Michael Caton
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Michael Caton (born in Monto, Queensland, 1943) is an Australian television, film and stage actor, and television host, best known for playing Uncle Harry in the Australian television series, The Sullivans, playing Darryl Kerrigan from 1997's low budget hit film The Castle, and playing in the popular Packed to the Rafters. He is married to Helen Esakoff. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Caton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Monto, Queensland, Australia
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Strange Bedfellows
Overview: Two 'very straight' old timers have to learn how to pass as a loving gay couple after falsely claiming same-sex status to take advantage of newly legislated tax laws.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-22
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The Castle
Overview: A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight to remain in their home.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-10
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Hoodwink
Overview: Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the convicts, so he hits upon a labor-saving plan. Hargreaves pretends to be totally blind, thus lightening his work load....and carries off the hoax for years.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-05
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The Interview
Overview: A duel between a suspected murderer and a detective pressed by people who want results. But whose skin is really wanted?
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-03
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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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Ashes
Overview: Bereft after the loss of her beloved Dad James, Frances misses the appointment to pick up his ashes. Through a bizarre posthumous prank, can James rectify his daughter’s habitual lateness, even after he’s gone? A darkly comedic story about grief, tough love and the unexpected ways those who have passed continue to influence us.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-08-31
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The Echo of Thunder
Overview: Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new family.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-19
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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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The Animal
Overview: When loser Marvin Mange is involved in a horrible car accident, he's brought back to life by a deranged scientist as half man and half animal. His newfound powers are awesome -- but their adverse side effects could take over his life. Now, Marvin must fight to control his crazy primal urges around his new squeeze, Rianna, and his rival, Sgt. Sisk, who both think he's one cool cat.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-01
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Last Cab to Darwin
Overview: Rex is a loner, and when he's told he doesn't have long to live, he embarks on an epic drive through the Australian outback from Broken Hill to Darwin to die on his own terms; but his journey reveals to him that before you can end your life, you have to live it, and to live it, you've got to share it.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-06
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13 Gantry Row
Overview: When newlyweds Peter and Julie purchase an old house with plans to renovate it, they begin to discover the strangest things. First, they find one of the living room walls covered with iron plates that reveal an expanding sepia stain. Afterwards, they realize that the stain is beginning to take the shape of a man climbing from the darkness under the house. Whenever they paint over the stain, it reappears. The evil events that took place in the house 100 years prior, are becoming the cause of strange occurrences. Soon, the couple is directly threatened by the evil history of their home.
Genres: Horror TV Movie Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-09
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Never Tell Me Never
Overview: This is the true story of Janine Shepard, a world class skier faced with tragedy, being hit by a car and being told she will never walk again.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-04-07
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The Last of the Knucklemen
Overview: In the tradition of Sunday Too Far Away, this independent film is based on the classic Australian play by John Power. Pic tells the story of a group of miners living in a camp in outback Australia. They swear, brawl, gamble, and drink heavily. Central to the story is the conflict between Tarzan, the authoritarian group leader and cocky loud-mouth wisecracking Pansy. This results in a bare-knuckle punch-up for the movie's denouement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-01
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David Stratton: A Cinematic Life
Overview: A compelling personal journey with David Stratton, as he relates the fascinating development of our cinema history. David guides us from his boyhood cinema experience of Australia in England, where he saw the first images of this strange and exotic landscape via the medium of film, to his migration to Australia as a ‘ten pound pom’ in 1963 and onto his present day reflections on the iconic themes that run through our cinematic legacy. All of this reflects a passionate engagement in a uniquely Australian medium. Parallel and at the heart of the series is the story of an industry whose growing pains David has witnessed over a lifetime. Alongside David, the protagonists of this history are the giants of Australian cinema – both behind the camera and in front of it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-03-09
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Fluteman
Overview: When the small town of Minyaka suffers from a drought, a kind and mysterious stranger offers to make it rain by playing his flute; under the condition that he be paid. But after Fluteman makes it rain, and even stops it; the town council, blind by their greed and pride, refuse to pay him. Fluteman stands before the town and warns them of a curse he would bring; and so the next day the school playground fades into silence as all the children disappear into the bush... except one.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-24
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Three Summers
Overview: Set over three summers at The Westival, a fictional West Australian rural folk festival redoubtable local radio personality ‘Queenie' describes as "Australia in a tent". Two young musicians fall in love against a wider collection of tales dealing with a microcosm of contemporary discussion points, including Indigenous, immigration and refugee issues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-02
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The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Rams
Overview: In remote Western Australia, two estranged farmer brothers, Colin and Les, are at war. But when Les' prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley—so the brothers must work together to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-15
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The Mirror
Overview: A mute French orphan goes on a journey to fix her superstitious guardian's magical mirror which changes her life forever.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-20
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Private Collection
Overview: A wealthy art collector and his wife have their property broken into in this strange, awkward comedy. Little does the thief realize, but the most prized artwork in the collection is protected by a small guillotine. He loses his hand and is then blackmailed into robbing an art dealer, who earlier in the film refused to sell a statue of an eagle.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-12
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