John Flaus
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Maroubra, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Birthday: January 01, 1934
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Three Dollars
Overview: Eddie is a principled man, with a wife, a daughter and a mortgage and leads a seemingly stable and happy life as a government land assessor. Yet when the forces of economic and social change threaten this, he realises just how fragile his reality and security is. After losing his job, he checks his bank balance and finds he has only 'three dollars' to his name.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-21
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Welcome Stranger
Overview: A strange day begins for 18 year old Adam with a phone call from an old school friend. After several years without any contact, Luke is eager for a reunion. Bewildered, Adam sets off to meet up with his childhood mate. What follows is a sequence of interactions with Luke's family members, overlaid with a drug and alcohol binge. As the day progresses through a series of funny, sad and violent clashes it becomes clear that the stranger has little in common with the people he has been thrown in with. What all these characters do share though is an intense desire to be something more than what they are.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-16
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Breakaway
Overview: When Joey, a prisoner on the run, takes Reginald, an accountant, as his hostage, he gets more than he bargained for.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-01
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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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Newsfront
Overview: Two brothers working as news cameramen for competing companies in '50s Australia find their lives dramatically affected by the constantly changing times in which they live.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-29
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Grievous Bodily Harm
Overview: A schoolteacher (John Waters) becomes obsessed with the idea that his wife (Joy Bell) did not die in a car accident, as everyone else thinks.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-26
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Yackety Yack
Overview: A classic Australian underground comedy in which a group of people fight over how to make the truly collective/revolutionary/existential movie. Original intentions get sidetracked but all attempts to set things straight result in yet another, but strangely similar, script. Cast includes: John Flaus, Peggy Cole.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-09
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The Legend of Fred Paterson
Overview: The story of Fred Paterson, member for Bowen in the Queensland parliament in the 1940s and the only Communist Party member ever elected to any Australian parliament.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-09
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Queensland
Overview: The allure of pleasant weather, a carefree lifestyle and better job prospects in Queensland appeal to Doug, a downtrodden factory worker from Melbourne.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-02
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BoyTown
Overview: They were the hottest thing in the eighties, the pin-up boys on every teenage girl’s wall. And with hits like “Tough Titties” and “BoyTown”, they cemented their reputation as the biggest boy band on the planet. Now two decades later, BoyTown are back – they may be the Old Kids on the Block and a bit Out of Synch, but these Boys to Men are ready to suck in the gut, put on the pastels and get those middle aged women crying for more!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-10-19
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Point of No Return
Overview: The story of Grady, a former soldier who is in prison for his part in a major money-laundering operation. Whilst inside, he learns of the brutal, yet mysterious, murder of his brother, Christian. Desperate for answers, Grady makes a daring escape while attending Christian's funeral. Grady becomes a man with one mission in life, to avenge his brother's death - no matter what the cost. His only ally is his ex-lover Kate who reluctantly agrees to help him track down Christian's murderer. To solve the mystery, two more lives are put on the line. But when you've come this far, there's no turning back.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-22
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Feathers
Overview: Conflicts of interest arise when a country couple are visited by a couple from the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-16
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The Last Days of Loneliness
Overview: A younger man encounters the old. Both fearful and aware of the impending end. The clock is almost striking 12, it has passed 5 to 12. Celebrating love between two humans they spend time together, until the old one vanishes into the wind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-01
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Open City
Overview: A newspaper journalist in Bosnia returns home to find that things are and are not as they seem.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-01
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Blood Money
Overview: A dying criminal takes his younger brother on one final job so that when the final hour comes, his brother and his brother's wife and daughter who he himself may have fathered, will be financially secured.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-23
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Tatlin
Overview: Made as an exercise in my animation class at Swinburne University in 1990, Tatlin is rumination on the life & work of Vladimir Tatlin.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Puppenhead
Overview: Berlin, 1934: John Flaus plays Goethe, the puppeteer whose mechanical clockwork knife-throwing act is under surveillance by a slimy SS agent (Heinz Boeck). The showdown comes at a New York presentation of the show.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Secret History of Brisbane
Overview: A one off 7 minute documentary film commissioned in 2001
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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The Love Letters from Teralba Road
Overview: A violent man (Bryan Brown), who ostensibly has a slight mental illness due to fillings in his teeth, continues to write letters to his estranged girlfriend, Kris McQuade. She sees that he expresses himself more dearly in his letters and he is still quick tempered when they try to rekindle their relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-01-02
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Flausfilm
Overview: A portrait of the actor, film teacher, critic, and legendary cinephile, John Flaus, in a unique film mosaic structured around cryptic crossword clues and solutions suggesting the content of the twelve sequences.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Palm Beach
Overview: The stories involving surfing and drugs are followed in Sydney over two days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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Bootleg
Overview: A detective tracking down anti-nuclear terrorists gets involved with prostitutes and rogue government agents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-10
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Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em
Overview: The world is a blazing atomic hell. Civilisation is dying in agony... What do you do? ...THROW A PARTY! The Third World War has happened. Bombs are dropping everywhere, even Elwood, Melbourne, Australia. In the ruins that follow, three survivors find a bomb shelter. Only to find that the survivors in there are having a party.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-11
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The Weatherman's Umbrella
Overview: When the Weatherman puts on his boots it gets frosty, when he puts on his scarf it gets windy, and when he puts on his hat it gets warm. The problem is, the Weatherman's lost his umbrella. Without an umbrella, there will be no more rain.
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-06
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Tracks
Overview: Accompanied only by her faithful dog and four camels, an Australian satisfies her craving for solitude by embarking on a solo trip across the desert from Alice Springs to the Indian Ocean.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-12-19
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Ernie Biscuit
Overview: The world of a lonely deaf Parisian taxidermist is turned upside down and back to front when a dead pigeon arrives on his doorstep.
Genres: Comedy Drama Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-23
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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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Uncle
Overview: A nephew recalls the sometimes-lonely and often-eccentric life of his beloved uncle.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Lemonade Stand
Overview: Benny and Grandad are best friends and never leave each other's side. They also run the most successful light refreshment stand in town. Yet all could change when an old neighbour decides to get in the way.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-19
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Harvie Krumpet
Overview: The odd biography of Harvie Krumpet, a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck - but still optimistically lives own way and enjoys the small things life has to offer.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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Mary and Max
Overview: A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
Genres: Animation Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-04-09
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A Night of Horror Volume 1
Overview: Whether you’re a fan of Sydney's iconic genre film festival A Night of Horror, or just a fan of the best and bloodiest in new horror cinema, you can’t afford to miss this fright-filled anthology. Zombies, demonic entities, self-surgery, cannibalism and more await in the dark corners of this terrifying offering from some of the most talented filmmakers working in the genre today.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-26
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Jack Irish: Black Tide
Overview: Jack Irish has no shortage of friends, but family members are few and far between. His wife was murdered by an ex-client and his father is a fading photo on the pubs football wall of fame. So when Des Connors, the last link to his dad, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is more than happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason... As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide, and his friends are people with yet darker and even more deadly secrets.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-24
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The BBQ
Overview: Dazza's passion in life is barbecuing, but unfortunately he accidentally gives his neighbours food poisoning. To make amends, he receives tutelage from a Scottish chef, and together they enter an international barbecue competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-01-25
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The Plains of Heaven
Overview: Two technicians manning a tracking station on the Victorian High Plains pursue opposite ways of coping with isolation. The ageing Cunningham seems to be rejuvenated by and obsessed with the landscape, while the younger Barker withdraws into the interior and technical world of the station.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-03
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Nirvana Street Murder
Overview: Two brothers become conflicted after one goes on the run and the other has an affair with a Greek woman and takes care of an old rich lady who could be their way out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-06-18
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Lone Wolf
Overview: Through various modes of surveillance we observe an overprotective young woman, Winnie, and her disabled brother, Stevie, caught in a web of intrigue involving a bomb plot, inept anarchists, ambitious police and a corrupt politician. The duplicity of Winnie’s boyfriend, Conrad Verloc -political activist and police informant –propels these siblings down a deadly path. But justice may prevail in the aftermath, via the surveillance collected, compiled and presented by Special Crimes Sergeant Kylie Heat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-01
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Bloodlust
Overview: Three vampires wander the streets of Melbourne killing, screwing and taking drugs. They decide to carry out a heist, stealing three million and attracting the attention of various psychotics, who chase them through a blood spattered odyssey into the Melbourne underground.
Genres: Horror Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Pinion
Overview: Suffering from a mysterious affliction, a young boy is taken to a secluded hospital by his fearful parents. Lloyd soon learns that more harm is being done than good.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-22
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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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Jack Irish: Bad Debts
Overview: Jack Irish is a man getting his life back together again. A former criminal lawyer whose world imploded, he now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and sometime lover - the complete man really. Jack is an expert in finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. He helps out his mates while avoiding the past. That is until the past finds him.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-14
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Jack Irish: Dead Point
Overview: Jack Irish is thrown into a world of club owners, drug dealers and killers when he is hired by a judge to find a mysterious red book.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-13
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Blue Notes
Overview: A multi-layered narrative drama about ordinary people and their struggles and joys with life. Blue Notes is composed of five tales about people who are "blue": a married man struggles by with depression; his son spends his days drifting; a young woman reacts to being abused by her partner; a heroin addict attempts to start a career in music; and a lonely man, bereft of family, looks for a way to connect with others.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-16
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Archer's Adventure
Overview: During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.
Genres: Adventure TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-03
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The Balanced Particle Freeway
Overview: Welcome to the far-famed and most reliable Balanced Particle Freeway, a magical adventure that can take you anywhere in the world in no time at all! That's what the dragon Mizuchi tells Lili and Bede when he unexpectedly crash lands in their backyard. The children discover that there is an entrance to the Balanced Particle Freeway just outside their back gate and it catapults them from school holiday boredom into high adventure.
Genres: TV Movie Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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A Kink in the Picasso
Overview: Two crooked gallery officials swap a Picasso for a fake hoping to make a fortune. When thieves break into the gallery to steal the Picasso, an amusing chain reaction snowballs into a hilarious romp.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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The Debt Collector
Overview: Frank Vaughan is a debt collector pushed to breaking point. In a frenzy of revenge, he tracks down the priests who abused him in boarding school and stole his childhood. Not even prayers can save them. But Frank's actions pit him against Melbourne's criminal underworld, unleashing a wave of violence across the city. Rescuing stripper Sarah from the bloody chaos, together they must fight their way out, one dead body at a time. Despite the danger, Frank won't stop until every guilty person meets their fate. Welcome to the seventh circle of hell. Every. Debt. Must. Be. Paid.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
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Bachelor Girl
Overview: Dorothy, single and one of the writers of the soap "The True World" hates living alone, but the guys she knows don't appeal to her. Her aunt Esther's attempts to match-make with random men just annoy her. Then she meets an old friend from college who he seems perfect...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-01
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Devil's Hill
Overview: Set in Tasmania, a boy is sent to stay with cousins while his mother is ill and discovers a wilderness adventure.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-01
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