Ron Falk
Biography: Ronald Falk (23 August 1935 - 27 June 2016) was an Australian actor and production designer.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 23, 1935
Deathday: June 27, 2016
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Known For
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002-05-15
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Overview: Following an assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala, Jedi Knights Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi investigate a mysterious plot that could change the galaxy forever.
Genres: Adventure Action Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-15
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Rubbish
1982-01-01
Rubbish
Overview: A young boy creates a world of puppet friends using pieces of rubbish found in the street.
Genres: Family Fantasy Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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A Dangerous Summer
1982-10-22
A Dangerous Summer
Overview: Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up. After a brush fire destroys the resort, an insurance investigator comes nosing around, whom Howard's partner deals with in a drastic manner. By the time Lloyds of London's senior investigator George Engels (James Mason in one of his last roles) arrives on the scene, Howard (Tom Skerritt) is anxious to set things to rights.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-22
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The Little Convict
1979-12-20
The Little Convict
Overview: In old New South Wales a new bunch of convicts arrives including the little convict, young Toby Nelson. Consigned to a Government farm they are subjected to the cruelty of Sergeant Billy Langdon and Corporal Weazel Wesley. Toby escapes and flees into the Australian bush where he is saved from death by the aboriginal boy, Wahroonga. Together, with another escapee, the highwayman, Jack Doolan, and Wahroonga’s animal friends, they launch a spectacular mission to rescue the blacksmith, Big George, and Toby’s sister, Polly.
Genres: Animation Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-20
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The Brush-Off
2004-09-05
The Brush-Off
Overview: The political adviser to Australia's Minister of the Arts investigates the suspicious death of a disgruntled artist.
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-09-05
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You in Your Small Corner
1962-06-05
You in Your Small Corner
Overview: Barry Reckord adapted his stage play for TV and his brother Lloyd plays the central character – a Jamaican new to London. When he begins a relationship with a white woman, he finds himself in conflict with his mother, who has great expectations for him. The very early intimate portrayal of this interracial relationship broke new ground, and is believed to feature one of the world's first examples of an interracial kiss on TV.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-05
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The John Sullivan Story
1979-08-05
The John Sullivan Story
Overview: After his troopship is sunk in 1942, John Sullivan is saved by members of the Yugoslav group, the Chetniks. He is later sold to the opposing group, The Partisans. This is his life as a medic in civil war-torn Yugoslavia. A TV movie spin off from The Sullivans (1976).
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-05
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Codgers
2011-06-24
Codgers
Overview: Five Aussie codgers meet at the gym each week to exercise, chew the fat, sling off, sing and have a bloody good laugh! Among the jokes and the secrets, the back strain and biceps, they learn that ‘difference’ is more to do with your point of view and that no matter what, ‘you wouldn’t be dead for quids!’
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-24
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Fysh
2017-08-13
Fysh
Overview: This is the story of an old man and a fish that changed his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-08-13
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From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
2002-11-12
From Puppets to Pixels: Digital Characters in 'Episode II'
Overview: For Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), there were to be many more visual effects than in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). This documentary shows many VFX meetings between George Lucas and ILM. Many of these meetings focus around the creation of a completely digital Yoda, used for the first time in the Star Wars films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-12
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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 Date
1999-02-21
The Date
Overview: An illicit affair with a politician's daughter leads a young man on a city wide search for the perfect condom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-21
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They
1998-02-22
They
Overview: "They say..." phrases are prescribed by the 'They' secret planning committee rather than developing organically from hearsay.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-22
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Jack Irish: Bad Debts
2012-10-14
Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Overview: Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover - the complete man really. Jack is an expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. He helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-14
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Jack Irish: Black Tide
2012-10-24
Jack Irish: Black Tide
Overview: Jack Irish has no shortage of friends, but family members are few and far between. His wife was murdered by an ex-client and his father is a fading photo on the pubs football wall of fame. So when Des Connors, the last link to his dad, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is more than happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason... As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide, and his friends are people with yet darker and even more deadly secrets.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-24
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Jack Irish: Dead Point
2014-04-13
Jack Irish: Dead Point
Overview: Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-13
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Lonely Hearts
1982-11-01
Lonely Hearts
Overview: In this offbeat comedy, an unlikely romance develops between a flamboyant, middle-aged piano tuner and an extremely timid office worker
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-01
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My First Wife
1984-09-12
My First Wife
Overview: My First Wife is about the dramatic collapse of the marriage between John and Helen. It is also a film about our children and the future we offer them. Helen has decided to leave, and it is John who lacks the inner resources to cope with the impending tragedy. Slowly he is sucked into a tunnel of despair – fighting his conservative nature and the romantic memories of his married life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-12
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Hobson's Choice
1962-09-25
Hobson's Choice
Overview: Maggie Hobson (Patricia Routledge) decides to marry Willie Mossop (Michael Caine), the gifted but underpaid bootmaker in her father's shop. Despite Willie's objections, they marry and set up for themselves and, within just one year, take almost all of Henry Hobson's trade. Hobson (John Barrie), a heavy drinker, is told by his doctor that one of his daughters must return home to look after him but they all refuse apart from Maggie who, seeing her chance, agrees to help but on one condition: Willie is to take over the business, with Hobson relegated to the position of a sleeping partner with no say in the running of the shop.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-25
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