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1 form y separately published work icon William Kelly's War Geoff Davis , ( dir. Geoff Davis ) Australia : Avalon Films , 2014 8398216 2014 single work film/TV

Follows Billy Kelly to the Dardanelles and the Western Front, before bringing him home to find his family under threat.

1 form y separately published work icon The Finder Phillip Avalon , ( dir. Frank Shields ) Sydney : Avalon Films , 2001 6059902 2001 single work film/TV crime thriller

'Ex-cop Les Kearney (Simon Westaway) gets dragged away from his favourite Sea Wind Surf Club by a kidnap case. Construction boss Bob Castaldi (Barry Langrishe) is the client whose daughter Rebecca (Anja Coleby) is being held for a million dollar ransom. Even ‘Finder’ Les is insecure about the job, but Bob won’t call in the cops. As the ransom deadline approaches, Les gets ensnared in two killings and his ex-boss, Sgt Jack Matthews (Gerard McGuire) is handing him yet another deadline – or he’s busted. Meanwhile, the drug dealers operating around the nightcul where Rebecca was drugged are also after Les, led by elder brother Leo Natoli (Paul Mercurio). The chances of success are slim.'

Source: Urban Cinefile (http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=5048&s=reviews). (Sighted: 17/6/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Tunnel Vision Clive Fleury , ( dir. Clive Fleury ) Sydney : Avalon Films , 1995 6338576 1995 single work film/TV crime mystery thriller

'Kensit plays a hotshot policewoman, Kelly Wheatstone, who, together with her partner, Frank Yankovitch (Robert Reynolds) is investigating a series of killings in which the nude bodies of the female victims are arranged in poses like subjects in the paintings of Knowles (Craig Ashley), who becomes a prime suspect. But Frank is distracted from the manhunt because he suspects (correctly) that Helena (Rebecca Rigg), his wife of a few months, is having a secret affair. When Helena’s lover is found dead, suspicion naturally [falls] on Frank.'

Source: David Stratton review in Variety (http://variety.com/1995/film/reviews/tunnel-vision-1200443151/). (Sighted: 16/8/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon Exchange Lifeguards Wet and Wild Summer! (US title) Phillip Avalon , ( dir. Phillip Avalon ) Australia United States of America (USA) : Avalon Films , 1992 7253094 1992 single work film/TV humour adventure romance

'Through a series of hilarious mishaps, Bobby McCain, the son of US International Resort Developer 'Big Mike McCain', finds himself transferred from California to the isolated Mullet Beach, Australia on an Exchange Lifeguard Program. Set against a backdrop of beautiful girls and beaches, life is not as it seems at Mullet Beach.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 15/4/2014)

1 form y separately published work icon Fatal Bond Phillip Avalon , ( dir. Vincent Monton ) Sydney : Avalon Films , 1991 6310526 1991 single work film/TV crime thriller

'Small town hairdresser Leonie Stevens (Linda Blair) is instantly attracted to mysterious drifter Joe Martinez (Jerome Ehlers). Leonie packs her bags and heads south with Joe, who says he’s going to set up a car business with his brother Jack. En route, Joe seduces teenager Bree Boon (Penny Pederson), who is later found murdered. Her strictly religious father, Anthony (Stephen Leeder), starts his own investigation into Bree’s death and stumbles on Leonie at the site of another murder linked to Joe. Meanwhile, Jack has disappeared and it seems his business associates, Rocky Borgetti (Donal Gibson) and Claw Miller (Joe Bugner), know more than they’re saying. Leonie suspects Joe is a serial killer and decides to leave him.'

Source: Australia Screen (http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/fatal-bond/notes/). (Sighted: 7/8/2013).

1 form y separately published work icon Breaking Loose Breaking Loose : Summer City II Rod Hay , ( dir. Rod Hay ) Australia : Avalon Films , 1988 7017263 1988 single work film/TV

Ostensibly a sequel to 1977's Summer City, the film follows a young man who heads out of Sydney and up the coast, only to find himself tangled up with a beach dweller, his Indigenous Australian friend, and the police who mistrust surfers.

1 form y separately published work icon Summer City Phillip Avalon , ( dir. Chris Fraser ) Australia : Avalon Films , 1977 7017075 1977 single work film/TV crime thriller

'A period psycho-drama set in a small coastal town.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 10/2/2014)

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