 Breaker Morant 1980  PG, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bruce Beresford
Cast: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters, Bryan Brown, Charles "Bud" Tingwell, Rod Mullinar, Vincent Ball, Terence Donovan, Ray Meagher, Chris Haywood, Chris Haywood, Russell Kiefel, Lewis Fitz-Gerald
In this Australian film, which uses the 1901 Boer War as its setting, three officers are tried for the revenge execution of Boer prisoners and a German missionary. The film examines the moral responsibilities of military men who are simply following orders. Well worth seeing.
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Now and Forever 1983  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Adrian Carr
Cast: Cheryl Ladd, Robert Coleby, Carmen Duncan, Christine Amor, Aileen Britton, Tim Burns, Kris McQuade, Rod Mullinar, Redmond Phillips, Alex Scott
After her husband is accused of rape, a boutique owner (Cheryl Ladd) experiments with drugs as a solution to her grief.
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Patrick 1978  PG, 115 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Richard Franklin
Cast: Susan Penhaligon, Robert Helpmann, Rod Mullinar, Bruce Barry, Robert Thompson, Julia Blake, Helen Hemingway, Maria Mercedes, Walter Pym, Frank Wilson, Carole-Ann Aylett, Paul Young
Patrick (Robert Thompson) lies in a hospital bed in a deep coma, having been in this state since he electrocuted his mother and her lover. Though comatose, he has telekinesis powers, and when a new nurse, Kathy (Susan Penhaligon), is assigned to his case, he falls in love and sends messages to her via a typewriter. Likewise, those who would try to shorten his life end up dead. When Patrick knows that his death is imminent, he tries to get Kathy to commit suicide so that she can join him.
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Thirst 1979  R, 95 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Sci-Fi
Director: Rod Hardy
Cast: Chantal Contouri, David Hemmings, Henry Silva, Max Phipps, Shirley Cameron, Rod Mullinar, Rosie Sturgess, Robert Thompson, Walter Pym, Lulu Pinkus, Amanda Muggleton, Val Christensen, Jacqui Gordon, Chris Milne, Glenys O'Brien
Kate (Chantal Contouri) is kidnapped by a cult that proclaims they are a superior race. The cult's food is sanitized blood from their "dairy farm," where the "cows" are humans that provide the blood to be processed. Kate is believed to be a descendent of the cult's founder, and it is hoped that she will become one of the group. A different kind of vampire film.
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| 1. Breaker Morant (1980)
2. Dead Calm (1989)
3. Now and Forever (1983)
4. Patrick (1978)
5. Thirst (1979)
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