List of Australian films of 1979
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1979
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
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Alison's Birthday | Ian Coughlan | Joanne Samuel, Lou Brown, Martin Vaughan, Margie McCrae, John Bluthal, Bunney Brooke, Lisa Peers, Robyn Gibbes, Vincent Ball, Eric Oldfield, Ralph Cotterill, Marion Johns, Belinda Giblin, Ros Speirs, Ian Coughlan | Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb |
All in the Same Boat | Short | IMDb | ||
Apostasy | Zbigniew Friedrich | Rod McNicol, Juliet Bacskai, Phil Motherwell, Irene Baberis, Ian Money | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
As a Matter of Fact | Short / Documentary | IMDb | ||
Banana Bender | Caz Adams, Maurie Fields, John Hargreaves, Lyndel Rowe | Drama Short film | ||
Born to Run | Don Chaffey | Robert Bettles, Tom Farley, Mary Ward, Andrew McFarlane, Julieanne Newbould, Alexander Archdale, John Meillon, Wyn Roberts, Kit Taylor, Les Foxcroft, Aileen Britton, Nigel Lovett | Family Feature film originally screened on 'The Wonderful World of Disney' series 1979 | [1] |
Buckeye and Pinto | Phil Pinder | Mitchell Faircloth, Simon Thorpe, Gary Adams | Short | IMDb |
Burn The Butterflies | Oscar Whitbread | Ray Barrett, Fred Parslow, Gerard Maguire, George Mallaby, Alan Hopgood, Monica Maughan, John Wood, John Bowman, Burt Cooper, Rowena Wallace | Drama ABC TV film | aka ABC Teleplay |
Cathy's Child | Donald Crombie | Michele Fawdon, Alan Cassell, Bryan Brown, Arthur Dignam, Harry Michaels, Robert Hughes, Flavia Arena, Anna Hruby, Sophia Haskas, Frankie J Holden, Sally McKenzie, Willie Fennell | Drama Feature film Drama based on a true story | IMDb |
Dawn! | Ken Hannam | Bronwyn Mackay-Payne, Ron Haddrick, Bunny Brooke, Tom Richards, Ron Haddrick, John Diedrich, Ivar Kants, Gabrielle Hartley, Judi Farr, John Clayton | Sports / Biography Feature film | IMDb, entered into the 11th Moscow International Film Festival |
Dimboola | John Duigan | Max Gillies, Bruce Spence, Natalie Bate, Alan Rowe, Bill Garner, Evelyn Krape, Tim Robertson, Irene Hewitt, Terry McDermott, Val Jellay, Max Cullen | Comedy Feature film | IMDb |
Evictions | Richard Lowenstein | David Scott, Marion Edward, Cathy Hurley | Short | IMDb |
Exits | Paul Davies | Robert Antoniades, Kim Bannikoff, Monica Bannikoff | Drama | IMDb |
Felicity | John D. Lamond | Glory Annen, Marilyn Rodgers, Christopher Milne, Joni Flynn, Jody Hansen | Drama / Erotica / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
The Franky Doyle Story | Graeme Arthur | Carol Burns, Peita Toppano, Val Lehman, Colette Mann, Patsy King, Sheila Florance, Fiona Spence, Patricia Kennedy, Barry Quin, Elspeth Ballantyne | Drama TV film | Based on Prisoner TV series. |
Ileksen | Dennis O'Rourke | Documentary | IMDb, aka: "Ileksen: Politics for Papua New Guinea"[2] | |
In search of Anna | Esben Storm | Richard Moir, Judy Morris, Chris Haywood, Bill Hunter, Gary Waddell, Ian Nimmo, Alex Taifer, Maurie Fields | Mystery Drama Feature film | [1] |
The John Sullivan Story | David Stevens | Andrew McFarlane, Olivia Hamnett, Frank Gallacher, Ronald Lewis, Jonathan Hardy, Roger Oakley, Carol Burns, Ronald Falk, Alan Jervis, Vera Plevnik | Drama / War TV film | Based on The Sullivans TV series. |
The Journalist | Michael Thornhill | Jack Thompson, Elizabeth Alexander, Sam Neill, Charles Tingwell, Carol Raye, Jane Harders, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Michelle Jarman, Stuart Wagstaff, Slim de Grey, Frankie J Holden, Ray Meagher, Martyn Sanderson, Frank Wilson, Anna Hruby | Comedy / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
Just Out of Reach | Linda Blagg | Lorna Lesley, Sam Neill, Martin Vaughan, Judi Farr, Ian Gilmour, Jackie Dalton, Lou Brown | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
The King of the Two Day Wonder | Kevin Anderson | Walter Dobrowolski, Sigrid Thornton, Allen Bickford, James Robertson, Peter Sumner, Maureen O'Loughlin | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
Kostas | Paul Cox | Takis Emmanuel, Wendy Hughes, John Waters, Kris McQuade, Chris Haywood, Dawn Klingberg, Graeme Blundell, Maurie Fields, Norman Kaye, Tony Llewellyn-Jones | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
The Last of the Knucklemen | Tim Burstall | Gerard Kennedy, Michael Preston, Steve Bisley, Michael Caton, Peter Hehir, Michael Duffield, Dennis Miller, Stewart Faichney, Steve Rackman, Denise Drysdale, Saviour Sammut, Tim Robertson | Drama Feature film | IMDb |
The Little Convict | Yoram Gross | Voice: Rolf Harris | Animation, Live Action / Drama / Comedy Feature film | IMDb |
Mad Max | George Miller | Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Tim Burns, Vincent Gil, Roger Ward, Reg Evans, Sheila Florance, Amanda Muggleton (uncredited) | Action / Adventure Feature film | IMDb |
Mallacoota Stampede | Peter Tammer | Donny Mason, Deborah Conway, Michael Bladen | IMDb | |
Money Movers | Bruce Beresford | feature film | [1] | |
Morris Loves Jack | Sonia Hofmann | John Hargreaves, Bill Hunter, Kris McQuade | Short | IMDb |
Mutiny on the Western Front | Richard Dennison | F. Birdwood, Bill Gammage, Kaiser Wilhelm II | Documentary / War | IMDb |
My Brilliant Career | Gillian Armstrong | Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Wendy Hughes, Robert Grubb, Max Cullen, Patricia Kennedy, Peter Whitford, Aileen Britton, Carole Skinner, Alan Hopgood, Ray Meagher, Julia Blake, Simone Buchanan | Biography / Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
Now and Then | Mark Turnbull | Tony Barry, Ian Gilmour, Lisa Peers | Short / Drama | IMDb |
Now You're Talking | Keith Gow | Don Bradman, Leo McKern | Documentary Short | IMDb |
The Odd Angry Shot | Tom Jeffrey | Graham Kennedy, John Hargreaves, Graeme Blundell, Bryan Brown, Richard Moir, Ian Gilmour, Tony Barry, Ray Meagher, Frankie J Holden, Brandon Burke, Graham Rouse, Max Cullen, Joy Westmore | Action/ Comedy / War Feature film | IMDb |
Palm Beach | Albie Thoms | Bryan Brown, Nat Young, Ken Brown, Julie McGregor, John Flaus, John Clayton, David Elfick, Amanda Berry | Drama Feature film | [1] |
The Plumber | Peter Weir | Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Robert Coleby, Candy Raymond, Paul Sonkkila, Henri Szeps | Thriller TV film | IMDb |
Prophecies of Nostradamus | Paul Drane | John Waters, Kirk Alexander, Richard Butler | Documentary / History | IMDb |
Pussy Pumps Up | Antoinette Starkiewicz | Short | IMDb | |
Puttin' on the Ritz | Antoinette Starkiewicz | Short | IMDb | |
Snapshot | Simon Wincer | Chantal Contouri, Robert Bruning, Sigrid Thornton, Robert Bruning, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Vincent Gil, Julia Blake, Denise Drysdale, Jon Sidney, Jacqui Gordon, Lisa Crittenden | Drama / Thriller Feature film | IMDb, aka: "One More Minute"[3] |
Thirst | Rod Hardy | Chantal Contouri, David Hemmings, Henry Silva, Max Phipps, Shirley Cameron, Max Phipps, Rod Mullinar, Rosie Sturgess, Robert Thompson, Walter Pym, Amanda Muggleton | Horror / Thriller Feature film | IMDb |
This Woman Is Not a Car | Margaret Dodd | Phil Colson, Richard Morecroft, Daniel Sedgwick | Short | IMDb |
Tim | Michael Pate | Piper Laurie, Mel Gibson, Alwyn Kurts, Pat Evison, Peter Gwynne, Deborah Kennedy, David Foster, James Condon, Allan Penney, Margo Lee, Louise Pajo | Drama / Romance Feature film | IMDb |
Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters | Digby Duncan | Jude Kuring | Documentary | [4] IMDb |
Yesterday's Hero | Neil Leifer | Ian McShane, Suzanne Somers | Drama | IMDb |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Clark, Al, ed. (1983). The Film Year Book.
- ^ Ileksen (1979) - IMDb, retrieved 22 May 2021
- ^ One More Minute (1979) - IMDb, retrieved 23 May 2021
- ^ ACMI Archived 18 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 October 2010
External links
- Australian film at the Internet Movie Database