Year Title Director Character Description Buy

1992 Life's Burning Desire Stephen Cummins Self The story of the founding of the Australian Choreographic Ensemble and the development of the work Contact.

1992 Strictly Ballroom Baz Luhrmann Scott Hastings Scott Hastings can dance--a little too well for his partner, his family, and the judges. Can he win the championship without being "strictly ballroom"?

1993 Back of Beyond Michael Robertson Tom McGregor It's been twelve years since Tom McGregor took his sister for a fateful ride. Now his insulated world is invaded by strangers, bringing him purpose, and perhaps forgiveness.

1993 Exit to Eden Garry Marshall Elliot Slater Two cops go undercover to an island of kink to bust an international diamond smuggler.

1994 The Bible: Joseph Roger Young Joseph The timeless story of Joseph, told with great attention to biblical accuracy.

1995 Museum of Love      

1995 Cosi
(uncredited)
Mark Joffe Mental Patient (he's the one that auditions on skates) Louis is a young Sydney amateur theater director at his first experience: he is offered a job with a Governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution for mentally ill. His project is overrun by one of the patients Roy who wants to put on stage Cosi Fan Tutte.

1995 Red Ribbon Blues Charles Winkler Troy Three HIV-positive gay men have their revenge on the pharmaceutical industry by stealing AIDS medicine from drug stores and providing it to those who can't afford it.

1996 Welcome to Woop Woop Stephan Elliot Midget A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.

1996 Dark Planet Albert Magnoli Anson Hawke Mankind's wars have finally come to a violent end. Only the Dark Planet can save the species, and only one man can get them there.

1998 Day of the Roses (TV) Peter Fisk Bryan Gordon Docudrama of the events surrounding the Granville Rail Disaster in Sydney in January 1977, and the subsequent coronial investigation.

1998 The First 9½ Weeks Alex Wright Matt Wade A stockbroker travels to New Orleans to land a big account, only to be drawn into a web of sex and deceit. (note: buy button links to R-rated version. There is also an unrated version available.)

1999 Sydney: Story of a City (IMAX) Geoff Burton Marco This IMAX film features fantastic shots of Sydney and the surrounding areas, plus some interesting history. (Note: available in PAL only)

1999 Kick (aka: James) Lynda Heys David Knight A champion high school rugby player (Russell Page) has a secret desire to be a ballet dancer, having spent 11 years in ballet school. Seizing an opportunity to audition for a local company's presentation of "Romeo and Juliet", he nonetheless fears what will happen to his reputation if the other kids in his school find out.

2001 The Finder Frank Sheilds Leo Natoli The Finder is a potion of kidnap, crime and collusion, set in and around an Elvis Presley convention around Sydney's magnificent northern beaches.



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