Tim Burns

Tim Burns

Born: January 1, 1957

Movies for Tim Burns...

The Madness of Max
Title: The Madness of Max
Character: Self
Released: August 1, 2015
Type: Movie
The Madness of Max is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past thirty years. With over forty cast-and-crew interviews, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and never-before-seen film footage of the shoot, this is without a doubt the last word on Mad Max (1979).Interviews include: George Miller, Byron Kennedy, Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Joanne Samuel, David Eggby, Jon Dowding and many more. From the Producers to the Bike Designers to the Traffic Stoppers, this is the story of how Mad Max was made.
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Resistance
Title: Resistance
Character: Kyogle
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Over the five days after a military coup, army troops arrive to enforce martial law and encounter a growing resistance movement.
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Midnight Dancer
Title: Midnight Dancer
Character: Jamie
Released: August 1, 1988
Type: Movie
16 year old Australian girl Belinda (Deanne Jeffs) wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret. Eventually, she is able to reach her goal, but not before experiencing humanity at best and worst of times.
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Stations
Title: Stations
Released: August 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Set in working class Brisbane in 1953, Stations is an evocative short drama featuring Noni Hazelhurst as a young woman coning to terms with her romantic illusions. “A sensual piting of black-and-white social realism against memory-hazed fantasy sequences . . . It is a film of immediate and engaging feel for human weakness and strength”
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Going Down
Title: Going Down
Character: Newlywed Dave
Released: July 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Karli's over the Sydney scene and its small-pond bohemian excesses. That's why she's moving to New York City in the morning. But over the course of one unforgettable night, Karli's best friends will show her that a little Sydney goes a long way .
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Now and Forever
Title: Now and Forever
Character: Kent Adams
Released: June 23, 1983
Type: Movie
A couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.
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The Dismissal
Title: The Dismissal
Character: David Smith
Released: March 6, 1983
Type: Movie
The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then Governor-General of Australia, Sir John Kerr - and the subsequent installation, in Parliament, of the Liberal 'caretaker government' and Mr. Malcolm Fraser as the 'caretaker' Prime Minister.
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Monkey Grip
Title: Monkey Grip
Character: Martin
Released: June 17, 1982
Type: Movie
Nora is a single mother who wants to live the life of an artist, as do her friends -- a group of Melbourne writers, actors and musicians. But when she's drawn into a passionate affair with a heroin addict, Nora struggles to maintain control of her life.
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...Maybe This Time
Title: ...Maybe This Time
Character: Student #1
Released: March 19, 1981
Type: Movie
Fran, the assistant to university professor Paddy, is about to turn 30. She is having an affair with a married minister's aide, Stephen. She returns home to the country town she grew up in and has a fling with an old flame, Alan. She also begins sleeping with Paddy.
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The Chain Reaction
Title: The Chain Reaction
Character: Survey driver
Released: September 25, 1980
Type: Movie
Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.
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Mad Max
Title: Mad Max
Character: Johnny the Boy
Released: April 12, 1979
Type: Movie
In the ravaged near-future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them.
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The Odd Angry Shot
Title: The Odd Angry Shot
Released: March 1, 1979
Type: Movie
A group of Australian SAS regiment soldiers are deployed to Vietnam around 1967/8 and encounter the realities of war, from the numbing boredom of camp life and long range patrols, raids and ambushes where nothing happens, to the the terror of enduring mortar barrages from an unseen enemy. Men die and are crippled in combat by firefights and booby traps, soldiers kill and capture the enemy, gather intelligence and retake ground only to cede it again whilst battling against the bureaucracy and obstinacy of the conventional military hierarchy. In the end they return to civilization, forever changed by their experiences but glad to return to the life they once knew.
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Cass
Title: Cass
Released: October 30, 1978
Type: Movie
Torn by the conflict between society and her own life, as well as her failing marriage and love for another woman, Cass desperately tried to pull together the pieces of her shattered life.
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The Night, the Prowler
Title: The Night, the Prowler
Character: Hippy Boyfriend
Released: June 15, 1978
Type: Movie
Felicity Bannister is a young woman living in the shadow of her overpowering mother. Her oppression is her worst enemy until the day she is attacked by an intruder who breaks into her bedroom and forces Felicity into action. The tables are suddenly turned and Felicity transforms from the helpless victim into a ruthless renegade in search of trouble, driven by the anarchic thrill of malevolence.
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The Battle of Mice and Frogs
Title: The Battle of Mice and Frogs
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A narcissistic young man comes home from a party after an argument with his girlfriend and relives the event.