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The film is a character story, set between 1939 and 1942 against a dramatised backdrop of events across northern Australia at the time, such as the bombing of Darwin during World War II. Production took place in Sydney , Darwin , Kununurra and Bowen .
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.
Alex Lines of Film Inquiry gave a negative review, saying the film "is a series of predictable story arcs, rudimentary characters and simplistic viewpoints on racism." Vicky Roach of The Daily Telegraph wrote that the story "is carried along by the momentum of its characters. But when they run out of steam, so does the screenplay."
The Hunter is a 2011 Australian drama film, directed by Daniel Nettheim and produced by Vincent Sheehan, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Julia Leigh. [3] It stars Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill and Frances O'Connor. [4] Dafoe flew to Tasmania for the film's premiere at the State Cinema in North Hobart. [5]
Picnic at Hanging Rock was voted the best Australian film of all time by members of the Australian Film Institute, industry guilds and unions, film critics and reviewers, academics and media teachers, and Kookaburra Card members of the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA), in a 1996 poll organised by the Victorian Centenary of Cinema ...
This is a list of films set in Australia ... (1996) (aka Police Story 4: First Strike) Jaggubhai (2010 ... (2007 documentary film) Last Train to Freo (2006 ...
The Dish is a 2000 Australian historical comedy-drama film that tells the story of the Parkes Observatory's role in relaying live television of humanity's first steps on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969. It was the top-grossing Australian film in 2000.
The Proposition is a 2005 Australian Western film directed by John Hillcoat and written by screenwriter and musician Nick Cave.It stars Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, John Hurt, Danny Huston and David Wenham.