Jack Thompson (actor)
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John Hadley Thompson, AM is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He is best known for his role as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian
Thompson in 2020
Thompson's plaque at the Australian Film Walk of Fame, the Ritz Cinema, Randwick, Sydney
Breaker Morant (film)
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Breaker Morant is a 1980 Australian biographical war drama film directed by Bruce Beresford, who also co-wrote the screenplay based on Kenneth G. Ross's 1978 play of the same name. It stars Edward Woo
Jack Thompson (actor)
…said Thompson at the time. The film became a notorious flop. He worked on a script with his brother called Welcome Stranger. He was offered a role in Breaker Morant (1980), directed by Bruce Beresford - the part of Private Hancock. Thompson turned it down, Beresford rewrote the script and offered him the part again…
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