Australian Film Finance Corporation
Series
Language
English
Description
In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating...
2) The bank
Publisher
New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A brilliant young mathematician is on the verge of discovering a formula that could predict the fluctuations of the stock market and he is quickly taken under the wing of a corrupt CEO at Centrabank. Together these two men will play a deadly game of deception and revenge, while initiating one of the largest banking scandals in history.
Publisher
Miramax Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
After a mad, passionate fling on a whirlwind trip to Moscow, party girl Joan Fraser returns home pregnant. And when little Joe is born, everyone wonders who "Daddy" is! Soon, the ball starts rolling on a hilarious sequence of events that includes a clueless husband, a lovesick double agent and even Joseph Stalin himself.
Series
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1999?]
Language
English
Description
No one ever paid much attention to Muriel and her humdrum small town life, so she and her best friend Rhonda decide to leave it behind and head for the big city ... where they end up having the exciting adventure of their lives! What's more, soon everyone takes notice when Muriel becomes engaged to a handsome and popular sports hero!
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Set in the 1930's in war-torn China and inspired by true events. George Hogg is a young Englishman who leads sixty orphaned boys on an extraordinary journey of almost a thousand miles across the snow-bound Liu Pan Shan mountains to safety on the edge of the Mongolian desert. During his journey, George learns to rely on the support of Chen, the leader of a Chinese partisan group who becomes his closest friend. He soon finds himself falling in love...
6) Two hands
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
19-year-old Jimmy finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile, two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.
Language
English
Description
With a contract to perform a drag show way out in the Australian desert, Tick, Adam, and Ralph each has his own reason for wanting to leave the safety of Sydney. Christening their battered pink tour bus "Priscilla," the trio heads for the outback and into crazy adventures in even crazier outfits.
Publisher
Vanguard Films
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
"For 40 years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a mental hospital by her father. Her release is eventually secured and she walks out to a world unfamiliar to her in every way, seeking the love and affection she never got"--Container.
9) Chopper
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Based on the frightening, savegely funny and twisted story of real life convict and best selling author Mark Brandon Read.
Series
Publisher
American Home Treasures
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Alice's girlhood fantasies of finding her father are twisted into a bundle of letters, returned from the postal service's Dead Letter Office. Hoping to learn something, she takes a job there, supervised by a gloomy man hiding from his past.
Publisher
Distributed by Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
A beautiful wild Australian mare gives birth to Thowra, an exceptional cream-colored foal, with a mane and tail that gleam silver in the moonlight. As Thowra grows through several seasons in the mountains the herd find survival difficult. The summer is worse, for that is when Man comes to try and capture Thowra, and becomes an obsession of mythic proportions.
13) Alien visitor
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"She" is an inhabitant of the planet Epsilon who's mistakenly transported to Earth ... and dropped into the middle of the Australian outback. She falls in love with a man and as this highly unconventional saga leads you in one surprising direction after another, the man ultimately what he's learned from her to save the planet.
14) Shine
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story of Australian pianist David Helfgott. Driven by his father and his teachers he experiences a nervous breakdown and is hospitalized, but later returns to the concert hall.
15) Dead heart
Publisher
Fox Lorber Home Video
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
A local lawman tries to reconcile the aboriginal tradition requiring revenge for murder vs. Australian law.
16) The Sum of us
Publisher
Evergreen Entertainment
Pub. Date
1995.
Language
English
Description
How is a guy ever supposed to find Mr. Right when his father won't stop trying to help?
Publisher
Distributed by E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Tess returns home to Drovers Run, a family-run ranch in Australia's outback, to reunite with her estranged father Jack and half-sister Claire. Although Tess and Claire have their differences, after an unexpected tragedy, they must work together to save the ranch from bankruptcy.
18) Napoleon
Publisher
MGM/UA Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Join a precocious Golden Retriever pup as he takes off on a magical journey to the wilds of the Australian Outback in this wonderful, all-animal adventure.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Oscar is an Anglican priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies the rules of 19th-century society. When they meet over an innocent game of cards, their passion for gambling leads them both down a road of romance, chance and fate that changes their lives forever.
20) Bootmen
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Sean (Garcia), a small-town steelworker, realizes a lifelong dream when he's invited to audition for a big-city dance show. Hired, then fired for out-dancing and out-punching the show's star, he returns home only to find his girlfriend in the arms of his brother"--Container.