All the Way 2003  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: The Night We Called It a Day
Director: Paul Goldman
Cast: Dennis Hopper, Melanie Griffith, Portia de Rossi, Joel Edgerton, Rose Byrne, David Hemmings, David Field, Victoria Thaine, Stephen O'Rourke, Nicholas Hope, Tony Barry, Vincent Ball
1970s' promoter Rod Blue (Joel Edgerton) has given all to get Frank Sinatra (Dennis Hopper) to perform in a concert in Australia. But when Sinatra and his wife, Barbara Marx (Melanie Griffith), arrive in Australia, Sinatra insults a reporter and sets off a chain of events that requires Rod to save the day.
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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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The Earthling 1980 PG, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Collinson
Cast: William Holden, Rick Schroder, Jack Thompson, Olivia Hamnett, Alwyn Kurts, Redmond Phillips, Tony Barry
Orphaned by the death of his parents (Jack Thompson and Olivia Hamnett) in a camping accident, Shawn Daley (Ricky Schroder) is rescued by a hermit, Patrick Foley (William Holden), who teaches him the art of survival in the Australian outback.
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The Last Tattoo 1994 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Reid
Cast: Kerry Fox, Tony Goldwyn, Robert Loggia, Rod Steiger, John Bach, Desmond Kelly, Katie Wolf, Elizabeth Hawthorne, Tony Barry, Timothy Balme
During World War II, in New Zealand, nurse Kelly Towne (Kerry Fox) is searching for the carrier of a dangerous strain of gonorrhea that is infecting U.S. armed forces personnel who stop there on shore leave. She becomes involved in an investigation of murder and the disappearance of the murdered man's girlfriend (a former prostitute).
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Return to Snowy River 1988 PG, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Geoff Burrowes
Cast: Tom Burlinson, Sigrid Thornton, Brian Dennehy, Nicholas Eadie, Mark Hembrow, Bryan Marshall, Rhys McConnochie, Peter Cummins, Cornelia Frances, Tony Barry
This follow-on to "The Man from Snowy River" occurs five years later and finds Jim (Tom Burlinson) returning home to his cabin in Australia with a herd of wild horses. He hopes to sell them to provide a stake for the future and win Jessica's (Sigrid Thornton) hand. But, it's not going to be easy. Standard cliches, but not a bad follow-up movie.
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Shame 1988  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Steve Jodrell
Cast: Deborra-Lee Furness, Tony Barry, Simone Buchanan, Gillian Jones, Peter Aanensen, Margaret Ford, David Franklin, Bill McClusky, Allison Taylor, Phil Dean
A motorcycling lawyer (Deborra-Lee Furness) is vacationing when she runs into a group of thugs in a small Australia town. They have been raping and torturing young women, and our lawyer heroine decides to teach them that crime does not pay.
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| 1. All the Way (2003)
aka: The Night We Called It a Day
2. The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
3. The Earthling (1980)
4. The Last Tattoo (1994)
5. Newsfront (1978)
6. Return to Snowy River (1988)
7. Shame (1988)
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