Paul Sonkkila
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Biography: Paul Sonkkila was an Australian actor of stage and screen who trained in Australia and in London. He had a long career in theatre, but is remembered for his cinematic roles in The Interview, The Year of Living Dangerously, Sons And Daughters, The Illustrated Family Doctor and Daybreakers.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
Deathday: April 01, 2016
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Black and White
Overview: Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-31
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The Illustrated Family Doctor
Overview: Gary Kelp (Samuel Johnson) is losing the plot. As he edits a medical journal called The Illustrated Family Doctor, his life and his body seem to be falling apart. A black comedy about coping with the modern world, based on the novel by David Snell.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-03-03
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The Hard Word
Overview: Three fraternal bank robbers, languishing in jail, discover a profitable (if not dodgy) way to spend their time. Crime can most certainly pay, if you "know wot I mean?" However when sex and greed rear-up between the good crims and the bad cops, the consequences are both bizarre and fatal.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-05-30
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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 Plumber
Overview: At first simply grating, the presence of a hard-edged, macho plumber who damages more than he repairs and returns day after day soon turns menacing for the intellectual wife of a distracted doctor.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-08
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The Last of the Ryans
Overview: Ron Ryan is accused of a murder he did not commit. As his family races to prove his innocence, he and a priest aim for redemption.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-04-23
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Like Minds
Overview: A forensic psychologist must determine if a minor should be charged with murder.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-03
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Daybreakers
Overview: In the year 2019, a plague has transformed almost every human into a vampire. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Genres: Action Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-06
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The Year of Living Dangerously
Overview: Australian journalist Guy Hamilton travels to Indonesia to cover civil strife in 1965. There—on the eve of an attempted coup—he befriends a Chinese Australian photographer with a deep connection to and vast knowledge of the Indonesian people, and also falls in love with a British national.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-17
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Stir
Overview: Filmed in the Clare Valley, Gladstone and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, this prison movie was inspired by the true life prison riot at Bathurst Jail in 1974 and its subsequent Royal Commission into New South Wales Prisons.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-11
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Gross Misconduct
Overview: Justin Thorne is a liberal arts professor. One of his college students is Jennifer Carter. She seduces Justin, then accuses him of rape. But it turns out that she has an unusual relationship with her father.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-29
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The Survivor
Overview: When a 747 crashes shortly after take-off, the sole survivor is the pilot. Virtually unhurt, he and the investigators look for the answers to the disaster. Meanwhile mysterious deaths occur in the community and only a psychic, in touch with the supernatural, can help the pilot unravel the mystery surrounding the doomed plane.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-09
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Mr. Reliable
Overview: All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events quickly spiral into a media circus as, through the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to become a symbol for the anti-war movement.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-22
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Gallipoli
Overview: As World War I rages, brave and youthful Australians Archy and Frank—both agile runners—become friends and enlist in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps together. They later find themselves part of the Dardanelles Campaign on the Gallipoli peninsula, a brutal eight-month conflict which pit the British and their allies against the Ottoman Empire and left over 500,000 men dead.
Genres: War History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-13
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Mail Order Bride
Overview: A woman from Manilla moves to a NSW country town to marry a typical Australian man, we then experience culture shock from both sides.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-02
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Chase Through the Night
Overview: A group of hardened criminals on the lam take refuge in the badlands of the Australian outback. When they come across a small settlement, they take hostages in case the law shows up, but are outwitted by a supernatural force, a powerful shaman.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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