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They're a Weird Mob (film)
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Theyre a Weird Mob is a 1966 film based on the novel of the same name by John OGrady under the pen name Nino Culotta, the name of the main character of the book. It was the collaboration of the British filmmakers Michael Powell. Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia and he expected to work for his cousin as a sports writer for an Italian language magazine. However, on arrival in Sydney Nino discovers that the cousin has abandoned the magazine, Nino declares that he will get a job and pay back the debt. Working as a labourer Nino becomes mates with his co-workers, despite some difficulties with Australian slang, Nino endeavours to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday urban Australians, and assimilate. A romantic attraction builds between Nino and Kay despite her frosty exterior and her conservative Irish fathers dislike of Italians, a tone of mild racism exists in the film between Anglo-Saxon/Anglo-Irish characters such as Kay Kellys dad Harry and Nino. Harry says he doesnt like writers, brickies or dagos, but this is undermined when Nino, sitting in the Kelly house notices a picture of the pope on the wall. Nino says If I am a dago, then so is he, realising the impossibility of referring to the pope by that derogatory term, Harry gives in. Cast notes John OGrady, the author of the novel, makes an appearance as the grey-bearded drinker in the pub in the opening sequence of the film. Alida Chelli was the girlfriend of Walter Chiari, but almost did not get the part because she was thought to be too glamorous, Theyre a Weird Mob was optioned in 1959 by Gregory Peck but he could not come up with a workable screenplay. Michael Powell first read the novel in London in 1960 and wanted to turn it into a film, Powell obtained them three years later and brought in his long-time collaborator Emeric Pressburger, who wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Richard Imrie. Walter Chiari had previously visited Australia during the filming of On the Beach, Clare Dunne was working as a weather girl when cast in the female lead. The actors dug trenches, poured concrete, laid bricks and so on, the stars footprints were set in concrete slabs in the pathway. Punchbowl railway station, where Nino is picked up by Joe prior to his first day at work has changed over the years, in a previous configuration it was possible to park a vehicle virtually at the bottom of the northern steps. Balgowlah Heights The place where Nino & Kay want to build their home is referred to in the making of documentary as Grotto Point, balgowlah Heights is on Dobroyd Head on the north side of the entrance to Middle Harbour. The film has been credited with the revival of the moribund Australian film industry, Theyre a Weird Mob grossed $2,417,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $26,127,770 in 2009 dollars. In 1968 John McCallum wrote that of the $2 million the film had then earned, a behind-the-scenes documentary was shot called The Story of the Making of Theyre a Weird Mob. The film has released on Region 4 DVD by Roadshow
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Mosman, New South Wales
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Mosman is a suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Mosman is located 8 kilometres north-east of the Sydney central business district and is the centre for the local government area of the Municipality of Mosman. Along with other such as Vaucluse, Bellevue Hill, and Darling Point. It is home to many prominent Sydney business people, doctors, in February 1997, a notice was published in the Government Gazette by Mosman Council advising that they had assigned Mosman as the only suburb in the Mosman Local Government Area. They were involved in shipping, and founded a station on a bay in the harbour. George subsequently became involved in grazing, but Archibald continued with whaling activities, by 1838, he owned 108 acres along the Mosman waterfront. Archibald was buried in the cemetery of St Judes Church, Randwick and his grave is maintained by Mosman Council. Mosman was originally inhabited by the Borogegal tribe, bungaree was a well known Aboriginal who joined British explorers on voyages, including circumnavigating Australia with Matthew Flinders when he was 26. He later became leader of his tribe, was given land at Georges Head and he greeted newcomers whose ships entered Port Jackson, and became acquainted with Russian and French explorers. His image was painted many times and shown in London, Paris, in 1789 HMS Sirius—the flagship of the First Fleet—entered what is now known as Mosman Bay or Great Sirius Cove. In 1871 the Beehive Casemate was constructed into the side on Obelisk Bay. A Submarine Miners’ Depot was constructed at Chowder Bay in the 1880s, in 1888 the site was modified for the latest in harbour defences. The site was a position and considered the best place to observe. Minefields were laid across the shipping channels of Port Jackson from 1876 to 1922. From Georges Head, miners watched for ships entering the harbour and their job was to explode the mine closest to an approaching enemy ship. Each underwater mine was attached to a cable that ran up the cliff to the firing post. During a demonstration in 1891, a crowd of several people watched as a fatal accident killed four miners. As a result, Mosman became known as Australias most painted suburb, notable painters in this community included Julian Ashton, Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton and John Mather
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Neutral Bay, New South Wales
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Neutral Bay is a harbourside suburb on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Neutral Bay is around 1.5 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, Neutral Bay takes its name from the bay on Sydney Harbour. Kurraba Point, formerly a locality in Neutral Bay, was declared a suburb in 2010. Surrounding suburbs include North Sydney, Cammeray, Milsons Point, Cremorne and Cremorne Point, the name Neutral Bay originates from the time of the early colonial period of Australia, where different bays of Sydney harbour were zoned for different incoming vessels. This bay was where all foreign vessels would dock, hence the name neutral, the Aboriginal name for the area was Wirra-birra. In 1789, soon after the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney, Governor Arthur Phillip declared this bay a neutral harbour where ships could anchor and take on water. Neutral Bay was far away from Sydney Cove to discourage convicts from escaping on these vessels. This style was an attempt to get away from mass production, notable examples soon appeared in the area. Brent Knowle, in Shellcove Road, was designed by Bertrand James Waterhouse and it influenced home design in the area for at least the next fifteen years and has a state heritage listing. A different style was used for The Cobbles, also in Shellcove Road, designed by Peddle and Thorp and built in 1918, it made great use of natural stones and pebbles to achieve the desired look. It is an Australian interpretation of the California Bungalow style and has a heritage listing. The Gables, in Spruson Street, was another Waterhouse design and was built in 1920 and it was influenced by the shingle style which was brought to Sydney by Horbury Hunt, and featured prominent gables and extensive use of shingles. More Waterhouse designs appeared in Shellcove Road in the vicinity of The Cobbles, an outstanding example is Ailsa, which was designed by Waterhouse for Captain Robert Craig and built in 1908. It has a heritage listing. Along with Keynsham, St Annes, and Gundimaine House, these form a significant heritage group and have a state heritage listing. Neutral Bay was also the home of the English-born childrens author and painter May Gibbs, who lived for a time in Derry, afterwards, she moved to the home Nutcote in nearby Kurraba Point. The main shopping district of Neutral Bay, known as Neutral Bay Junction, is along Military Road and it features many quality shops, restaurants and cafes. The Big Bear shopping centre is a mall that features a supermarket
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Order of the British Empire
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There is also the related British Empire Medal, whose recipients are affiliated with, but not members of, the order. Recommendations for appointments to the Order of the British Empire were at first made on the nomination of the United Kingdom, the self-governing Dominions of the Empire, nominations continue today from Commonwealth countries that participate in recommending British honours. Most members are citizens of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth realms that use the Imperial system of honours and awards. Honorary knighthoods are appointed to citizens of nations where the Queen is not head of state, occasionally, honorary appointees are, incorrectly, referred to as Sir or Dame – Bill Gates or Bob Geldof, for example. In particular, King George V wished to create an Order to honour many thousands of those who had served in a variety of non-combatant roles during the First World War, when first established, the Order had only one division. However, in 1918, soon after its foundation, it was divided into Military. The Orders motto is For God and the Empire, at the foundation of the Order, the Medal of the Order of the British Empire was instituted, to serve as a lower award granting recipients affiliation but not membership. In 1922, this was renamed the British Empire Medal, in addition, the BEM is awarded by the Cook Islands and by some other Commonwealth nations. The British monarch is Sovereign of the Order, and appoints all members of the Order. The next most senior member is the Grand Master, of whom there have been three, Prince Edward, the Prince of Wales, Queen Mary, and the current Grand Master, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Order is limited to 300 Knights and Dames Grand Cross,845 Knights and Dames Commander, and 8,960 Commanders. There are no limits applied to the number of members of the fourth and fifth classes. Foreign recipients, as members, do not contribute to the numbers restricted to the Order as full members do. Though men can be knighted separately from an order of chivalry, women cannot, and so the rank of Knight/Dame Commander of the Order is the lowest rank of damehood, and second-lowest of knighthood. Because of this, Dame Commander is awarded in circumstances in which a man would be created a Knight Bachelor, for example, by convention, female judges of the High Court of Justice are created Dames Commander after appointment, while male judges become Knights Bachelor. The Order has six officials, the Prelate, the Dean, the Secretary, the Registrar, the King of Arms, the Bishop of London, a senior bishop in the Church of England, serves as the Orders Prelate. The Dean of St Pauls is ex officio the Dean of the Order, the Orders King of Arms is not a member of the College of Arms, as are many other heraldic officers. From time to time, individuals are appointed to a higher grade within the Order, thereby ceasing usage of the junior post-nominal letters
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Crocodile Dundee
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Crocodile Dundee is a 1986 Australian-American comedy film set in the Australian Outback and in New York City. It stars Paul Hogan as the weathered Mick Dundee, hogans future wife Linda Kozlowski portrayed Sue Charlton. Although the film was a hit both in Australia and abroad, it became controversial with some Australian critics and audiences–who resented the image of Australians as being ocker, the first scenes were filmed in the small town of McKinlay in Queensland. The hotel has original warped and polished hardwood floors, there are no crocodiles in the area as its in the outback with no major water source. Crocodile Dundee was followed by two sequels, Crocodile Dundee II and Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, although both films failed to match the success of the predecessor. Sue Charlton is a writer for Newsday and is dating her editor. On arrival in Walkabout Creek, she cannot locate Dundee, when Dundee arrives that night, Sue finds his leg is not missing, but he has a large scar which he refers to as a love bite. While Sue dances with Dundee, a group of city kangaroo shooters make fun of Dundees status as a crocodile hunter, causing him to knock the leader out with one punch. The next morning, offended by Micks assertion that as a sheila she is incapable of surviving the Outback alone, Sue goes out alone to prove him wrong but takes his rifle with her at his request. Mick follows her to make sure she is OK, but when she stops at a billabong to refill her canteen, overcome with gratitude, Sue finds herself becoming attracted to him. Sue invites Mick to return with her to New York City on the pretext of continuing the feature story, at first Wally scoffs at her suggestion, but he changes his mind when she tells him the newspaper would cover all expenses. Once in New York, Mick is perplexed by local behaviour and customs, after this Sue realizes her true feelings for him, and they kiss. Mick, disheartened at Sues engagement, decides to go walkabout around the US and he wondered what it would be like if a Northern Territory bushman arrived in town. Paul Hogan, Theres a lot about Dundee that we all think were like and its like the image the Americans have of us, so why not give them one. Weve always been short of folk heroes in this country. The films budget was raised through the 10BA tax concessions via Morgan Sharebrokers, Paul Hogan used his regular collaborators from TV, including John Cornell, Peter Faiman and Ken Shadie. Linda Kozlowski was imported to play the American reporter, Actors Equity Australia objected to this, six weeks of filming were spent working out of Jaja, an abandoned uranium mining camp in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory with an additional week in Cloncurry. There was a six weeks filming in New York
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Crocodile Dundee II
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Crocodile Dundee II is a 1988 Australian-American adventure and comedy film. It is a sequel to Crocodile Dundee and was followed by Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, actors Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski reprise their roles as Mick Dundee and Sue Charlton, respectively, here shown opposing a Colombian drug cartel. The film was directed by John Cornell and shot on location in New York City and Northern Territory and it cost $14 million to make. A year has passed since the events of Crocodile Dundee, and Mick Dundee, although Micks ignorance of city life is a hazard when he attempts to continue his former lifestyle, like blast fishing in Manhattans waters, Sues writing has made him a popular public figure. He later goes to work for Leroy Brown, a stationery salesman trying to live up to his self-perceived bad guy in the streets image. While working for the DEA in Colombia, Sues ex-husband Bob takes photographs of a drug cartel leaders murder of an unknown person and he sends the photographs to Sue before being murdered himself. Colombian Cartel leader Luis Rico and his brother and top lieutenant, Miguel, the gangsters take Sue hostage, leading Mick to ask Leroy for help. Leroy contacts a local gang, whom Mick asks to create a distraction by caterwauling at the mansions perimeter. Rico is arrested but soon escapes custody, and after a failed attempt by Rico to kill Sue. In Walkabout Creek, Mick is enthusiastically welcomed back by his friends, after provisioning, he and Sue take refuge on his personal land, named Belonga Mick. Here, Sue discovers that Mick legally owns land almost twice the size of New York State, including a gold mine. Rico and his men track their quarry to Australia, where they hire some local thugs to assist them, as a replacement, the gangsters kidnap Micks friend Walter and force him to guide them, but Mick saves his friend by faking an attempt on Walters life. In the end, he retrieves Walter from Rico and Miguel, tired of chasing Dundee, Rico sets a bushfire to corner Mick, but Mick regains the upper hand, captures Rico, and switches clothes with him in order to lure Miguel into a vulnerable position. Sue and Walter, observing them from a distance, mistake Mick for Rico, Walter shoots Mick, though not fatally, and Rico tries to escape but is shot by Miguel. Rico loses his balance and falls to his death in a ravine, Miguel is in turn shot and killed by Sue. Though thinking at first that Mick is dead, they soon re-unite with him, when Mick asks her whether she is ready to go home, Sue replies I am home, concluding the film. The film opened 25 May 1988 in the United States and Canada, Crocodile Dundee II was also a worldwide hit, but not as big as its predecessor. The film grossed $24,916,805 in Australia, which is equivalent to $48,843,593 in 2009 dollars, the film was released theatrically in the United States by Paramount Pictures in May 1988
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Victoria Bitter
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Victoria Bitter is a lager produced by Carlton & United Breweries, a subsidiary of Fosters Group in Melbourne, Victoria. It was first brewed by Sam Barrett and Charlie Moir at Victoria Brewery in 1854 and it is one of the highest selling beers in Australia. The origins of Victoria Bitter date back to Victoria Brewery founder and head brewer Vincent Burkitt, the campaign was used until quite recently. Like most Australian Lagers, VB is made using a wortstream brewing process, currently one third of the packaged beer sales in Australia are of VB. It is available in tinnies, stubbies, Long Necks and Twisties, Throwies or Grenades, as of 2005 VB also comes in 500 ml tinnies, which are commonly drunk by trade workers on lunch, being just enough to quench their thirst. It used to be available in the Northern Territory in a 1-litre tinnie nicknamed a Killer can, as with all packaged beer sold in Australia it was for many years only available in 750 mL or 26 2/3 fl oz bottles, until the introduction of stubbies and smaller cans. In July 2007 Fosters announced it would cut the alcohol content of VB from 4. 9% to 4. 8% in a bid to save millions of dollars in tax payments. The brewer cut the percentage of VB further in 2009. On 3 September 2012, CUB announced VB would be going back to its original 4. 9% alcohol recipe, CUB had received many complaints since it was changed to 4. 6% in 2009, and the beer had lost a large amount of market share. The updated VBs began rolling out in late October 2012, in 2016, VB was among the CUB products boycotted by unions after 55 CUB workers were allegedly sacked after refusing a 65% wage cut. The Australian Manufacturing Workers Union has said that they will not stop the boycott until the situation is rectified, according to ACNielsen in 2009 Victoria Bitter was claimed to be Australias only billion dollar retail beer brand, selling the equivalent of one slab every second. At one time VB sold twice as much as any other full strength beer and was the only Australian beer brand that is in the top 3 sellers in every state. Victoria Bitter held the highest market share of all beer sold in Australia for more than two decades, but in 2012 lost this position to XXXX Gold, in April 2011 VB held 13. 7% volume share and XXXX Gold had 11. 7%. Just one year on in April 2012 VB had dropped to 12. 3%, in addition to being sold in Australia, Victoria Bitter is also available in New Zealand, Bali, Indonesia, the UK, and, to a limited extent, other countries abroad. Despite its name, Victoria Bitter is a standard commercial lager rather than a bitter, since late 2012, Victoria Bitter has been sold at a strength of 4. 9% ABV after an interim period of producing the same product at an ABV of 4. 6%. The VB sold commercially in New Zealand is both 4. 9% and 4. 6% available in 375ml quantities in either bottles or cans, in May 2007, The launch was Fosters first ever mainstream variation of the VB brand. VB Midstrength changed its name to VB Gold in 2009 and sells over 1m cases every year and is growing strongly following its launch in late 2007, TV builder Scott Cam, a self-confessed VB fan, is the appointed VB Mid Ambassador. On 24 July 2007, The Australian reported that three months of Fosters launching VB Midstrength, market share for the full strength VB and mid VB had increased
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation is Australias national public broadcaster, owned and funded by the government. The ABC plays a role in the history of broadcasting in Australia. With a total budget of A$1. Founded in 1929 as the Australian Broadcasting Company, it was made a state-owned corporation on 1 July 1932 as the Australian Broadcasting Commission. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 changed the name of the organisation to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, although funded and owned by the government, the ABC remains editorially independent as ensured through the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983. The ABC is sometimes referred to as Aunty, originally in imitation of the British Broadcasting Corporations nickname. The first public station in Australia opened in Sydney on 23 November 1923 under the call sign 2SB with other stations in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth. It also nationalised the Australian Broadcasting Company which had created by entertainment interests to supply programs to various radio stations. Over the next four years the stations were reformed into a broadcasting organisation through regular program relays. The Australian broadcast radio spectrum was constituted of the ABC and the commercial sector, in 1942 The Australian Broadcasting Act was passed, giving the ABC the power to decide when, and in what circumstances, political speeches should be broadcast. Directions from the Minister about whether or not to broadcast any matter now had to be made in writing and it was used only once, in 1963. In the same year, Kindergarten of the Air began on ABC Radio in Perth, cater argues that reform was urgently needed in 1945, By the end of World War II, the ABC was a decadent, hollow institution. Its authority had been compromised by a poorly drafted charter and further undermined by timid management, poor governance, in April 1945, Boyer refused to accept the post of chairman until Prime Minister Curtin issued a mandate of independence which Boyer drafted itself. The ABC commenced television broadcasting in 1956, and followed the earlier practice of naming the station after the first letter of the base state. ABN-2 Sydney was inaugurated by Prime Minister Robert Menzies on 5 November 1956, with the first broadcast presented by Michael Charlton, aBV-2 followed two weeks later, on 18 November 1956. Stations in other cities followed, ABQ-2, ABS-2, ABW-2. ABC-3 Canberra opened in 1961, and ABD-6 started broadcasting in 1971, although radio programs could be distributed nationally by landline, television relay facilities were not in place until the early 1960s. This meant that news bulletins had to be sent to each city by teleprinter, to be prepared and presented separately in each city, with filmed materials copied manually
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Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
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The Nine Network readily repeated the series several times after Australian television switched to colour transmission in 1975. 2016 marks the 50th anniversary of Skippy, and 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of Skippy being filmed on location at Waratah Park, the Australian series was one of the most heavily exported programs. It was broadcast in all Commonwealth countries, including in Canada where it was adapted in Quebec for the Standard French market as Skippy le kangourou, the series was also widely distributed in Ghana where is aired weekly on the GBC. It was dubbed into Spanish in Mexico, where it is known as Skippy el canguro, and has seen in most Spanish-speaking countries, including Cuba and Spain. In Germany, it was known as Skippy, das Buschkänguruh, while in Italy was known as Skyppy il canguro, the series crossed the Iron Curtain and was aired in Czechoslovakia and the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, and is still being broadcast in Iran. The show was popular in Scandinavia, indeed in Norway a chain of shopping centres were named in honour of the program, in Latín América are broadcast in Free TV in 1970s, in Pay TV vía Sundance Channel. When her father is transferred to a park in northern New South Wales, john Warwick as Sir Adrian Gillespie, Head of the NSW National Parks Board Elke Neidhardt as Dr. Anna Steiner, a German doctor and playing a support role Morgan Brain as Sgt. The stories revolved around events in the park, including its animals, the dangers arising from natural hazards, the boys mother is said to have died shortly after Sonny was born. The series was shot in northern Sydney at the Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, between nine and fifteen kangaroos were used for each show. The apparent manual dexterity was often achieved by using separate arms in the hands of human operators, in 1969 a movie-length Skippy and The Intruders was released. The series was revived in 1992 as the short-lived The Adventures of Skippy and this version also aired on Animal Planet in 1997, and is currently airing in the U. S. on TBNs Smile of a Child TV childrens network. In 1998, a spinoff series was produced. Titled Skippy, Adventures in Bushtown, it featured the anthropomorphic kangaroo Skippy as a park ranger, in 1999, Skippy starred in advertisements for the chocolate confectionery Rolo Cookies. In September 2008, actor Tony Bonner sued the company seeking residuals from merchandising. On 17 September 2009, a documentary Skippy, Australias First Superstar was broadcast on the ABC in Australia, the documentary was produced by WA-based documentary production company Electric Pictures. Also in 2009, the Nine Network began to rerun the series in a slot in the early hours of the morning. In 2013 9Gem started showing Skippy at 6, 30am, wikipedia French Page, Skippy le kangourou Skippy at the Internet Movie Database Classic Australian Television -Skippy Skippy – Memorable TV http, //aso. gov
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The Fourth Wish
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The Fourth Wish is a 1976 Australian family film directed by Don Chaffey based on a three-part 1974 TV drama from the ABC. Casey learns that his 12-year-old son Sean has leukaemia and will die in a few months. Casey leaves his job to himself to making his son happy, seeing to grant three wishes of Sean, to own a dog, be reunited with his mother. Policeman The original mini series aired in 1974, john Meillion won a Best Actor Logie for his performance. John Meillon had appeared in the TV show and he formed Galaxy Productions, a company with Michael Craig and Don Chaffey to make the movie. Shooting began in Adelaide in November 1975 with Robert Bettles replacing Mark Shields as Sean, cinema of Australia The Fourth Wish at the Internet Movie Database The Fourth Wish at Oz Movies
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On the Beach (1959 film)
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This black-and-white film is based on Nevil Shutes 1957 novel of the same name depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. Unlike the novel, no blame is placed on whoever started the war, in early 1964, in the months following World War III, the conflict has devastated the Northern Hemisphere, polluting the atmosphere with nuclear fallout, killing all life there. Air currents are slowly carrying the south, the only areas still habitable are in the far reaches of the Southern Hemisphere. From Australia, survivors detect an incomprehensible Morse code signal coming from the West Coast of the United States. The last American nuclear submarine, USS Sawfish, under Royal Australian Navy command, is ordered to north to the United States to attempt to make contact with the sender of the Morse signal. The submarine is commanded by Captain Dwight Towers, who must leave his new friend, the Australian government arranges for its citizens to receive suicide pills or prepared injections so they may end things quickly before there is prolonged suffering from radiation sickness. An Australian naval officer, Peter Holmes and his wife, Mary, the theory is to be explored along with the submarines main mission. After sailing to Point Barrow, Alaska, they determine that radiation levels are, on the contrary, near San Diego, the source of the radio signals, communications officer Lieutenant Sunderstrom goes ashore in a radiation and oxygen suit. He has only one hour and will be alerted by a siren from the sub every 15 minutes, Sunderstrom stands the bottle upright and uses proper Morse Code to send a message describing the bleak situation. He returns to the sub before the hour is up, Sawfish and her crew return to Australia and try to enjoy what pleasures remain to them before the end. Scientist Julian Osborn wins the Australian Grand Prix in which many racers, with nothing left to lose, Dwight and Moira embark on a weekend fishing trip in the country. Retreating to the resort for the night, they share a romantic interlude inside their room as, outside, returning to Melbourne, Towers learns one of his crew has developed radiation sickness, the deadly radiation has arrived in Melbourne. Osborn kills himself by carbon monoxide poisoning in his closed garage, others line up to receive their suicide pills. Mary Holmes becomes emotionally unbalanced and must be sedated, later, she regains lucidity in time for her, Peter and their baby daughter to face the end by, it is implied, consuming the fatal drug. Dwight wants to stay with Moira, but many of his remaining crew want to head for home to die in the U. S. Commander Towers chooses his duty over his love for Moira and joins his crew as they attempt to make it back to the ruins of America. Moira watches as the USS Sawfish leaves Australian territorial waters and then submerges for the voyage home. Within a few days, the last pocket of humanity is dead, nuclear war and the end of humanity can still be prevented
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Offbeat (film)
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Offbeat is a 1961 black-and-white British crime film directed by Cliff Owen and starring William Sylvester, Mai Zetterling, and John Meillon. In the film, an MI5 officer goes undercover to catch a criminal gang, gault Victor Brooks - Inspector Adams Diana King - Maggie Dawson Gerard Heinz - Jake Ronald Adam - J. B. Wykenham Neil Wilson - Pat Ryan Joseph Furst - Paul Varna Nan Munro - Sarah Bennett Anthony Baird - Constable TV Guide gave the film 2, a minor film, to be sure, but recommended, definitely so. Offbeat at the Internet Movie Database
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The Long and the Short and the Tall (film)
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The Long and the Short and the Tall is a 1961 British war film directed by Leslie Norman, which stars Richard Todd, Richard Harris, Laurence Harvey, David McCallum and Ronald Fraser. The film, which is based on a 1959 play with the name, by Willis Hall. The title comes from the line of the First World War song Bless Em All. During the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942, a seven-strong British sonic warfare patrol takes refuge in a hut at an abandoned tin mine in the Burmese jungle. Tension rises as they lose contact with their command force. The plot thickens when a lone Japanese scout stumbles across the hut, sergeant Mitchem, the man in command of the patrol, wants to take the prisoner back to headquarters for interrogation. But as the men argue the prisoners destiny, tempers flare, sergeant Mitchem clashes with his contemptuous second-in-command Corporal Johnstone and struggles to maintain discipline among his mutinous charges. The chief culprit is the gruff Private Bamforth, a man who dislikes both authority and the army but gradually becomes the conscience of the detachment, the film was shot at Elstree Studios in 1960, where Richard Todd had starred in The Dam Busters a few years earlier. Todd loathed making this film, however, as he didnt get along with Laurence Harvey, In an interview years later, he said. I took it for granted that they would cast Peter OToole, who was marvellous on stage, Richard Harris later claimed Todd would stand on top of mounds of dirt to seem as tall as his co-stars. Leslie Norman was also unhappy he had to cast Laurence Harvey instead of Peter OToole and he felt Laurence Harvey and Richard Harris let the film down. Harris because he resented Laurence Harvey, despised him - and they didnt get on with Richard Todd, however Norman says I was very pleased with my side of the film in the end. It was all made in a studio, we never set foot outside for a month, I asked to go on location, but a jungles pretty claustrophobic, for sure. The Long and the Short and the Tall in the British Film Institutes Explore film, Database The Long and the Short and the Tall at the British Board of Film Classification The Long and the Short and the Tall at the Internet Movie Database
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The Valiant (1962 film)
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The Valiant is a 1962 British/Italian international co-production film directed by Roy Ward Baker, and starring John Mills, Ettore Manni, Roberto Risso, Robert Shaw, and Liam Redmond. It is based on the Italian manned torpedo attack which damaged the two British battleships Valiant and Queen Elizabeth and the oil tanker Sagona at the port of Alexandria in December 1941. The film had a Royal Gala Premiere on 4 January 1962 at the Odeon Leicester Square in the presence of H. R. H, the Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent. Two Italian frogmen are captured under suspicion of placing a mine under the HMS Valiant and they are brought onto the ship for questioning
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The Longest Day (film)
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The Longest Day is a 1962 epic war film based on Cornelius Ryans book The Longest Day, about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6,1944, during World War II. The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, who paid author Ryan $175,000 for the film rights, the screenplay was by Ryan, with additional material written by Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall and Jack Seddon. It was directed by Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, and Bernhard Wicki, many of these actors played roles that were essentially cameo appearances. The film employed several Axis and Allied military consultants who had been actual participants on D-Day, many had their roles re-enacted in the film. These included, Günther Blumentritt, James M. Gavin, Frederick Morgan, John Howard, Lord Lovat, Philippe Kieffer, Pierre Koenig, Max Pemsel, Werner Pluskat, Josef Pips Priller and Lucie Rommel. A colorized version of film was released on VHS in 1994. The movie is filmed in the style of a docudrama, the film pays particular attention to the decision by Gen. Numerous scenes document the early hours of 6 June when Allied airborne troops were sent in to take key locations inland from the beaches. The French resistance is also shown reacting to the news that an invasion has started, the film concludes with a montage showing various Allied units consolidating their beachheads before they advance inland to reach Germany by crossing France. French producer Raoul Lévy signed a deal with Simon & Schuster to purchase the rights to Cornelius Ryans novel The Longest Day,6 June 1944 D-Day on March 23,1960. After finishing The Truth, Lévy set up a deal with the Associated British Picture Corporation, Ryan would receive $100,000, plus $35,000 to write the adaptations screenplay. Lévy intended to start production in March 1961, filming at Elstree Studios, but the project went into a halt once ABPC could not get the $6 million budget Lévy expected. Eventually former 20th Century Fox mogul Darryl F. Zanuck learned about the book while producing The Big Gamble, Ryan was brought in to write the script, but had conflicts with Zanuck as soon as the two met. Williams was forced to act as a mediator, he would deliver Ryans script pages to Zanuck, while Ryan developed the script, Zanuck also brought in other writers for cleanups, including James Jones and Romain Gary. Zanuck also realized that with eight scenes, shooting would be accomplished more expediently if multiple directors. He contracted with German directors Gerd Oswald and Bernhard Wicki, the British Ken Annakin, zanucks son Richard D. Zanuck was reluctant about the project, particularly the high budget. During the filming of the landings at Omaha Beach, the extras appearing as American soldiers did not want to jump off the craft into the water because they thought it would be too cold. Robert Mitchum, who played Gen. Norman Cota, became disgusted with their trepidation and he jumped in first, at which point the extras followed his example. The Rupert paradummies used in the film were far more elaborate and lifelike than those used in the decoy parachute drop
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Alan Goodrich Kirk
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Admiral Alan Goodrich Kirk was a senior officer in the United States Navy and a diplomat. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1909 and served in the United States Navy during World War I, during his wartime naval service, Alan Kirk became the U. S. naval attaché in London. Eventually, he requested a transfer to an Atlantic destroyer squadron, Kirk served as an amphibious commander in the Mediterranean in 1942 and 1943. He retired from the Navy as an admiral in 1946. Envoy to Luxembourg, 1946–49, as U. S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, July 4,1949 to October 6,1951, Admiral Kirk took his post as the second president of Amcomlib, in February 1952. As a former U. S. ambassador to the Soviet Union, he oversaw the recruitment of emigres in New York City and Munich, less than a year after taking office, Kirk was forced to resign due to poor health. Also in 1952, he served briefly as Director of the Psychological Strategy Board, Alan Goodrich Kirk, U. S. Navy Admiral of Intelligence and Diplomacy. In, John Hattendorf and Bruce Elleman, nineteen Gun Salute, Profiles in U. S. Navy Leadership in Wartime Operations. Newport, Rhode Island, Naval War College Press,2010, media related to Alan Goodrich Kirk at Wikimedia Commons
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Billy Budd (film)
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Billy Budd is a 1962 CinemaScope film produced, directed, and co-written by Peter Ustinov. Adapted from the play version of Herman Melvilles short novel Billy Budd, it starred Terence Stamp as Billy Budd, Robert Ryan as John Claggart. In his film debut, Stamp was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, the film was nominated for four BAFTAs. In the year 1797, the British naval vessel HMS Avenger presses into service a crewman according to the Rights of War from the merchant ship The Rights of Man. The new crewman, Billy Budd, is considered naive by his shipmates, but Budds steadfast optimism is impenetrable, as when he is asked to critique the horrible stew the crew must eat, he offers Its hot. I like everything about it except the flavor, the crew discovers Budd stammers in his speech when anxious. Though Budd manages to enchant the crew, his attempts at befriending the brutal master-at-arms, Claggart is cruel and unrepentant, a man who believes he must control the crew through vicious flogging, savaging them before they can prey on him. Claggart orders Squeak to find means of putting Budd on report and he then brings his charges to the Captain, Edwin Fairfax Vere. Although Claggart has no reason to implicate Budd in the conspiracy, Budd becomes a target because Billy represents everything that Claggart despises, humility, innocence, Vere summons both Claggart and Budd to his cabin for a private confrontation. When Claggart makes his false charges that Budd is a conspirator, Budd stammers, unable to find the words to respond, and he strikes Claggart, killing him with a single blow. Vere and all the officers on board are fully aware of Budds simplicity and Claggarts evil. Vere intervenes in the stages of deliberations. He argues the defendant must be guilty for even striking Claggart, Budds superior. Veres soul is in turmoil over the decision he must make and his arguments to pursue the letter of the law succeed, and Budd is convicted. Condemned to be hanged from the ships yardarm at dawn the following morning, at Budds final words, God bless Captain Vere. Vere crumbles, and Billy is subsequently hoisted up and hanged on the ships rigging. At this point the crew is on the verge of mutiny over the incident, but Vere can only stare off into the distance, the picture of abdication, overtaken by his part in the death of innocence. Just as the crew is to be fired upon by the marine detachment, a French vessel appears and commences cannon fire on the Avenger
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Cairo (1963 film)
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Cairo is a 1963 American crime film directed by Wolf Rilla and written by Joan LaCour Scott. The film stars George Sanders, Richard Johnson, Faten Hamama, John Meillon, Ahmed Mazhar, Eric Pohlmann, the film was released on August 21,1963, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mastermind Brit criminal Major Pickering arrives in Cairo by air from a Greek prison, on a phony passport, the Major has a full-proof scheme to rob King Tuts jewels, which are displayed in the secure Cairo Museum and worth to the robbers a quarter of a million dollars. Through his contact man Nicodemos, the casino operator brother of the Majors con artist passport illustrator Greek cellmate. The boys go through the sewer as planned, but inside the museum an alarm is accidentally triggered and it results in Willy being fatally shot and dropped off at home
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The Running Man (1963 film)
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It was filmed in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain, Gibraltar and Ireland. The film opened at the Odeon Leicester Square in Londons West End on 1 August 1963, Lee Remick and Alan Bates co-starred with Harvey. Investigators thought that they might be coded messages placed by assassin Lee Harvey Oswald until they discovered the source of the advertisements, in Hollywood, an urban legend arose claiming that the film was a flop because it starred actors named Lee and Harvey. In Croydon, England, seemingly grieving Stella Black has just returned home from her husbands funeral, apparently, he died in a gliding accident when the glider he had rented crashed into the sea, and his body was never recovered. He has just clandestinely returned home following the funeral and they are perpetrating this ruse to collect on the £50,000 life insurance money from the Excelsior Insurance Company. His insurance had lapsed by two days due to an error in not paying the latest premium – Rex admitting that it may have been his error - which in turn ruined his business, the next phase of the plan is for Rex to fly to Paris immediately. Stella, handling the finances, is to collect the money, have it deposited in a bank account in Málaga, Spain. She is then to take out an ad in The Daily Telegraph. Three days later, she is to fly to Málaga, where he meet her. In Málaga, Rex is able to steal the passport of a drunken Jim Jerome, an Australian sheep farmer, and doctor it to make it look as his own. Rex is now perpetrating the identity of Jerome, complete with hair, dyed blond hair. Three days after placing the ad, Stella arrives in Málaga and they believe Stella is his casual widowed girlfriend, who he met while on recent previous travels to London. At the bank, Rex and Stella go into the process of converting the insurance money into a draft which can be cashed anywhere in the world. This process will take one week and he also implies that he is in the process of another insurance scam where Jerome will die a premature death, which will allow them to collect further life insurance money. A British man who Stella recognizes but cant remember approaches her and he eventually divulges that he is Excelsiors agent, Stephen Maddux, who states he is in Málaga on vacation. He asks her out for dinner which she sweetly declines, Stella and Rex later discuss the issue. After an argument, they agree to get away from Stephen by spending the week in a town down the coast until the draft is completed. Rex and Stella get settled there, when Stephen arrives, Stephen notices Rex by the car he saw Stella previously drive
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633 Squadron
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633 Squadron is a 1964 British film, which depicts the exploits of a fictional World War II British fighter-bomber squadron and stars Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris and Maria Perschy. The plot was based on a novel of the name by Frederick E. Smith, published in 1956. The film was directed by Walter Grauman and produced by Cecil F. Ford for the film of Mirisch Productions UK subsidiary Mirisch Films for United Artists. 633 Squadron was the first aviation film to be shot in colour, the squadron is led by Wing Commander Roy Grant, an ex-Eagle Squadron pilot. The plant is in a seemingly impregnable location beneath a cliff at the end of a long. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it, the squadron trains in Scotland, where there are narrow glens similar to the fjord. There, Grant is introduced to Bergmans sister, Hilde and they are attracted to each other, despite Grants aversion to wartime relationships. The Norwegian resistance is tasked with destroying the defences of the facility immediately before the scheduled attack. When unexpected German reinforcements arrive, Bergman returns to Norway to try to more forces. However, he is captured while transporting desperately needed weapons, taken to Gestapo headquarters, since Bergman knows too much, he must be silenced before he breaks. Grant and newly married Pilot Officer Bissell are sent in with a single Mosquito to bomb the Gestapo building, though they are successful, their shot-up Mosquito fighter-bomber crashes on its return, and Bissell is wounded and becomes blind. A tearful Hilde thanks Grant for ending her brothers suffering, still worried, Air Vice-Marshal Davis decides to move up the attack to the next day. However, the fighters are ambushed and killed, leaving the defences still intact. Although Grant is given the option of aborting, he decides to press on, the factory is destroyed at the cost of the entire squadron, though a few crews are able to ditch in the fjord. Grant crash-lands but a man helps Grants navigator, Flight Lieutenant Hoppy Hopkinson. Back in Britain, Davis tells a fellow officer who is aghast at the losses, authentic period aircraft were used instead of models or special effects to create many of the aerial sequences. In part, this was because 633 Squadron was the first film shot in colour in Panavision widescreen format, however, some aerial sequences were created using models and these are very obvious due to the unrealistic ways the models move. The film and the follow the same basic plot
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Guns at Batasi
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Guns at Batasi is a 1964 drama film starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Flora Robson, John Leyton and Mia Farrow. The film was based on the 1962 novel The Siege of Battersea by Robert Holles and was directed by John Guillermin. Although the action is set in a colonial military outpost during the last days of the British Empire in East Africa. A group of veteran British sergeants, headed by an ultra-correct, the story neatly exposes the feelings of the professional NCOs, their officers and the African soldiers and officers, who are still painfully new to both guns and political slogans. The mess situation is complicated by having to temporarily accommodate Miss Barker-Wise, a female British MP and Karen Eriksson, a UN secretary. The film concludes with the news that a new government is in power, the film illustrates an erupting new world where the so-called common man, both black and white, no longer has a clear idea of the realpolitik due to the social revolutions in a post-colonial world. Richard Attenborough as Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale, Attenborough won a BAFTA Film Award for his performance as the R. S. M. He is a hero with an unblinking dedication to the letter of military law. Jack Hawkins as Colonel Deal, an old school officer whose values are becoming anachronistic within a changing colonial world. Flora Robson as Miss Barker-Wise MP, as a visiting Member of Parliament, robsons sympathetic portrayal balances the action with the political motivations. John Leyton as Private Wilkes, and Mia Farrow as Karen Eriksson, United Nations secretary, cecil Parker as Fletcher Errol John as Lieutenant Boniface, John plays the mutinous officer as a hard and relentless man who is acting on ideologies. Jack Hawkins contributes typical British restraint as the commandant of Batasi, the film was originally to be made by Roy and John Boulting, who wanted to make a return to drama after a series of comedies. We think the time is ripe for us to return to the serious subject, Roy Boulting said he intended to start filming in August 1963 at Shepperton Studios with four weeks location filming in West Africa. The budget of $1 million was to be provided by Bryanston Films, however the film would eventually instead be made by John Guillermin and 20th Century Fox. The film, which was shot in CinemaScope, was entirely at Pinewood Studios although it was set in Africa. The exterior night scenes were filmed on a stage and opening scenes were done on Salisbury Plain. Britt Ekland was originally cast as Karen Eriksson, shortly after filming began, she went to Los Angeles. She had just married Peter Sellers who apparently was afraid she would have an affair with Leyton, her role was recast and completed by Farrow
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Wake in Fright
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Wake in Fright is a 1971 Australian thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence and Chips Rafferty. The screenplay, written by Evan Jones, is based on Kenneth Cooks 1961 novel of the same name. For many years, Wake in Fright enjoyed a reputation as Australias great lost film because of its unavailability on VHS or DVD, in mid-2009, however, a thoroughly restored digital re-release was shown in Australian theatres to considerable acclaim. Later that year it was issued commercially on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, Wake in Fright is now considered a seminal film of the Australian New Wave and has been ranked by critics as one of the greatest Australian films. A television miniseries of the name is due to be released in 2017. John Grant is a teacher from the big city. He feels disgruntled because of the terms of a financial bond which he signed with the government in return for receiving a tertiary education. The bond has forced him to accept a post to the school at Tiboonda. Hoping to win money to pay off his bond and escape his indentured servitude as an outback teacher, Grant at first has a winning streak playing two-up. Unable now to leave the Yabba, Grant finds himself dependent on the charity of bullying strangers while being drawn into the crude, Grant reluctantly goes drinking with a resident named Tim Hynes and goes to Tims house. Here he meets Tims daughter, Janette, while he and Janette talk, several men who have gathered at the house for a drinking session question Grants masculinity, asking, “Whats the matter with him. Hed rather talk to a woman than drink beer. ”Janette then tries to initiate an awkward sexual episode with Grant, Grant finds refuge of a sort, staying at the shack of an alcoholic medical practitioner known as Doc Tydon. Doc tells him that he and many others have had sex with Janette and he also gives Grant pills from his medical kit, ostensibly to cure Grants hangover. Later, a drunk Grant participates in a kangaroo hunt with Doc and Docs friends Dick. The hunt culminates in Grant clumsily stabbing a wounded kangaroo to death, at nights end, Grant returns to Docs shack, where Doc apparently initiates a homosexual encounter between the two. A repulsed Grant leaves the morning and walks across the desert. He tries to hitch-hike to Sydney, but, through misunderstanding and he contemplates shooting Doc, but instead attempts suicide. Grant recovers in hospital from his attempt and Doc sees him off at the Yabbas rail station
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Walkabout (film)
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Walkabout is a 1971 film set in the Australian outback, directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Jenny Agutter, Luc Roeg and David Gulpilil. Edward Bond wrote the screenplay, which is based on the 1959 novel Walkabout by James Vance Marshall. Walkabout premiered in competition at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, in November, a white, city-bred teenage schoolgirl and her much younger brother become stranded in the wilderness after their father goes berserk. After driving them far into the Australian outback for a picnic and they run behind rocks for cover, whereupon he sets the car on fire and shoots himself in the head. The girl conceals what has happened from her brother and, after grabbing some food and supplies, by the middle of the next day, they are weak and the boy can barely walk. Discovering a small hole with a fruiting tree, they spend the day playing, bathing. By the next morning, the water has dried up and they are then discovered by an Aboriginal boy. Although the girl cannot communicate with him, her brother mimes their need for water, the three travel together, with the Aboriginal boy sharing food he has caught hunting. The boys learn to communicate using words and sign language. While in the vicinity of a plantation, a woman walks past the Aboriginal. She appears to see the children, but they do not see her. The children also discover a balloon belonging to a nearby research team working in the desert. After drawing markings of a house, the Aboriginal boy eventually leads them to an abandoned farm. The Aboriginal boy hunts down a buffalo and is wrestling it to the ground when two white hunters appear in a truck and nearly run him over. He watches as they shoot several buffalo with a rifle, shocking him, the boy then returns to the farm, but passes by without speaking. Later, catching the undressing girl by surprise, he initiates a mating ritual by painting markings on himself, although he dances outside all day and into the night until he becomes exhausted, she ignores him and tells her brother they will leave him the next day. In the morning, after they dress in their school uniforms, before leaving, the girl wipes ants from the dead boys chest. Hiking up the road, the find a nearly deserted mining town where a surly white man directs them towards a nearby hotel
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The Dove (1974 film)
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The Dove is a 1974 American biographical film directed by Charles Jarrott. The picture was produced by Gregory Peck, the third and last feature film he would produce. The drama is based on the life experiences of Robin Lee Graham. The story is adapted from Dove, the book Graham co-wrote with Derek L. T, the film tells of real-life Robin Lee Graham, a 16-year-old boy who sets out in a 23-foot sloop and is determined to be the youngest person to circumnavigate the world. He had planned the trip with his sailor father Lyle Graham for years. He sets sail on his journey and on one of his stops he meets and falls in love with the gregarious and attractive young woman, after much banter, Patti decides to follow Graham throughout his long journey. She meets him in Fiji, Australia, South Africa, Panama, as he travels around the globe, Graham experiences many adventures on the sea and land as he grows from a teenager to a young adult. Yet Graham finds the trip a very lonely experience, especially when the wind dies on him on the high seas, at one point he badly wants to quit the voyage but Patti and his father talk him out of it. At the end of the film Graham sails into Los Angeles with crowds welcoming him home, Robin Lee Graham set out to sail around the world alone as a teenager in the summer of 1965. National Geographic Magazine carried the story in three issues from 1966 to 1970, and he co-wrote a book detailing his journey called Dove, Graham was just 16 when he set out from Southern California and headed west in his 24-foot Lapworth sailboat. He became married along the way, and after almost five years, after he and his wife Patti attended Stanford University, they moved to Montana and settled down. The film is a travelogue of sorts and the producers filmed on location throughout the world, critic Nora Sayre, film critic for The New York Times, thought the film was too wholesome, so much so that Sayre wanted harm to come to the characters. His initial overwhelming sunniness turns the viewer into a sadist, Youre glad when his cat gets killed or grateful when a shark appears in the ocean. Deborah Raffin, as his girlfriend, is rarely allowed to stop laughing and wagging her head. Others liked the film. Grahams exploits and his struggle to sort out his feelings about himself and his loyalties to family and girlfriend are fascinating. The staff at Variety magazine said. an odyssey which provides nautical chills and thrills aplenty. Pic really takes off when he meets the girl. Their yes-no yes-no-yes affair is nicely handled. Wins Golden Globe Award, Golden Globe, Most Promising Male Newcomer, nominations Golden Globes, Golden Globe, Best Original Song, John Barry and Don Black, for the song Sail the Summer Winds,1975. The film opened in the United States in September 1974, paramount released a video of the film on April 16,1996
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The Cars That Ate Paris
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The Cars That Ate Paris is a 1974 Australian horror comedy film, produced by twin brothers Hal and Jim McElroy and directed by Peter Weir. It was his first feature film, and was based on an original story he had written. The film begins with a couple driving through the countryside in what looks like a cinema advertisement. The scene comes to a halt with a fatal accident, the rural Australian town of Paris arranges fatal accidents to visitors driving through. The young men of the salvage and modify the wrecked vehicles into a variety of strange-looking cars designed for destruction. Arthur Waldo and his brother, George Waldo, drive though Paris with their caravan where they meet with an accident that kills George. Mayor Len gives Arthur a job at the hospital as a medical orderly. Beneath the idyllic rural paradise of Paris is a feud between the young men of the town who live for their modified vehicles that they terrorise the town with. When one of the damages the Mayors property and breaks a statue of an Aborigine the older men of the town burn the guilty drivers car as he is held down. The Mayor appoints Arthur the town Parking Inspector complete with brassard, the situation reaches its boiling point the night of the towns annual Pioneers Ball which is a fancy dress and costume party. What was planned to be a car gymkhana by the men turns into an assault on the town where both sides attack each other killing several of the residents. Arthur regains his confidence when he repeatedly drives the Mayors car into his former hospital orderly supervisor who is one of the hoons. The film closes with Arthur, and the other residents. John Meillon as Mayor Len Kelly Terry Camilleri as Arthur Waldo Chris Haywood as Darryl Bruce Spence as Charlie Kevin Miles as Dr and it originally started as a comedy to star Grahame Bond but later evolved. Piers Davies and Keith Gow also had input and he then took the movie to the McElroy brothers, who had previously worked in a large variety of positions on a number of films. Most of the came from the Australian Film Development Corporation with additional funds from Royce Smeal Film Productions in Sydney. Shooting began in October 1973, primarily on location in Sofala, the producers unsuccessfully attempted to negotiate an American release for the film with Roger Corman after it was shown with great success at the Cannes Film Festival. Shortly afterwards Corman recruited Paul Bartel to direct his Death Race 2000, Bartel hadnt seen The Cars That Ate Paris, the movie struggled to find an audience in Australia, changing distributors and with an ad campaign unsure whether to pitch it as a horror film or art film
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Inn of the Damned
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Inn of the Damned is a 1975 Australian horror film, directed by Terry Bourke. In 1896, a woman and her husband run an inn in eastern Victoria. A bounty hunter arrives to investigate the deaths of many people. It was filmed in the Mangrove Mountain region of the NSW Central Coast, filming began in November 1973 and took nine weeks but the film was not released until late in 1975. Shooting was marred by disputes between the producers and its investor, Australian Film Development Corporation. At the time it was the most expensive movie made in Australia. AllMovie called it more odd than good, and best viewed as a curiosity, DVD Verdict wrote, as curiosities go, this Australian horror western from the early 70s definitely deserves some attention. The film was released on DVD alongside 1972 Australian horror film Night of Fear by Umbrella Entertainment on 16 March 2005, Inn of the Damned at the Internet Movie Database Inn of the Damned at Oz Movies
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Ride a Wild Pony
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Ride a Wild Pony is a 1975 American-Australian family adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions, directed by Don Chaffey and based on the novel A Sporting Proposition by James Aldridge. Scott requires a horse to ride seven miles to school today and his father buys an unbroken pony, Josie yearns to ride again but, being afflicted with polio two years ago, must settle on the use of a cart and pony. Scotts pony disappears, while a pony is selected for Josie from her fathers herd. When Scott sees the horse, which Josie named Bo, performing in the pony and cart competition at the fair, he recognizes it as his horse. The ensuing quarrel affects both the children as well as dividing the town, the children eventually become friends and, while the ownership issue is legally resolved, they agree on a way of sharing the pony between them. However, the producer, Jerome Courtland, determined that an Australian background would not detract from the potential for success in the US. As a result, the film was not only set in Australia, ride a Wild Pony was filmed in the historic town of Chiltern, Victoria. Several different Welsh mountain ponies were used in the films production, shooting began in October 1974 and mostly took place in the small town of Chiltern near Wodonga in Victoria. a film that children – and their parents – should certainly enjoy. Also in 1976, The Blade wrote that the film combines an intelligent script, an excellent cast. The Daily Collegian also praised the film, saying that it contained a refreshing amount of realism, and an emotional subtelty that is unusual for a Disney film
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The Picture Show Man
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The Picture Show Man is a 1977 Australian film about a travelling film exhibitor in the 1920s. He has to deal with the rebelliousness of his son and a rival American exhibitor, the film was Rod Taylors first role in an Australian film for over twenty years. He was cast as an American because the producer was concerned about his ability to perform in an Australian accent, maurice Pym is a travelling cinema operator in the 1920s who tours country New South Wales with his son Larry and pianist Freddie. He saw Joan Long being interviewed on television about her documentary on early Australian cinema, The Pictures That Moved and she optioned them and adapted it into a screenplay. Long was reluctant to direct the movie herself and as such hired John Power, the film was funded by the Australian Film Commission, the New South Wales government, the Womens Film Fund, private investors and with support from then-Premier of New South Wales Neville Wran. Shooting commenced on 17 October 1976 and went until 4 December and it took place in and around Tamworth. Relations between Joan Long and John Power were not always smooth, the two occasionally clashing over interpretation, the film was a medium success at the box office. It won Australian Film Awards for Best Art Direction, Costume Design, the Picture Show Man was released on DVD with a new print by Umbrella Entertainment in July 2005. The Picture Show Man at the Internet Movie Database The Picture Show Man at The Rod Taylor Site The Picture Show Man at Australian Screen Online The Picture Show Man at Oz Movies
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Heatwave (film)
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Heatwave is a 1982 Australian film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the murder of Juanita Nielsen. It was the second of two films inspired by this story came out around this time, the first being The Killing of Angel Street. Around Christmas time a heatwave hits Sydney and an architect undertakes a controversial project, the final script was by Phil Noyce and Mark Rosenberg. Phil Noyce, Heatwave was the story of a working-class Protestant boy who made good, I dont know whether audiences realised that, but we had always assumed that he was a working-class Protestant and that Judy Daviss character was a middle-class Catholic girl. She, in the Catholic saintly tradition, had adopted a social cause - had set herself up as the spokesperson and he, as a working-class boy, of course, was now forced to confront the moral implications of his own success and how that affected other people. Thats captured in the atmosphere of inner Sydney, its buildings, reflecting on the film Noyce said, I’d have no doubt shot it differently … told the story differently, today. Maybe that’s because I’m more conservative, I might have made the connections between the conspirators more certain, rather than implied. Heatwave belongs to a different era in Australian cinema, a time when we took a lot risks, I guess that comes with youth – the youth of the director and the youth of that second new wave of filmmakers. It was a time there was a love affair between audiences and Australian cinema, something which these days is rather on and off. The film was nominated for two AFI Awards in 1982, Heatwave grossed $267,000 at the box office in Australia, which is equivalent to $776,970 in 2009 dollars. Heatwave was released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in July 2007, Cinema of Australia Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Cinema. Heatwave at the Internet Movie Database Heatwave at Oz Movies
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John Kerr (governor-general)
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Sir John Robert Kerr AK, GCMG, GCVO, QC was the 18th Governor-General of Australia. He dismissed the Labor government of Gough Whitlam on 11 November 1975 and he had previously been the 13th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Kerr was born in Balmain, a suburb of Sydney. At Fort Street he met H. V. Evatt, who later became Leader of the Australian Labor Party and then a judge of the High Court of Australia, in 1938 Kerr married Alison Peggy Worstead, with whom he had three children. In 1946 he became principal of the Australian School of Pacific Administration, Kerr returned to the bar in 1948, becoming a prominent lawyer representing trade union clients and a member of the Australian Labor Party. He intended to seek Labor endorsement for a seat at the 1951 election. After the Labor split of 1955, however, he became disillusioned with party politics and he disliked what he saw as the leftward trend of the Australian Labor Party under Evatts leadership, but was not attracted to the breakaway group, the Democratic Labor Party. During the decade of the 1950s, he joined the anti-communist advocacy group established by the United States CIA, in the 1960s Kerr became one of Sydneys leading industrial lawyers. In the 1950s he had become a QC, in 1964 he was one of a group of lawyers who lent their expertise to the defence of the publishers of the satirical magazine Oz when they were prosecuted for obscenity. In 1966 Kerr was appointed a judge of the Commonwealth Industrial Court and, later, during this period his political views became more conservative. He became a friend of Sir Garfield Barwick, the Liberal Attorney-General who became Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia in 1964. Kerr was the first chairman of the Law Association for Asia, Kerr served as chairman of that organisation until 1970. Kerr was appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales in 1972, Sir Paul Hasluck was due to retire as Governor-General in July 1974, and the Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, needed to find a suitable replacement. These discussions commenced in September 1973, Kerr was announced as Governor-General-designate on 27 February 1974, by which time he had become Sir John Kerr. Kerrs wife Peggy was a student of Margaret Whitlam during university days. The Whitlam Government had won a term in May 1974 following a double dissolution, but failed to win control of the Senate. The new parliament was opened by Sir Paul Hasluck on 9 July, the disputed bills that had led to the double dissolution were reintroduced, and, as expected, were again rejected. The conditions for a joint sitting of the parliament had now been met, on 30 July, Kerr signed a proclamation convening the historic Joint Sitting of the Australian Parliament on 6 and 7 August
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The Australian Women's Weekly
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The Australian Womens Weekly, sometimes known as simply The Weekly, is an Australian monthly womens magazine published by Bauer Media Group in Sydney. For many years it was the one magazine in Australia but it is now outsold by the Australian edition of the American publication Better Homes. The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer as a weekly publication, the first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out by William Edwin Pidgeon who went on to do many famous covers over the next 25 years. The Weekly celebrated its 50th anniversary of publication in June 1983, PBL launched Womens Weekly versions in Singapore and Malaysia, in 1997 and 2000, respectively, which follow The Weeklys style while containing largely local content. In 2012 the parent company of the magazine, ACP Magazines, audited circulation in June 2013 was 459,175 copies monthly. Readership numbers for September 2014 were estimated to be 1,828,000, the magazine is usually 240 pages long and printed on glossy paper trimmed to A4 page size, although it originally was a Tabloid in size and layout. It typically contains feature articles about the modern Australian woman, for many years, it included a lift-out TV guide. In 1982, publication frequency was reduced from weekly to monthly, Weekly was retained in the name for reasons of familiarity and because a womans monthly was a slang term for menstruation. The final weekly edition was dated 15 December 1982, followed by the first monthly edition dated January 1983, the TV guide was discontinued on introduction of the monthly format. Previous editors of The Weekly have included Alice Mabel Jackson, Deborah Thomas, Julie Zaetta, Ita Buttrose, Jennifer Rowe, the editor was Helen McCabe until January 2016, who has held this position since August 2009. She attempted to improve The Weeklys news coverage, in late 2009, she hired Jordan Baker, formerly a reporter and travel writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, as news editor. In February 2016 Kim Wilson was named as the editor of the magazine
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IMDb
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In 1998 it became a subsidiary of Amazon Inc, who were then able to use it as an advertising resource for selling DVDs and videotapes. As of January 2017, IMDb has approximately 4.1 million titles and 7.7 million personalities in its database, the site enables registered users to submit new material and edits to existing entries. Although all data is checked before going live, the system has open to abuse. The site also featured message boards which stimulate regular debates and dialogue among authenticated users, IMDb shutdown the message boards permanently on February 20,2017. Anyone with a connection can read the movie and talent pages of IMDb. A registration process is however, to contribute info to the site. A registered user chooses a name for themselves, and is given a profile page. These badges range from total contributions made, to independent categories such as photos, trivia, bios, if a registered user or visitor happens to be in the entertainment industry, and has an IMDb page, that user/visitor can add photos to that page by enrolling in IMDbPRO. Actors, crew, and industry executives can post their own resume and this fee enrolls them in a membership called IMDbPro. PRO can be accessed by anyone willing to pay the fee, which is $19.99 USD per month, or if paid annually, $149.99, which comes to approximately $12.50 per month USD. Membership enables a user to access the rank order of each industry personality, as well as agent contact information for any actor, producer, director etc. that has an IMDb page. Enrolling in PRO for industry personnel, enables those members the ability to upload a head shot to open their page, as well as the ability to upload hundreds of photos to accompany their page. Anyone can register as a user, and contribute to the site as well as enjoy its content, however those users enrolled in PRO have greater access and privileges. IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and computer programmer Col Needham entitled Those Eyes, others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started an Actors List, while Dave Knight began a Directors List, and Andy Krieg took over THE LIST from Hank Driskill, which would later be renamed the Actress List. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, the goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein. On October 17,1990, Needham developed and posted a collection of Unix shell scripts which could be used to search the four lists, at the time, it was known as the rec. arts. movies movie database
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National Film and Sound Archive
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The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy to those made in the present day. The Archive was formally established as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library in 1935, the work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library by a Cabinet decision on 11 December 1935. At that time, an Advisory Committee was established to guide the institution and it reverted to its original name, National Film and Sound Archive, in December 2004. The NFSA Act became law on 20 March 2008 and came into effect on 1 July 2008, inscribed on the Australian Memory of the World Register in 2003. A2010 study compared the practices of accessioning and cataloging for NFSA collections. It found the NFSA to be stronger in current affairs and older programs, and YouTube stronger in game shows, lifestyle programs, YouTube cataloging was found to have fewer broken links than the NFSA collection, and YouTube metadata could be searched more intuitively. The NFSA was found to provide more useful reference information about production. National Film and Video Lending Service, containing over 16,000 titles, ownership of the collection was transferred to the NFSA from the National Library of Australia on 1 July 2008. Australian Jazz Archive Quality Cinema Lending Collection, The Cinema Lending Collection is a collection of premium-quality prints and this collection includes the Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection, and the Deluxe/Kodak Collection. The goal of two collections is to preserve and make available a selection of significant Australian feature films produced between the 1950s-90s. This current project will be completed in June 2011, and by this time 75 titles will have been preserved, oral History Collection The National Registry of Recorded Sound is part of the Sounds of Australia program to promote and celebrate the nations sound heritage. Each year, the Australian public nominates new sounds to be added with final selections determined by a panel of industry experts. Film Australia Collection, contains a range of approximately 5,000 titles of quality Australian documentary and educational programs. The building to which the Archive moved in 1984 was the home of the Australian Institute of Anatomy from 1931-84, originally it held the anatomy collection of Sir Colin MacKenzie. This collection included the heart of the celebrated Australian racehorse Phar Lap and it features a symmetrical façade, a horizontal skyline, classical columns and a central entrance. The decorative foyer features images of flora, fauna and Aboriginal art. Face masks of well-known scientists from the late 19th century and early 20th century are featured on the walls as a reminder of its previous incarnation as the Institute of Anatomy. The building also features a courtyard, theatre and research centre
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Bruce Spence
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Bruce Spence is a New Zealand actor, having spent most of his career performing in Australia. Spence was born in Auckland, New Zealand and attended Henderson High School in West Auckland, bruces two younger brothers Bill and Ross are the founders of Matua Wines. He is best known for his roles as the Gyro Captain in Mad Max 2, as Jedediah the pilot in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome and he won an AFI Award for Best Actor for his role in the 1971 comedy Stork. At six feet, seven inches tall, Spence is one of the tallest actors to have played a leading role and he acted as the palaeontologist alongside fellow actor Felix Nobis, in the Australian performance of BBCs Walking with Dinosaurs, The Live Experience. In his role, Spence narrates the activities of life-sized mechanical dinosaurs operated by teams of puppeteers and drivers, the show ran for two seasons. In 2014, Spence played prison inmate George Corella in episode 3.1 of Rake, - Scav Gyro, Sir Dennis, Tony Van Adobe, Tony Slows, Taunting Scav #2 Enter the Matrix - The Trainman Bruce Spence at the Internet Movie Database
