Bad Boy Bubby 1993  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Rolf de Heer
Cast: Nicholas Hope, Carmel Johnson, Ralph Cotterill, Claire Benito, Syd Brisbane, Nikki Price, Norman Kaye, Paul Philpot, Peter Monaghan, Natalie Carr, Rachael Huddy, Bridget Walters
Bubby (Nicholas Hope) has spent all 35 years of his life locked in his mother's (Claire Benito) apartment because she has told him that the air outside is poisonous. Bubby's estranged father (Ralph Cotterill) appears one day and convinces Bubby that his mother was lying. Bubby kills both parents and gains his freedom. Now, Bubby enters the world for which he is unprepared, nor is the world outside prepared for Bubby.
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Bordertown 1995  TV, 500 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Cameron, Ian Gilmour
Cast: Joe Petruzzi, Mitchell Butel, Christine Tremarco, Hugo Weaving, Linda Cropper, Ray Barrett, Cate Blanchett, Norman Kaye, Robert Mammone, Petru Gheorghiu, Sophie Heathcote, Joshua Rosenthal
This made-for-TV miniseries involves the lives of administrators and immigrants at a welcome camp in Australia where they have gathered to prepare for new lives in unfamiliar surroundings.
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A Dangerous Summer 1981  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Burning Man
Flash Fire
Director: Quentin Masters
Cast: Tom Skerritt, Ian Gilmour, James Mason, Wendy Hughes, Ray Barrett, Guy Doleman, Kim Deacon, Norman Kaye, Stephen Leeder, Peter Rowley
Howard Anderson (Tom Skerritt) is building a resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia when his business partner Julian Fane (Guy Doleman) arranges for an arsonist (Ian Gilmour) to burn it down so that he can collect the insurance. After the fire, Lloyds of London sends senior investigator George Engels (James Mason) to find out what really happened.
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Heaven's Burning 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Craig Lahiff
Cast: Russell Crowe, Youki Kudoh, Kenji Isomura, Ray Barrett, Robert Mammone, Petru Gheorghiu, Anthony Phelan, Matthew Dyktynski, Norman Kaye, Kate Fitzpatrick
Colin (Russell Crowe) and Midori (Youki Kudoh) are on the run escaping from a bank robber, the police, and Midori's husband. But, somehow, they still manage to find time to fall in love.
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Innocence 2000  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Cox
Cast: Julia Blake, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Terry Norris, Robert Menzies, Marta Dusseldorp, Kristien Van Pellicom, Kenny Aernouts, Chris Haywood, Norman Kaye, Joey Kennedy
When widower and retired music teacher Andreas (Charles "Bud" Tingwell) contacts his past love, Claire (Julia Blake), even after a 50-year separation, they discover there is still a spark between them. But, Claire is married (although not happily), and more than a few concerns enter into the decision about their right to rekindle a past love.
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Lonely Hearts 1982 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Cox, Kon Ichikawa
Cast: Wendy Hughes, Norman Kaye, Jon Finlayson, Julia Blake, Jonathan Hardy, Irene Inescort, Vic Gordon, Ted Grove-Rogers, Ron Falk, Chris Haywood
A piano tuner, Peter (Norman Kaye), and a shy office worker, Patricia (Wendy Hughes), have led quiet lives without any romance until they meet and learn how to have a meaningful relationship. A fun film from Australia.
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Man of Flowers 1983 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paul Cox
Cast: Norman Kaye, Alyson Best, Chris Haywood, Sarah Walker, Julia Blake, Bob Ellis, Werner Herzog, Barry Dickins, Patrick Cook, Victoria Eagger
Bremer (Norman Kaye) is a rich old man who watches instead of participating in life. He love flowers, and also loves to pay a model for disrobing for him. Different.
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Where the Green Ants Dream 1984 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Werner Herzog
Cast: Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye, Ralph Cotterill, Nick Lathouris, Basil Clarke, Ray Marshall, Gary Williams, Tony Llewellyn-Jones, Bob Ellis
In this story about clashing cultures, geologist Lance Hackett (Bruce Spence) is mapping the subsoil for an Australian mining company that is planning to extract uranium when he meets resistance from aborigines. They believe that destroying that hill where ants dream will destroy humanity, and the company takes its case to the Australian Supreme Court.
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| 1. Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
2. Bordertown (1995)
3. A Dangerous Summer (1981)
aka: The Burning Man
aka: Flash Fire
4. Heaven's Burning (1997)
5. Innocence (2000)
6. Lonely Hearts (1982)
7. Man of Flowers (1983)
8. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
9. A Woman's Tale (1991)
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