William Zappa
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hadleigh, Essex, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 13, 1948
Age: 76 years old
Gender: Male
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Mad Max 2
Overview: Max Rockatansky returns as the heroic loner who drives the dusty roads of a postapocalyptic Australian Outback in an unending search for gasoline. Arrayed against him and the other scraggly defendants of a fuel-depot encampment are the bizarre warriors commanded by the charismatic Lord Humungus, a violent leader whose scruples are as barren as the surrounding landscape.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-24
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The Butter Scene
Overview: Based on interviews given by actor Maria Schneider and director Bernardo Bertolucci about the infamous scene in Last Tango in Paris (1972).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-08
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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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Man-Thing
Overview: Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.
Genres: Action Horror Adventure Science Fiction Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-21
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A Heartbeat Away
Overview: A young aspiring rock guitarist is forced to become the musical director of the local marching band when his father is hit by a bus just four weeks before a major competition.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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Zone 39
Overview: In a time of misery and fear two enemies come together to prevent an apocalypse conspired by their leaders. 40 years of war between the Federated Republics and the New Territories Union has taken its toll. The cities are overcrowded, farming land is riddled with unexploded mines -- and still there is no hope of peace. In this hostile, decaying world of the future on thing remains constant for Lieutenant Leo Megaw; his love for his pregnant wife. Her access to classified information makes her an increasing liability for the government. When she's ambushed, Leo is forced into exile. As a border patrolman on the isolated outpost of Zone 39, ordered to kill anyone that tries to cross the border, he comes to understand that ultimate catastrophe forced upon his world by his government. The real enemy is not looming across the border but standing right behind him. Now he must reach across the border into enemy territory and form an alliance to save his world.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-05-04
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Amy
Overview: Amy's father, Franco, was a popular rock musician accidentally electrocuted while performing on stage. The psychological trauma leaves Amy mute and deaf. So the 8-year-old is brought by her mother, Tanya, to Melbourne to diagnose the reasons for her continued silence.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-27
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Celia
Overview: An imaginative and somewhat disturbed young girl fantasizes about evil creatures and other oddities to mask her insecurities while growing up in rural Australia.
Genres: Drama Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-18
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Bootmen
Overview: Sean Odkin loves to dance—much to his fathers distain. When the woman he loves cannot return his love, he goes in search of the only thing that can make him whole again—dancing.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-10-05
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Broke
Overview: A disgraced sports star and gambling addict attempts to turn his life around with the support of his number one fan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-04-03
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Police State
Overview: An account of events in Queensland from 1959 to 1988 as disclosed by the Fitzgerald inquiry. Queensland had become as close to a police state as anything since the convict era. Based on real events.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-15
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Shot Open
Overview: In 19th century Australia, an exiled Polish thief struggles to get to Sydney to start a new life. When he takes refuge with a young woman his understanding of the world, and his role within it, is permanently altered.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-01
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Pending
Overview: Jasmine flees the dogs of war for the towering City of Anchors. But between her traumatic past and her hopes of a new life, Jasmine must first face a heartless bureaucrat.
Genres: Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-04
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Crush
Overview: On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash which leaves literary critic Christina brain-damaged. Lane undertakes the assignment and becomes attracted to the novelist's 15 year old daughter, leading to stormy emotions.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-09-15
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Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
Overview: After freeing a young Bedouin girl from her unjust imprisonment in Jerusalem, an Australian adventuress, together with her devoted police detective friend, begins to unravel a decade-old mystery concerning priceless emeralds, an ancient curse and the disappearance of the girl's mother and massacre of her tribe.
Genres: Drama Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-02-27
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Quigley Down Under
Overview: American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real target is the aborigines, Quigley hits the road. Now, even American expatriate Crazy Cora can't keep Quigley safe in his cat-and-mouse game with the homicidal Marston.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-17
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The Rat Tamer
Overview: In this Aussie prison drama directed by Kate Woods, no one can explain why inmate Kevin Jones (Hugh Jackman) arrived at Blackstream Penitentiary with brain damage and horrible bruises on his body -- least of all Kevin. Can a jailhouse psychologist (played by Deborra-Lee Furness) help Kevin regain his memory, or will it take an act of violence to bring out the truth? This "Correlli" TV series pilot "The Rat Tamer" was later released separately on DVD as a feature.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-07-26
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Underbelly Files: The Man Who Got Away
Overview: The story of David McMillan an Australian drug smuggler and the only person in history to escape from Klong Prem prison in Bangkok.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-21
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The Monkey's Mask
Overview: A lesbian private detective dives head first into murder, manipulation and the consuming power of sex.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-05-10
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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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Men's Group
Overview: What lies in the hearts of men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-18
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Dead Europe
Overview: In Greece to scatter his father's ashes, Isaac hears of a curse that hangs over the head of his family. Dismissing the idea, his trip begins to unveil dark truths that forced his father to flee years ago.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-12
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The Dry
Overview: Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-01
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Diana & Me
Overview: Australian Diana Spencer wins a competition in a women's magazine, and as a prize gets a trip for two to London, where she wants to meet her idol and namesake, Princess Diana. She goes there with her fiance, Mark, but during the garden party the Princess plans to attend, things get mixed up and Aussie Diana gets arrested with Paparazzi photographer Rob. Diana really wants to meet the Princess and follows Rob as he searches for Princess Di to take some photos.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-12-04
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Curtin
Overview: 1941. A country in crisis. A new man in power. Leadership demands and personal demons are set to collide. The story of John Curtin as he faces his first six months as Prime Minister, confronting in quick succession, the tragedy of Pearl Harbour, the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and a furious battle with Churchill over the deployment of Australian troops. This is a raw and intimate story of a driven and inspirational leader - a man who struggles to battle his own personal demons while serving and protecting a country at war.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-21
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Federation
Overview: An epic tale about the making of Australia. This tells the stories of the founding fathers and of the people in six separate colonies in the decades leading to Federation. It's a tale of winners and losers, of great debates which unified the country, of the struggle not just to make an Australian nation, but to create Australian democracy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-01
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