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1 form y separately published work icon Future Past Michael McGennan , ( dir. Marcus Cole ) Australia : Somerset Film Productions , 1988 Z1864648 1988 single work film/TV science fiction

'While attempting a hologram experiment on a multi-national computer, a computer whiz inadvertantly creates Billy, a tough-talking highroller from the future. Billy creates havoc and the only solution is to blast him back to the future...'.

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 1/6/2012)

1 form y separately published work icon Rock 'n' Roll Cowboys David Young , ( dir. Rob Stewart ) Australia : Somerset Film Productions , 1988 Z1864512 1988 single work film/TV science fiction

'Damien Shard is going to rid the world of the demon rock 'n' roll and spread the word of the Lord. Catapulted into the future on his psychotronic alpha sampler, he sets his sights on Mickey La Grange, an unsuspecting sound engineer' (Source: Screen Australia).

1 form y separately published work icon Watch the Shadows Dance Nightmaster [US title] Michael McGennan , ( dir. Mark Joffe ) Australia : Somerset Film Productions , 1988 7031419 1988 single work film/TV young adult science fiction crime thriller

'Robbie, a young high school teacher becomes a martial arts champion. After Robbie witnesses the murder of the local thug and drug pusher, he finds himself in the ring, competing with the killer.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 13/2/2014)

1 1 form y separately published work icon Outback Vampires Colin Eggleston , David Young , ( dir. Colin Eggleston ) Australia : Somerset Film Productions , 1987 Z1866906 1987 single work film/TV horror

'The Terminus family love a bit of new blood. When three strangers arrive in the outback town of Yarralumla, the Mayor has no hesitation in delivering the strangers to the Terminus estate for dinner. Little do the strangers realise that they are the main course'.

Source: Screen Australia

1 form y separately published work icon The Edge of Power Richard Cassidy , ( dir. Henri Safran ) Australia : Somerset Film Productions , 1987 Z1829115 1987 single work film/TV thriller science fiction

In this futuristic drama (set only a few years in the future), a journalist sets up a politician to take a fall, but things do not turn out quite as planned.

1 form y separately published work icon Computer Ghosts Michael McGennan , ( dir. Marcus Cole et. al. )agent Australia : Somerset Film Productions , 1987 Z1829090 1987 single work film/TV fantasy

A comedic fantasy made-for-television film in which a security company conjures up computer-generated 'ghosts', to scare people away from buying certain properties, allowing the company to snap them up at auction for a fraction of their worth. The system works until the appearance, apparently from nowhere, of a mysterious couple.

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