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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Australians should be proud of these movies Dec 24^th, 2015 at 7:28pm I've just watched 'The Pack'. A really good movie that should appeal to a worldwide audience. One of my all-time favourite comedy-horror films was New Zealand's Black Sheep ... absolutely hilarious! More Aussie films ... The Pack ... Road Train ... The Reef .... Black Water. link
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41308 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #1 - Dec 24^th, 2015 at 7:51pm Breaker Morant Priscilla, Quean of the Desert Sirens
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the good ole boys Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 658 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #2 - Dec 24^th, 2015 at 7:54pm My mind always harkens back to 'the chant of Jimmy Blacksmith'.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 41308 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #3 - Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:12pm that is an excellent movie
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Postmodern Trendoid III Gold Member Offline Posts: 10300 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #4 - Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:14pm Romper Stomper, Long Weekend, Wake in Fright, Mad Max 2 ...
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 150497 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #5 - Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:23pm Lantana, Wake in Fright, Dead Calm, Mad Max, Bad Boy Bubby.
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boxy Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 400 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #6 - Dec 24^th, 2015 at 9:41pm Angel Baby, Mad Max II, Sunday Too Far Away (wouldn't mind finding a directors cut), Breaker Morant, The Castle.
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Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Reply #7 - Dec 25^th, 2015 at 11:41am

Postmodern Trendoid III wrote on Dec 24^th, 2015 at 8:14pm:

Romper Stomper, Long Weekend, Wake in Fright, Mad Max 2 ...

Romper Stomper's Daniel Pollock committed suicide by diving off the platform into the path of a train at Newtown railway station where I used to catch the train to work every day. Hopelessly addicted to heroin.

Years later two guys were shot in Indonesia for trying to traffic heroin into Australia (not their first trip).

Romper Stomper's Daniel Pollock was a casualty of the sort of people who profit from drugs crime.

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the good ole boys Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 658 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #8 - Dec 25^th, 2015 at 2:09pm Are you thinking of 'Don's Party", Herb? You won't find a better caricature of Labor/Liberal voters. Funny and still frighteningly relevant. Graeme Kennedy is hilarious.
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Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 89887 Proud Old White Australian Man Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #9 - Dec 25^th, 2015 at 10:50pm Blood Oath is well put together... Two Hands was a good story.... Get the Breaker.......
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Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Reply #10 - Dec 26^th, 2015 at 9:18am

Jedda, from 1955, deserves much credit, although it will seem dated today.

During the Australian Cinema Renaissance of the 1970s, three movies come to mind that are now almost forgotten.

"Age of Consent" with James Mason and Helen Mirren.

"Wake in Fright," also released as "The Outback" is an unflattering look at Australians.

"In Search of Anna," is a fine effort and very evocative of the 1970s.

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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #11 - Dec 26^th, 2015 at 10:52am I'm surprised no-one's mentioned 'Crocodile Dundee'.
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Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Reply #12 - Dec 26^th, 2015 at 10:55am

Some that I have enjoyed

Crocodile Dundee
The Man from Snowy River
Gallipoli
The Combination
Dead Calm
Tomorrow when the war began
The piano
John Doe
Babe
Cedar Boys
Romper Stomper
The Babadook
Mad Max
Wolf Creek
Alvin Purple
The Wog Boy
Beware of Greeks bearing Guns
No.96
Paradise Road
Muriels Wedding
Red Dog
Storm Boy

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 36384 Gender:	Re: Australians should be proud of these movies Reply #13 - Dec 26^th, 2015 at 11:00am Death in Brunswick, Picnic At Hanging Rock, Proof, Animal Kingdom.
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Re: Australians should be proud of these movies
Reply #14 - Dec 28^th, 2015 at 6:06am

Walkabout - 1971

Sort of like the Blue Lagoon but set in the bush (and no Brooke Shields instead teenage Jenny Agutter) with a father who goes nuts and an Aboriginal boy who ends up dead and eaten by ants. You might find yourself nodding off (I did) or spaced out (I did) but it is considered a "great film" and now you can impress your friends by telling them you have seen it even though you haven't.

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