Connection
The Shiralee is a film directed by George Ogilvie with Bryan Brown
The Shiralee (1988)
If you like this film, let us know!
- Infos
- Casting
- Technical infos
- Photos
- Videos
- Film quotes
- Characters
- Music
- Awards
Add to a movie listFor the 1957 film starring Peter Finch, see The Shiralee (1957 film)
The Shiralee is a 1987 Australian TV film directed by George Ogilvie, based on the novel of the same name by D'Arcy Niland.
It was originally filmed as a mini series and was shot in Adelaide and Quorn, South Australia.
Synopsis
The plot revolves around an itinerant rural worker and fighter named Macauley —sometimes described as a “swagman” or “swaggie” who unexpectedly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. The film contrasts the harshness of Australian masculinity with a parent-child relationship.Actors
Comments
Leave comment :
Suggestions of similar film to The Shiralee
There are 84 films with the same actors, 7 films with the same director, 6889 films with the same themes (including 3827 films with the same 2 themes than The Shiralee), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked The Shiralee, you will probably like those similar films :
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
, 1h47Directed by George Miller, George Ogilvie
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Peplum, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films set in the future, Political films, Road movies, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films
Actors Mel Gibson, Tina Turner, Bruce Spence, Angry Anderson, Adam Cockburn, Helen Buday
Rating62%
Fifteen years after defeating Lord Humungus, Max Rockatansky crosses the Australian desert in a camel-drawn wagon when he is attacked by a pilot named Jedediah and his son in a Transavia PL-12 Airtruk, stealing his wagon and belongings. Continuing on foot, Max follows their trail to the seedy community of Bartertown. While refused entry at first, Max is brought before the founder and ruler of Bartertown, the ruthless Aunty Entity. She offers to resupply his vehicle and equipment if he completes a task for her.
The Dismissal (1983)
Directed by George Miller, Phillip Noyce, George Ogilvie, Carl Schultz, John Power
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Max Phipps, John Meillon, Tony Barry, John Stanton, John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter
Rating81%
The Shiralee (1957)
, 1h39Directed by Leslie Norman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Peter Finch, Elizabeth Sellars, Rebecca Smart, George Rose, Bryan Brown, Rosemary Harris
Rating66%
An itinerant rural worker named Macauley —sometimes described as a "swagman" or "swaggie"—suddenly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. Having returned from "walkabout", he finds his wife entwined in the arms of another, and so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. The child is the "shiralee", an Irish or Aboriginal word meaning "swag", or metaphorically, a "burden."[1]
The Fire in the Stone (1984)
, 1h34Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ray Meagher, Paul Smith, Don Barker
Rating67%
On the Beach (2000)
, 3h15Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about religion, Transport films, Submarine films, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Armand Assante, Bryan Brown, Rachel Ward, Grant Bowler, Jacqueline McKenzie, Steve Bastoni
Rating68%
The USS Charleston (SSN-704), a 688i variant Los Angeles-class submarine, is equipped with a caterpillar drive and is on station following a nuclear exchange, and is under the command of Captain Dwight Towers.
Beautiful Kate (2009)
, 1h41Directed by Rachel Ward
Genres Drama
Themes Films about families, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Transport films
Actors Rachel Griffiths, Bryan Brown, Sophie Lowe, Maeve Dermody, Ben Mendelsohn
Rating65%
A writer, Ned Kendall (Ben Mendelsohn), is returning to the remote and isolated family home inhabited by his sister Sally (Rachel Griffiths), to say goodbye to his father, Bruce (Bryan Brown), who is dying. Ned also brings his fiancee, Toni (Maeve Dermody), who has trouble getting used to the isolation and harshness of rural Australia.
Cactus (2008)
, 1h25Genres Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Road movies
Actors Bryan Brown, Shane Jacobson, Daniel Krige, David Lyons, Celia Ireland, Craig Bartlett
Rating57%
Cactus is a road movie centred on a kidnapping. Plot The movie begins with John Kelly pulling Eli Jones (David Lyons) from his city residence, drugging him and driving across regional Australia for three days. On the journey, John and Eli begin to interact and talk, as well as having a run-in with a rogue cop and encountering "Thommo", a trucker.
Curtin (2007)
, 1h30Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors William McInnes, Noni Hazlehurst, Asher Keddie, Ben Esler, Geoff Morrell, Bille Brown
Rating70%
The film covers the period from just before Curtin became Prime Minister until the return of the 6th and 7th Divisions to Australia at the start of the Pacific war.
The Poseidon Adventure (2005)
, 2h54Directed by Irwin Allen, Ronald Neame, John Putch
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Adam Baldwin, Alexa Hamilton, Rutger Hauer, Steve Guttenberg, Bryan Brown, C. Thomas Howell
Rating44%
The plot centers on the SS Poseidon, a 135,000-ton state-of-the-art luxury cruise ship on a cruise from Cape Town, South Africa to Sydney, Australia as well as the stories and dramas of some of the 3,700 passengers and crew.