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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 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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Danger Within 1959  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Breakout
Director: Don Chaffey
Cast: Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Donald Houston, William Franklyn, Vincent Ball, Peter Arne, Hazel Court
A pretty good tale of British POWs attempting to break out of a prison camp during World War II. There must be a traitor amongst them.
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Oh! What a Lovely War 1969  G, 144 min.
Genre: Musical / Drama
Director: Richard Attenborough
Cast: Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Michael Redgrave, John Gielgud, Kenneth More, Jack Hawkins, John Mills, Maggie Smith, Vanessa Redgrave, Susannah York, Maurice Roeves, Corin Redgrave, Vincent Ball, Isabel Dean, Paul Daneman
This film takes a satirical look–with songs thrown in–at both German and British participants in World War I. The story concentrates on the middle-class Smith family whose five sons go off to war and die for their country. An awesome cast presents a unique view of pacifist ideals that remain relevant today.
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 Phar Lap 1983  PG, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Simon Wincer
Cast: Tom Burlinson, Martin Vaughan, Judy Morris, Ron Leibman, Vincent Ball, Celia de Burgh, Richard Morgan
Phar Lap was a magnificent Australian racehorse, a leader in thoroughbred racing in the 1920s. This is the story of the triumphs and tragedies on the racing circuit. 2 User Reviews
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| | built from a slow film into afst and very exciting film | charlie 07/08/2007 | | iand my whole family werein floods of tears during this very mooving fiklm right to the end |
| | avery slow film to start but what a finish | charlkie 07/08/2007 | | credits go thefine actors and actresess and horses in this fantasticly made movies especselly from the scottish peoplev who watched this superb film superbe ****** |
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Sirens 1994 R, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Duigan
Cast: Hugh Grant, Tara Fitzgerald, Sam Neill, Elle Macpherson, Portia de Rossi, Kate Fischer, Vincent Ball, John Duigan, Pamela Rabe, Ben Mendelsohn
Bohemian artist Norman Lindsey (Sam Neill) is visited by an Episcopalian minister, Anthony Campion (Hugh Grant), who is intent on reforming his host. But who gets reformed?
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Where Eagles Dare 1968 PG, 158 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Brian G. Hutton
Cast: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Robert Beatty, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston, Peter Barkworth, Ferdy Mayne, Anton Diffring, William Squire, Brook Williams, Neil McCarthy, Vincent Ball, Derren Nesbitt
During World War II, an American General is captured by the Nazis and is being held in a remote castle in the Alps. Commandos (Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood) courageously attempt his rescue before the General is forced to reveal military secrets. A great action-filled film as the team goes from one escapade to another.
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| 1. All the Way (2003)
aka: The Night We Called It a Day
2. Blood of the Vampire (1958)
3. Breaker Morant (1980)
4. Danger Within (1959)
aka: Breakout
5. Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
6. Phar Lap (1983)
7. Sirens (1994)
8. Where Eagles Dare (1968)
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