Matt Day
Biography: Matt Day (born 28 September 1971) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. Day made in his first role at the age 14 in the ABC television series c/o The Bartons. At 17, he left his home in Carlton and relocated to Sydney for the role in the television series A Country Practice that was to be his first big break.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 28, 1971
Deathday: N/A
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Muriel's Wedding
1994-09-29
Muriel's Wedding
Overview: A young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-09-29
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Scoop
2006-07-27
Scoop
Overview: An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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My Year Without Sex
2009-05-28
My Year Without Sex
Overview: A tender story from Australia highlights the realistic ups and downs of an Australian family in the year following a parent's emergency medical procedure.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-05-28
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And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
2003-09-07
And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself
Overview: In 1914, the Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa invites studios to shoot his actual battles against Porfírio Diaz army to raise funds for financing guns and ammunition. The Mutual Film Corporation, through producer D.W. Griffith, interests for the proposition and sends the filmmaker Frank Thayer to negotiate a contract with Pancho Villa himself.
Genres: Drama History War Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-07
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The Informant
2008-11-14
The Informant
Overview: McInnes plays a suburban dad who works as a police informant for a federal investigative agency. The character’s background is shrouded in mystery, with intelligence officers seeking to uncover the truth about his past by working with him.
Genres: Action Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-14
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
2002-12-26
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called in to unravel a mysterious curse that has plagued the Baskerville family for generations. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, his heir, Sir Henry, begs Holmes to save him from the terrifying supernatural hound that has brought fear and death to his household.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-26
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Kiss or Kill
1997-07-01
Kiss or Kill
Overview: Two lovers, Nikki and Al, have a scam in which Nikki allows herself to be picked up by older men, drugs them, and, with Al's help, robs them. After accidentally killing one of her victims with an overdose, Nikki and Al are on the run.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-01
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Dating the Enemy
1996-09-19
Dating the Enemy
Overview: Television show host Brett and his laid-back science journalist girlfriend Tash despair that they will ever truly understand each other. On their first anniversary, under a full moon, a frustrated Tash declares her wish that they could swap lives. The next morning, Brett and Tash awaken to find Tash's wish has come true. Forced to confront the unfamiliar sensations of their "new" bodies, both must navigate strange new experiences with friends and co-workers.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-09-19
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Love and Other Catastrophes
1996-08-01
Love and Other Catastrophes
Overview: A day in the life of two film school students trying to find love and another housemate.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-08-01
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Doing Time for Patsy Cline
1997-09-25
Doing Time for Patsy Cline
Overview: Following a passion for country music, Ralph leaves his father’s sheep farm in a remote Australian town, armed with a guitar and a plane ticket to Nashville, Tennessee. He hopes to hitchhike to Sydney Airport where his take-off into a successful country/western singing career will hopefully begin. However, fate and his naivety find him hitchhiking with a psychotic drug thief named Boyd, and Boyd's mesmerising girlfriend, Patsy. The plot then splits into a series of parallels, flash forwards and flashbacks. One depicts Ralph’s imprisonment after being framed for drug trafficking. The other follows the dramatic ascent of his career to hype status and the pairing between the dynamic Patsy and himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-25
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The Outlaw Michael Howe
2013-12-01
The Outlaw Michael Howe
Overview: 1814. Van Diemen’s Land, the notorious British penal colony, has dissolved into chaos. Outlaws roaming the wilderness have pushed the colonial government to breaking point. Driven by a deep sense of loyalty and an unquenchable hatred towards those he once served, English convict Michael Howe and a young aboriginal girl turn a desperate band of convicts, deserters and bushmen into a fearsome guerrilla army and lead them in open rebellion against the brutal, corrupt establishment. As the British hunt the outlaws, Howe remains an elusive prize. In desperation, the Governor makes the capture of Howe’s pregnant girl his priority. An epic story of love and betrayal, The Outlaw Michael Howe chronicles the astonishing true story of the man who pushed Australia to the brink of civil war.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-01
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Hell Has Harbour Views
2005-01-30
Hell Has Harbour Views
Overview: Hell Has Harbour Views is a 2005 Australian television movie starring Matt Day and Lisa McCune. It was written and directed by Peter Duncan, based on the novel of the same name by Richard Beasley. It was nominated for "best miniseries or telemovie" at both the AFI Awards and the Logie Awards, losing to The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant at both; and for two additional AFI Awards and an additional Logie Award, all of which it lost to Love My Way.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-01-30
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
2006-08-04
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Overview: The fastest man on four wheels, Ricky Bobby is one of the greatest drivers in NASCAR history. A big, hairy American winning machine, Ricky has everything a dimwitted daredevil could want, a luxurious mansion, a smokin' hot wife and all the fast food he can eat. But Ricky's turbo-charged lifestyle hits an unexpected speed bump when he's bested by flamboyant Euro-idiot Jean Girard and reduced to a fear-ridden wreck.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-04
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Runt
2024-09-19
Runt
Overview: In the Australian town of Upson Downs, ten-year-old Annie and Runt, her stray dog, attempt to win the Agility Course Championship at the Krumpets Dog Show in London in order to save their family's farm from drought and misery.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-19
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Muggers
2000-05-25
Muggers
Overview: When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ transplant scam in order to save their lives. 'Muggers' is a twisted, hilarious, pitch-black comedy about friendship, poor choices and the drag of student debt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-25
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The Sugar Factory
1999-03-04
The Sugar Factory
Overview: With his distinctive voice and unusual view of life, Harris takes us through his story: a harrowing journey of humour, grief, resolution and redemption. Harris, as a child of five, sits underneath his house amongst the cobwebs making 'sugar' by pounding sandstone rocks into fine grains and wrapping them into bags. Harris at 17 falls in love with Helen and when a tragic accident leads to a breakdown he ends up at 'The Cottage'... Thrust up against the lives of other innocent victims, Harris begins to make sense of his own guilt, grief and the secret of his past.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-04
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Dawn
2015-05-17
Dawn
Overview: A woman running from a terrible truth hides out in a remote hills town with her young daughter until her past catches up with her and an impossible choice must be faced.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-05-17
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Sweet Country
2018-01-25
Sweet Country
Overview: In 1929, an Australian Aboriginal stockman kills a white station owner in self-defense and goes on the lam, pursued by a posse.
Genres: Western Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-25
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The Blitz: London's Longest Night
2007-10-27
The Blitz: London's Longest Night
Overview: Details the German bombing of London the night of the 29th of December, in 1940.
Genres: War Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-27
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Reaching Distance
2018-10-01
Reaching Distance
Overview: Logan, a cynic with a photographic memory, follows his sister's killer onto a night-rider bus. As the line between past and present begins to blur on the journey, Logan uncovers he has a complex past with much more than one passenger.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-01
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The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
1997-06-01
The Two-Wheeled Time Machine
Overview: Henry Howard discovers a way to stay young forever, but life doesn't seem worth living without his childhood sweetheart Alice. Risking old age, Henry returns to convince her to join him.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-06-01
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Fetch
1998-05-01
Fetch
Overview: A first date: he shows up at her flat, several stories up in her building. She's finishing getting ready, so she introduces him to her dog, which loves to fetch a small red rubber ball with blue stars. He tosses the ball to the dog a few times, somewhat distractedly, looks through a book ("Do I have to be me?") on her coffee table, opens the French doors to her balcony, sits down and continues to toss the ball. It takes a deadly carom, but when she emerges from her bedroom ready to go, he stays mum. Outside the building, a crowd has gathered. Will he tell her what happened, or leave it for her to put together? Is there any way out for him?
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-01
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The Mirror
2019-10-27
The Mirror
Overview: When a young girl discovers a mysterious antique mirror in the basement of her ailing grandmother's house, she accidentally opens a window between time that allows her to cross over into war-torn Nazi-occupied Poland.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-10-27
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The Love of Lionel's Life
2000-07-09
The Love of Lionel's Life
Overview: Lionel Burke is young, single and living in a remote Queensland mining town. Life is pretty good apart from the impossible odds of falling in love. Keeping it a secret, particularly from his mates, Lionel strikes up a video relationship with Lena.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-09
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