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HBO’s “The Pacific”, which was cast in Australia by Christine King and Meg Liberman in Los Angeles” stars James Badge Dale, Joe Mazzello and Jon Seda, examines a select group of Marines who make their way through the Pacific Theater, including battles at Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.
HBO will debut 10-part miniseries “The Pacific” March 14 [...]
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Film Gold Coast chair Lynne Benzie says the $2million underwater tank at Warner Roadshow Studios is the biggest in Australia. The tank is believed to be the catalyst for attracting the latest Narnia epic that is just wrapping up.
“Gold Coast City has accounted for 75 per cent of all production in Queensland over the past [...]
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“Being an actress was what every Australian girl wanted to be, so getting a part in “Home and Away” was like a dream come true, though I have been defined by it ever since.” ~ Melissa George
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A record 17 Australian films have been selected for Toronto International Film Festival next month.
Some of the films selected include Mao’s Last Dancer, Bright Star, Balibo, My Year Without Sex, Beautiful Kate, Samson & Delilah and Wake in Fright. Toronto selectors received more than 4,300 submissions from more than 60 countries for this year’s [...]
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Post-production for Australian director Peter Weir’s new film The Way Back will happen in Sydney, Australia.
Providing work for about 1200 post-production crew.
The Way Back, stars Colin Farrell (pictured), Jim Sturgess and Ed Harris.
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Zack Snyder has signed on to direct Guardians of Ga’Hoole, an animated feature film based on the series of children’s books by Kathryn Lasky.
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Kiwi producer Lizzie Gillett’s critically-acclaimed eco documentary The Age of Stupid is about to premiere in London, already being described as the natural follow-on to Al Gore’s Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth.
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…The lost classic Australian film Wake In Fright is set to reach the screen again after a painstaking restoration of material found in more than 260 cans marked “for destruction” in a Pittsburgh vault.
…Considered one of the greatest films to be made in Australia, the 1971 psychological drama has been notoriously difficult to see for [...]
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