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Lynette Curran is a Actor Australienne born on 1 january 1945
Lynette Curran is an Australian actress best known for her roles in Australian television series and films. Between 1967 and 1974 she was a regular in soap opera Bellbird. She also acted in the film version of the serial, Country Town (1971) and co-starred with Barry Otto in the highly acclaimed 1985 film adaptation of Peter Carey's award winning novel, Bliss.
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Lynette Curran
Lynette Curran is an Australian actress best known for her roles in Australian television series and films. Between 1967 and 1974 she was a regular in soap opera Bellbird. She also acted in the film version of the serial, Country Town (1971) and co-starred with Barry Otto in the highly acclaimed 1985 film adaptation of Peter Carey's award winning novel, Bliss.
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These Final Hours (2014)
, 1h27Directed by Zak Hilditch
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films set in the future, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Jessica De Gouw, Nathan Phillips, Angourie Rice, Sarah Snook, Daniel Henshall, David Field
Roles James' Mum
Rating65%
The film takes place in Perth, and begins ten minutes after a meteor has collided with earth in the North Atlantic, leaving approximately twelve hours until the subsequent global firestorm reaches Western Australia. James and his lover, Zoe, are having sex for the last time at her beach house, where she reveals that she's pregnant with James' child. Not wanting to feel his inevitable death, James disregards Zoe's news and leaves for "the party to end all parties". After having his car stolen, he comes across two men who have kidnapped a young girl and are planning to rape her. James kills them, and rescues the girl. The girl, named Rose, explains that she was separated from her father in Malaga en route to her aunt's house in Roleystone. Not wanting to waste petrol, James instead plans to leave her with his sister and her children. But upon arriving, he finds his sister and her husband dead in the shower, and three crosses marking what appears to be his nieces' graves, in what is an apparent murder suicide.
Prime Mover (2009)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Michael Dorman, Emily Barclay, Ben Mendelsohn, Gyton Grantley, William McInnes, Anthony Hayes
Roles Mrs Boyd
Rating56%
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
, 1h43Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about films
Actors Phillip Adams, Christine Amor, Steve Bisley, Glory Annen Clibbery, Jamie Blanks, Graeme Blundell
Roles Self
Rating75%
Not Quite Hollywood documents the revival of Australian cinema during the Australian New Wave of the 1970s and '80s through B-movies including Alvin Purple, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Dead-End Drive In, Long Weekend, Mad Max, The Man from Hong Kong, Patrick, Razorback, Road Games, Stork and Turkey Shoot. From 1971 through to the late 1980s, Australian directors began to take advantage of the newly introduced R-rating which allowed more on-screen nudity, sex and violence for audiences restricted to age 18 and over. "Ozploitation"—writer-director Mark Hartley's own portmanteau of "Australian exploitation"—was a subgenre of the New Wave which accounted for the critically panned "gross-out comedies, sex romps, action and road movies, teen films, westerns, thrillers and horror films" of the era, commonly overlooked in Australia's "official film history". The film addresses three main categories of "Ozploitation" films: sex, horror and action.
Somersault (2004)
, 1h46Directed by Cate Shortland
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Erik Thomson, Hollie Andrew, Anne-Louise Lambert, Leah Purcell
Roles Irene
Rating66%
Heidi (Cornish), a somewhat isolated, sexually promiscuous teenager living in the suburbs of Canberra, flees her home after her mother, Nicole, finds Heidi kissing Nicole's boyfriend. Isolated and alone, she initially travels to Snowy River with the promise of a job offer, however after phoning the person who informed her of the job prospect, she is rebuffed as the person explains they do not remember her. Heidi's attractive appearance and vulnerability lead her into various situations and escapades in the small town. She meets a stranger at a bar and has anonymous sex with him. In the morning, he informs her of his plans to travel to Sydney and Heidi asks if she can accompany him. His friend informs her that he already has a girlfriend and the idea of Heidi travelling with him is dismissed as a result of this. She strikes up a friendship with Irene (Curran), an older woman who runs a motel in the town. Irene, realising Heidi has very little life experience and no permanent roots in the town, offers her an apartment to rent at the back of the motel. In order to pay the rent, Heidi must find a job, and after an unsuccessful attempt to work at a beanie shop, she is hired at a service station. One of Heidi's co-workers is Bianca (Andrew) and the two become friends after Bianca offers her a lift home one evening.
Stories of Lost Souls (2004)
, 1h30Directed by Illeana Douglas, Deborra-Lee Furness, Mark Palansky
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Josh Hartnett, Jason Acuña, Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Jacqui Maxwell, William Ash
Roles Mother
Rating53%
Un film à sketches centré autour de six histoires de conquête et de persévérance : "Standing Room Only" de Deborra-Lee Furness, "A Whole New Day" de William Garcia, "New Year's Eve" de Colin Spector, "Euston Road" de Toa Stappard et "Bangers" de Andrew Upton.
Japanese Story (2003)
, 1h45Directed by Sue Brooks
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Toni Collette, Lynette Curran, Reg Evans, Justine Clarke, John Howard
Roles Mum
Rating67%
Sandy Edwards (played by Toni Collette) is a director in a company that designs geological software in Perth, Western Australia. Her business partner manipulates her into agreeing to act as a guide for a Japanese businessman visiting mines in the Pilbara desert, in hopes that he will purchase the software. When Hiromitsu Tachibana (Gotaro Tsunashima) arrives, he treats Sandy like a chauffeur, and he seems more intent on self-discovery in the wilderness than on buying computer software. At first, Sandy is angered by his reserved, demanding demeanor. On their first journey into the desert, Hiromitsu, feeling insecure, talks more on his phone with friends in Japan than he does to Sandy. He also insists that she drive farther than planned. The terrain proves too much for the pair's vehicle, which becomes bogged down in the sand. After a series of desperate attempts to release the vehicle, including digging a dead man anchor, their winch burns out. Sandy wants to use Hiromitsu's phone to call people who can rescue them, but Hiromitsu refuses. This forces them to spend the night stranded together. The next day, Hiromitsu, conscious that his refusal had placed them in danger, wakes up much earlier than Sandy and builds a track of sticks over which they can drive out of the sand. The maneuver is successful. Now that they are on the road again, the ice breaks and a friendship starts between them that, in isolated surroundings uninterrupted by their work, grows quickly and honestly. Later, at a motel, they have sex. Only after does Sandy learn that Hiromitsu has a wife and children in Japan.
My Mother Frank (2000)
, 1h30Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sam Neill, Sinéad Cusack, Matthew Newton, Celia Ireland, Rose Byrne, Sacha Horler
Roles Jean
Rating63%
Praise (1999)
, 1h38Directed by John Curran
Genres Drama
Actors Sacha Horler, Joel Edgerton, Marta Dusseldorp, Damon Herriman, Loene Carmen, Lynette Curran
Roles Sexual Health Worker
Rating66%
Bangers (1999)
Directed by Cate Blanchett
Actors Lynette Curran, Cate Blanchett
Roles Mother
Rating55%
Cate Blanchett portrays a marginally successful career woman preparing dinner for her gruff and unsympathetic mother. As she cooks the mashed potatoes and sausages, she tells an indifferent audience of her mother and cat about a recent promotion at work. While she rants about her job it becomes apparent that she is in the middle of a mental breakdown that culminates in burned sausage and mashed potatoes all over the floor.
The Boys (1998)
, 1h26Directed by Rowan Woods
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors David Wenham, Toni Collette, Lynette Curran, John Polson, Anthony Hayes, Anna Lise Phillips
Roles Sandra Sprague
Rating68%
After serving time in prison for an assault on a liquor store-owner, Brett Sprague is released from prison and returns home to his two brothers and their girlfriends, mother, stepfather, and girlfriend. Things have changed, and as Brett begins to drink his way through the day, he regains his "top-dog" position one argument at a time. This power-trip gets Brett and his brothers united in rage against their girlfriends and mother, and they are involved in a heinous crime. The aftermath of the night unfolds through the story with flashforwards.
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
, 2h12Directed by Gillian Armstrong
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Cate Blanchett, Ciarán Hinds, Richard Roxburgh, Clive Russell, Christian Manon
Roles Mrs. Ahearn
Rating64%
As a child living in Australia, Lucinda Leplastrier is given a Prince Rupert's Drop which sparks a lifelong obsession with glass.
Road to Nhill (1997)
, 1h35Directed by Sue Brooks
Genres Comedy
Actors Tony Barry, Paul Chubb, Bill Hunter, Lynette Curran, Kerry Walker
Roles Margot
Rating65%
A car carrying four lady lawn bowlers on its way to Nhill is involved in an accident on a deserted road in rural Victoria. Locals, not knowing where the accident was, or who was involved, embark on a journey to assist.
Dead to the World (1991)
Genres Drama
Actors Lynette Curran, Agnieszka Perepeczko, Richard Roxburgh, Paul Chubb, Paul Goddard, Noah Taylor
Roles Pearl Elkington
Rating41%
The owner of an inner city boxing gym and her troupe of boxers band together to fight developers.
The Delinquents (1989)
, 1h41Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Kylie Minogue, Charlie Schlatter, Bruno Lawrence, Todd Boyce, Melissa Jaffer, Lynette Curran
Roles Mrs. Hansen
Rating56%
The film was adapted from the novel of the same name by Australian author Deirdre Cash, writing as Criena Rohan. Lola and Brownie are teenagers in the Australian town of Bundaberg during the 1950s. They fall in love, but because of their age must fight their parents and welfare, who try to keep them apart. Lola falls pregnant and the couple runs away so they can keep their baby and live happily ever after. Lola's mother and the police find them and take Lola home. Brownie joins the crew of a ship so he can sail the coast and look for Lola. Meanwhile, Lola is forced to have an abortion by her mother in Brisbane. After an argument with her mother about Brownie and the abortion, Lola moves to Melbourne, becomes a waitress and bleaches her hair. Lola is reunited with Brownie after he visits the bar where Lola works whilst on shore leave. She returns with Brownie to his ship and they spend the night together in Brownie's cabin, where they are discovered the following morning by Brownie's friend and boss, Bosun. After an argument between Brownie and Bosun as to whether Lola should return to her mother or stay with Brownie, Bosun eventually relents and says that Lola can stay, so long as she is kept "out of sight" from the other sailors.
The Year My Voice Broke (1987)
, 1h43Directed by John Duigan
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Noah Taylor, Loene Carmen, Ben Mendelsohn, Judi Farr, Graeme Blundell, Lynette Curran
Roles Anne Olson
Rating72%
In the 1960s, Danny (Noah Taylor), a thin, socially awkward adolescent, falls in love with his best friend Freya (Loene Carmen) in rural New South Wales, Australia. Unfortunately, she is attracted to Trevor (Ben Mendelsohn), a high school rugby star, larrikin and petty criminal who helps Danny with the school bullies. Shortly after sleeping with Freya at the abandoned house, Trevor steals a car for a joyride and is arrested and sent to juvenile detention; it is while he is away that Freya reveals to Danny that she is pregnant. Danny offers to marry her and claim that the child is his, but Freya refuses, saying that she does not want to marry anyone. Meanwhile, intrigued by a locket left to Freya by an elderly friend of theirs who recently died -engraved "SEA"- Danny begins to investigate the town's past, and discovers a lone cross in the cemetery bearing those initials, belonging to a "Sara Elizabeth Amery," who died days after Freya was born. Through inquiries with his parents, Danny learns that Sara was something of the town prostitute years ago, and that she was Freya's biological mother, who died trying to give birth by herself at the abandoned house.