Jeff Truman
Also Known As: Jeffrey Truman
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Australia
Birthday: November 04, 1957
Deathday: December 02, 2014
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Wild Duck
Overview: Ibsen's play, adapted to Australia, concerns a couple forced to answer for their daughter's legitimacy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-03-05
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Spotswood
Overview: Wallace is an efficiency expert, managing the high-profile downsizing of a major auto parts factory. But when he is hired to evaluate a small moccasin factory which seems from another era, Wallace has to reconsider the rapid modernization he advocates, as he is confronted by the human faces such plans hurt.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-23
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Balmain Boys
Overview: Former national Aussie Football player Ledge had to quit the sport due to injury and started a fine career as police detective. He gets injured in a case. However IA, which always considered him the commissioner's pet, investigates against him. His old mate and competent lawyer Andy Grace gets him off, after which he retires honorably. However the criminals decide to set them up, using crafty underage homeless pickpocket The Kid. The gang has hidden ramifications.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-02
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Fragments of War: The Story of Damien Parer
Overview: The life story of Damien Parer, the acclaimed World War II photographer, who spent most of the war on the frontline.
Genres: War Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-19
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The Blue Lightning
Overview: Harry Wingate, a rugged adventurer, is hired by a gem collector to retrieve a priceless opal, known as "The Blue Lightning," from Lester McInally, a super-criminal with an army of killers operating in the Australian outback.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-07
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Whipping Boy
Overview: A female lawyer heads a government taskforce investigating a suspected paedophile racket in Sydney. Based on the novel by Gabrielle Lord.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-11
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Flirting
Overview: Two freethinking teenagers - a boy and a girl - confront with authoritarian teachers in their boarding schools. The other students treat this differently.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-20
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The Nugget
Overview: 'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilarious consequences.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-17
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Rough Diamonds
Overview: In Queensland's outback, a single mother from Brisbane, who's tired of her old life as a singer, bonds with a handsome truck driver, who can also sing but would rather be a cattle breeder, over their love for country music.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-20
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Dadah Is Death
Overview: On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-23
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The Quiet American
Overview: Cynical British journalist Fowler falls in love with a young Vietnamese woman but is dismayed when a naïve U.S. official also begins vying for her attention. In retaliation, Fowler informs the communists that the American is selling arms to their enemy.
Genres: Romance Thriller Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-22
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The 13th Floor
Overview: As a child, a girl witnesses her father electrocute a young boy. When she grows into an adult, the ghost of the murdered boy appears to her, and together they set out to expose the crimes of her father.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-31
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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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Secret Weapon
Overview: Fact-based story of an Israeli government agent assigned to use her beauty as well as intelligence to snag a man on the run with atomic secrets.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-03-19
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Superman Returns
Overview: Superman returns to discover his 5-year absence has allowed Lex Luthor to walk free, and that those he was closest to felt abandoned and have moved on. Luthor plots his ultimate revenge that could see millions killed and change the face of the planet forever, as well as ridding himself of the Man of Steel.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-28
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Bliss
Overview: An advertising executive dies and goes to hell... except nothing changes. Well, his daughter is buying drugs with sexual favours from her brother, and the number of cancer-causing products is on the increase. But the notes he writes to himself to prove he hasn't gone insane are getting more disjointed, and he runs off with an ex-prostitute called Honey Barbera.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-10-04
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Lilian's Story
Overview: For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As she explores Sydney and the people who live and work around her she sees others looking for love. Lilian shows us it is never too late to change your life and that even unusual choices can bring contentment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-09
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Shotgun Wedding
Overview: Shotgun Wedding is a 1993 Australian film based on the Wally Melish siege.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-26
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Envy
Overview: A romantic story of young love is not what it seems. Rachel meets Matt on his way home from school. Matt falls for her, but Rachel has other ideas. Rachel and her boyfriend Nick use Matt to exact a revenge on his parents. What follows is an escalating story of revenge and payback: amoral teenager versus family.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-27
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Till There Was You
Overview: Frank Flynn is summonsed from New York by his brother Charlie to Vanuatu. He arrives only to find Charlie dead, and becomes involved with his late brother's partner, Viv, and Viv's unhappy wife, Anna.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-18
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Fast Talking
Overview: A bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-16
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