Frankie J. Holden
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Frank Holden, also known as Frankie J. Holden, (born Peter Brian 18 December 1952), is an Australian singer and actor. In the 1970s, he fronted, Ol' 55 which had a hit with "On the Prowl" from their debut album, Take It Greasy which peaked at number three on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in 1976. For Return Home Holden was nominated for Best Actor in a Lead Role at the 1990 AFI Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Frankie J. Holden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Australia
Birthday: December 18, 1952
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Gender: Male
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The FJ Holden
Overview: Suburban Australia in the late 70s. It was the era of the drive-in movie, the Chico Roll girl and the beloved FJ Holden. Boasting drunken fist fights, back seat sex, illegal drag racing, a classic Oz rock soundtrack (featuring Ol'55, Skyhooks and Renee Geyer) and the screen debut of future star Sigrid Thornton. THE FJ HOLDEN forged a strong connection with 70s mainstream youth audiences and today
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-29
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Eight Ball
Overview: An architect and a prisoner work on the same construction project.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-12
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High Tide
Overview: A backup singer gets stranded in a small coastal town after losing her job in a band. She winds up in a caravan park only to encounter, by accident, the teenage daughter she deserted following her husband's death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-07-30
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The Big Steal
Overview: Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. After he is conned into trading his Nissan Cedric for a 1973 Jaguar, he plots to win Joanna and get revenge against the sleazy car dealer Gordon Farkes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-20
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Return Home
Overview: A man and his wife are partners in a small business, a service station, that is struggling to survive financially. They are visited by his brother, a divorced middle-aged man, who has taken a break from his stressful career in a big business corporation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-02
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Hammers Over the Anvil
Overview: Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-22
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The Odd Angry Shot
Overview: A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
Genres: War Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-01
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Proof
Overview: Martin, a young blind photographer, is divided between his friendship with restaurant worker Andy and the exclusive love that Celia—who is terribly jealous of this new friendship—has for him.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-08-15
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The Humpty Dumpty Man
Overview: A story of intrigue, power, politics and murder set in Australia's national capital, Canberra.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Ebbtide
Overview: Lawyer Jeff Warren takes over a compensation case after the sudden death of one of his legal partners. His subsequent investigations, and growing obsession with the enigmatic Ellen Fielding, compromise his values and his view of himself as a winner. His attempts to solve the complex intrigues lead him to be accused of the murder of Ellen's husband, Harry, and even his longtime partner and friend, Alison, finds it difficult to believe that he is innocent. His moral dilemma leads him into a final graphic confrontation, with unexpected results.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Clubland
Overview: The shy son of an aging comedienne tries to find a balance between his demanding home life, his new girlfriend, and his mother's second chance at fame.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-28
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The Chain Reaction
Overview: Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-25
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Rose Against the Odds
Overview: The story of Australian Indigenous boxer Lionel Rose from his first amateur boxing matches up until his first title fight in Japan.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-09-29
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Cody: The Tipoff
Overview: Cody's childhood friend Mack provides a tip about a burglary in progress. Mack later turns up dead and Cody investigates another friend Jimmy Catter.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-01
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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 Siege of Barton's Bathroom
Overview: A young girl locks herself in her family bathroom in order to protest her father and neighbor's plan to cut down a beloved tree in the family's backyard. Later adapted into the pilot for a TV series called "The Bartons," with a different cast.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Fox
Overview: In this black comedic folktale, an affable foxhunter encounters a shape-shifting fox who offers him an opportunity to transform his partner into the perfect woman and in doing so take control of the natural world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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