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15 AMORE
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This low-budget Australian film is a story of love and loss set at the end of WWII. A young woman whose husband is fighting in the war falls in love with an Italian POW living on her farm. Unable to act on their feelings, they preoccupy themselves with daily chores and let the tension build until it's too late. Stars Lisa Hensley and Steve Bastoni. Maurice Murphy---Australia---2000---92 mins.
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1915 ( MINISERIES )
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This highly-praised Australian mini-series presented on 2 DVDs stars Scott McGregor and Scott Burgess as two young men from the country joining the army and facing the ravages of World War I. Di Drew/Chris Thomson---Australia---1982---353 mins.
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ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE
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Australian censors were cowed by this madcap romp by Bruce Beresford (Breaker Morant). Adapted from a popular comic strip, the film stars Barry Crocker as a carefree lug with a penchant for loose behavior (not limited to drinking, shagging, and vomiting). Setting out on a comedy tour of England, the eponymous hero encounters drag queens, swindlers, and freaks as he roams the city and countryside. Shameless and scatological, Beresford's Bruce Beresford---Australia---1972---113 mins.
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AFTER THE DELUGE
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A dying father's past surfaces to haunt his four children, each of whom are confronting additional personal problems, fading relationships and dying dreams. As the revelations tear the family apart, they struggle to reach a reconciliation with their father and themselves. Stars David Wenham, Hugo Weaving and Rachel Griffiths. Winner of the 2004 Logie Award for Outstanding Brendan Maher---Australia---2003---103 mins.
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ALICE, THE
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This Australian drama tells of a pilgrimage made by several travelers coming from different directions to a remote part of Australia to witness a solar eclipse. However, the natural phenomenon is not the only thing connecting these individuals. Among those gathered are a washed-up rock star, a bickering married couple, a nurse, a botanist and a strange German family. Kate Dennis---Australia---2004---98 mins.
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ANTARES
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Three individuals weather uncertainty and a loss of purpose in this critically acclaimed film--Australia's 2005 submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. A nurse (Petra Morze), a checkout girl (Susanne Wuest) and a real-estate agent (Andreas Kiendl) search for companionship, love, and some semblance of happiness in this film from Gotz Spielmann. Gotz Spielmann---Australia---2004---120 mins.
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ART STAR AND THE SUDANESE TWINS, THE
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During a photo shoot of nude women in Sudan, conceptual artist Vanessa Beecroft became obsessed with adopting two orphaned babies despite the objection of her husband and Congolese authorities. The Art Star is Kiwi filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly's nonfiction account of Beecroft's trip back to Africa during a 16-month campaign to adopt the children. "Provocative result is not a straightforward artist's profile, political commentary or domestic drama, but a poetic fusion of the three" (Variety). Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema Documentary at Sundance.
Pietra Brettkelly---New Zealand---2007---98 mins.
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AUSSIE PARK BOYZ
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Longstanding racial tensions fuel brutal martial arts battles among rival ethnic gangs in the streets of Perth. Like Romper Stomper before it, the action and violence is nonstop. Written, directed by, and starring Nunzio La Nunzio La Bianca---Australia---2004---90 mins.
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AUSTRALIA (WIDESCREEN)
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Set in northern Australia on the eve of WWII, Baz Luhrmann's romantic Western-adventure stars Nicole Kidman as a wealthy English widow who calls on a rugged cowboy (Hugh Jackman) to help protect her deceased husband's cattle ranch in Darwin, Australia. They fall in love, take-in a biracial Aboriginal boy, and are all separated as Japanese bombers descend on Darwin. "Baz Luhrmann dreamed of making the Australian Gone With the Wind, and so he has" (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times). Nominated for an Academy Award Baz Luhrmann---Australia---2008---165 mins.
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BAD TASTE (LIMITED ED)
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Before he entered the mainstream and was given the Lord of the Rings franchise, Peter Jackson directed several outrageous and entertaining gross-outs, including this appropriately titled debut. A group of renegade aliens land in a New Zealand outpost to cannibalize humans for their food supplies. "Hilarious headbanger horror! Makes your TV cry out for windshield wipers!" (Tim Lucas, Gorezone). Peter Jackson---New Zealand---1988---91 mins.
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BANK, THE (CONNOLLY)
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Jim Doyle (David Wenham), a young math genius who is perfecting a formula that can predict future stock market crashes, forms an alliance with a dirty bank CEO (Anthony LaPaglia) in this Australian thriller. Fueled by greed and the prospects of power, the two create a wave a lies, mistrust and corruption. "Gripping" (San Francisco Chronicle). Robert Connolly---Australia---2001---103 mins.
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BETTER THAN SEX
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A one-night stand turns into a three-day examination of love and relationships in this romantic comedy. After sharing a cab ride home from a late-night party, Josh (David Wenham) and Cin (Susie Porter) let their inhibitions fly out the window in favor of a lustful endeavor. But neither expected that their night of guilt-free casual sex would lead to love. "Witty, breezy and heavy on the breathing" (Esquire). Jonathan Teplitzky---Australia/France---2000---81 mins.
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BILLY'S HOLIDAY
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A middle-aged divorcee with a failing hardware store dreams of jazz stardom, only to be astonished when his mediocre voice magically transforms to sound nearly identical to that of his idol, Billie Holiday. Fame and fortune come his way, but he still hopes to find his true voice and true happiness. From the producers of Strictly Ballroom. Richard Wherrett---Australia---1995---92 mins.
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BLACK AND WHITE (LAHIFF)
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A bleak and harrowing real-life thriller, about an attempt by South Australian police officials in the late 1950's to frame a young Aborigine for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old white girl. Director Craig Lahiff coaxes powerful, sustained performances from his lead players to recreate a shameful moment in history, in which smalltown solicitors and passionate newspapermen (notably Fox News mogul Rupert Murdoch) go to bat for an innocent defendant. "A dark horse of a film" (The Guardian). Craig Lahiff---Australia---2002---101 mins.
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BLACK WATER
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In this B-monster movie from Down Under, a killer crocodile terrorizes a Sydney family while on a boat trip in the Northern Territory. David Nerlich/Andrew Traucki---Australia---2007---89 mins.
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BLUE MURDER
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Arguably the most gripping and realistic cop show of all time, this Aussie series is frequently overshadowed by more popular American fare (NYPD Blue, Homicide: Life on the Street, The Shield), but its warts-and-all realism and vicious black humor are unrivalled. Based on a true story, the series follows a corrupt cop (Richard Roxburgh) as he climbs the ladder to gain power on the force. Replete with sadistic shakedowns, hard-nosed dialogue, and cold-blooded murder, director Mike Jenkins doesn't pull any punches in showing police life at its worst. Australia, 1995, 197
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BODY MELT
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A pharmaceutical company headed by a sadistic doctor uses the residents of an upscale Australian suburb as guinea pigs for a new dietary supplement with horrific side-effects. Distributed through the mail as free vitamin samples, the drugs are gobbled up by the city, whose residents begin to mutate, melt, explode or turn into deformed psychopathic monsters. The effects were executed by the team responsible for Peter Jackson's blood and guts drenched Dead Alive, so be prepared for a gore onslaught. Philip Brophy---Australia---1993---81 mins.
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BORDERTOWN (SET3DISCS)
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This touching TV mini-series, set in a migrant camp in post-war Australia, features an early appearance by Cate Blanchett, prior to her breakthrough role in Elizabeth. Hugo Weaving (Proof, The Matrix) is also among the cast members in a tale of ordinary working people struggling to create new lives in a converted army barracks miles from the sea. "...a new high-water mark for creative Australian drama" (Sunday Herald Sun). Ken Cameron/Ian Gilmour---Australia---1995---540 mins.
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BREAKER MORANT
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Edward Woodward is the legendary horsebreaker brought to court martial with two fellow soldiers for a murder committed during the 1901 Boer War. Winner of 10 Australian Film Institute Awards, and one of the breakthrough Australian films in America. With Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown. Bruce Beresford---Australia---1980---107 mins.
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BURNED BRIDGE
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Cate Blanchett stars as a radio producer who's pulled into a grisly murder investigation in this dramatic Aussie miniseries. When an Aboriginal girl is brutally slaughtered, a troubled cop (Ernie Dingo) and his young flame (Blanchett) are forced to make sense of a dangerous culture-clash in order to solve the mystery. Alternately titled Heartland. Australia, 1994, 650
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