Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Shine is a 1996 Australian biographical psychological drama film directed by Scott Hicks from a screenplay by Jan Sardi, based on the life of David Helfgott, a pianist who suffered a mental breakdown and spent years in institutions.
Title Director Cast Genre Notes Baniyala: The Yirrkala Film Project: Ian Dunlop: Wokuthi Marawali, Mootapuie: Documentary: Filmed at Baniyala, NT : Billal: Tom Zubrycki
Robert Scott Hicks (born 4 March 1953) is an Australian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known as the director of Shine, the biopic of pianist David Helfgott. Hicks was nominated for two Academy Awards. Other movies he has directed include the film adaptations of Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis and Nicholas Sparks' The ...
David Helfgott OAM (born 19 May 1947) is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine, in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor and Alex Rafalowicz.
Cactus (2008 road movie) Caddie (1976) Candy (2006) Careful, He Might Hear You (1983) The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) The Castle (1997) Chak De India (2007) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) Charlie and Boots (2009) Children of the Revolution (1996) Chopper (2000) Christmess (2023) City of the Damned [2] Closed for Winter (2009) Clubland ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Opening Title Director Cast Genre Ref J A N U A R Y 1: Blueback: Robert Connolly: Mia Wasikowska, Radha Mitchell, Eric Bana: Drama [1]13: After She Died: Jack Dignan Liliana de la Rosa, Vanessa Madrid, Paul Talbot, Barbara Bingham, Greg Poppleton
The mid-1900s had a slow start for Australian film, although the first Academy Award was won for an Australian film, Kokoda Front Line!.The industry picked back up during the 1970s with one of the first internationally released films, Picnic at Hanging Rock, and with the success of the series of Mad Max franchise films.