Gus Mercurio
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Birthday: August 10, 1928
Deathday: December 07, 2010
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The Blue Lagoon
1980-07-05
The Blue Lagoon
Overview: Two small children and a ship's cook survive a shipwreck and find safety on an idyllic tropical island. Soon, however, the cook dies and the young boy and girl are left on their own. Days become years and Emmeline and Richard make a home for themselves surrounded by exotic creatures and nature's beauty. But will they ever see civilization again?
Genres: Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-07-05
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The Man from Snowy River
1982-03-25
The Man from Snowy River
Overview: Jim Craig has lived his first 18 years in the mountains of Australia on his father's farm. The death of his father forces him to go to the lowlands to earn enough money to get the farm back on its feet.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure Western Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-25
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Running from the Guns
1987-09-16
Running from the Guns
Overview: Dave (Jon Blake) and his buddy Peter (Mark Hembrow) are chased by a gang of thugs when they pick up the wrong box from a Melbourne warehouse in this comedy thriller. Instead of toys, the box contains a substantial amount of cash intended to be used in a money-laundering operation.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-16
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Alvin Rides Again
1974-12-16
Alvin Rides Again
Overview: Alvin Purple, a man who can't hold down a job because of his voracious sexual appetite, impersonates a dead American Gangster.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-12-16
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Turkey Shoot
1982-03-25
Turkey Shoot
Overview: In the near future, after an unspecified holocaust, survivors are herded into prison camps. There, they are hunted for sport by the leaders of the camp. Paul, one of the newest prisoners, is determined not to go down as quietly as the others.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-25
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I Live With Me Dad
1985-01-01
I Live With Me Dad
Overview: Peter Hehir plays full-time loser Sid McCall, professional vagrant and alcoholic on the skids. Haydon Samuels is his young son Christopher who lives with him. At the insistence of those who seek to help, child welfare workers are called-in to retrieve the lad from what authorities classify as "inappropriate living conditions." Someone seems to have overlooked the fact that Christopher does not consider his plight as distressing however and with each visit to the home, all the social workers can get in the way of co-operation, is Christopher's stock-standard reply to their questions..."I live with me dad!"
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Dalkeith
2001-05-22
Dalkeith
Overview: Tells the true story of the residents at Dalkeith Residential Home who sit around every day just waiting to die until staff buy them a greyhound. Naming the dog Dalkeith after the home, they discover she is a phenomenal runner and she is soon entered into the greyhound races. Soon residents are betting on the outcome of the races, and they are given a new reason to live. But the board of trustees learn what is going on, through the disgruntled daughter of one of the residents, and heavily handedly put an end to the fun and games. After the board's intervention the residents sink into a new form of despair as life becomes even duller and more boring than before. That is until the aloof pensioner, played by Ray Barrett, reveals he was once a high profile barrister and challenges the decision in court.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-22
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Dead Man's Float
1980-01-01
Dead Man's Float
Overview: A strange warning is followed by near disaster when a speedboat slices John's surfboard in half as his friends look on in horror. His curiosity aroused, John involves himself, his family, and friends in the bizarre mystery surrounding a silent trawler. But his curiosity may get him killed... when a ruthless smuggling ring, with $5,000,000 at stake, makes the situation even more dangerous!
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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The Return of Captain Invincible
1983-01-28
The Return of Captain Invincible
Overview: In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Australia in disgrace. Cut to the present, when a US super secret super weapon is stolen and he's asked to come back to the States in order to help stop evil and restore his sterling reputation. Unfortunately, Captain Invincible is a drunk now...
Genres: Fantasy Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-28
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Survive the Savage Sea
1992-01-05
Survive the Savage Sea
Overview: After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales, the six members of the Robertson family spend 37 days adrift in the Pacific with no maps, compass, or navigational instruments.They use every survival technique they can as they battle 20-foot waves, marauding sharks, thirst, starvation, and exhaustion.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-05
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Raw Deal
1977-02-04
Raw Deal
Overview: In the 1870s, the colonial administrator hires bounty hunter Palmer and gun salesman Ben to wipe out an army of Irish Catholic revolutionaries in their stronghold. Palmer and Ben recruit three gun men to help them and their mission is successful but when they go to get their payment they are trapped by treacherous officials. Ben and Palmer must fight their way to safety.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-02-04
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The Challenge
1986-12-29
The Challenge
Overview: The story of the 1983 America's Cup challenge, where the Australian team financed by business tycoon Alan Bond, finally wrests the cup from the New York Yacht Club, after an unbroken 132 year winning streak.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-29
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Badlands 2005
1988-08-29
Badlands 2005
Overview: In 1995, a severe drought forced Americans to flee the West for the cities. Water became more precious than gold. Now in 2005, settlers are coming back, meeting new challenges, and age-old adversaries. A U.S. Marshal and his cyborg partner patrol the American West. A hard-as-nails female boss heads two U.S. Marshals (one human, one bionic) in Badlands 2005, a concept where the near future sees water as a more precious commodity than gold. The West of America has been deserted after droughts a decade earlier, and now a re-population program is underway.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-08-29
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Return to the Blue Lagoon
1991-08-02
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Overview: In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-02
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The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
1976-12-16
The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
Overview: An old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-16
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Not Quite Hollywood
2008-08-28
Not Quite Hollywood
Overview: As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. Documentary filmmaker Mark Hartley explores this unbridled era of sex and violence, complete with clips from some of the scene's most outrageous flicks and interviews with the renegade filmmakers themselves.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-28
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Crocodile Dundee II
1988-05-19
Crocodile Dundee II
Overview: Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-19
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Harlequin
1980-03-28
Harlequin
Overview: Up-and-coming senator Nick Rast's young son is terminally ill with leukemia. A mysterious faith healer, Gregory Wolfe, appears and seems to cure the boy. Rast's wife Sandy falls in love with Wolfe, but the powerful interests behind Rast's career, represented by geriatric monster Doc Wheelan are less happy with events.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-28
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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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Official Denial
1993-11-20
Official Denial
Overview: A UFO abductee joins a secret government agency in order to communicate with the sole surviving alien of a downed spacecraft.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-20
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