunswick High School in Melbourne. Career Early career Mercedes' performing career began in 1973 after winning singing contests on both ''Young Talent Time'' and '' New Faces''. After subsequently performing on '' The Graham Kennedy Show'', she was persuaded to change her last name from 'Moutsidis' to the stage name of 'Mercedes', after Kennedy struggled to pronounce her name. By the age of 16, she was singing around Australia, in concerts and variety shows. In 1981, she released a cover version of The Crystals' " Then He Kissed Me", which she performed live on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Andreas (Australian Actor)
Alex Andreas, previously Alex Tsitsopoulos, is an Australian actor known for his roles in television, film and theatre. His first big role was as Ross Papasavas in ''Short Cuts''. His recent credits include Dimitri in the mystery thriller '' The Tourist'' and George Stathopoulos in the crime comedy-drama ''My Life is Murder ''My Life Is Murder'' is an Australian-New Zealand murder mystery crime comedy-drama television series, broadcast on Network 10 and TVNZ 1. The ten part series premiered on 17 July 2019, at 8:40 pm. In the United States, the series began strea ...''. Stage roles include ''Hotel Bonegilla'' (La Mama, 2018), ''Ironbound'' (Q44 Theatre, 2018) and ''Brother Boy'' (The Dancing Dog Cafe, 2007) Filmography Television appearances Film appearances References External links * Australian male film actors Australian male television actors Australian people of Greek descent Living people Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Austr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Adcock
Danny Adcock is an Australian actor. Career Film and television Adcock has worked extensively in television. After scoring a handful of guest roles, he landed his first film role as a policeman in the Ozploitation film '' The Cars That Ate Paris''. Further small screen guest appearances included ''Matlock Police'', ''Division 4'', ''Homicide'', '' Skyways'' and ''Cop Shop'', ''Rafferty's Rules'', '' A Country Practice'', '' The Flying Doctors'', '' Water Rats'', '' All Saints'', ''Home and Away'', '' Bullpitt!'' and '' Redfern Now''. He had regular or recurring roles in the first season of ''Patrol Boat'' (1979), '' Arcade'' (1980), '' The Bush Gang'' (1981), ''Prisoner'' (1982–83), '' Sons and Daughters'' (1983–84), the second season of ''Fire'' (1996), ''Blue Heelers ''Blue Heelers'' is an Australian police drama series that was produced by Southern Star Group and ran for twelve years on the Seven Network, from 1994 to 2006. Although based around the policin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Larsen
Greg Larsen is an actor, television writer, and comedian from Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. He is best known internationally for his role as Ethan Krum in the BBC One drama thriller series ''The Tourist''. He has also been a cast member and correspondent in the ABC news comedy show '' Tonightly with Tom Ballard''; and a writer and cast member of the sketch comedy series ''At Home Alone Together'' and ''We Interrupt This Broadcast'' on Seven Network. He is also known for his many years of award-winning stand-up comedy performances, notably at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Early life Larsen is from Ipswich, Queensland. Career Comedy Larsen began his career performing stand-up and creating YouTube videos with Henry Stone and Sam Campbell as the sketch group ''Skills in Time''. He is known for many years of stand-up comedy performances, notably at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). In 2014, along with Henry Stone, Stuart Daulman, and John Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Haralabidou
Victoria Haralabidou () is a Greek Australian actress. Early life and education Victoria Haralabidou was born in Saint Petersburg, USSR. When she was 15 years old, her family moved to Athens, Greece. In 2005, she moved to Sydney, Australia. Career Haralabidou's stage acting credits include ''Dear Elena'', a contemporary Russian play by Lyudmila Razumovskaya, which she also translated, in 2017 at the Theatre of the Society for Macedonian Studies in Thessaloniki, Greece. She also appeared in '' Curse of the Starving Class'', by Sam Shepard Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, .... She featured in the 2012 Australian drama film ''Thirst'', directed by Robert Carter. Haralabidou was cast as Lena in the 2022 TV series '' The Tourist'', with the character also appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amnesia
Amnesia is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage or brain diseases,Gazzaniga, M., Ivry, R., & Mangun, G. (2009) Cognitive Neuroscience: The biology of the mind. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. but it can also be temporarily caused by the use of various sedative and hypnotic drugs. The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that is caused. There are two main types of amnesia: * Retrograde amnesia is the inability to remember information that was acquired before a particular date, usually the date of an accident or operation. In some cases, the memory loss can extend back decades, while in other cases, people may lose only a few months of memory. * Anterograde amnesia is the inability to transfer new information from the short-term store into the long-term store. People with anterograde amnesia cannot remember things for long periods of time. These two types are not mutually exclusive; both can also occur simultaneously. Case stud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Comedy
Black comedy, also known as black humor, bleak comedy, dark comedy, dark humor, gallows humor or morbid humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discuss, aiming to provoke discomfort, serious thought, and amusement for their audience. Thus, in fiction, for example, the term ''black comedy'' can also refer to a genre in which dark humor is a core component. Black comedy differs from ribaldry#Blue comedy, blue comedy—which focuses more on topics such as nudity, Human sexual activity, sex, and body fluids—and from obscenity. Additionally, whereas the term ''black comedy'' is a relatively broad term covering humor relating to many serious subjects, ''gallows humor'' tends to be used more specifically in relation to death, or situations that are reminiscent of dying. Black humor can occasionally be related to the grotesque genre. Literary critics h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
