Ozploitation movies - following the documentary 'Not quite Hollywood'
These are the movies cited in the documentary 'Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!' by Mark Hartley (2008). The subject is the Ozploitation, with extensive interview of Quentin Tarantino (picking also his favorites). I decided to list them as they appear in the narrative of the documentary. This braces many era of australian movies, you'll see sex, comedy, horror...
'Fantasm comes again' (1977) produced by Toni Ginnane couldn't be added by the search engine, I don't know why because you can find it through name clicking. Maybe in a Yahoo way, this was an aussie way of putting 69 films on this, instead of 70. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076015/
'Fantasm comes again' (1977) produced by Toni Ginnane couldn't be added by the search engine, I don't know why because you can find it through name clicking. Maybe in a Yahoo way, this was an aussie way of putting 69 films on this, instead of 70. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076015/
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- DirectorGillian ArmstrongStarsJudy DavisSam NeillWendy HughesA proud young woman in early 20th century Australia must choose between marriage and independence.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsSusannah FowleDorothy BradleyPatricia KennedyOscar-nominated director Bruce Beresford (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies) crafts a tender coming-of-age tale that introduces one of Australian literature's most beloved characters to the screen, Laura Tweedle Rambotham (Susannah Fowle).
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsEdward WoodwardJack ThompsonJohn WatersThree Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers.
- DirectorMichael PowellStarsJames MasonHelen MirrenJack MacGowranA grizzled Australian painter decides to jolt his stale creativity by moving to a remote island on the Great Barrier Reef, where he takes on an alluring, uninhibited young woman as his muse.
- DirectorTony RichardsonStarsMick JaggerClarissa Kaye-MasonMark McManusThe impoverished son of Irish immigrants is pushed by wrongful police persecution into becoming Australia's most notorious bushranger.
- DirectorTed KotcheffStarsDonald PleasenceGary BondChips RaffertyAfter a bad gambling bet, a schoolteacher is marooned in a town full of crazy, drunk, violent men who threaten to make him just as crazy, drunk, and violent.The first example cited as more thrash than the others, in a troubled time.
- DirectorNicolas RoegStarsJenny AgutterDavid GulpililLuc RoegTwo city-bred siblings are stranded in the Australian Outback, where they learn to survive with the aid of an Aboriginal boy on his "walkabout": a ritual separation from his tribe.
- DirectorJohn B. MurrayStarsGraeme BlundellBarry HumphriesGordon RumphA shy young man is hired by an ad agency to conduct a survey on sex in Australia. The somewhat clueless young man investigates homosexuality, transvestites, prostitution, and strip clubs along with every other variant on the "norm". While doing his interviews he meets celebrities, self proclaimed sex experts, prostitutes, female impersonators, pop stars, actors, and legislators as well as self appointed morals guardians.A documentary made by John B. Murray about sexuality
- DirectorTim BurstallStarsBruce SpenceJacki WeaverHelmut BakaitisA gangly, awkward, would-be revolutionary loses his virginity to the vivacious hippie girlfriend of his two flatmates, and becomes hell-bent on sabotaging her wedding to one of them.Made after there was a rethinking of the censorship (thanks to movie like the Naked Bunyip). The R Rated was invented. This film is considered the first of the australian comedy genre.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsBarry CrockerBarry HumphriesDick BentleyYoung Australian, Barry McKenzie, travels to England with his Aunt Edna after his father dies and a request is revealed in his will.
- DirectorBruce BeresfordStarsBarry CrockerBarry HumphriesDonald PleasenceBarry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the Queen of England and thinks that kidnapping her will draw tourists to his country. Barry and his mates set out to rescue her and bring her back to Australia.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsRachel RobertsAnne-Louise LambertVivean GrayDuring a rural summer picnic, a few students and a teacher from an Australian girls' school vanish without a trace. Their absence frustrates and haunts the people left behind.
- DirectorTim BurstallStarsGraeme BlundellAbigailLynette CurranWaterbed salesman Alvin consults a psychiatrist about his irresistibilty to women.Alan Hopgood said Alfie (with Michael Caine) was known at the time and he flipped the story by making an average guy victim of predatorous girls.
- DirectorDavid BilcockRobin CoppingStarsGraeme BlundellAlan FinneyGus MercurioAlvin Purple, the world's most unlikely sex symbol stumbles from woman to woman and job to job in this zany, sexy Australian comedy.
- DirectorTim BurstallStarsSusannah YorkJohn WatersJohn CastleAn old captain & his young wife share a lot of adventures after they're shipwrecked and captured by Aborigines on an island near Australia.
- DirectorJohn D. LamondStarsGina AllenCount CopernicusHayes GordonA 1970s 'Ozploitation' documentary looking at a random collection of stories from the "dark side" of Australian culture.
- DirectorJohn D. LamondStarsSandy GoreMichael ColeMaj-Brith Bergström-WalanA tongue-in-cheek sex education documentary covering a different subject for each letter of the alphabet, e.g. A is for Anatomy, B is for Babies, etc.
- DirectorJohn D. LamondStarsGlory AnnenChris MilneJoni FlynnTeenager Felicity studies at a remote Roman Catholic Church boarding school and seeks indulgence in popular erotic novels Story of O, Emmanuelle and in a lesbian love affair with her friend Jenny.
- DirectorTerry BourkeStarsPeter ThompsonCheryl RixonNorman YemmPlugg, a seedy private detective, is hired to watch over a suspected brothel, but with the tenacious inspector Closer on his tail, this assignment will prove to be a difficult one.
- DirectorTerry BourkeStarsJudith AndersonAlex CordMichael CraigA sheriff investigates why the guests at a local hostelry check in but never check out.
- DirectorJohn D. LamondStarsBarbara ParkinsRod MullinarJack LenoirFashion executive Jackie Wyatt discovers her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She flies to Paris and bumps into photographer Michael who she at first dislikes but grows to love.
- DirectorRichard FranklinStarsMax GilliesSerge LazareffPaul VachonThe film's unlikely protagonist is a mild-mannered window peeper named Dead-Eye Dick (Max Gillies), who spies on a Mexican couple.
- DirectorPeter BenardosStarsJohnny LockwoodPhilippa BakerGordon McDougallFurther adventures of the Number 96 (1972) crew, on the big screen. After a devastating experience at the hands of a group of bikies Vera Collins recovers at the home of socialite friend Claire Houghton where she meets distinguished politician Nicholas Brent. She is romanced by him and worries that her shady past may harm his career but abruptly calls off the affair after a shock meeting with his son Tony. Dorrie and Herb begin arrangements for the celebration of their Ruby wedding anniversary with Roma, Arnold, Norma and Dudley all crossing wires and duplicating tasks while attempting to help out and cut costs. However a shocking discovery by Flo threatens to halt the celebrations and brings a new man into Dorrie's life. Meanwhile Aldo struggles to work two jobs after accidentally losing the money he had secretly pocketed in the deli to avoid paying income tax on it, and Lucy is suitably unimpressed after Les ropes Alf into his latest money-spinner; a sauna in the building's basement. Simon Carr returns as Vera and Maggie's business partner, while they reminisce about their earlier feud over him it seems someone else has caught his eye: Don Finlayson. Having recovered from her breakdown Sonia Vansard returns to Number 96 with her new husband Duncan, though she seems continually nervous and flustered. She renews acquaintance with good friend Jack Sellars and befriends her new neighbour Diana Moore who Jack is also romancing, though after several bizarre incidents and forgetful episodes begins to question her sanity. Dorrie and Herb's wedding celebration, a sumptuous costume affair, is finally held, but Vera is shocked to discover a fearsome gate-crasher at the party.
- DirectorClaude WhathamStarsJohn HargreavesJudy DavisDennis MillerTrue story about a jailed bank robber who pretends he's become blind to get an early release. Cops don't believe him, but a lonely minister's wife arrives to teach him how to live with his "condition". They fall in love. Big mistake.
- DirectorTony PatersonStarsKylie FosterPaul TrahairMark WatsonThe Story of a photographer's struggle in the glamorous world of nude modeling.