Simon Chilvers

5

Dakota Harris

Jan 16, 1986

Dakota Harris

1986 89 min 11 vues

Le lieutenant Harris, pilote chevronné sur Dakota pendant la guerre de 1939-1945, est requis pour un transport particulièrement important, avec à bord un scientifique original, Mitchell, et une caisse mystérieuse, dont l'ouverture par un curieux provoque la perte de l'avion, disparu aux yeux de tous... quand les rescapés sont récupérés, Harris passe en cour martiale et est condamné pour comportement incohérent, sur le témoignage de son copilote, Savage. Heureusement, il parvient à s'évader et rejoint la jolie Melanie Mitchell, fille du savant disparu, avec laquelle il parviendra peut-être à rétablir la vérité et à sauver l'humanité de forces mystérieuses...

Adventure

6.3

Ground Zero

Oct 01, 1987

Ground Zero

1987 109 min 7 vues

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed people to keep quiet.

Thriller

5.4

Windrider

Dec 25, 1986

Windrider

1986 92 min 16 vues

A rock star falls for a rich man's son who competitively board-sails the coast of Western Australia.

Drama

3.5

The Big Hurt

Jan 01, 1986

The Big Hurt

1986 93 min 2 vues

A reporter looking into the death of a research scientist finds more deaths connected to the man, including some dubious "suicides". He discovers that the scientist may have been killed to cover up a secret government plot concerning mind-control drugs that have been tested on unknowing civilians, and he becomes involved with the scientist's daughter, who is trying to clear her father's name.

Crime

5.5

Buddies

Jun 23, 1983

Buddies

1983 97 min 4 vues

Mike and Johnny are two mates who are mining sapphires in Emerald. Another bloke is trying to move in on their claim and things get ugly

Comedy

4.2

Mushrooms

Jul 20, 1995

Mushrooms

1995 93 min 6 vues

In the tradition of Arsenic and Old Lace, comes this morbidly funny Australian tale of murder and mayhem at the hands of two charming old ladies.

Comedy

3.5

The Naked Country

Jul 25, 1985

The Naked Country

1985 90 min 2 vues

Far North Queensland, 1955. Deep in the untamed frontier tough rancher Lance Dillon and his sensual, but bored wife, battle inhospitable nature to eke out a living from their cattle herd. When the aborigines kill the Dillon's prize bull a chase begins that will culminate in bloody tragedy with Lance pitted against Mandaru - an aborigine struggling to maintain his cultural way of life

1

Lord Howe Island: Pacific Eden

Dec 31, 2006

Lord Howe Island: Pacific Eden

2006 52 min 1 vues

A place of biological superlatives with a flora and fauna that have only just begun to be researched: Lord Howe Island, between Australia and New Zealand. This is the first documentary on what may be the most isolated nature reserve on the planet.

Documentary

1

The Farm

Jan 01, 2000

The Farm

2000 165 min 1 vues

After the death of his father, Tom Cooper want to modernise the family farm, and borrows a lot of money. When disaster strikes, the loan cannot be repaid.

Drama

6

The Dunera Boys

Oct 03, 1985

The Dunera Boys

1985 150 min 2 vues

At the start of WWII the British Government decided to arrest all Germans in the UK no matter how long they had been there. Among those arrested were many Jewish refugees and many who were fully assimilated. This film records the story of a group who were sent to a POW camp in Australia aboard the Dunera.

Drama

1

High Rolling

Aug 04, 1977

High Rolling

1977 89 min 1 vues

Two fun-loving carnival workers take a vacation with the hope of finding plenty of sex and drugs. Their "quest" is fulfilled when they encounter a dope-peddler and two exotic nightclub dancers.

Comedy

1

Waterfront

Jan 01, 1984

Waterfront

1984 137 min 1 vues

Australian dockyard workers go on strike. Immigrant Italian workers are brought in as scab labour. In the midst of all this, an Italian woman meets & falls in love with one of the Australians.

4.8

The Time Game

Jan 01, 1992

The Time Game

1992 94 min 5 vues

13 year old Tony Johnson and computer wizard, is of falsely accused of setting fire to his school. He is sent to stay with his grandparents over Christmas. Tony's grandfather invents things. He has designed a game called "The Time Game"...

TV Movie

1

Civilisations: The Gardens of Babel

Jan 01, 2001

Civilisations: The Gardens of Babel

2001 52 min 1 vues

Mesopotamia was the site of the Sumerian civilisation, which flourished at the confluence of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. From 5000 to 2000 BC, the Sumerians flourished in a hostile environment by developing agriculture and irrigation and they opened up the trade routes of the ancient world. It was the Sumerians who invented writing and the wheel, and they first divided time into minutes and seconds. In the end however the Babylonian civilisation took the place of the Sumerians. However their heritage and myths live on in the Mediterranean and Western worlds to this day.

History

1

Garbo

May 20, 1992

Garbo

1992 100 min 1 vues

Comedy about two Australian garbage collectors starring Los Trios Ringbarkus.

4.5

Hell Has Harbour Views

Jan 30, 2005

Hell Has Harbour Views

2005 105 min 2 vues

Hell Has Harbour Views is a 2005 Australian television movie starring Matt Day and Lisa McCune. It was written and directed by Peter Duncan, based on the novel of the same name by Richard Beasley. It was nominated for "best miniseries or telemovie" at both the AFI Awards and the Logie Awards, losing to The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant at both; and for two additional AFI Awards and an additional Logie Award, all of which it lost to Love My Way.

Drama

1

The True Believers

Aug 16, 1988

The True Believers

1988 min 1 vues

The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the Australian Labor Party split of 1955. It was co-written by Bob Ellis who focused on three characters "Chifley, the unlettered man of great dignity; Menzies, who used to stand for something but eventually stood only for Menzies; and Evatt, the grand idealist... It's almost like Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1. It's a chunk of national history during Australia's great era of change after the war."

War & Politics

7

The Damnation of Harvey McHugh

Aug 18, 1994

The Damnation of Harvey McHugh

1994 min 1 vues

The Damnation of Harvey McHugh is a television miniseries made by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series consists of 12 episodes and was first broadcast on the ABC in 1994.

Drama

1

Always Greener

Jun 08, 2003

Always Greener

2003 min 1 vues

Every city-dweller daydreams about dropping out of the rat-race and moving to the country. Every country-dweller wonders what it might be like to try their luck in the 'Big Smoke'. Always Greener is the story of two families who actually dare to give it a go.

Drama

6.7

Minder

Mar 10, 1994

Minder

1994 min 22 vues

This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.

Comedy

9

Janus

Apr 20, 1995

Janus

1995 min 1 vues

Janus is an Australian drama television series screened on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994 and 1995. Two series were produced, with a total of 26 episodes. Janus was a spin-off series from the earlier ABC-TV crime series Phoenix. Loosely based on the true story of Melbourne's Pettingill family and the Walsh Street police shootings, Janus follows the bitterly-fought prosecutions of a notorious criminal family, the Hennesseys, from the viewpoints of the family, the police and, in particular, the lawyers, prosecutors, barristers and judges involved in all aspects of the story. When the series begins, four members of the infamous Hennessey clan are acquitted of the shooting of two young policemen in a bungled bank heist. The city of Melbourne is shocked as brothers Mal and Steve, along with brother-in-law Darren Mack and friend Ken Hardy, walk free. The prosecutors, judges, magistrates and police—many modelled heavily on real-life legal figures—are determined to put the Hennessey members behind bars if they can. But corruption, legal loopholes, delays, and stretched resources combine to make the quest to jail the group far from straightforward.

Drama

6

Rafferty's Rules

Aug 31, 1990

Rafferty's Rules

1990 min 1 vues

Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.

Drama

3

Eureka Stockade

Mar 27, 1984

Eureka Stockade

1984 min 1 vues

Eureka Stockade is a 1984 Australian miniseries based on the battle of Eureka Stockade. It reunited the producer, writer, director and star of A Town Like Alice.

Drama

1

Civilisations

Jul 01, 2001

Civilisations

2001 min 1 vues

Four part miniseries about ancient China, Egypt, The Indus, and Mesopotamia.

Documentary

8

Big Sky

May 01, 1999

Big Sky

1999 min 1 vues

Big Sky is an Australian television drama series produced by John Edwards that ran for two seasons on Network Ten from 1997 to 1999. The show centred on the adventures of the pilots of a small aviation company in Australia called "Big Sky Aviation" and the battles of the owner to keep the company running. Chief pilot Chris Manning is determined to look after his team, even if that conflicts with the new boss, Lauren Allen, who has inherited the company following the death of her father.

Drama

6.2

All Saints

Oct 27, 2009

All Saints

2009 min 9 vues

Medical drama focusing on the working and personal lives of the doctors and nurses working on the front line of a busy inner city Emergency Department at All Saints Hospital.

Drama

6.8

The Shiralee

Jun 27, 1988

The Shiralee

1988 min 6 vues

Macauley is a swagman on the road in the 1940s looking for work. He's a laid back, laconic sort of bloke but when he gets landed with his daughter after his drunken play-girl wife in Adelaide makes him face up to what she believes are his responsibilities, neither he nor his daughter are ready for each other. But in the beginning he's all she's got, and at the end, she's all he's got.

Drama