Esben Storm
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Biography: Esben Storm (26 May 1950 - 28 March 2011) was a Danish-Australian filmmaker, actor, songwriter and dreamer. He made serious films and documentaries and also spent many of his happiest years writing, directing and acting in the children's television series Round the Twist, about three children and their widowed father living in a lighthouse and having magical adventures.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Støvring, Denmark
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Birthday: May 26, 1950
Age: 74 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 28, 2011
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Les Patterson Saves the World
Overview: Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reassigned to the Middle East so he can be tortured to death by the country he insulted. Patterson's arrival is the prefect distract of a coup and he is spared. At a bar Patterson meets a bio weapons scientist who's developed a horrific disease for the KGB whom plan to distribute it to the Pentagon via toilet seats. Patterson of course is far too drunk to understand anything happening and teams up with Dane Edna to save the world.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-09
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Pandemonium
Overview: Azaria Chamberlain was not killed by a dingo but saved and raised by said dingos. She is raised in an incestuous dingo environment and travels back to Sydney transformed as the second coming... a new messiah for a new age.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-11
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Wrong World
Overview: David Trueman is a young doctor who dreams of going to South America to practice medicine among the disenfranchised. Arriving in Bolivia, he encounters enough corruption and oppression to drive him away from his dreams and into the drug scene. Disillusioned and escaping to the U.S., he meets Mary, a young heroin addict who shares his angst. As the two commiserate, their bleak outlook lightens, promising a glimmer of hope for the both of them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-04
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Going Down
Overview: Middle-class Karli, alcoholic Jane, unemployed Jackie, and square Ellen are four friends living together and barely scraping by in suburban Sydney. But when Karli’s father offers her a little money and a one-way ticket to New York, she finally sees a way out of her dead-end life—that is, until the money goes missing, kickstarting a final night out on the town that none of them will ever forget.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-01
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Young Einstein
Overview: Albert Einstein is the son of a Tasmanian apple farmer, who discovers the secret of splitting the beer atom to put the bubbles back into beer. When Albert travels to Sydney to patent his invention he meets beatuiful French scientist Marie Curie, as well as several unscrupulous types who try to take advantage of the naive genius and his invention.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-15
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The Coca-Cola Kid
Overview: An eccentric marketing guru visits a Coca-Cola subsidiary in Australia to try and increase market penetration. He finds zero penetration in a valley owned by an old man who makes his own soft drinks, and visits the valley to see why. After "the Kid's" persistence is tested he's given a tour of the man's plant, and they begin talking of a joint venture. Things get more complicated when the Coca-Cola man begins falling in love with his temporary secretary, who seems to have connections to the valley.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-07-14
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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!"
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Hard Knuckle
Overview: In the post-apocalyptic wasteland of Australia, the most popular sport is Hard Knuckle, a bloodier form of pool. Harry is a pool hustler, wants to beat Knuckle champ Top Dog, to get his bike back.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-09
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The Riddle of the Stinson
Overview: A true story. In 1937, a routine passenger and mail flight crashes during bad weather on a flight between Brisbane and Sydney. A local bushman begins his own search, and finds the wreckage and two survivors ten days after the crash.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-25
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Monkey Grip
Overview: Nora is a single mother who wants to live the life of an artist, as do her friends -- a group of Melbourne writers, actors and musicians. But when she's drawn into a passionate affair with a heroin addict, Nora struggles to maintain control of her life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-17
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Hanging About
Overview: A look at a situation that leads to a bad end. Carol Jerrems' only known extant fiml.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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