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Weekend With Kate
''Weekend with Kate'' is a 1990 Australian film directed by Arch Nicholson and starring Colin Friels and Catherine McClements Catherine McClements is an Australian stage, film and television actress and television presenter. She is known for her TV roles in '' Water Rats'' and ''Tangle'', for which she won Logie Awards, and has performed in stage productions for theat .... References External links *''Weekend with Kate''at Oz Movies 1990 films Australian comedy films 1990s English-language films Films directed by Arch Nicholson Films scored by Bruce Rowland 1990s Australian films {{1990s-Australia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arch Nicholson
Arch Nicholson (1941 – 24 February 1990) was an Australian film director. He was born in Melbourne and grew up in Western Australia, originally training to be a teacher. Seeing ''Last Year at Marienbad'' made him want to become a filmmaker and he spent 12 years making documentaries at the Commonwealth Film Unit such as ''The Russians''. He then began directing episodes of TV shows such as ''The Flying Doctors'' and ''Special Squad''. Nicholson was married to former Play School presenter Jan Kingsbury. He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in 1990, aged 48.David Stratton, ''The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry'', Pan MacMillan, 1990 p88-89 Select Credits *'' A Good Thing Going'' (1978) (TV movie) *'' Deadline'' (1982) *'' Buddies'' (1983) *''Fortress'' (1985) *''Dark Age The ''Dark Ages'' is a term for the Early Middle Ages, or occasionally the entire Middle Ages, in Western Europe after the fall of the Western Roman Empire that charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phillip Emanuel
Phillip Emanuel (1946–2011) was an Australian film producer. Select Credits *''The Wild Duck'' (1984) *''Rebel'' (1985) *''Takeover'' (1987) *''Those Dear Departed'' (1987) *''Two Brothers Running'' (1988) *''Kokoda Crescent'' (1989) *'' Weekend with Kate'' (1990) *'' Fatal Past'' (1993) *''Point of No Return'' (1994) *''Girl'' (1994) *'' Rainbow's End'' (1995) *''Offspring'' (1996) *''A Divided Heart'' (2005) External links *Online tribute at TCMDB
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Colin Friels
Colin Friels (born 25 September 1952) is a Scottish-born Australian actor of theatre, TV and film and presenter Early life Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland.Interview with Colin Friels, ''George Negus Tonight'' (ABC Television), 26 August 2004. http://www.abc.net.au/gnt/profiles/Transcripts/s1186644.htm , retrieved May 2007. His mother was a mill worker and French polisher, and his father a carpenter. He lived in Kilbirnie until 1963, when his family moved to Australia, arriving in Darwin, Northern Territory before settling in the Melbourne suburb of Bentleigh. He worked as a bricklayer's labourer before studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 1976 along with Linden Wilkinson and Michael Siberry. Acting career Friels career began with work mostly in theatre and television. In 1980 Friels was a presenter on the Australian version of ''Play School'', the series for young children. His first film role was in the unreleased ''Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine McClements
Catherine McClements is an Australian stage, film and television actress and television presenter. She is known for her TV roles in '' Water Rats'' and '' Tangle'', for which she won Logie Awards, and has performed in stage productions for theatre companies such as Belvoir St Theatre, the Melbourne Theatre Company, the Sydney Theatre Company, and the State Theatre Company of South Australia. Early life and education McClements attended the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating in 1985, alongside Baz Luhrmann, Sonia Todd and Justin Monjo. In 1988, McClements, along with a number of other people including Baz Luhrmann, set up an experimental theatre ensemble called 'Six Years Old', and they worked on expanding the play ''Strictly Ballroom'', which was first produced in their second year of NIDA in 1984. Career In 1993 she had a role in '' The Girl from Tomorrow Part II: Tomorrow's End''. McClements is best known for her starring role as Rachel Goldstein on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Rowland
Bruce Rowland (born 9 May 1942 in Melbourne) is an Australian composer. Biography Rowland composed the soundtrack for the 1982 movie '' The Man from Snowy River'', as well as the soundtrack for its 1988 sequel ''The Man from Snowy River II'' (which has the United States title of ''Return to Snowy River'', and the United Kingdom title of ''The Untamed''). Both films were based on Banjo Paterson's poem The Man from Snowy River. His other film scores include '' Now and Forever'' (1983), ''Phar Lap'' (1983), ''Bushfire Moon'' (1987), ''Cheetah'' (1989), '' Weekend with Kate'' (1990), ''Gross Misconduct'' (1993), '' Andre'' (1994), '' Lightning Jack'' (1994), '' Zeus and Roxanne'' (1997) and the TV movie '' Tidal Wave: No Escape'' (1997). He composed a special Olympics version of the main theme of ''The Man from Snowy River Suite'', as well as conducting the orchestra, for the Opening Ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics which were held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990 Films
The year 1990 in film involved many significant events as shown below. Universal Pictures celebrated its 75th anniversary in 1990. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1990 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * March 2 - '' The Hunt for Red October'' is released. It is the first film in Tom Clancy's "Jack Ryan" franchise and is met with critical and blockbuster commercial success. * March 23 – ''Pretty Woman'' is released and grosses $463 million, making Julia Roberts a worldwide star. * March 30 – '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' is released to massive box office success. At the time, it is the highest-grossing independent film in history. * May 25 – Universal Pictures unveils a new opening logo with music composed by James Horner, which debuts on ''Back to the Future Part III''. It is the first change to the Universal opening logo in 27 years. * June 1 – CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in '' Total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Comedy 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 Australian is an historic unincorporated community on the Fraser River in the Cariboo Country of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its name is derived from that of the Australian Ranch, one of British Columbia's first ranching oper ..., an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s English-language Films
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Arch Nicholson
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
