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FRANKIE'S HOUSE was a centre for hedonism in Saigon when the young photo journalist, Tim Page, landed there in 1965. He went on to record the atrocities of the Vietnam War and win world acclaim. (Also available as 107 minute telemovie)
'Wattsy' Wirth is fresh out of prison and determined to go straight. But like his ex cell-mate, Johnny Spit, and reformed gangster Dabba Barrington, he discovers that getting on the straight and narrow is a lot harder than he thought. On the outside there are old scores and old enemies, as well as a few new ones, like the newly formed Crimes Investigation Commission. With the CIC breathing down their necks and pressure from underworld boss Chicka Martin and corrupt cop Arnie Deviers, it will take Wattsy, Spit and Dabba all their street smarts and rat cunning to stay one step ahead and become square-heads.
A young British couple travelling through the Australian outback become involved with a mysterious and charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon them becomes increasingly suspect and sinister.
The true story of Ned Kelly, a Jesse James-like gangster from Australia, who carried out a series of robberies with his gang of outlaws from 1878-80. Adapted from Robert Drewe's novel 'Our Sunshine'.
Young Matilda is a gutsy Australian country kid whose world shatters when the rural recession forces her parents from their land. As the Bells become refugees in the alien, multicultural city, Matilda retreats with her dreams into a protective cocoon of silence until a new spirit of hope is born through her friendship with Binh, a Vietnamese youngster emerging from the chrysalis of a ravaged past.
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