Terra Nova

October 22, 2011   admin
Terra Nova promotional poster

If the thought of taking a pilgrimage to a place where the oxygen is so pure you need respiratory assistance on entry and the fruit is as sweet as childhood summer memories, then it’s time to turn off the TV and head to the Gold Coast hinterland to experience the delightful location for Spielberg’s latest hit TV series, Terra Nova.

For dozens of years it’s been touted as the green behind the gold and yet the Gold Coast hinterland always sat like a middle child, shaded by the dazzle of Surfers Paradise just 20 minutes drive away. That is until filmmaker extraordinaire Steven Spielberg passed up Hawaii for the hinterland and the lush world of the Scenic Rim beyond.

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Australian Film Locations

October 20, 2011   admin
locations

Despite its remoteness, Australia is a popular film location because of the diversity of its geography and landscape. Even though it is an island nation, it is a large nation. During the floods a few years back, journalists described the extent of the flooding by writing it covered an area larger than France and Germany combined. The city of Brisbane’s flood waters were so deep Bull Sharks were seen swimming above the streets and between the buildings.

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Dead Calm – film directed by Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce and filmed in the Great Barrier Reef.

October 20, 2011   admin
Dead Calm

Dead Calm is a suspenseful thriller starring Nicole Kidman and Sam Neill as a married couple who decide to take a sabbatical on their small yacht after suffering a tragedy. During their travels they meet Billy Zane, a sociopath who appears to need help. Once the unsuspecting couple allows him aboard, their lives will never be the same.

The cast carries the film superbly, and their onscreen chemistry crackles brilliantly.

The story’s tension is so great, viewers will find themselves unable to breathe.

The movie was filmed on Hamilton Island and the Great Barrier Reef in 1989, with director Phillip Noyce at the helm. It was based on Charles Williams’ 1963 novel, Dead Calm.

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Wolf Creek

December 30, 2011   admin
wolf creek

Wolf creek is a movie releases during the year 2004. The detailed information of the movie is as follows. In this movie a dream vacation turns the vacation in to a nightmare. This is a taut thriller movie from Australia. The movie mainly relies on the three friends in the movie who are the main characters of the movie.

An extensive time later, upon coming to their car, the team understands their wrist timepieces have all instantly damaged and the car won’t begin. Incapable to uncover the issue, they make themselves to sit out the evening. After black, a Crocodile Dundee-styled man known as Mick Taylor (John Jarrett) comes upon them and provides to tow them to his stay to maintenance the car. After preliminary doubt, the team allows Mick to take them to his location, an empty exploration website several working hours southern of Hair Stream. Mick regales them with high experiences of his previous while creating a present of restoring the car. His approach unsettles Liz and Kristy, although Ben is less worried. While they sit around a fireplace, Mick gives the vacationers drugged water which he represents as “rainwater from the top end”. The water causes the vacationers to gradually slip into unconsciousness.

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Mad Max

October 21, 2011   admin
Mad Max

Mad Max is a 1979 Australian dystopian activity film led by George Burns and changed by Burns and Byron Kennedy on the original piece of software by James McCausland. The film stars Mel Gibson, who had been unknown until this time. Its plot is based around a regular western genre, Mad Max tells a story of malfunction of community, love, and revenge. It became a top-grossing Australian film and has been credited for opening up the worldwide market to Hawaiian New Influx films. Mad Max is noted for being the first Hawaiian film to be shot which has a widescreen anamorphic lens.

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Crocodile Dundee – Australian comedy film set in the Australian Outback

October 21, 2011   admin
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Australian hit movie that never gets old

Among the biggest milestone events in the film industry of Australia is the comedy film Crocodile Dundee. It broke the record in 1986 to become the highest grossing movie in Australia. It also became the highest selling foreign movie in history in the USA. In 1986 it was the highest grossing movie worldwide.

The comedy and adventure in this movie still make it a favorite for many. People usually rent a copy of the movie to have a few laughs at home. The movie came in highly recommended and has not lost its flair yet. It has a great mixture of the Australian outback and the big apple.

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Macbeth is an Australian 2006 film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth

October 20, 2011   admin
Macbeth poster

Geoffrey Wright directed the film Macbeth in 2006. It was a modern day version of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. It was set in Melbourne, Victoria. The cast members used their original Australian accents as members of Melbourne’s gangster community instead of Shakespeare’s Scotland setting. The film was released in Australia on September 21, 2006. The film’s stars were Sam Worthington, Victoria Hill and Lachy Hulme.

Mr. Wright and Ms. Hill wrote the screenplay together. They did manage to retain much of Shakespeare’s language in the Melbourne Gangster subculture and the native Australian accents. The film was chosen to play at the September 2006 Toronto International film festival.

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