Best-selling Australian novel, Runt” is to be adapted as a feature movie that will begin shooting from next month. Studiocanal is handling international rights sales and local distribution in Australia and New Zealand.
The story is a heartfelt, contemporary Australian tale, set in the country town of Upson Downs, where eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt, try to save their family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand Championships at the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show in London.
The book was released in 2022 and won a clean sweep of the major Australian literary awards including the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s book of the year for young readers, book of the year for younger children at the Australian Book Industry Awards, and overall book of the year at the Australian Indie Book Awards.
The movie is adapted for the screen by...
The story is a heartfelt, contemporary Australian tale, set in the country town of Upson Downs, where eleven-year-old Annie Shearer and her best friend, an adopted stray dog called Runt, try to save their family farm by competing in the Agility Course Grand Championships at the prestigious Krumpets Dog Show in London.
The book was released in 2022 and won a clean sweep of the major Australian literary awards including the Children’s Book Council of Australia’s book of the year for young readers, book of the year for younger children at the Australian Book Industry Awards, and overall book of the year at the Australian Indie Book Awards.
The movie is adapted for the screen by...
- 10/23/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
The actor narrates a 40-screen immersive exhibition of Australian land and wildlife, shot by 25 cinematographers. ‘This environment is our heritage and our responsibility,’ he says
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Before he became one of Australia’s best-loved actors, Jack Thompson had already been many things. At the age of 15, he became a jackaroo in the Northern Territory, working on the remote cattle station of Elkedra. There, he says, he observed a life that no longer exists. At camp, he was the only white person among the adult Alyawarra men.
It was fine preparation for his cinematic work in the 1970s and early 80s when he became an icon of the Australian New Wave, taking leading and supporting roles in classics including Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Breaker Morant (1980) and The Man from Snowy River (1982).
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Before he became one of Australia’s best-loved actors, Jack Thompson had already been many things. At the age of 15, he became a jackaroo in the Northern Territory, working on the remote cattle station of Elkedra. There, he says, he observed a life that no longer exists. At camp, he was the only white person among the adult Alyawarra men.
It was fine preparation for his cinematic work in the 1970s and early 80s when he became an icon of the Australian New Wave, taking leading and supporting roles in classics including Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978), Breaker Morant (1980) and The Man from Snowy River (1982).
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- 3/12/2023
- by Andrew Stafford
- The Guardian - Film News
Jansen Panettiere, the younger brother of actress Hayden Panettiere who followed his sister into show business with appearances on Even Stevens, Blue’s Clues, Ice Age: The Meltdown and The Walking Dead, died Sunday in New York. He was 28.
A rep for the actor confirmed the news but did not provide cause of death or other details.
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Born September 25, 1994, in Palisades, NY, Panettiere earned his first credits as a voice actor before landing a 2002 appearance on Disney Channel’s Even Stevens starring a young Shia Labeouf. Subsequent credits include 2003 appearances on the sitcom Hope & Faith and the drama Third Watch, and the following year he voiced the...
A rep for the actor confirmed the news but did not provide cause of death or other details.
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Born September 25, 1994, in Palisades, NY, Panettiere earned his first credits as a voice actor before landing a 2002 appearance on Disney Channel’s Even Stevens starring a young Shia Labeouf. Subsequent credits include 2003 appearances on the sitcom Hope & Faith and the drama Third Watch, and the following year he voiced the...
- 2/20/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Leiji Matsumoto, the Japanese manga and anime creator known for science fiction sagas, TV series like Space Pirate Captain Harlock and music videos for Daft Punk, died of acute heart failure on February 13. He was 85.
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His death was announced by his studio, Studio Leijisha.
Among his best-known science fiction sagas were Galaxy Express 999, Queen Emeraldas and Space Battleship Yamato.
In a statement to the BBC, Matsumoto’s daughter and head of the studio, Makiko Matsumoto, said her father “set out on a journey to the sea of stars. I think he lived a happy life, thinking about continuing to...
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His death was announced by his studio, Studio Leijisha.
Among his best-known science fiction sagas were Galaxy Express 999, Queen Emeraldas and Space Battleship Yamato.
In a statement to the BBC, Matsumoto’s daughter and head of the studio, Makiko Matsumoto, said her father “set out on a journey to the sea of stars. I think he lived a happy life, thinking about continuing to...
- 2/20/2023
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
George Trumbull Miller, the director of The Man From Snowy River and The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter, has died of a heart attack. He was 79.
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the news of the Australian filmmaker’s death on Saturday. No details of the day he died have been shared at this time.
Miller rose to prominence in the 1980s with his massive hit The Man From Snowy River, starring Kirk Douglas. To this day, the Western still has a place on Australia’s list of top 20 grossing films of all time in unadjusted terms. It made 17.2 million locally then, which equals about 68 million in today’s world.
After becoming one of his home country’s most commercially successful filmmakers, the Scottish-born director made his way to Hollywood, where he helmed The NeverEnding Story II, Christmas movie In the Nick of Time and family movie Zeus and Roxanne,...
The Sydney Morning Herald reported the news of the Australian filmmaker’s death on Saturday. No details of the day he died have been shared at this time.
Miller rose to prominence in the 1980s with his massive hit The Man From Snowy River, starring Kirk Douglas. To this day, the Western still has a place on Australia’s list of top 20 grossing films of all time in unadjusted terms. It made 17.2 million locally then, which equals about 68 million in today’s world.
After becoming one of his home country’s most commercially successful filmmakers, the Scottish-born director made his way to Hollywood, where he helmed The NeverEnding Story II, Christmas movie In the Nick of Time and family movie Zeus and Roxanne,...
- 2/19/2023
- by Christy Piña
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Australian film and television director George Miller has died of a heart attack in a hospital in Melbourne, Australia. He was 79.
He is best remembered for his film The Man From Snowy River, which launched him to make movies in Hollywood,
Unfortunately, Miller was destined to always be known as “the other George Miller.” That’s because he worked at the same time as the creator of the Mad Max franchise, Dr. George Miller.
Early in his career, Miller worked on the Australian television shows Division 4, Matlock Police, The Box, and The Sullivans. The boom in TV miniseries saw him take on the colonial-era Against the Wind, starring pop singer Jon English.
George T. (for Trumbull) Miller’s The Man From Snowy River was released in 1982 and spawned a sequel. It is still in the top 20 Australian films in unadjusted terms.
That led him to Hollywood, where he made...
He is best remembered for his film The Man From Snowy River, which launched him to make movies in Hollywood,
Unfortunately, Miller was destined to always be known as “the other George Miller.” That’s because he worked at the same time as the creator of the Mad Max franchise, Dr. George Miller.
Early in his career, Miller worked on the Australian television shows Division 4, Matlock Police, The Box, and The Sullivans. The boom in TV miniseries saw him take on the colonial-era Against the Wind, starring pop singer Jon English.
George T. (for Trumbull) Miller’s The Man From Snowy River was released in 1982 and spawned a sequel. It is still in the top 20 Australian films in unadjusted terms.
That led him to Hollywood, where he made...
- 2/18/2023
- by Bruce Haring
- Deadline Film + TV
George Trumbull Miller, an Australian film and television director whose most notable credits include “The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter” and “The Man From Snowy River,” died of a heart attack in a hospital in Melbourne. He was 79 years old.
Miller’s death was confirmed by the Sydney Morning Herald. No details regarding a date of death are available at this time.
Miller reached national prominence for his 1982 Western “The Man From Snowy River,” starring Kirk Douglas. The film grossed 17.2 million in Australia and reached more than 20 million worldwide, inspiring a sequel as well as an arena attraction. More than 40 years on, “Man From Snowy River” remains one of the top 20 highest grossing local productions in the history of the Australian box office.
Coincidentally, George T. Miller’s rise as a filmmaker closely paralleled that of his fellow Australian, “Mad Max” director George Miller.
“He was very kind to me,...
Miller’s death was confirmed by the Sydney Morning Herald. No details regarding a date of death are available at this time.
Miller reached national prominence for his 1982 Western “The Man From Snowy River,” starring Kirk Douglas. The film grossed 17.2 million in Australia and reached more than 20 million worldwide, inspiring a sequel as well as an arena attraction. More than 40 years on, “Man From Snowy River” remains one of the top 20 highest grossing local productions in the history of the Australian box office.
Coincidentally, George T. Miller’s rise as a filmmaker closely paralleled that of his fellow Australian, “Mad Max” director George Miller.
“He was very kind to me,...
- 2/18/2023
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Emily Blunt Heading To Mipcom For ‘The English’ Red Carpet Curtain Raiser
Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer and Hugo Blick are headed to Cannes for a red carpet screening of buzzy Western drama series The English at Mipcom. The event will be the curtain raiser for the Rx France-hosted event and will take place at the Grand Auditorium in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday October 16 at 6pm Cet, the evening before the main festival, market and conference kicks off. A Q&a with stars Blunt and Spencer and writer-director Blick will follow. The English follows aristocratic Englishwoman Lady Cornelia Locke (the Blunt) and ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer), as they come together in 1890 mid-America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Stephen Rea, Rafe Spall and Valerie Pachner are also among the cast. Drama Republic and Eight Rooks are co-producing for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in...
Emily Blunt, Chaske Spencer and Hugo Blick are headed to Cannes for a red carpet screening of buzzy Western drama series The English at Mipcom. The event will be the curtain raiser for the Rx France-hosted event and will take place at the Grand Auditorium in Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Sunday October 16 at 6pm Cet, the evening before the main festival, market and conference kicks off. A Q&a with stars Blunt and Spencer and writer-director Blick will follow. The English follows aristocratic Englishwoman Lady Cornelia Locke (the Blunt) and ex-cavalry scout Eli Whipp (Spencer), as they come together in 1890 mid-America to cross a violent landscape built on dreams and blood. Stephen Rea, Rafe Spall and Valerie Pachner are also among the cast. Drama Republic and Eight Rooks are co-producing for BBC Two and BBC iPlayer in...
- 8/30/2022
- by Jesse Whittock and Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Film industry stalwart John Cronin has joined the likes of Academy Award-winning cinematographer Russell Boyd and producers Jill Robb and Patricia Lovell in being named The Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers’ National Cinema Pioneer of the Year.
Designed to recognise extraordinary achievements and contributions to the cinema industry, the 2020 award was presented in a ceremony in Adelaide on Sunday evening.
Cronin, who retired in 2017 after a more than 50 year career, tells If he is “delighted” to have received the honour, having been nominated twice previously.
“When I lost the last time, I began to think that I probably wouldn’t get nominated again,” he says.
“My wife, who passed away in July, always used to ask me why other people got awards and I didn’t, so I’m glad my friends got together to make this happen.
“It’s good that I’m able to put it on a bookcase in my living room,...
Designed to recognise extraordinary achievements and contributions to the cinema industry, the 2020 award was presented in a ceremony in Adelaide on Sunday evening.
Cronin, who retired in 2017 after a more than 50 year career, tells If he is “delighted” to have received the honour, having been nominated twice previously.
“When I lost the last time, I began to think that I probably wouldn’t get nominated again,” he says.
“My wife, who passed away in July, always used to ask me why other people got awards and I didn’t, so I’m glad my friends got together to make this happen.
“It’s good that I’m able to put it on a bookcase in my living room,...
- 1/31/2021
- by Sean Slatter
- IF.com.au
I remember that evening clearly. I must have been half in the bag, pitching a cause to two philanthropists that had a penchant for Mojitos, at the bar of the Four Seasons in Beverly Hills. It was obvious that they really had no interest in whatever campaign I was trying to fund as the discussion quickly circled back to the part of my pitch that frequently spurs conversation. “Tell us again about what happened at the Motion Picture Home.”
It was a battle whose successful outcome made everyone happy, and with all of the threats of litigation, oblique references to Nazis and administration meltdowns over my blogs, there stood Harry’s Haven, rising above the contentiousness of the debate over continuum of care. Harry’s Haven was indeed a haven for Alzheimer’s patients, and it existed only because of the generosity of Kirk and Anne Douglas. Named after Kirk’s father Harry Demsky,...
It was a battle whose successful outcome made everyone happy, and with all of the threats of litigation, oblique references to Nazis and administration meltdowns over my blogs, there stood Harry’s Haven, rising above the contentiousness of the debate over continuum of care. Harry’s Haven was indeed a haven for Alzheimer’s patients, and it existed only because of the generosity of Kirk and Anne Douglas. Named after Kirk’s father Harry Demsky,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Richard Stellar
- The Wrap
The word rang out yesterday, vibrating through the canyons of Los Angeles, much like the echo of thousands of voices sixty years ago that proclaimed “I am Spartacus!”. Perhaps the last of the leading men of Hollywood’s pre-1950 Golden Age is now with his long-departed peers. Here’s how the town’s Hollywood Reporter broke the news:
” Kirk Douglas, the son of a ragman who channeled a deep, personal anger through a chiseled jaw and steely blue eyes to forge one of the most indelible and indefatigable careers in Hollywood history, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 103.
“It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,” son Michael Douglas wrote on his Instagram account. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the Golden Age of movies who lived well into his golden years,...
” Kirk Douglas, the son of a ragman who channeled a deep, personal anger through a chiseled jaw and steely blue eyes to forge one of the most indelible and indefatigable careers in Hollywood history, died Wednesday in Los Angeles. He was 103.
“It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,” son Michael Douglas wrote on his Instagram account. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the Golden Age of movies who lived well into his golden years,...
- 2/7/2020
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Martin Amis’ 1984 novel “Money,” inspired by his painful experiences as the screenwriter of the disastrous 1980 sci-fi movie “Saturn 3,” includes a character based on “Saturn 3” star Kirk Douglas: “Lorne Guyland,” an aging but still virile screen legend, “had, in his time, on stage or screen, interpreted the roles of Genghis Khan, Al Capone, Marco Polo, Huckleberry Finn, Charlemagne, Paul Revere, Erasmus, Wyatt Earp, Voltaire, Sky Masterson, Einstein, Jack Kennedy, Rembrandt, Babe Ruth, Oliver Cromwell, Amerigo Vespucci, Zorro, Darwin, Sitting Bull, Freud, Napoleon, Spider-Man, Macbeth, Melville, Machiavelli, Michelangelo, Methuselah, Mozart, Merlin, Marx, Mars, Moses and Jesus Christ.”
And while “Money” is not, on the whole, particularly kind to Kirk Douglas, this list does reflect the breadth and scope of a screen career that started in 1946 and culminated in the early 21st century.
On screen, Douglas was the epitome of the square-jawed leading man, whether he was playing a Roman slave,...
And while “Money” is not, on the whole, particularly kind to Kirk Douglas, this list does reflect the breadth and scope of a screen career that started in 1946 and culminated in the early 21st century.
On screen, Douglas was the epitome of the square-jawed leading man, whether he was playing a Roman slave,...
- 2/6/2020
- by Alonso Duralde
- The Wrap
As news broke that Kirk Douglas, one of the last of Hollywood’s Golden Age stars, died on Wednesday, stars from Old and New Hollywood honored the three-time Oscar nominee as a “a pillar of Hollywood” and “inspirational scalawag” for his willingness to fight for (often) liberal causes.
Leading the tribute was Douglas’ son, Michael, a Hollywood star in his own right who first announced his father’s passing on Instagram.
“Kirk’s life was well lived, and he leaves a legacy in film that will endure for generations to come, and a history as a renowned philanthropist who worked to aid the public and bring peace to the planet,” Michael Douglas wrote.
Also Read: Kirk Douglas, 'Spartacus' Star and Legend of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103
“Let me end with the words I told him on his last birthday and which will always remain true. Dad- I...
Leading the tribute was Douglas’ son, Michael, a Hollywood star in his own right who first announced his father’s passing on Instagram.
“Kirk’s life was well lived, and he leaves a legacy in film that will endure for generations to come, and a history as a renowned philanthropist who worked to aid the public and bring peace to the planet,” Michael Douglas wrote.
Also Read: Kirk Douglas, 'Spartacus' Star and Legend of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103
“Let me end with the words I told him on his last birthday and which will always remain true. Dad- I...
- 2/6/2020
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
‘Ride Like A Girl’
Watching the 2015 Melbourne Cup, Rachel Griffiths didn’t initially know there was a female jockey in the race.
When the commentator first mentioned Michelle Payne’s name, her ears pricked up. When Payne then crossed the line – the first female jockey to ever win the Cup – the room full of women she was in erupted in cheers.
Griffiths continued to be captivated as Michelle’s brother and strapper Stevie Payne ran out to put the sash on horse Prince of Penzance, and the jockey told her naysayers to “get stuffed” in her first interview after dismounting.
She jumped on Google straight away to find out more about her, and within minutes she knew Michelle was the youngest of 10 children, eight of whom were jockeys. Her mother had died when she was six months old – “which officially makes her a Disney princess, because she has an unexpected...
Watching the 2015 Melbourne Cup, Rachel Griffiths didn’t initially know there was a female jockey in the race.
When the commentator first mentioned Michelle Payne’s name, her ears pricked up. When Payne then crossed the line – the first female jockey to ever win the Cup – the room full of women she was in erupted in cheers.
Griffiths continued to be captivated as Michelle’s brother and strapper Stevie Payne ran out to put the sash on horse Prince of Penzance, and the jockey told her naysayers to “get stuffed” in her first interview after dismounting.
She jumped on Google straight away to find out more about her, and within minutes she knew Michelle was the youngest of 10 children, eight of whom were jockeys. Her mother had died when she was six months old – “which officially makes her a Disney princess, because she has an unexpected...
- 9/24/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
Sigrid Thornton.
Sigrid Thornton will be presented with the Chauvel Award tonight at a screen industry gala event held as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival.
The award recognises the prolific actress’ significant contribution to the Australian screen industry. Her long career includes films such The Man From Snowy River and The Lighthorsemen, and TV series SeaChange, All The Rivers Run, Prisoner and recently, The Code and Wentworth. Established in 1992, previous winners of the Chauvel Award include Fred Schepisi, Gillian Armstrong, George Miller, Jan Chapman, Heath Ledger and Deborah Mailman.
“This recognition is a wonderful and very humbling acknowledgement of essentially what’s been a lot of hard work,” Thornton tells If.
“It’s a career that’s been full, rich and enormously joyful, but it’s also had a lot of ups and downs as well.”
Thronton will soon return to one of her most notable roles, that of Laura Gibson,...
Sigrid Thornton will be presented with the Chauvel Award tonight at a screen industry gala event held as part of the Gold Coast Film Festival.
The award recognises the prolific actress’ significant contribution to the Australian screen industry. Her long career includes films such The Man From Snowy River and The Lighthorsemen, and TV series SeaChange, All The Rivers Run, Prisoner and recently, The Code and Wentworth. Established in 1992, previous winners of the Chauvel Award include Fred Schepisi, Gillian Armstrong, George Miller, Jan Chapman, Heath Ledger and Deborah Mailman.
“This recognition is a wonderful and very humbling acknowledgement of essentially what’s been a lot of hard work,” Thornton tells If.
“It’s a career that’s been full, rich and enormously joyful, but it’s also had a lot of ups and downs as well.”
Thronton will soon return to one of her most notable roles, that of Laura Gibson,...
- 4/4/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
The acting legend Kirk Douglas (and father of Michael Douglas) crosses the century mark on December 9, 2016. Here are his 10 most memorable roles:
Champion (1949)
Kirk Douglas earned his first Oscar nomination for playing the dogged boxer Midge Kelly in a black-and-white drama written by Carl Forman (“High Noon”).
Ace in the Hole (1950)
In one of Billy Wilder’s most cynical dramas, Douglas plays a ruthless journalist who exploits a mining disaster — even sabotaging rescue efforts at one point — to prolong the media furor.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1951)
He earned his second Oscar nomination playing another cad — this time a power-obsessed Hollywood producer said to be modeled on David O. Selznick.
Lust for Life (1956)
In a departure from his cynical big-screen roles, Douglas brought real sympathy to his portrayal of tortured artist Vincent Van Gogh in Vincente Minnelli’s biopic — and the actor earned his third Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
Champion (1949)
Kirk Douglas earned his first Oscar nomination for playing the dogged boxer Midge Kelly in a black-and-white drama written by Carl Forman (“High Noon”).
Ace in the Hole (1950)
In one of Billy Wilder’s most cynical dramas, Douglas plays a ruthless journalist who exploits a mining disaster — even sabotaging rescue efforts at one point — to prolong the media furor.
The Bad and the Beautiful (1951)
He earned his second Oscar nomination playing another cad — this time a power-obsessed Hollywood producer said to be modeled on David O. Selznick.
Lust for Life (1956)
In a departure from his cynical big-screen roles, Douglas brought real sympathy to his portrayal of tortured artist Vincent Van Gogh in Vincente Minnelli’s biopic — and the actor earned his third Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
- 12/9/2018
- by Thom Geier
- The Wrap
John Carpenter’s “Halloween” music? A “Star Wars” compendium? It’s no shock to see these show up on a list of soundtrack label Varèse Sarabande’s historical 10 biggest selling albums. More surprising? Non-genre soundtracks like “Rudy” and “The Man from Snowy River,” which film music fans snatched up in numbers matching some of the more obvious fare. Here are the imprint’s 10 most popular releases from their first 40 years:
1. “Ghost”
Maurice Jarre, 1990
Varèse’s sole platinum album to date, selling an estimated 1.5 million units. Its inclusion of the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” accounted for many of these sales.
2. “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
Brad Fiedel, 1991
Fiedel’s electronic score proved enduringly popular.
3. “The Star Wars Trilogy”
Varujan Kojian conducting Utah Symphony, 1983
One of several classic film-score recordings produced for Varèse by George Korngold with London orchestras.
4. “The Last of the Mohicans”
Joel McNeely conducting Royal Scottish National Orchestra, 2000
New recording...
1. “Ghost”
Maurice Jarre, 1990
Varèse’s sole platinum album to date, selling an estimated 1.5 million units. Its inclusion of the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” accounted for many of these sales.
2. “Terminator 2: Judgment Day”
Brad Fiedel, 1991
Fiedel’s electronic score proved enduringly popular.
3. “The Star Wars Trilogy”
Varujan Kojian conducting Utah Symphony, 1983
One of several classic film-score recordings produced for Varèse by George Korngold with London orchestras.
4. “The Last of the Mohicans”
Joel McNeely conducting Royal Scottish National Orchestra, 2000
New recording...
- 12/8/2018
- by Jon Burlingame
- Variety Film + TV
His voice is indelibly laid down in minds of Australians who have watched his film career unfold over five decades: from Breaker Morant to The Man From Snowy River; from Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil to The Sum of Us. Jack Thompson’s skill as an actor is echoed in his abiding love of poetry and memories of the father who introduced him to it. The power of poetry, he says, keeps him centred in the here and now
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- 2/24/2017
- by David Fanner and Lucy Clark
- The Guardian - Film News
Red deserts, sweaty brows, scalding sand and swimsuits. Nowhere does summer quite like Australia – and nowhere is it captured better than on film. But how well do you know your classics?
They’re A Weird Mob
Puberty Blues
Age of Consent
The Daughter
These Final Hours
On the Beach
Blackrock
All Men Are Liars
The Overlanders
The Sundowners
The Back of Beyond
Mutiny on the Bounty
Welcome to Woop Woop
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Muriel’s Wedding
Red Dog
Road Games
Fair Game
Long Weekend
Dead Calm
The Killing of Angel Street
Newsfront
Heatwave
The Year of Living Dangerously
Wake in Fright
Sunday Too Far Away
The Water Diviner
The Man From Snowy River
The Man From Snowy River
The Water Diviner
Australia
The Silver Brumby
Goldstone
Dead Heart
Babe: Pig in the City
Mystery Road
Bungala Boys
Bra Boys
The Coolangatta Gold
The Four Minute Mile
Crocodile Dundee...
They’re A Weird Mob
Puberty Blues
Age of Consent
The Daughter
These Final Hours
On the Beach
Blackrock
All Men Are Liars
The Overlanders
The Sundowners
The Back of Beyond
Mutiny on the Bounty
Welcome to Woop Woop
Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
Muriel’s Wedding
Red Dog
Road Games
Fair Game
Long Weekend
Dead Calm
The Killing of Angel Street
Newsfront
Heatwave
The Year of Living Dangerously
Wake in Fright
Sunday Too Far Away
The Water Diviner
The Man From Snowy River
The Man From Snowy River
The Water Diviner
Australia
The Silver Brumby
Goldstone
Dead Heart
Babe: Pig in the City
Mystery Road
Bungala Boys
Bra Boys
The Coolangatta Gold
The Four Minute Mile
Crocodile Dundee...
- 1/10/2017
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
By Doug Oswald
I had no idea what to expect when I placed the DVD for “Scobie Malone” in my player. Scobie, played by Jack Thompson, makes his way through traffic on a sunny day in Sydney Australia as the movie credits begin. An Olivia Newton-John sound-alike sings the Scobie Malone title song. Scobie breaks the third wall by looking directly at the viewer as the title appears on-screen during his drive as an invitation to join him on his adventure. Scobie gives the thumbs up to a motorcycle cop during his drive. He winks, nods and flirts with pretty girls on the way to his swinging bachelor pad.
Scobie lives at “Sunrise Patios” and the entry sign proclaims Singles Only with a placard stating: No Vacancies. His bachelor pad is reached through the central courtyard containing a large patio and pool. A pretty girl in a bikini is changing...
I had no idea what to expect when I placed the DVD for “Scobie Malone” in my player. Scobie, played by Jack Thompson, makes his way through traffic on a sunny day in Sydney Australia as the movie credits begin. An Olivia Newton-John sound-alike sings the Scobie Malone title song. Scobie breaks the third wall by looking directly at the viewer as the title appears on-screen during his drive as an invitation to join him on his adventure. Scobie gives the thumbs up to a motorcycle cop during his drive. He winks, nods and flirts with pretty girls on the way to his swinging bachelor pad.
Scobie lives at “Sunrise Patios” and the entry sign proclaims Singles Only with a placard stating: No Vacancies. His bachelor pad is reached through the central courtyard containing a large patio and pool. A pretty girl in a bikini is changing...
- 6/9/2015
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
Streaming service Stan has scored a coup in the battle with Presto Movies/Presto TV and the incoming Netflix by signing a major content deal with Roadshow Entertainment.
Stan gets exclusive SVoD rights to blockbusters including The Lego Movie, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Wolf of Wall Street and Edge of Tomorrow as well as The Inbetweeners 2, A Walk Among the Tombstones, John Wick, The Judge, Wolf Creek 2 and Felony.
The arrangement also covers Roadshow.s TV series including Utopia, which won the 2014 International Emmy Award® for best drama, Australian productions Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Brides of Christ and Working Dog.s Frontline and The Hollowmen and kids series LazyTown, Dino Dan and Animalia.
Co-owned by Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media, Stan launched on Australia Day, streaming film and TV content for $10 a month, with a 30-day free trial.
Stan will get access to the...
Stan gets exclusive SVoD rights to blockbusters including The Lego Movie, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1, The Wolf of Wall Street and Edge of Tomorrow as well as The Inbetweeners 2, A Walk Among the Tombstones, John Wick, The Judge, Wolf Creek 2 and Felony.
The arrangement also covers Roadshow.s TV series including Utopia, which won the 2014 International Emmy Award® for best drama, Australian productions Bikie Wars: Brothers in Arms, Brides of Christ and Working Dog.s Frontline and The Hollowmen and kids series LazyTown, Dino Dan and Animalia.
Co-owned by Nine Entertainment and Fairfax Media, Stan launched on Australia Day, streaming film and TV content for $10 a month, with a 30-day free trial.
Stan will get access to the...
- 1/27/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
What's in Netflix's '80s grab bag? Swoony Merchant-Ivory films; a trio of John Hughes romantic comedies; early films with Sean Penn and Matt Dillon; Oscar-winning turns by Meryl Streep, Jodie Foster and Daniel Day-Lewis; and a few classics you already know by heart.
Mixed in are probably a few critically acclaimed films you've never seen but always meant to, whether it's B-movie fun like "Big Trouble in Little China" or ultra-arty Nc-17 fare like "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."
(Availability subject to change. DeLorean and pink prom dress not included.)
1. "A Room with a View" (1986) Nr
Helena Bonham Carter is torn between freethinker Julian Sands and stuffy fiancé Daniel Day-Lewis in this sumptuous (and very funny) Merchant-Ivory period romance.
2. "The Accused" (1988) R
It's tough viewing, but Jodie Foster is mesmerizing as a rape victim who faces down her assailants in court.
3. "Bad Boys" (1983) R
Sean Penn...
Mixed in are probably a few critically acclaimed films you've never seen but always meant to, whether it's B-movie fun like "Big Trouble in Little China" or ultra-arty Nc-17 fare like "The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover."
(Availability subject to change. DeLorean and pink prom dress not included.)
1. "A Room with a View" (1986) Nr
Helena Bonham Carter is torn between freethinker Julian Sands and stuffy fiancé Daniel Day-Lewis in this sumptuous (and very funny) Merchant-Ivory period romance.
2. "The Accused" (1988) R
It's tough viewing, but Jodie Foster is mesmerizing as a rape victim who faces down her assailants in court.
3. "Bad Boys" (1983) R
Sean Penn...
- 12/22/2014
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Richard Soames, a well-known and influential figure in the Australian screen industry for 30 years, has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 78. Soames was the long-time CEO of completion guarantor Film Finances, the first company to provide completion guarantees at the introduction of the 10Ba tax incentives in 1981. The London-born Soames joined Film Finances in the early 1970s and expanded the business in the Us, Canada and Australia. "Richard was such a part of the scene down here in the 80s and 90s," said Sue Milliken, who represented Film Finances in Australia until Anni Browning took over as MD in 2010. "He visited at least three times a year, travelled all over the country to film locations and he was on the telex and later the fax and email on a daily basis no matter where he was in the world. Our working relationship was a fantastic one, based totally on trust.
- 11/6/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Usually June is associated with the first real month of summer -- a time to go out and frolic through the wilderness like a snowman that doesn't know any better. But it also gets really, really hot, which has people retreating to their local multiplex or, even better, their luxuriously air-conditioned living rooms. With that in mind, take a look at the television shows and movies that will be available on Netflix's steaming service come June (via Vulture).
Thought the snail-who-dreamed-of-being-a-racecar saga ended with last summer's DreamWorks Animated joint "Turbo?" Think again. Apparently there's a television spin-off. And you can watch it on Netflix. We also have to give it up for a pair of wonderful sequels that are going to be on in June: the obviously-shot-in-Canada-even-though-it's-set-in-New York robo-epic "Short Circuit 2" (a favorite since childhood) and the far darker and more sinister "Wolf Creek 2," a sequel to the...
Thought the snail-who-dreamed-of-being-a-racecar saga ended with last summer's DreamWorks Animated joint "Turbo?" Think again. Apparently there's a television spin-off. And you can watch it on Netflix. We also have to give it up for a pair of wonderful sequels that are going to be on in June: the obviously-shot-in-Canada-even-though-it's-set-in-New York robo-epic "Short Circuit 2" (a favorite since childhood) and the far darker and more sinister "Wolf Creek 2," a sequel to the...
- 5/30/2014
- by Drew Taylor
- Moviefone
More than just an Aussie horse opera, this film employs stunning scenery, technical flair and Kirk Douglas in two roles in its pursuit of an uplifting conclusion
Those unfamiliar with his story a romantic kangaroo western set in Victorias sunbaked Snowy mountains will recognise the legendary title by which he is known.
A creation of celebrated bush poet Banjo Paterson, The Man from Snowy River occupies an iconic residence in Australian pop culture. The protagonist's name is synonymous with stirrups, horses, bare chests, sunsets, mountain ranges and a hit 1982 film from director George Miller, which tapped into a deep vein of national pride and parochialism and became a critical and box office success.
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Those unfamiliar with his story a romantic kangaroo western set in Victorias sunbaked Snowy mountains will recognise the legendary title by which he is known.
A creation of celebrated bush poet Banjo Paterson, The Man from Snowy River occupies an iconic residence in Australian pop culture. The protagonist's name is synonymous with stirrups, horses, bare chests, sunsets, mountain ranges and a hit 1982 film from director George Miller, which tapped into a deep vein of national pride and parochialism and became a critical and box office success.
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- 5/2/2014
- by Luke Buckmaster
- The Guardian - Film News
Jill Robb began her career as a stand-in for English actress Jill Adams in director Lee Robinson.s film Dust in the Sun, a drama about a policeman who is attacked while escorting an Aboriginal prisoner to trial.
She wrongly thought stand-in meant understudy so she memorised the entire script en route to the location in the Northern Territory. That was in 1958.
Robb quickly discovered her forte was in producing and later as an executive. She was the first marketing and distribution manager at the South Australian Film Corp, the inaugural CEO of Film Victoria and a founding member of the board of the Australian Film Commission.
Her illustrious career was honoured on Thursday night when she received the Cinema Pioneer of the Year award from the Australian Society of Cinema Pioneers. .Jill is a great dame and a truly distinguished recipient,. said her long-time friend, producer Sue Milliken in presenting the award.
She wrongly thought stand-in meant understudy so she memorised the entire script en route to the location in the Northern Territory. That was in 1958.
Robb quickly discovered her forte was in producing and later as an executive. She was the first marketing and distribution manager at the South Australian Film Corp, the inaugural CEO of Film Victoria and a founding member of the board of the Australian Film Commission.
Her illustrious career was honoured on Thursday night when she received the Cinema Pioneer of the Year award from the Australian Society of Cinema Pioneers. .Jill is a great dame and a truly distinguished recipient,. said her long-time friend, producer Sue Milliken in presenting the award.
- 11/15/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Conrad Rothmann..
The film business was saddened to receive the news of the passing of SFX impresario and creator of illusions, Conrad Rothman on 21 June 2013 - the winter solstice. Conrad died of a heart attack on his way to a hospital in Sydney. An American import into our film industry in the 1970.s, Conrad was perhaps one of the first SFX men to hit our shores, and he was most welcome. .He was thought of as the .stunt-glass-kid. of Australia..no one did glass like Conrad., ex-wife and dear friend Natalie Hammond said of him. Conrad went to film school with Steven Spielberg and Richard Franklin. He worked often with the latter and wished he had with the former!
His final years were spent working out of Fox in Sydney in an office and workroom with Aet, where he was known as Corny. Conrad was the genuine eccentric and much loved by everyone.
The film business was saddened to receive the news of the passing of SFX impresario and creator of illusions, Conrad Rothman on 21 June 2013 - the winter solstice. Conrad died of a heart attack on his way to a hospital in Sydney. An American import into our film industry in the 1970.s, Conrad was perhaps one of the first SFX men to hit our shores, and he was most welcome. .He was thought of as the .stunt-glass-kid. of Australia..no one did glass like Conrad., ex-wife and dear friend Natalie Hammond said of him. Conrad went to film school with Steven Spielberg and Richard Franklin. He worked often with the latter and wished he had with the former!
His final years were spent working out of Fox in Sydney in an office and workroom with Aet, where he was known as Corny. Conrad was the genuine eccentric and much loved by everyone.
- 7/15/2013
- by Pattie Wright
- IF.com.au
Ever since I was a tiny, starry-eyed little sprocket, I’ve been more than a little obsessed with Australia. I think it probably started the first time I ever watched “Dot & the Kangaroo”.
“Dot & the Kangaroo” is actually kind of a trippy little movie. The part that I remembered the most strongly was actually the part about the Bunyip, a monster that terrorizes just about everyone. Weirdly, however, I remembered the word bunyip without remembering where the heck I had actually heard it. For a long time, I had just assumed that I must have made it up, maybe because of a bad, long repressed experience with turnips or something, except I have never actually hated that particular tuber. They can be quite delicious.
When I was a little kid, a couple of family members had VCRs and they used to have my cousins and me over for slumber parties that included watching movies.
“Dot & the Kangaroo” is actually kind of a trippy little movie. The part that I remembered the most strongly was actually the part about the Bunyip, a monster that terrorizes just about everyone. Weirdly, however, I remembered the word bunyip without remembering where the heck I had actually heard it. For a long time, I had just assumed that I must have made it up, maybe because of a bad, long repressed experience with turnips or something, except I have never actually hated that particular tuber. They can be quite delicious.
When I was a little kid, a couple of family members had VCRs and they used to have my cousins and me over for slumber parties that included watching movies.
- 5/20/2013
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
Australian film The Sapphires has reached $10m at the local box office.
Distributed by Hopscotch Film/Entertainment One, the film reached the milestone in four weeks.
The film, set in the 1960s about an Aboriginal girl group sent to Vietnam to entertain American troops, is the highest grossing film at the Australian box office in 2012.
Its four week cumulative total is almost on par with Red Dog’s four weekend cume of $10.5m, which became last year’s highest grossing film.However, while Red Dog posted $1.9m in its fourth weekend, growing consistently from $1.78m in its opening weekend and $1.8m in its second, as The Sapphires opened on $2.34m and this week dropped to $1.147m.
The film still has a way to go before it reaches Red Dog’s final box office total of $21.467m, which placed it the eighth highest grossing Australian film of all time at the box office.
Distributed by Hopscotch Film/Entertainment One, the film reached the milestone in four weeks.
The film, set in the 1960s about an Aboriginal girl group sent to Vietnam to entertain American troops, is the highest grossing film at the Australian box office in 2012.
Its four week cumulative total is almost on par with Red Dog’s four weekend cume of $10.5m, which became last year’s highest grossing film.However, while Red Dog posted $1.9m in its fourth weekend, growing consistently from $1.78m in its opening weekend and $1.8m in its second, as The Sapphires opened on $2.34m and this week dropped to $1.147m.
The film still has a way to go before it reaches Red Dog’s final box office total of $21.467m, which placed it the eighth highest grossing Australian film of all time at the box office.
- 9/6/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
DVD or Blu-ray? Redbox or Netflix? Streaming? Whatever your poison, we've got the highlights and lowlights on the week's new releases -- plus exclusive previews from "Footloose" and "Immortals." Moviefone's Pick of the Week "The Skin I Live In" What's It About? After his wife is horribly burned in a car accident, a plastic surgeon (played by Antonio Banderas) dedicates his life to developing a miraculous new kind of skin -- that he tests on a helpless woman, held captive in his mansion. See It Because: The movie's director Pedro Almodovar is the only selling point you need. His totally unique style and prolific career can be daunting. If you're not familiar with his previous work ("Volver," "All About My Mother" among others), there's really no other way to prepare for his approach than to just dive in with one of his movies. Also available on Redbox | Amazon Instant Video...
- 3/6/2012
- by Eric Larnick
- Moviefone
Rubber Records has released a soundtrack album for the Australian drama The Cup. The album includes the original score from the movie by composer Bruce Rowland (The Man from Snowy River, Lightning Jack). The soundtrack is available as a digital release on Amazon. Audio clips can be checked out after the jump. The Cup is directed by Simon Wincer (Quigley Down Under, Free Willy) and stars Brendan Gleeson, Stephen Curry, Daniel MacPherson and Tom Berlinson. The movie about the running of the 2002 Melbourne Cup opened last week in Australia and is currently awaiting a domestic release. To learn more about the film, visit the official movie website.
Amazon.com WidgetsHere’s the album track list:
1. Opening Titles
2. A Day In Damien’s Life
3. Dermot Weld
4. Indecision
5. What’s Wrong With You?
6. Godolphin Stables
7. A Package From Perth
8. I Know What You Mean
9. Anything Could Happen
10. Damien’s Dilemma
11. He’s...
Amazon.com WidgetsHere’s the album track list:
1. Opening Titles
2. A Day In Damien’s Life
3. Dermot Weld
4. Indecision
5. What’s Wrong With You?
6. Godolphin Stables
7. A Package From Perth
8. I Know What You Mean
9. Anything Could Happen
10. Damien’s Dilemma
11. He’s...
- 10/17/2011
- by filmmusicreporter
- Film Music Reporter
Second episode into the season and the angsty high of the premier has worn off. It's back to work, as usual, but with a change or two. Only time will tell if these changes help or hurt the show. There's a paddleboard race from Molokai to O'ahu taking place, and 15 yr old Jen Hassley (Hayley Chase) is in the lead. She wins, unsurprisingly, gets hugs and kisses from the parentals, then disappears. Mom sees her being spirited away from the grounds in a red car. Meanwhile, downtown, Steve (Alex O'loughlin) has been called to the principal's office. Again. He bides his time reading "Women's Day" magazine – perhaps Smooth Dog is taking notes – when he realizes this meeting won't be just him and the new Gov. Leggy and lovely Homeland Security agent Lori Weston (Lauren German) catches his eye, literally (thanks for that anvil, show) and they make googoo eyes at...
- 9/27/2011
- by mbijeaux@corp.popstar.com (Melissa Bijeaux)
- PopStar
Filmmaker Bruce Beresford ("Driving Miss Dairy," "Breaker Morant") has set up the biopic "The White Mouse" on his future schedule with funding being arranged and shooting to begin around this time next year reports Variety.
'Mouse' will explore the true story of Nancy Wake, Australia's most decorated servicewoman who worked with the French Resistance to save downed Allied airmen in France.
Wake, who died this past weekend at the age of 98, already saw her story adapted both into the British TV series "Wish Me Luck", a 1987 Aussie TV movie starring Noni Hazlehurst, and the novel and later Cate Blanchett-led film "Charlotte Gray" which combined elements of both her exploits and British secret service agent Pearl Cornioley.
Peter Glover and Sue Milliken will produce. The news comes as Beresford's immediate next project is "Banjo & Matilda," another Aussie hero biopic - this one about legendary bush poet Banjo Paterson who wrote...
'Mouse' will explore the true story of Nancy Wake, Australia's most decorated servicewoman who worked with the French Resistance to save downed Allied airmen in France.
Wake, who died this past weekend at the age of 98, already saw her story adapted both into the British TV series "Wish Me Luck", a 1987 Aussie TV movie starring Noni Hazlehurst, and the novel and later Cate Blanchett-led film "Charlotte Gray" which combined elements of both her exploits and British secret service agent Pearl Cornioley.
Peter Glover and Sue Milliken will produce. The news comes as Beresford's immediate next project is "Banjo & Matilda," another Aussie hero biopic - this one about legendary bush poet Banjo Paterson who wrote...
- 8/9/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
(thanks to Jordan Raup at The Film Stage, and Scottish Jellyfish) 10 great movies starring horses, after the cut. 1. The Black Stallion 2. The Man From Snowy River 3. Seabiscuit 4. Hildalgo 5. Black Beauty...
- 6/29/2011
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
Listen y'all, what is with all these no-account mangy foreign varmits taking all our jerbs? I'm not talking about our neighbors from the south or them there Canindians from the north, I'm talking about them folks from overseas coming in and stealing our All-American icons. First they got their limey mits all over our superheroes, and now they're a-comin' for the cowboy. Is that lady-lipped English feller, Daniel Craig, really gonna play a cowboy in Cowboys and Aliens? The cowboy? He's the Alien! Ain't no way some tea-drinkin', soft-footed Brit can do justice to a gunslinger. The cowboy is as American as gull-durned apple pie, fer crissakes! Hunh? Apple pie was invented by the British? Dagnabbit.
Okay, all kidding aside, y'all, the Western genre, while considered the epitome of Americana, isn't being invaded, it's been occupied. After the legendary John Ford, the most famous Western director is an Italian, Sergio Leone.
Okay, all kidding aside, y'all, the Western genre, while considered the epitome of Americana, isn't being invaded, it's been occupied. After the legendary John Ford, the most famous Western director is an Italian, Sergio Leone.
- 6/13/2011
- by Joanna Robinson
Reuniting Jack Thompson and Sigrid Thorton for the first time since The Man From Snowy River (1982), The Telegram Man, produced and directed by James Khehtie and written by Victoria Wharfe McIntyre and also starring Gary Sweet, has won Best International Picture at Washington’s GI Film Festival.
The GI Film Festival is dedicated to highlighting the military service’s role both in and out of the arena of war and to ‘honor the heroic stories of the American Armed Forces and the worldwide struggle for freedom and liberty.’
The Telegram Man, set during World War II, spares a thought for, not only those farming families and communities that paid the highest price for war, but the messenger (Jack Thompson), whose lonely job it was to deliver the telegrams.
The film has been selected for the Academy-accredited ShortFest, the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market (June 21-27).
Closer to home,...
The GI Film Festival is dedicated to highlighting the military service’s role both in and out of the arena of war and to ‘honor the heroic stories of the American Armed Forces and the worldwide struggle for freedom and liberty.’
The Telegram Man, set during World War II, spares a thought for, not only those farming families and communities that paid the highest price for war, but the messenger (Jack Thompson), whose lonely job it was to deliver the telegrams.
The film has been selected for the Academy-accredited ShortFest, the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival and Film Market (June 21-27).
Closer to home,...
- 5/20/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Celebration of Actor.s Life and Career to Include Conversation with Robert Osborne,
Clips from One-Man Show and Special Screening of Spartacus (1960)
Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas will be a special guest at the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. During the festival, which takes place April 28-May 1, the three-time Oscar nominee and honorary Academy Award winner will join TCM host Robert Osborne for an interview on stage, leading into a screening of Stanley Kubrick.s epic film Spartacus (1960), which Douglas also produced. The evening.s festivities will include clips from Douglas. biographical one-man show, Before I Forget (2009).
.Kirk Douglas is an American icon whose performances have struck an indelible chord with moviegoers for more than 60 years,. Osborne said. .At the age of 94, he retains the great vitality and enthusiasm which has always been the Douglas trademark. We couldn.t be more pleased that Spartacus himself will be joining us at...
Clips from One-Man Show and Special Screening of Spartacus (1960)
Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas will be a special guest at the 2011 TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood. During the festival, which takes place April 28-May 1, the three-time Oscar nominee and honorary Academy Award winner will join TCM host Robert Osborne for an interview on stage, leading into a screening of Stanley Kubrick.s epic film Spartacus (1960), which Douglas also produced. The evening.s festivities will include clips from Douglas. biographical one-man show, Before I Forget (2009).
.Kirk Douglas is an American icon whose performances have struck an indelible chord with moviegoers for more than 60 years,. Osborne said. .At the age of 94, he retains the great vitality and enthusiasm which has always been the Douglas trademark. We couldn.t be more pleased that Spartacus himself will be joining us at...
- 3/28/2011
- by Melissa Thompson
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
It's because Hollywood has put horses out to pasture, and the days of the great equine role seem to have passed. Joe Queenan mourns the disappearance of Hollywood's mane players
At a certain age, actors – both men and women– start to complain that they are no longer offered the roles they once were, that the scripts they are sent by their agents are not equal to their talents. But isn't that even more true of horses? Horses used to be prominent figures in films, rearing their glorious heads and shaking their magnificent manes in everything from Fort Apache to Ben-Hur, not to mention idolatrously horse-centred motion pictures such as The Man from Snowy River and National Velvet. But the arrival of a new movie such as Secretariat drives home the point that horses no longer occupy the position of power in Hollywood that they once did, that a movie featuring...
At a certain age, actors – both men and women– start to complain that they are no longer offered the roles they once were, that the scripts they are sent by their agents are not equal to their talents. But isn't that even more true of horses? Horses used to be prominent figures in films, rearing their glorious heads and shaking their magnificent manes in everything from Fort Apache to Ben-Hur, not to mention idolatrously horse-centred motion pictures such as The Man from Snowy River and National Velvet. But the arrival of a new movie such as Secretariat drives home the point that horses no longer occupy the position of power in Hollywood that they once did, that a movie featuring...
- 12/3/2010
- by Joe Queenan, Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Slap on your blinkers as Karen Krizanovich gallops through the best equine clips on film
They're not just for little girls: horses in films symbolise life (The Red Pony), death (Gone With the Wind), bravery (Hidalgo) and comedy (The Mask of Zorro). Even the use of horses' heads – think The Godfather, The Tin Drum – make for indelible cinematic moments.
Equines bring emotional power to the big screen and a connection to magic and nature that few other animals seem to possess: Shadowfax in The Lord of the Rings, Black Beauty, and those four chariot horses named after stars in Ben-Hur. Their profound (and upsetting) use in Russian cinema (October by Eisenstein, Andre Rublev by Tarkovsky) is countered by Oliver Hardy's comic reincarnation as a horse at the end of The Flying Deuces and by Us TV's popular talking horse, Mr Ed (here rubbing noses with Clint Eastwood).
With Spielberg...
They're not just for little girls: horses in films symbolise life (The Red Pony), death (Gone With the Wind), bravery (Hidalgo) and comedy (The Mask of Zorro). Even the use of horses' heads – think The Godfather, The Tin Drum – make for indelible cinematic moments.
Equines bring emotional power to the big screen and a connection to magic and nature that few other animals seem to possess: Shadowfax in The Lord of the Rings, Black Beauty, and those four chariot horses named after stars in Ben-Hur. Their profound (and upsetting) use in Russian cinema (October by Eisenstein, Andre Rublev by Tarkovsky) is countered by Oliver Hardy's comic reincarnation as a horse at the end of The Flying Deuces and by Us TV's popular talking horse, Mr Ed (here rubbing noses with Clint Eastwood).
With Spielberg...
- 7/1/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
There are two essential books that celebrate region-specific horror films both well-known and obscure. One is Stephen Thrower’s Nightmare USA (with a companion volume planned). The other is They Came From Within, Caelum Vatnsdal’s history of Canadian horror movies. What these two books suggest is that the best of the cinema’s independent horror films are really regional works. Three of the most famous horror films of all time, Night of the Living Dead, Carnival of Souls, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre are really regional films, independently financed and shot far from Hollywood with local actors and crew members. Thus they have a flavor not found in mainstream genre movies, spices of quirkiness, unpredictability, and rigorous bleakness that mainstream movies can’t or won’t allow themselves.
As far as I know there isn’t a book about Australian genre cinema yet, but now there is a film:...
As far as I know there isn’t a book about Australian genre cinema yet, but now there is a film:...
- 10/7/2009
- by dkholm
CANNES -- Bob Yari Prods. has acquired worldwide distribution rights to Clancy of the Overflow, a project being billed as a prequel to The Man From Snowy River, the company said Sunday. 20th Century Fox released Australia-set Man From Snowy River in 1982. George Miller directed the film with a cast that included Tom Burlinson and Terence Donovan as well as Kirk Douglas in dual roles as twin brothers. The story centers on Jim Craig, who lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. When his father dies, he is forced to earn money to get the farm back on its feet.
- 5/16/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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