Alan Hopgood
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Actor and writer famous for playing Jack Lassiter in the Australian soap opera Neighbours.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Launceston - Tasmania - Australia
Adult: No
Birthday: September 29, 1934
Age: 90 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 19, 2022
Popularity:
Known For:
Knowing
Overview: A teacher opens a time capsule that has been dug up at his son's elementary school; in it are some chilling predictions -- some that have already occurred and others that are about to -- that lead him to believe his family plays a role in the events that are about to unfold.
Genres: Action Mystery Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-03-19
Popularity:
The Man From Snowy River II
Overview: After a few years trying to earn money to marry Jessica Harrison, Jim Craig returns to Snowy River. But he finds that a lot of things have changed.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-24
Popularity:
Roadgames
Overview: A truck driver plays a cat-and-mouse game with a mysterious serial killer in a van who lures young female hitchhiker victims on a desolate Australian highway.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-27
Popularity:
My Brilliant Career
Overview: A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-17
Popularity:
Stiff
Overview: An amusing and entertaining film, "Stiff" showcases David Wenham as Murray Whelan, political fixer and amateur investigator. An adaption of a Shane Moloney book it provides a view into the political workings (or lack thereof) of a Brunswick (Melbourne, Australia) Local Member's office.
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-06-19
Popularity:
A Slice of Life
Overview: Toby Morris enters hospital to remove a cyst from his hand. He wakes up to find not only has the cyst been removed but he's been given a vasectomy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-01
Popularity:
Two Girls and a Baby
Overview: Catherine and Liz want to have a baby - well, Catherine does anyway. Doesn't she realize this will change everything? Probably not. Spending hours on the phone with the sperm bank doesn't leave a lot of time to think about family matters. A humorous drama dealing with the current debate on the very real issue of gay and lesbian couples starting families, IVF programs and the evolving community attitudes towards these changes. A buoyant and entertaining journey through dial-up sperm banks, relationships and baby clothes.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-22
Popularity:
Rikky and Pete
Overview: Rikky and her brother Pete struggle to keep their lives from spinning out of control in small town Australia.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-09
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
The Cup
Overview: At the heart of this true story is Damien Oliver, a young jockey who loses his only brother in a tragic racing accident, hauntingly reflecting of the way their father died 27 years earlier. After suffering through a series of discouraging defeats, Damien teams with Irish trainer Dermot Weld, and triumphs at the 2002 Melbourne Cup in one of the most thrilling finales in sporting history.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-13
Popularity:
Ground Zero
Overview: A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and killed by radiation. He begins a search for a secret that if true, his government has already killed people to keep quiet.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-01
Popularity:
Pacific Banana
Overview: The story of a pair of Australian pilots working for a small South Pacific airline. Paul, a wildly successful womanizer, leaving conquests at every port and Martin, sad and lonely in his search for a true love. Together, they... well, they don't do much of anything besides chase girls on various Polynesian islands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-04
Popularity:
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
Popularity:
Last Dance
Overview: Holocaust survivor Ulah Lippmann hears of a terrorist attack in her Melbourne neighbourhood, she has no idea she’ll soon find herself held hostage by a Muslim radical on the run after the bombing. Desperately wounded, Sadiq Mohammed sees Ulah’s flat as a place to hide while he plans his next move. And so begins a terrifying ordeal that will force Ulah and Sadiq to confront their own pasts – at times driven by mutual need; at times by unexpected revelations; at times by events outside the room. Fear and hatred turn to sympathy as Ulah takes control, not turning Sadiq in, but nursing him until she discovers his shocking secret...
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-30
Popularity: