13.4.3 Films: Drama
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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.
13.4.3 Films: Drama
Breaker Morant
Period drama of the Boer War in South Africa. Rule 303 &
all that. Stars Edward Woodward.
Burke and Wills
Intrepid explorers die of hunger, thirst & stupidity.
Cactus
Caddie
Period drama of 1920's Australian underworld. Stars Helen Morse.
Careful, He Might Hear You
Chain Reaction
A Cry in the Dark: The Azaria Chamberlain story, with Meryl Streep as
Lindy Chamberlain
Dawn
The Devil's Playground
The Fringe Dwellers
The Getting of Wisdom
Ground Zero
Heatwave
High Tide
Kangaroo
Sons & Lovers goes to Thirroul in NSW, where it's not nearly
grimy & cold enough.
The Killing of Angel Street
Kitty and the Bagman
Period drama of 1920's Australian underworld.
Last Days at Chez Nous
The Last Wave
Lonely Hearts
Man of Flowers
The Mango Tree
Miracle Down Under
My Brilliant Career
My First Wife
Newsfront
Period drama of newsreel reporters. Re-creates the Maitland
floods.
Now and Forever
-On the Beach. Based on a Neville Shute novel, set in Melbourne, the
last place on earth just about that people are still alive after a
nuclear war, waiting for the sickness to reach them.
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Proof: Blind man takes photographs as proof that he was there.
Puberty Blues
Rites of passage for westie surfie chicks.
The film of the book by The Salami Sisters (Kathy Lette & ???).
Rebel (1986)
Shame (1988)
Squizzy Taylor
Period drama of 1920's Australian underworld.
Storm Boy
Boy, pelican, boats, etc.
Summer City
Tim
A Town Like Alice
Traveling North
Warm Nights on a Slow-Moving Train
Weekend of Shadows
Who Killed Baby Azaria
The Wild Duck
Winter of Our Dreams
MUSICAL
Dogs in Space
Life in inner-city Melbourne shared terraces. Based on the
band Whirlywild. Amazingly, many people depicted in this movie
aren't dead yet. Stars Michael Hutchence of INXS.
Starstruck
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