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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The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1978  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Tommy Lewis, Freddy Reynolds, Angela Punch McGregor, Ray Barrett, Steve Dodds, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown, Peter Carroll, Ruth Cracknell, Don Crosby, Elizabeth Alexander, Peter Sumner, Tim Robertson, Ray Meagher, Ian Gilmour
Based on a true story that took place in the early 1900s, this plot centers on the plight of a half-White Aborigine, Jimmie (Tommy Lewis), who moves to the city when he grows up because he feels like an outcast in the Aborigine world. He gets a job working for a White family (Ruth Cracknell and Don Crosby), and while Jimmie is working for them, a serving girl, Gilda (Angela Punch McGregor), at the estate becomes pregnant. Jimmie marries her to protect her honor. Later, it turns out that Jimmie is not the father, and Jimmie is ostracized. Now, Jimmie employs extreme violence to exact revenge on the racism he lives with in Australia.
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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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Hotel de Love 1997 R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Craig Rosenberg
Cast: Aden Young, Saffron Burrows, Simon Bossell, Pippa Grandison, Ray Barrett, Julia Blake, Peter O'Brien, Belinda McClory, Caleb Cluff, Cassandra Magrath
Hotel De Love is a tacky honeymoon "paradise" run by Rick Dunne (Aden Young). Rick's former love, Melissa (Saffron Burrows), comes to the hotel and regales Rick with news of her future marriage. Stephen (Simon Bossell), Rick's twin, it seems has been pining for Melissa since adolescence; it remains for Rick's girlfriend, Alison (Pippa Grandison) to bring closure to the dysfunctional obsessions.
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Rebel 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Jenkins
Cast: Matt Dillon, Bryan Brown, Debbie Byrne, Bill Hunter, Ray Barrett, Julie Nihill, Kim Deacon, John O'May, Sheree Da Costa, Isabelle Anderson, Joy Smithers, Ray Marshall, Beth Child
During World War II, young Marine Sergeant Rebel (Matt Dillon) leaves his unit, goes AWOL in Australia, and falls in love with a cafe singer. Kathy (Debbie Byrne) performs in a Quonset hut saloon where she entertains the troops. One night after a performance, Kathy throws a party and meets Rebel. Although Kathy is married, she falls in love with Rebel. Later she gets a letter telling her that her husband has been killed in action. Now, Rebel tells Kathy that he has gone AWOL and allows himself to be arrested to clear suspicions of Kathy's involvement in his decision to go AWOL.
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The Reptile 1966 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, Jacqueline Pearce, Michael Ripper, John Laurie, Marne Maitland, Harold Goldblatt, Charles Lloyd Pack, Harold Pinter
Mysterious deaths occur in an English village, and a naive young couple, Valerie (Jennifer Daniel) and Harry (Ray Barrett) Spalding, seem to be right in the middle of the action.
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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. Bordertown (1995)
2. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
3. A Dangerous Summer (1981)
aka: The Burning Man
aka: Flash Fire
4. Don's Party (1976)
5. Heaven's Burning (1997)
6. Hotel de Love (1997)
7. Rebel (1985)
8. The Reptile (1966)
9. Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)
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