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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.
Attack Force Z (alternatively titled The Z Men) [1] is a 1982 Australian-Taiwanese [2] World War II film directed by Tim Burstall. It is loosely based on actual events and was filmed in Taiwan in 1979. It was screened at the Cannes Film Festival on 18 May 1981.
World War Z is a 2013 American action horror film directed by Marc Forster, with a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan, Drew Goddard, and Damon Lindelof, from a story by Carnahan and J. Michael Straczynski, inspired by the 2006 novel of the same name by Max Brooks.
Producers John McCallum and Lee Robinson had previously made a film about Z Special Unit, Attack Force Z (1981). Robinson said he was approached to make the film by a member of the Australian embassy in Tokyo in 1980. He says the official asked him if he was interested in making a movie about Jaywick and Rimau with a Japanese company.
The Heroes is a 1989 British/Australian mini-series on Operation Jaywick, a World War II special forces raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour by the Australian Z Special Unit, based on Ronald McKie's 1960 book The Heroes. [2]
The war years and post-World War II; 1930s; 1940s; ... This is a list of Australian films scheduled for ... Title Director Cast (subject of documentary ) Release date ...
Australian World War II films (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Australian war films" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film Drama / Horror / Thriller Feature film: IMDb: An Exercise in Discipline: Peel: Jane Campion: Tim Pye, Katie Pye: Short: IMDb: Far East: John Duigan: Bryan Brown, Helen Morse, John Bell, Sinan Leong, Raina McKeon, Bill Hunter, Henry Duval, John Gaden, John Clayton: Drama / Thriller / War Feature film: IMDb ...