The Coca-Cola Kid 1985  R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Dusan Makavejev
Cast: Eric Roberts, Greta Scacchi, Bill Kerr, Chris Haywood, Kris McQuade, Max Gillies, Tony Barry, Paul Chubb, Colleen Clifford, Tim Finn
Becker (Eric Roberts), a Coca Cola marketing executive, is sent to Australia to increase sales of Coke. He finds out that part of the problem is a rival cola manufacturer, an old man who doesn't want competition. Offbeat and fun.
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Cosi 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mark Joffe
Cast: Ben Mendelsohn, Barry Otto, Toni Collette, Pamela Rabe, Jacki Weaver, Paul Chubb, Rachel Griffiths, Aden Young, Colin Friels, Colin Hay, David Wenham, Tony Llewellyn-Jones
Lewis (Ben Mendelsohn) takes a position as play director at a mental institution with the job of helping in the rehabilitation process. Inmate Roy (Barry Otto) talks Lewis into producing Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutti." A cast of wild characters from the patients is assembled, though none can sing nor speak Italian, which is the language of the play. But Lewis soon learns a lesson or two about imagination from the unlikely cast in this Australian production.
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Sweet Talker 1991  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Jenkins
Cast: Bryan Brown, Karen Allen, Justin Rosniak, Chris Haywood, Bill Kerr, Bruce Spence, Bruce Myles, Paul Chubb, Peter Hehir, Don Barker
Harry (Bryan Brown) leaves prison with a plan in hand for his next con job. Arriving at his destination–a small Australian coastal town–he proceeds to sweet-talk the locals into investing in the recovery of a sunken ship and building a theme park. But, he didn't expect to fall in love and start having pangs of guilt. Sound familiar?
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The Well 1997  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Samantha Lang
Cast: Pamela Rabe, Miranda Otto, Paul Chubb, Frank Wilson, Steve Jacobs, Genevieve Lemon, Simon Lyndon, Kati Edwards, Luke Harrison, Daniel Harrison
Teenage orphan Katherine (Miranda Otto) enters middle-aged spinster Hester's (Pamela Rabe) life and fills a void in the older woman's world. But that bonding is not enough to ensure happiness for these two dysfunctional women.
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| 1. The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
2. Cosi (1996)
3. Sweet Talker (1991)
4. The Well (1997)
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