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Notable Australian films of the 1930s: On Our Selection (1932) – comedy based on the Dad and Dave stories by Steele Rudd; In the Wake of the Bounty (1933) – first film to star Errol Flynn, an iconic Australian "swashbuckler" character; The Squatter's Daughter (1933) – directed by Ken G. Hall, one of the most popular Australian films of ...
Isabel Lucas (born 29 January 1985 [1]) is an Australian actress, environmentalist and model.She is best known for her roles in Home and Away (2003–06), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), Daybreakers (2009), The Waiting City (2009), The Pacific (2010), Immortals (2011), A Heartbeat Away (2011), Red Dawn (2012), The Loft (2014), The Water Diviner (2014), Knight of Cups (2015), and ...
First Australian to be nominated for Best Actress and first to be nominated for an Academy Award in any category. [41] 1984: Judy Davis: A Passage to India: Nominated First Australian to be nominated across acting categories (Best Supporting Actress for Husbands and Wives). [42] 1998 : Cate Blanchett: Elizabeth: Nominated [43] 2001: Nicole Kidman
John Hadley Thompson, AM [1] (né Pain; born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave.He is best known for his role as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as The Club (1980), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man from Snowy River (1982) and Petersen (1974).
Hollywood Pictures Company was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company.Established in 1989, by Disney CEO Michael Eisner and studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg, Hollywood Pictures was founded to increase the film output of the Walt Disney Studios, and release films similar to those of Touchstone Pictures.
The 'Star Wars' franchise: 1977. At the request of Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher), a young Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) teams up with a ragtag group of rebels to save the galaxy from a powerful threat.
While a number of major international stars gained early prominence in Australia over the period, an important stable of established and emerging local stars with prodigious film credits remained prominent, including screen veterans Charles Tingwell, Bill Hunter, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown and Chris Haywood.