5 Movies Starring Bill Hunter

Newsfront

Newsfront

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-07-29

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (507 Reviews)

Director:

Phillip Noyce

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

David Elfick

Bob Ellis (screenplay)

Philippe Mora

Phillip Noyce (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public.

The Return of Captain Invincible

The Return of Captain Invincible

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1984-02-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

90 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (509 Reviews)

Director:

Philippe Mora

Cast:

Writer:

Steven E. de Souza

Andrew Gaty

Peter Smalley (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis, and he was a hero. But when they accused him of supporting the communists, he retired to Australia. Now, after a US super secret super weapon is stolen, he's asked to come back, to help. Unfortunately, he's an alcoholic now... -- parody of superhero comic strips.

Strictly Ballroom

Strictly Ballroom

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1993-02-12

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

94 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (19203 Reviews)

Director:

Baz Luhrmann

Cast:

Writer:

Baz Luhrmann (original idea)

Baz Luhrmann (earlier screenplay)

Andrew Bovell (earlier screenplay)

Baz Luhrmann (screenplay)

Craig Pearce (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Scott Hastings is a champion caliber ballroom dancer, but much to the chagrin of the Australian ballroom dance community, Scott believes in dancing "his own steps". Fran is a beginning dancer and a bit of an ugly duckly who has the audacity to ask to be Scott's partner after his unorthodox style causes his regular partner to dance out of his life. Together, these two misfits try to win the Australian Pan Pacific Championships and show the Ballroom Confederation that they are wrong when they say, "there are no new steps!"

Crackerjack

Crackerjack

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-11-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

92 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (1725 Reviews)

Director:

Paul Moloney

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Mick Molloy

Richard Molloy

Fullplot:

When dwindling membership and increasing overheads makes a local bowling club and prime candidate for a takeover, it's all hands on deck to save the club, in what turns into an epic battle where young meets old, greed meets good and people rise to the occasion in extraordinary circumstances.

The Square

The Square

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-07-31

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

105 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (4188 Reviews)

Director:

Nash Edgerton

Cast:

Writer:

Joel Edgerton

Matthew Dabner

Joel Edgerton (original story)

Fullplot:

Lovers Ray and Carla plan to burn down her house at Christmas, to run off with her husband's drug money. Ray has a side scheme going too, taking kickbacks on the love hotel project whose construction he's managing. The suburban Aussie marrieds live across a river from each other, the much older, domesticated Ray in a upper middle-class neighborhood, Carla on the wrong side of the water. The cheaters will lure their families to the same Christmas picnic celebration, to provide alibis while still being able to sneak off and chat about the arson. Carla's tow-truck owner hubby, Smithy, is a fearsome tough to cross, so will the philanderers' holiday gifts come through, or explode in their lying faces ?

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