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Australian Film

Aussie! Aussie! Aussie! Here we have collected all things ocker, be they movies or television. You'll find Nicole Kidman rubbing shoulders with Norman Gunston, and Judy Davis with Yahoo Serious. There's Crocodile Dundee, Barry McKenzie, Mad Max, and Kath and Kim. Drama, comedy, romance and thrillers, if it's got Bryan Brown or Jack Thompson in it, chances are this is where you'll find it! Right: Dame Edna Everidge.

1915 (1982)

7.3/10
Starring: Scott McGregor, Scott Burgess, Sigrid Thornton, Jackie Woodbourne, Bill Hunter,...

Boyhood friends Walter and Billy have formed a pact - if one enlists in England's war so will the other. Split between the young men as they go off t... Read more

For the Term of His Natural Life (1982)

7.8/10
Director: Rob Stewart
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Patrick Macnee, Samantha Eggar, Diane Cilento, Rod Mullinar, Co...

Television mini-series set in 1830's England, a young man from a good but troubled family is unjustly convicted of stealing a watch. He's transported... Read more

Man Of Flowers (1982)

7.2/10
Director: Paul Cox
Starring: Alyson Best, Chris Haywood, Norman Kaye, Werner Herzog

A haunting, sexually frank serio-comedy about a repressed man (Norman Kaye) whose obsessions include art, classical music and a young woman he hires t... Read more

The Year of Living Dangerously (1982)

7.2/10
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Bill Kerr, Linda Hunt, Mel Gibson, Michael Murphy, Sigourney Weaver

Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver begin an impassioned love affair intensified by the uncertainties of life in Indonesia on the eve of revolution. Linda... Read more

Road Games ( Blu-ray ) (1981)

6.7/10
Director: Richard Franklin
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Stacy Keach

Pat Quid (Stacy Keach) is a lone trucker who plays games to keep his sanity on long hauls through the desolate Outback. A free-spirited hitchhiker (Ja... Read more

Gallipoli ( Blu-ray ) (1981)

7.5/10
Director: Peter Weir
Starring: Mel Gibson, Robert Grubb, Bill Hunter, Mark Lee

A visually striking and emotionally jarring war drama focusing on the camaraderie of two young Australians who naively enlist in the army only to meet... Read more

Grendel Grendel Grendel (1981)

7/10
Director: Alexander Stitt
Starring: Peter Ustinov, Arthur Dignam

'Grendel, Grendel, Grendel' is an animated re-telling of the epic poem 'Beowulf', told from the perspective of the great monster, Grendel (Peter Ustin... Read more

The David Hannay Collection: Alison's Birthday / Solo (1981)

Director: Ian Coughlan, Tony Williams
Starring: Joanne Samuel, Vincent Gil, Lisa Peers

A double feature from Australian producer David Hannay. 'Alison's Birthday' (1981) - When Alison is invited back to her childhood home to celebrate h... Read more

Winter of Our Dreams (1981)

6.5/10
Director: John Duigan
Starring: Bryan Brown, Judy Davis, Baz Luhrmann, Cathy Downes

Rob McGregor (Bryan Brown) is the charismatic owner of a popular Paddington bookshop living an open marriage with his academic wife Gretel (Cathy Down... Read more

D H Lawrence Collection ( Sons and Lovers / Priest of Love / Kangaroo ) (1981)

Director: Christopher Miles, Jack Cardiff, Tim Burstall
Starring: Dean Stockwell, Trevor Howard, Wendy Hiller, Janet Suzman, Ava Gardner, Penelope...

A literary master of the 20th century, D.H. Lawrence's infamous and groundbreaking novels, from "Lady Chatterley's Lover" to "Women in Love" and "The... Read more