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Tagged: 2000s
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Allen (Geoff Morrell) is crawling from the river, apologising for his role in an escape attempt that ended in debacle, when the crocodile sneaks up behind him at lightning speed.
Summary by Lynden...
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This is an excerpt from director Ted Kotcheff's introduction to the premiere screening of the restored Wake in Fright at the NFSA in 2009.
He describes the long and arduous search for the missing...
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This is an excerpt from an NFSA video oral history interview between Paul Harris and Ted Kotcheff, the Canadian-born director of Wake in Fright (1971).
In this clip, he talks about the one scene he...
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This short trailer effectively shows the dramatic improvement in sharpness and colour between the 2009 restoration of Wake In Fright by AtLab and the original negative from 1971.
The improvements are...
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Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) is confronted by cattle baron Neil Fletcher (David Wenham). Fletcher offers to buy Faraway Downs and use his influence to save Nullah (Brandon Walters) from being...
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Christian (Ewan McGregor) is captivated by the courtesan Satine. Toulouse-Lautrec (John Leguizamo) promises Christian he will meet Satine alone. The same promise is made by Moulin Rouge impresario...
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Luke (Kirk Page) and Grandma Nina (Freda Glynn) walk into the old mission house. Here, Grandma Nina encounters ghosts of yesteryear. They find out that Grandma Nina’s mother has long passed away....
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On the train, Harry Saunders (David Ngoombujarra) introduces himself to Thomas Green (Glenn Shea), his wife Maude (Kylie Belling) and daughter Sophia (Rose Kirby). Maude gets angry with Harry, and...
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Charlie (Wayne Munro) is in the shop. His head is turned by a stranger from the city. Charlie is getting served when he notices the stranger has dropped her wallet. Charlie rings the stranger with...
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Thornton not only pokes fun at the ignorance of conservative white purchasers of Indigenous art, but also exploits the paradigm of 'authentic Aboriginality’. The same ignorance Catherine (Sophie Lee...