Lewis Fitz-Gerald
Biography: Lewis Fitz-Gerald is an Australian actor, screenwriter and television director. He is an actor and director, best known for Pitch Black (2000), Breaker Morant (1980) and Home and Away (1988). His academic qualifications include PhD (UNE), MA (Comms) UNE, BDA (Acting) NIDA. Fitz-Gerald lectures in Screen and Media Studies at Australia's University of New England.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 15, 1958
Deathday: N/A
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Pitch Black
2000-02-18
Pitch Black
Overview: When their ship crash-lands on a remote planet, the marooned passengers soon learn that escaped convict Riddick isn't the only thing they have to fear. Deadly creatures lurk in the shadows, waiting to attack in the dark, and the planet is rapidly plunging into the utter blackness of a total eclipse. With the body count rising, the doomed survivors are forced to turn to Riddick with his eerie eyes to guide them through the darkness to safety. With time running out, there's only one rule: Stay in the light.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-18
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Breaker Morant
1980-06-11
Breaker Morant
Overview: During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used as scapegoats by the General Staff, who hopes to distance themselves from the irregular practices of the war. The trial does not progress as smoothly as expected by the General Staff, as the defence puts up a strong fight in the courtroom.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-11
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We of the Never Never
1982-11-04
We of the Never Never
Overview: Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-04
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Spider and Rose
1994-09-14
Spider and Rose
Overview: A young ambulance driver befriends an elderly woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-14
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Rikky and Pete
1988-06-09
Rikky and Pete
Overview: Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-09
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Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
2011-01-25
Lachlan Macquarie: The Father of Australia
Overview: Biography of Lachlan Macquarie and his wife, Elizabeth, who arrived to govern the colony of New South Wales in Australia in 1810. In just over a decade, the couple transformed the prison colony into a proto nation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-25
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The Boy Who Had Everything
1985-07-05
The Boy Who Had Everything
Overview: In '60's-era Australia, a college freshman must navigate freshman hazing, a distant mother, and a shaky relationship with his girlfriend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-05
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The More Things Change...
1986-03-19
The More Things Change...
Overview: A couple hires a young girl to take care of their son.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-19
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Fighting Back
1982-06-01
Fighting Back
Overview: Fighting Back is a 1982 Australian film about troubled teenagers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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Time's Raging
1985-09-22
Time's Raging
Overview: A 38-year-old woman feels her biological clock is ticking and is torn between her ex and a younger lover.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-22
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Dead Heart
1996-09-08
Dead Heart
Overview: Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's aborigine natives and white settlers are on the verge of erupting. When it's discovered that Kate, the white wife of local schoolteacher Les, has despoiled a sacred site by secretly meeting her aborigine lover, Tony, there, a shocking murder threatens to rip the small town apart.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-08
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The Cup
2011-11-13
The Cup
Overview: At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-13
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What About Sal?
2024-04-25
What About Sal?
Overview: With his mother dying of lung cancer, Sal, in his 30's and with Down Syndrome, embarks on a journey to find his father - a rock band singer that his mother had a one-night stand with - 30 years ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-04-25
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The Mystery of Natalie Wood
2004-02-10
The Mystery of Natalie Wood
Overview: Natalie Wood marries Robert Wagner and faces inner conflicts about her Hollywood persona.
Genres: Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-10
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Border Patrol
2000-03-24
Border Patrol
Overview: Even the dead need policemen. Meet the Border Patrol, which is to ensure that the law is enforced in the territory of the dead. These hard supernatural guards are responsible for sinners to face their destiny and that good are the creator. To Numan, a character who makes the laws are enforced in the gloomy abyss between the two worlds, the present case appears to be the most tremendous of his career, both his past life in New York, as now become the Patrullero Spooky Frontera . When chasing a serial murderer, Dr. Helms, Numan is forced to break the rules of Purgatory and ask for help to the police in Miami Chavez, a mortal. The union of these incredible allies soon becomes clear that Helms, a strange supernatural being generic, has the power to open the door to other territories, threatening the existence of Life and Death as we know it.
Genres: Fantasy Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-03-24
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The Four Minute Mile
1988-11-09
The Four Minute Mile
Overview: A dramatization of the race to the four-minute mile.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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Police State
1989-06-15
Police State
Overview: An account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry. Queensland had become as close to a police state as anything since the convict era. Based on real events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-15
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Truth
2015-10-16
Truth
Overview: As a renowned producer and close associate of Dan Rather, Mary Mapes believes she’s broken the biggest story of the 2004 election: revelations of a sitting U.S. President’s military service. But when allegations come pouring in, sources change their stories, document authenticity is questioned, and the casualties begin to mount.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-16
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The Boys Are Back
2009-09-25
The Boys Are Back
Overview: When the wife of sports-writer Joe Warr dies of cancer, he takes on the responsibility of raising their 6-year-old son, and his teenage son from a previous marriage. As Joe rejects the counsel of his mother-in-law and other parents, he develops his own philosophies on parenting.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-25
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Harmony
2018-10-04
Harmony
Overview: Born with an energetic power to absorb fear from others, a young woman must find love to balance the fears of her own and fight an ever growing storm of negative energy.
Genres: Fantasy Romance Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-04
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Pimped
2019-05-29
Pimped
Overview: Over the course of one night, Sarah meets the handsome, captivating and smooth talking Lewis, who aims to be the bait in a sick sexual trap set up by himself and his low-life, rich kid housemate Kenneth. When their ruse backfires, Lewis and Sarah are forced into an unlikely alliance with deadly consequences.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-29
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Ivanhoe
1986-04-14
Ivanhoe
Overview: Based on the novel by Sir Walter Scott, Ivanhoe's 12th-century England comes to life in Burbank Film's classic animated film.
Genres: Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-04-14
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Evil Angels
1988-11-03
Evil Angels
Overview: Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain who, during a family camping trip to Ayers Rock in central Australia, claimed she witnessed a dingo take her baby daughter, Azaria, from their tent. Azaria's body was never found and, after investigations and two public inquests, she is charged with murder.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-03
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The Three Stooges
2000-04-24
The Three Stooges
Overview: A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-04-24
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Not Suitable For Children
2012-07-12
Not Suitable For Children
Overview: A young playboy who learns he has one month until he becomes infertile sets out to procreate as much as possible.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-12
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Thirteen Lives
2022-07-18
Thirteen Lives
Overview: Based on the true nail-biting mission that captivated the world. Twelve boys and the coach of a Thai soccer team explore the Tham Luang cave when an unexpected rainstorm traps them in a chamber inside the mountain. Entombed behind a maze of flooded cave tunnels, they face impossible odds. A team of world-class divers navigate through miles of dangerous cave networks to discover that finding the boys is only the beginning.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-07-18
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Cody: Bad Love
1994-06-11
Cody: Bad Love
Overview: Cody’s investigation of an art theft leads him to Claudia who works at an art gallery where the certificate of the stolen painting is held. His judgement may be clouded when he discovers the federal police suspect Claudia of smuggling the paintings.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-11
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A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
2011-04-11
A Model Daughter: The Killing of Caroline Byrne
Overview: Australian television film based on alleged events surrounding the death of Caroline Byrne in June 1995. Byrne was found in the early morning of 8 June at the base of a cliff at The Gap, a notorious suicide spot in Sydney.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-04-11
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Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
1987-05-10
Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
Overview: A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favours regularly on a cross-country night sleeper. She makes sure she is in control of each encounter until one client reaches her more than she expects.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-10
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Spit
2025-03-06
Spit
Overview: Spitteri finds himself locked up in an immigration detention centre upon his return to Australia. With old enemies on his tail and a target on his back, he navigates a series of comedic misadventures, sharing with his fellow detainees the meaning of mateship and what it is to be truly Australian.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-03-06
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