Description: Movies/TV shows made in Australia (where I live)
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The Pirate Movie
( 1982 )
The crew of a large ship sail the high seas encountering other pirates from other ships. The boy from the ship ends up having to save his girlfriend who is kidnapped by a bunch of other pirates.
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Anh's Brush with Fame
( 2016 )
Beloved artist, actor and comedian Anh Do uses his passion for painting as a vehicle to explore the stories behind some of Australia's most intriguing and prolific personalities in this intimate and revealing new interview series.Featuring deeply personal conversations, Archibald Prize finalist Anh creates a vivid portrait of Australian celebrity, taking his subjects on a cathartic and authentic journey of self-discovery. Drawing inspiration from archival footage, photos from each guest's private collection and the sheer power of a portrait sitting, Anh allows the stories he uncovers to inform the beautiful paintings he brings to life - revealing a side of these household names that both enlightens and surprises even them.
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The Man from Snowy River
( 1994 )
Based on Banjo Paterson's poem "Man From Snowy River", this series takes place in Paterson's Ridge, a small town set in the mountains near Melbourne, during the late 19th century, it follows the adventures of Matt McGregor, a successful squatter, and his family.
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Doctor Doctor
( 2016 )
After a spectacular fall from grace, high-flying heart surgeon Dr Hugh Knight receives a life-changing punishment from the Medical Tribunal - he is forced to work for a year as a country GP in his former home town of Whyhope.Doctor Doctor follows Hugh's attempt to rebuild his world in the town he has spent his whole life running away from. Now the only way to salvage his brilliant career is to work as a lowly GP in an under-resourced, small-town hospital surrounded by estranged family, former friends, crazed colleagues, oddball patients, jealous brothers and a newlywed ex-girlfriend.
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Summer City
( 1977 )
The exploits of four boys who leave Sydney and head out for a weekend of surfing and adventure. Unfortunately the fun takes a serious turn when they find themselves involved in a murder.
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At Home with Julia
( 2011 )
This four-part comedy series takes viewers into the life of PM Julia Gillard and boyfriend Tim Mathieson, behind the closed doors of The Lodge. How do Julia and Tim find ‘couple time' amid Independents crashing Date Night, Julia's security detail constantly suspecting terrorist plots against her, and non-stop unsolicited advice from Paul Keating?
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Jonah from Tonga
( 2014 )
Banished to Tonga to live with his uncle, 14-year-old Jonah is causing more trouble than ever. His dad takes him back to Sydney to start a new life but he quickly forms a new school gang and it's not long till trouble starts.
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All Saints
( 1998 )
All Saints follows the lives of the staff at All Saints Western General Hospital. Until its closure in 2004, the show primarily focused on the staff in Ward 17. Known as the "garbage ward" as it took all the overflow from the other wards.
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Rams
( 2020 )
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family's prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les's prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance. But can the warring brothers set aside their differences and have a chance to reunite their family, save their herd, and bring their community back together?
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BoyTown
( 2006 )
"Boytown" concerns a successful 80s boy band of the same name reforming their band in contemporary times in the hope that they can capture some of their former glory and that the fans will still be interested. Tommy, Corey, Benny and two others try to reform Boytown in 2005, but now they are all in the late 30s and are not sure whether people will still be interested in them. What follows is their tale as they try to recapture some of their former magic.
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Crackerjack
( 2002 )
When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club and prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the club, in what turns into an epic battle where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances.
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Bad Eggs
( 2003 )
Ben Kinnear and Mike Paddock are two undercover detectives with way too much publicity.
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Take Away
( 2003 )
Tony Stilano and Trev Spackneys both own, live over and work in adjoining take-away fish shops in Melbourne. Although they have fallen into a habitual rivalry based on a cause long forgotten, the pair unite when the multinational fast-food outlet "Burgies" unveils a new store directly opposite the twin fish & chips shops.
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The Nugget
( 2002 )
'The Nugget' looks at how instant wealth suddenly changes the lives of three working class men - not necessarily for the better, but always with hilarious consequences.
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The Castle
( 1999 )
A working-class family from Melbourne, Australia fights city hall after being told they must vacate their beloved family home to allow for infrastructural expansion.
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Ja'mie: Private School Girl
( 2013 )
"Ja'mie: Private School Girl" brings back all the things we love about Ja'mie King even though we know we probably shouldn't.
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Angry Boys
( 2011 )
Chris Lilley's highly anticipated series Angry Boys introduces you to identical Dunt twins Daniel & Nathan Sims and their prison officer grandmother Gran, tyrannical Japanese mother Jen Okazaki, U.S hip hop sensation S.mouse! and Mucca Mad Boys founder Blake Oakfield.
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Summer Heights High
( 2007 )
Over one term, a documentary crew films the everyday activities of Summer Heights High and the revelations are hilarious, absurd and frequently shocking.
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Lunatics
( 2019 )
This mockumentary series follows the peculiar lives of six eccentric -- and sometimes obscene -- misfits who march to their own beat.
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Cosi
( 1996 )
Lewis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put on stage Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart). None of the patients in the cast is able to sing and none of them knows Italian which is the language of the libretto. Through a lot of difficulties Lewis and his cast develop a deep understanding. The play smartly adapted for the unusual cast is finally produced: lots of unforeseen situations solved 'a la crazy way'but indeed brilliantly. Great success and sad farewell of the director from his cast.
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Alvin Rides Again
( 1974 )
Alvin Purple, the world's most unlikely sex symbol stumbles from woman to woman and job to job in this zany, sexy Australian comedy.
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The Sex Therapist
( 1973 )
Australian waterbed salesman Alvin Sees a psychiatrist about his irresistibilty to women
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