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2 33 form y separately published work icon Cloudstreet Tim Winton , Ellen Fontana , ( dir. Matt Saville ) Australia : Screentime Showtime , 2011 Z1582485 2011 series - publisher film/TV (taught in 1 units) 'The highly anticipated three part mini-series of the modern Australian classic novel. Set in and around Perth during the 40s and 50s, Cloudstreet tells the story of two rural families who suffer separate catastrophes and flee to the city to pick up the pieces of their lives and start again. Brought together in the same house at No.1 Cloud Street, the Lambs and the Pickles' share numerous tragedies and triumphs that draw them closer together, until the roof over their heads becomes a home for their hearts.' (Showtime website)
1 form y separately published work icon Car Without Brakes Tony McNamara , ( dir. Kate Dennis ) Australia : Showtime , 2007 Z1438670 2007 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon One Big Happy Tony McNamara , ( dir. Omar Madha ) Australia : Showtime , 2006 Z1367421 2006 single work film/TV

'Dylan tries to impress his new friends with haunted house stories but they cross the line with Frankie when they hold a séance. Charlie tries to lift Julia out of her deepening depression. He eventually meets with some success but not before she admits to some dark feelings. Tom begins his three tasks to win back Katie but a misunderstanding causes things to quickly backfire, but Tom is persistent. Di and Clive return from New York. Although his father's condition has worsened, Lewis maintains the distant relationship he's had with Clive all his life, but he does take Dylan to meet his grandfather.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive (http://www.australiantelevision.net/lovemyway/series2.html). (Sighted: 19/10/2012)

1 7 form y separately published work icon Love My Way Claudia Karvan , John Edwards , Jacquelin Perske , FOX8 (publisher), Channel W (publisher), Showtime (publisher), Jacquelin Perske , Tony McNamara , Marissa Cooke , Brendan Cowell , Louise Fox , Fiona Seres , Blake Ayshford , Sarah Lambert , ( dir. Jessica Hobbs et. al. )agent 2004 Sydney Australia : Southern Star John Edwards FOX8 Channel W Showtime , 2004-2007 Z1238717 2004 series - publisher film/TV

The first Australian drama series to be made specifically for pay television, Love My Way follows the lives of a group of thirty-somethings who explore issues of friendship, step-parenting, divorce, and relationships. It deals with the randomness of life and the need many of us have to carve out a place in the world.

Central to the series is Frankie Paige, who attempts to negotiate the web of contemporary relationships, juggle the priorities of family obligations, and be both successful at love and fulfilled professionally, while hoping that 'happiness' might occur if all the other things fall into place. She lives with Tom, a once-successful chef who now cooks at the local rehabilitation hospital. Just down the road in a much nicer house lives her ex-husband (and Tom's brother), Charlie. An emotionally stunted architect/surfer now married to Julia, he and Frankie still have a relationship through their daughter, Lou. Throughout the series, these principal characters are pulled and strained by desires and contradictions that appear to be part and parcel of modern life.

1 form y separately published work icon You Can't Stop the Murders Anthony Mir , Gary Eck , Akmal Saleh , ( dir. Anthony Mir ) Australia : Big Mo Film SBS Independent Miramax Films Showtime , 2003 6341899 2003 single work film/TV crime thriller humour

'Sleepy West village, population 350, host to the annual Fun Festival culminating in the Line Dancing Championship, is rocked to its core. A biker is killed. A construction worker is killed. A sailor is killed. A cowboy and an indian are killed. It has become evident to the hapless cops in West that a serial killer is knocking off 'members' of the Village People. One piece remains to complete this sick puzzle ... a dead cop. With the help of a city detective, who is unwillingly sent to investigate the murders, our rescuers race to save their town and their own lives. A comedy thriller …'

Source: Australian Film Commission (http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/filmsandawards/recentfilms/0203/feature_57.aspx). (Sighted: 19/8/2013)

1 form y separately published work icon The Man Who Sued God John Clarke , Don Watson , ( dir. Mark Joffe ) Australia : Australian Film Finance Corporation New South Wales Film and Television Office Showtime , 2003 13529032 2003 single work film/TV humour

'Billy Connolly plays Steve Myers, a lawyer who became a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was 'an act of God'. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and the church under the guise of God, defending himself. The accident leads him to a friendship and eventual relationship with a journalist, Anna Redmond (Davis).' (Source: IMDB)

1 1 form y separately published work icon Crackerjack Mick Molloy , Richard Molloy , ( dir. Paul Moloney ) Melbourne : A Million Monkeys Molloy Boy Productions Showtime Network Ten Ruby Entertainment , 2002 7893153 2002 single work film/TV humour

'An overgrown boy from a spoiled generation, becomes a man through fraternising with an older, wiser — and very daggy — generation.'

Source: Australian Screen.

1 form y separately published work icon Selkie Rob George , ( dir. Donald Crombie ) Australia : Showtime Australian Film Commission Bluestone Pictures , 2000 Z1865645 2000 single work film/TV fantasy children's

When a young boy's mother moves to a remote island of the coast of Australia for work, he struggles with the notion of leaving behind his friends and girlfriend. But, surrounded by the ocean, he learns that he is connected with a long line of selkies--ancient Scottish creatures with power to turn themselves into seals.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Innocence Paul Cox , ( dir. Paul Cox ) Australia : Showtime Strand / New Oz Productions , 2000 6825744 2000 single work film/TV

'Retired organist and music teacher Andreas Borg discovers that his first love Claire, a woman he hasn't seen for almost 50 years, lives nearby - that she exists! He writes her a letter. Through poignant erotic flashbacks we start to understand the haunting quality of their early relationship. After almost 50 years their innocence still burns. A comic-tragic tale of love and lust, of tenderness and hope. A passionate reminder to live life to the full. A poignant homage to the human spirit.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 18/12/2013)

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