David Stratton's Stories of Australian Cinema
A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood cinema experience of Australia in England, where he saw the first images of this strange and exotic landscape via the medium of film, to his migration to Australia as a ‘ten pound pom’ in 1963 and onto his present day reflections on the iconic themes that run through our cinematic legacy. All of this reflects a passionate engagement in a uniquely Australian medium. Parallel and at the heart of the series is the story of an industry whose growing pains David has witnessed over a lifetime. Alongside David, the protagonists of this history are the giants of Australian cinema – both behind the camera and in front of it.
On the Line
A provocative and edgy radio host must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller who's kidnapped his family and is threatening to blow up the whole station.
Force of Nature
A gang of thieves plan a heist during a hurricane and encounter trouble when a disgraced cop tries to force everyone in the building to evacuate.
Payback: Straight Up
In Brian Helgeland's new director's cut of the film, Mel Gibson portrays Porter, a career criminal bent on revenge after his partners in a street heist pump metal into him and take off with his $70,000 cut. Bad move, thugs. Because if you plan to double-cross Porter, you'd better make sure he's dead. Porter resurfaces, wading into a lurid urban underworld of syndicate kingpins, cops on the take, sniveling informants and deadly gangs. Porter wants his money back. And the way he sets out to get is assures that, from beginning to heart pounding end, Payback pays off big.
Edge of Darkness
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
The Year of Living Dangerously
A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer.
Paparazzi
A rising Hollywood actor decides to take personal revenge against a group of four persistent photographers to make them pay for almost causing a personal tragedy involving his wife and son.
Who Killed the Electric Car?
In 1996, electric cars began to appear on roads all over California. They were quiet and fast, produced no exhaust, and ran without gasoline... Ten years later, these cars were destroyed.
Fatman
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Attack Force Z
Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific during WWII, Captain Kelly and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace.
Hot Seat
An ex-hacker is forced to break into high-level banking institutions, another man must try to penetrate the booby-trapped building to get the young man off the hot seat.
Dangerous
A reformed sociopath heads to a remote island after the death of his brother. Soon after his arrival, the island falls under siege from a deadly gang of mercenaries, and when he discovers their role in his brother’s demise, he sets out on a relentless quest for vengeance.
Signs
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Payback
With friends like these, who needs enemies? That's the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and leave him for dead -- or so they think. Five months and an endless reservoir of bitterness later, Porter's partners and the crooked cops on his tail learn how bad payback can be.
Bandit
After escaping a Michigan prison, a charming career criminal assumes a new identity in Canada and goes on to rob a record 59 banks and jewellery stores while being hunted by a rogue task force. Based on the true story of The Flying Bandit.
Hamlet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, finds out that his uncle Claudius killed his father to obtain the throne, and plans revenge.
Get the Gringo
A career criminal nabbed by Mexican authorities is placed in a tough prison where he learns to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.
Last Looks
A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder of an eccentric TV star's wife.
Quintessentially Irish
A celebration of all things Irish, from sweeping landscapes to traditions and quirky sense of humor.
Father Stu
The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermarket clerk, he meets Carmen, a Sunday school teacher who seems immune to his bad-boy charm. Determined to win her over, the longtime agnostic starts going to church to impress her. However, a motorcycle accident leaves him wondering if he can use his second chance to help others, leading to the surprising realization that he's meant to be a Catholic priest.
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Sally Aitken
Director
Mel Gibson
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Frank Dunne
Nicole Kidman
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Self 3 episodes, 2017
Sam Neill
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Self 3 episodes, 2017
Cate Blanchett
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Self unknown episodes
Enrique Arce
as
Yann Bean
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Bruce
William Moseley
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Dylan
Emile Hirsch
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Cardillo
David Zayas
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John the Baptist
Kate Bosworth
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Troy
Brian Helgeland
Director
Sally Kellerman
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Bronson
Lucy Liu
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Pearl
Maria Bello
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Rosie
Martin Campbell
Director
Frank Grillo
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Agent One
Wayne Duvall
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Chief of Police
Gbenga Akinnagbe
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Detective Darcy Jones
Sigourney Weaver
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Jill Bryant
Robin Tunney
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Abby Laramie
Tom Hollander
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Leonard Clark
Matthew McConaughey
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Matthew McConaughey
Robert Goulet
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Quentin Hapsburg
Tom Hanks
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Self
Bill Clinton
as
Self
Jason Gosbee
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Henshaw
Michael Dyson
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Herman
Walton Goggins
as
Skinny Man
Sylvia Chang
as
Chien Hua
John Phillip Law
as
Lt. J.A.
James Cullen Bressack
Director
Shannen Doherty
as
Chief Pam Connelly
Jonathan Stoddard
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Newscaster
Anna Harr
as
Zoey
M. Night Shyamalan
Director
Abigail Breslin
as
Bo Hess
Joaquin Phoenix
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Merrill Hess
Rory Culkin
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Morgan Hess
Elisha Cuthbert
as
Andrea
Josh Duhamel
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Gilbert Galvan Jr / Robert Whiteman
Nestor Carbonell
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Snydes
Glenn Close
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Gertrude
Helena Bonham Carter
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Ophelia
Vernon Dobtcheff
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Reynaldo
Dean Norris
as
Bill
Peter Gerety
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Embassy Guy
Peter Stormare
as
Frank
Clancy Brown
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Big Jim Cuddy
Charlie Hunnam
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Charlie Waldo
Morena Baccarin
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Lorena
Pierce Brosnan
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Self
Jeremy Irons
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Self
Brendan Gleeson
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Self - Actor, The Banshees of Inisherin
Tony Amendola
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Coach Beech
Ned Bellamy
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Dr. Novack
Mark Wahlberg
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Stuart Long
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