5 Movies Starring Claudia Karvan

The Big Steal

The Big Steal

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-09-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (725 Reviews)

Director:

Nadia Tass

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Max Dann (additional material)

David Parker

Fullplot:

Danny wants two things in life more than anything else, one is a Jaguar and the other is Joanna Johnson. After Danny's parents give him their beloved Nissan Cedric, Danny works up the courage to ask Joanna out on a date.... One problem! He tells her that he owns a Jaguar, and to prove otherwise, he trades in the Cedric for an early model Jag. At the car yard he is conned into believing he is getting the deal of the century by the salesman, Gordon "Farkas".

Dating the Enemy

Dating the Enemy

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-09-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

97 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1354 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Megan Simpson Huberman

Fullplot:

One messy science journalist (Tash) and a neat television host (Brett). Two very different people whose relationship is nose diving to get the opportunity to experience life in their partners shoes when they wake up one morning in each others bodies. Valuable lessons are learned by each as they both have to adjust to very different lives.

Paperback Hero

Paperback Hero

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-03-25

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (1542 Reviews)

Fullplot:

Jack Willis is a handsome roadtrain driver with a secret - he has just become a top-selling romance novelist. However, being a 'man's man' in the Australian outlook, to avoid embarrassment, he needs a name, a woman's name - and he chooses that of his best friend, Ruby Vale. He must do some fancy footwork to continue the charade when the glamorous city publisher, Ziggy, arrives in dusty outback Lucktown to sign 'Ruby Vale' to a major book deal. Ruby agrees to help Jack though it's for her own gain as well - the publisher will pay for her coming wedding (with Hamish, Jack's buddy). Accompanied by Jack, Ruby goes to Sydney to meet the media, appear on TV and cocktail parties, etc. Gradually, Jack realizes that he has fallen in love with Ruby, while Ruby is also touched by Jack's novel. However, Hamish arrives in Sydney a few days later and asks both of them to stop all these foolish things...

Strange Planet

Strange Planet

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (731 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Stavros Kazantzidis (story)

Stavros Kazantzidis (screenplay)

Emma-Kate Croghan (screenplay)

Fullplot:

This romantic comedy takes place over the course of one year - opening on New Year's Eve of one year and closing exactly one year later. The film focuses on three women living together in a house in Sydney and three male best friends. The men and women at the film's start have not yet met, but it is obvious that all will get together by film's end. The three women are all ending nowhere relationships with married men, older men, or just life's losers. One of the men is just a shy law graduate, one is a sexual conqueror who has just learned one of his conquests is pregnant, and the last is facing a breakup of his marriage. Through various events, each of the two trios end up together at the turn of the year.

33 Postcards

33 Postcards

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-04-15

Languages:

English, Mandarin

Countries:

Australia, China

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (775 Reviews)

Director:

Pauline Chan

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Pauline Chan

Philip Dalkin

Martin Edmond (story)

Martin Edmond

Fullplot:

Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) a 16 yr old Chinese orphan dreams of nothing more than being part of the 'perfect' family. When her orphanage travels to Australia to par-take in The Australian Choir Festival Mei Mei takes the opportunity to find her Australian Sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce). However what she finds is far from what he depicted. Initially mismatched and disconnected the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family, redemption, love and acceptance.

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