5 Movies Directed by Robert Connolly

The Bank

The Bank

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2001-09-06

Languages:

English, Japanese

Countries:

Australia, Italy

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (2430 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Connolly

Cast:

Writer:

Brian Price (based on an original idea by)

Mike Betar (based on an original idea by)

Robert Connolly (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Bank is a thriller about banking, corruption and alchemy.

Balibo

Balibo

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2009-08-13

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

111 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (1860 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Connolly

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Connolly

Jill Jolliffe (book)

David Williamson

Fullplot:

As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic Josè Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifies and an unlikely friendship develops between the last foreign correspondent in East Timor and the man who will become President. BALIBO is a political thriller that tells the true story of crimes that have been covered up for over thirty years.

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1336 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Connolly

Cast:

Writer:

Suelette Dreyfus (book)

Robert Connolly (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Julian Assange is one of the most significant figures of the twenty first century. But before he was famous, before WikiLeaks, before the internet even existed, he was a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne. This is his story. In 1989, known as 'Mendax', Assange and two friends formed a group called the 'International Subversives'. Using early home computers and defining themselves as 'white hat hackers' - those who look but don't steal - they broke into some of the world's most powerful and secretive organisations. They were young, brilliant, and in the eyes of the US Government, a major threat to national security. At the urging of the FBI, the Australian Federal Police set up a special taskforce to catch them. But at a time when most Australian police had never seen a computer, let alone used one, they had to figure out just where to begin. Police ingenuity and old-fashioned detective work are pitted against nimble, highly skilled young men in this new crime frontier. What follows, is a tense and gripping game of cat and mouse through the electronic underground of Melbourne.

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Underground: The Julian Assange Story

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-10-07

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

89 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1345 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Connolly

Cast:

Writer:

Suelette Dreyfus (book)

Robert Connolly (adaptation)

Fullplot:

Julian Assange is one of the most significant figures of the twenty first century. But before he was famous, before WikiLeaks, before the internet even existed, he was a teenage computer hacker in Melbourne. This is his story. In 1989, known as 'Mendax', Assange and two friends formed a group called the 'International Subversives'. Using early home computers and defining themselves as 'white hat hackers' - those who look but don't steal - they broke into some of the world's most powerful and secretive organisations. They were young, brilliant, and in the eyes of the US Government, a major threat to national security. At the urging of the FBI, the Australian Federal Police set up a special taskforce to catch them. But at a time when most Australian police had never seen a computer, let alone used one, they had to figure out just where to begin. Police ingenuity and old-fashioned detective work are pitted against nimble, highly skilled young men in this new crime frontier. What follows, is a tense and gripping game of cat and mouse through the electronic underground of Melbourne.

Paper Planes

Paper Planes

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-01-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

Australia

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (1635 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Connolly

Genres:

Family

Fullplot:

An imaginative children's film about a young Australian boy's passion for flight and his challenge to compete in the World Paper Plane Championships in Japan.

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