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1 form y separately published work icon Sting Kiah Roache-Turner , ( dir. Kiah Roache-Turner ) Australia : See Pictures Pictures in Paradise , 2024 25808353 2024 single work film/TV A lonely girl befriends a strange spider after its egg smashes through her apartment window. But the spider soon grows to an impossible size and develops an insatiable appetite.
1 1 form y separately published work icon Slim and I Kriv Stenders , ( dir. Kriv Stenders ) Australia : Pictures in Paradise Slim Dusty Enterprises , 2020 20386031 2020 single work film/TV

'For over 50 years country music legend Slim Dusty and his wife Joy McKean trail-blazed their way across Australia performing, writing and collecting songs of the bush and its people. They created a musical legacy that to this day continues to entertain and inspire, a catalogue of plain speaking yet profoundly insightful music documenting the rural Australian experience. Theirs is perhaps one of the greatest partnerships in Australian music history. SLIM and I is a feature documentary that tells the incredible story of that partnership and of the woman who lived beside, rather than behind, the legend. Australia's own "Queen of Country Music", Joy McKean.' (Production summary)
1 21 form y separately published work icon Bait Bait S. P. Krause , Shayne Armstrong , Russell Mulcahy , Duncan Kennedy , Justin Monjo , John Kim , ( dir. Kimble Rendall ) Australia : Arclight Films International Australia Black Magic Films Pictures in Paradise Story Bridge Films , 2012 Z1837951 2012 single work film/TV thriller horror

'Sharks in a supermarket! In a sleepy coastal resort community, shoppers at an underground supermarket find themselves terrorised by a crazed killer when the unimaginable occurs - a freak tsunami swallows the town. But the tidal wave has also delivered some unwanted visitors from the depths, and as the waters rise they must overcome not only the threat of drowning and the human menace within their midst - but a pack of hungry sharks.'

Source: Screen Australia
1 9 form y separately published work icon A Heartbeat Away Julie Kincade , ( dir. Gale Edwards ) 2011 Australia : Pictures in Paradise , 2011 Z1670975 2011 single work film/TV humour

A music-based comedy-drama.

'A Heartbeat Away is a feel-good Australian musical comedy from international Emmy award winner and acclaimed theatre director Gale Edwards.

'Kevin Flack (Sebastian Gregory) has a dream - to play lead guitar in a famous rock and roll band. But being a Rock God in the sleepy seaside town of Montague isn't easy. And neither is living at home with your mum and dad and your idiot younger brother.

'Kevin longs to break free while his father - Edwin Flack (William Zappa) - is proud of his Montague heritage and for the past twenty years has been totally obsessed with his one love - the town's Municipal Marching Band.

'Today, the Band faces a crisis. The Montague Council is preparing to demolish the community hall, the band's long time home. As the band prepares for the upcoming regional championships, Edwin is hit by a bus and Kevin is forced to take over as musical director.

'At the same time, the local Mayor (Colin Friels) convinces the Council to close down the Band in order to make way for a tourist development project. But Kevin strikes a deal and the Mayor agrees that if the Band win first prize in the competition then their future is assured.

'With the help of Mandy (Isabel Lucas) - the Mayor's daughter - Kevin must get the Band on his side, rearrange an iconic rock song for brass and totally overhaul their dated routine...

'All in four short weeks... And of course, his father must never find out.'

Source: A Heartbeat Away website, http://www.aheartbeatawaymovie.com/
Sighted: 17/03/2011
1 33 form y separately published work icon The Proposition Nick Cave , ( dir. John Hillcoat ) Australia United Kingdom (UK) : Autonomous Jackie O Productions Pictures in Paradise Surefire Film Productions LLP , 2005 Z1216692 2005 single work film/TV thriller western crime (taught in 8 units)

'Set in the 1880s, [The Proposition] opens in the middle of a frenzied gunfight between the police and a gang of outlaws. Charlie Burns ... and his brother Mikey are captured by Captain Stanley... Together with their psychopathic brother Arthur, ... they are wanted for a brutal crime. Stanley makes Charlie a seemingly impossible proposition in an attempt to bring an end to the cycle of bloody violence.'


Source: Nick Cave's website (http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/)

Sighted: 20/09/2005
1 form y separately published work icon Under the Radar Steve Pratt , ( dir. Evan Clarry ) Queensland : Pictures in Paradise , 2003 7028320 2003 single work film/TV thriller humour

'UNDER THE RADAR is a black comedy-thriller about four 20-somethings – three boys and a girl – who set off on a journey to the coast. Each has their own agenda; Brandon wants to get to the surf competition, Trevor wants to run away from home, Jo wants to escape the mob and Adrian can't remember what he wants, who he is or who the other three are.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 12/2/2014)
1 2 form y separately published work icon Blurred Kier Shorey , Stephen Davis , ( dir. Evan Clarry ) Australia : Pictures in Paradise , 2002 Z1887266 2002 single work film/TV humour

'Every year in Australia, more than 70,000 school leavers head for the sun-drenched beaches of the Gold Coast to celebrate their release from the secondary school system. BLURRED is not about being there - it's about a bunch of kids trying to get there. It shows the potential of young people, their resilience and their humour as the innocence of childhood is burned away in a blaze of alcohol and drugs, sexual confusion and the severing of the bonds of the schoolyard.'

Source: Screen Australia.
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