Better Australian Movies: - Australia (2008) Discussion

[–] planetmutty 15 years ago

I can think of a few.

Romper Stomper
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Gallipoli
The Dish
The Castle
Wake In Fright
Spotswood
Strictly Ballroom

These are off the top of my head and in no particular order. There are plenty more.

There are a lot of turkeys as well.

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[–] Mincom 15 years ago

Here's a few more:

Death in Brunswick
Romper Stomper
Last Wave
Kiss or Kill
Radiance
Wake in Fright

Bugger off Cockroaches

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[–] libertarian45 15 years ago

Breaker Morant - also starring Jack Thompson and Bryan Brown...but, of course, they were in almost ALL Australian movies..

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[–] therecluse9 8 years ago

Omg, strictly ballroom = LOVE

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[–] d14goose 15 years ago

They might not be better than "Australia" but i liked them better.

-Malcolm (was good but weird.)
-Mad Max 1 and 2
-Two Hands
-Wolf Creek

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[–] CitrusWithFuschiaTrim 15 years ago

I'd agree with many of the above (although "Kiss or Kill" and "Two Hands" in particular seemed pretty limp to me, but to each one's own).

A few more:

Sunday Too Far Away
Don's Party
The Devil's Playground
Newsfront
Backroads
Road Games
Long Weekend
The Year My Voice Broke
Flirting
Sweetie
The Boys
Love Serenade
Holy Smoke
Radiance
Chopper
The Proposition
The Tracker
Kenny
Ten Canoes
Mary and Max
Samson and Delilah
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[–] willjohn 14 years ago

They may have been better, but how many of them made $211,342,221 world wide? Even if it cost the "estimated" $130,000,000 to make, that is a major financial success.

You have to make money where you can. Most "quality" films lose money.

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[–] stanleygoodspeed99 14 years ago

They may have been better, but how many of them made $211,342,221 world wide? Even if it cost the "estimated" $130,000,000 to make, that is a major financial success.

A 'major' financial success is not less than a 200% ratio on revenue vs cost. Most movies only report production budgets, so you need assume that the actual total budget including marketing and everything was closer to $250 - 300K. Australia certainly was not a success.

The common 'breakeven' is about 2.5 - 3 times production cost, particular on a production of this size.

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[–] willjohn 11 years ago

I don't believe you. Most films make a loss.

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[–] willjohn 8 years ago

Rubbish! You made this story up to make yourself look important.

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[–] playtheraces 8 years ago

You just responded AGAIN 34 months later.

Do you think he will answer this time?

and I just realized you answered him 3 years after his 2010 post.

Please post here again in 2019. I will mark it on my calendar to come back and check.

You either really needed to stress having the last word or are drunk.

Or I'm drunk.

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[–] willjohn 8 years ago

Codswallop! You are not what you claim to be and you made all that up. Most films make a loss.

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[–] mstanley-1 14 years ago

Glad someone remembered The Year My Voice Broke and Flirting. Great movies! So was Picnic at Hanging Rock - maybe one of the best. Walkabout is one of my top ten all time favorites, although a British film, set in Australia. I thought Australia was great, by the way. To each his or her own.

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[–] mathmaniac 13 years ago

Has anyone mentioned 'Oyster Farmer'? You get to see Alex O'Laughlin's bare butt... reason enough. Oh, and it's quite a good movie, too.

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[–] boy07002 14 years ago

I love Snowy River!!!!

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[–] IzzyNoya 14 years ago

I can't believe no one said "Quigley Down Under"!! lol

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[–] camerica1978 9 years ago

Agreed. That's one of my favorite westerns! "I never said I didn't know how to use it." Hahaha!

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[–] Jyveturkey 14 years ago

Are there any movies that show how Australia was settled? That's what I thought this was going to be about. I guess I should've read the plot outline before renting.

Go s!

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[–] Kaz291 14 years ago

Try Mary Bryant.

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[–] jillsand-1 10 years ago

There's a mini series with Colin Friels (Judy Davis from 'My Brilliant Career' is his wife). He starred in a movie called 'Malcolm' that was a huge comedy success in Australia at the time. The mini series made only for TV was called 'For the Term of His Natural Life', a well known classic. You should be able to get hold of the book. It's the story of a convict being transported to Australia.

Most of the really good quality stuff here in Australia isn't in film. It's in mini series. For instance, the best work I have ever seen of Nicole Kidman was her early mini series work ('Vietnam' and 'Bangkok Hilton'). We have some great TV mini series projects going on at the moment too about criminal family gangs.

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[–] Kaz291 14 years ago

The Sum of Us
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Mr Reliable

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[–] MrsKrabappel 14 years ago

Muriels Wedding!!!!!

Swimming upstream!!!!

rabbit proof fence!!

Australians make cool movies!

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[–] LadySailor1975 14 years ago

Lantana was great!
Swimming Upstream was very good.
There was an old one from when I was a kid called Blue Fire Lady.
And funny- Croc Hunter: Collision Course.

Maybe I should move to Australia...???

Geoffrey Rush is the best actor... ever...!!!

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[–] patricia-883-585240 14 years ago

Anyone mention Phar Lap? Just great!

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