Geoffrey Rush

Geoffrey Rush

Born: July 6, 1951
in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Geoffrey Roy Rush AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. He is known for his eccentric leading man roles on stage and screen. He is among 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting, having received an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He also received three British Academy Film Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.

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Storm Boy
Title: Storm Boy
Character: Mike 'Storm Boy' Kingley
Released: January 17, 2019
Type: Movie
Storm Boy lives a lonely life with his reclusive father on a desolate coastline, but when he forms a close bond with a pelican, Mr. Percival, his life takes a new and unexpected turn.
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Final Portrait
Title: Final Portrait
Character: Alberto Giacometti
Released: August 3, 2017
Type: Movie
Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lord, to sit for a portrait, assuring him that it will take no longer than two or three hours, an afternoon at the most.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Character: Hector Barbossa
Released: May 23, 2017
Type: Movie
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful astronomer and a headstrong young man in the British navy.
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Title: Genius
Character: Albert Einstein
Released: April 25, 2017
Type: TV
The life stories of history's greatest minds. From their days as young adults to their final years we see their discoveries, loves, relationships, causes, flaws and genius.
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Title: Chelsea
Character: Self
Released: May 11, 2016
Type: TV
It's not her first talk show, but it is a first of its kind. Ideas, people and places that fascinate her, all in her unique style.
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Gods of Egypt
Title: Gods of Egypt
Character: Ra
Released: February 25, 2016
Type: Movie
A common thief joins a mythical god on a quest through Egypt.
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The Daughter
Title: The Daughter
Character: Henry
Released: October 9, 2015
Type: Movie
In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family apart.
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Holding the Man
Title: Holding the Man
Character: Barry
Released: August 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Tim and John fell in love while teenagers at their all-boys high school. John was captain of the football team, Tim an aspiring actor playing a minor part in Romeo and Juliet. Their romance endured for 15 years in the face of everything life threw at it – the separations, the discrimination, the temptations, the jealousies and the losses – until the only problem that love can't solve tried to destroy them.
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Unity
Title: Unity
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: August 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and thousands of years.
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Minions
Title: Minions
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 17, 2015
Type: Movie
Minions Stuart, Kevin and Bob are recruited by Scarlet Overkill, a super-villain who, alongside her inventor husband Herb, hatches a plot to take over the world.
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Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Title: Oscar Wilde's the Nightingale and the Rose
Character: Oak Tree
Released: February 9, 2015
Type: Movie
A nightingale bird discovers a true lover when she witnesses a young university student talk with great passion about his beloved. The Nightingale goes on a quest to find the red rose the Student needs win his lovers heart, but this comes at a chilling price. Based on the classic fairytale by Oscar Wilde.
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The Book Thief
Title: The Book Thief
Character: Hans Hubermann
Released: November 8, 2013
Type: Movie
While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.
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Title: Australian Encounters
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: July 30, 2013
Type: TV
Presented with humour and verve, Australian Encounters celebrates ten historic encounters, each between a renowned Australian and an international mover and shaker.
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The Best Offer
Title: The Best Offer
Character: Virgil Oldman
Released: January 1, 2013
Type: Movie
Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships. When appointed by the beautiful but emotionally damaged Claire to oversee the valuation and sale of her family’s priceless art collection, Virgil allows himself to form an attachment to her – and soon he is engulfed by a passion which will rock his bland existence to the core.
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The Man Who Could Not Dream
Title: The Man Who Could Not Dream
Character: Narrator / Talking Bird
Released: February 8, 2012
Type: Movie
Samuel is 9 years old, he will be remembered as a thief, an arsonist and a murderer.
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Title: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
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The Eye of the Storm
Title: The Eye of the Storm
Character: Basil Hunter
Released: September 15, 2011
Type: Movie
In a Sydney suburb, two nurses, Maria and Flora, a housekeeper, Lotte, and a solicitor, Arnold, attend to Elizabeth Hunter as her expatriate son Sir Basil, a famous but struggling actor in London, and daughter Dorothy, a divorced and down at heel princess, convene at her deathbed. They come to make sure they can leave Australia with their hefty inheritance.
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Green Lantern
Title: Green Lantern
Character: Tomar-Re (voice)
Released: June 14, 2011
Type: Movie
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Character: Hector Barbossa
Released: May 15, 2011
Type: Movie
Captain Jack Sparrow crosses paths with a woman from his past, and he's not sure if it's love -- or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard, Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.
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The Warrior's Way
Title: The Warrior's Way
Character: Ron
Released: December 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
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The King's Speech
Title: The King's Speech
Character: Lionel Logue
Released: November 26, 2010
Type: Movie
The King's Speech tells the story of the man who became King George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth II. After his brother abdicates, George ('Bertie') reluctantly assumes the throne. Plagued by a dreaded stutter and considered unfit to be king, Bertie engages the help of an unorthodox speech therapist named Lionel Logue. Through a set of unexpected techniques, and as a result of an unlikely friendship, Bertie is able to find his voice and boldly lead the country into war.
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Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Title: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
Character: Ezylryb (voice)
Released: July 10, 2010
Type: Movie
When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with new-found friends and seek the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.
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Title: Lowdown
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: April 21, 2010
Type: TV
Lowdown shines a torch on the life of a man whose job it is to feed the public's insatiable appetite for celebrity gossip. Alex Burchill, the author of the Lowdown column which appears in the once great but now ailing tabloid newspaper – the Sunday Sun. Each week Alex interviews celebrities for his column, and each week at least one of those celebrities ruins his week. Sometimes the celebrity gets drunk and punches Alex out. Sometimes the celebrity gets him arrested. Usually the celebrity sleeps with his girlfriend, Rita. It may not sound like much of a life, but it invariably leads to great copy and the readers love it. In fact, it's the only thing standing between the Sunday Sun and oblivion.
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Bran Nue Dae
Title: Bran Nue Dae
Character: Father Benedictus
Released: August 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. However his mother returns him to the religious mission for further schooling. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.
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$9.99
Title: $9.99
Character: Angel (voice)
Released: April 29, 2009
Type: Movie
Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Title: Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Character: Sir Francis Walsingham
Released: September 9, 2007
Type: Movie
When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
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The Pixar Story
Title: The Pixar Story
Character: Nigel (voice) (archive footage)
Released: August 28, 2007
Type: Movie
A look at the first years of Pixar Animation Studios - from the success of "Toy Story" and Pixar's promotion of talented people, to the building of its East Bay campus, the company's relationship with Disney, and its remarkable initial string of eight hits. The contributions of John Lasseter, Ed Catmull and Steve Jobs are profiled. The decline of two-dimensional animation is chronicled as three-dimensional animation rises. Hard work and creativity seem to share the screen in equal proportions.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Character: Hector Barbossa
Released: May 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Himself
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Character: Hector Barbossa
Released: July 6, 2006
Type: Movie
Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.
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Whaledreamers
Title: Whaledreamers
Character: Self
Released: June 15, 2006
Type: Movie
"Whaledreamers" - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these “mothers of the sea” and ancient civilizations around the world whose culture and very existence is based on whales. Intertwining incredible underwater footage with ancient legend, whaledreamers examines the complex past and the possibly dire future of human civilization. Told with moving optimism and spiritual strength, it is a clarion call encouraging humanity’s reconnection to the profound beauty of the natural world and is an appeal to embrace all living beings thereby creating the unity and peace which the Earth itself can bring.
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Candy
Title: Candy
Character: Casper
Released: May 25, 2006
Type: Movie
A poet falls in love with an art student, who gravitates to his bohemian lifestyle — and his love of heroin. Hooked as much on one another as they are on the drug, their relationship alternates between states of oblivion, self-destruction, and despair.
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Munich
Title: Munich
Character: Ephraim
Released: December 23, 2005
Type: Movie
During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.
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Title: The Colbert Report
Released: October 17, 2005
Type: TV
The Colbert Report is an American satirical late night television program that airs Monday through Thursday on Comedy Central. It stars political humorist Stephen Colbert, a former correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The Colbert Report is a spin-off from and counterpart to The Daily Show that comments on politics and the media in a similar way. It satirizes conservative personality-driven political pundit programs, particularly Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor. The show focuses on a fictional anchorman character named Stephen Colbert, played by his real-life namesake. The character, described by Colbert as a "well-intentioned, poorly informed, high-status idiot", is a caricature of televised political pundits. The Colbert Report has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards each in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012, two Television Critics Association Awards Awards, and two Satellite Awards. In 2013, it won two Emmys. It has been presented as non-satirical journalism in several instances, including by the Tom DeLay Legal Defense Trust and by Robert Wexler following his interview on the program. The Report received considerable media coverage following its debut on October 17, 2005, for Colbert's coining of the term "truthiness", which dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster named its 2006 Word of the Year.
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Title: The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Character: Peter Sellers
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge success as one of the greatest film comedians of all time; an obsessive artist so dedicated to his work that neglected his loved ones and sacrificed part of his own personality to convincingly create that of his many memorable characters.
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Title: The Tony Danza Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 2004
Type: TV
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.
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An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Title: An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Character: Self
Released: December 2, 2003
Type: Movie
Behind the scenes documentary of the making of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, featuring behind the scenes footage, interviews with Cast and crew and revives some previously unknown background information.
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Harvie Krumpet
Title: Harvie Krumpet
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: October 23, 2003
Type: Movie
The odd biography of Harvie Krumpet, a man who has Tourette's Syndrome, chronic bad luck, menial jobs, nudist tendencies, and a book of "fakts" hung around his neck - but still optimistically lives own way and enjoys the small things life has to offer.
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Intolerable Cruelty
Title: Intolerable Cruelty
Character: Donovan Donaly
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: Movie
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Title: Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Character: Hector Barbossa
Released: July 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 18th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
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Finding Nemo
Title: Finding Nemo
Character: Nigel (voice)
Released: May 30, 2003
Type: Movie
Nemo, an adventurous young clownfish, is unexpectedly taken from his Great Barrier Reef home to a dentist's office aquarium. It's up to his worrisome father Marlin and a friendly but forgetful fish Dory to bring Nemo home -- meeting vegetarian sharks, surfer dude turtles, hypnotic jellyfish, hungry seagulls, and more along the way.
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Ned Kelly
Title: Ned Kelly
Character: Superintendent Francis Hare
Released: March 22, 2003
Type: Movie
After getting threatened by Kelly's friends and family, Constable Fitzpatrick places the blame on Ned Kelly and exaggerates what happened. With the biggest ever award available, Kelly and his gang set into the wild, to remain hidden from everyone who seeks them. Even if it means having his family arrested, the members of the Kelly Gang stay hidden and plan a way to get their names cleared.
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Swimming Upstream
Title: Swimming Upstream
Character: Harold Fingleton
Released: February 27, 2003
Type: Movie
A young man aspiring for recognition of his talents battles against his estranged father's sentiment towards him as the father deals with his own demons.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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The Banger Sisters
Title: The Banger Sisters
Character: Harry Plummer
Released: September 20, 2002
Type: Movie
In the late '60s, the self-proclaimed belles of the rock 'n' roll ball, rocked the worlds of every music legend whose pants they could take off -- and they have the pictures to prove it. But it's been more than two decades since the Banger Sisters earned their nickname -- or even laid eyes on each other. Their reunion is the collision of two women's worlds; one who's living in the past, and one who's hiding from it. Together they learn to live in the moment.
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Frida
Title: Frida
Character: Leon Trotsky
Released: August 29, 2002
Type: Movie
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
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The Nature of Lantana
Title: The Nature of Lantana
Character: Self
Released: August 13, 2002
Type: Movie
The making of Lantana, a 2001 Australian drama film directed by Ray Lawrence and starring Anthony LaPaglia, Kerry Armstrong, Geoffrey Rush and Barbara Hershey.
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Title: Kath & Kim
Character: Geoff
Released: May 16, 2002
Type: TV
Kath & Kim is a character-driven Australian television situation comedy series. The series was created by, and is written by Jane Turner and Gina Riley who play the title characters: a suburban mother and daughter with a dysfunctional relationship. The series main characters consist of Kath Day-Knight, a cheerful 50-year-old woman, her self-indulgent daughter Kim Craig, Kath's boyfriend and second husband, the metrosexual Kel Knight, as well as Kim's estranged husband Brett Craig and her lonely, overweight "second best friend" Sharon Strzelecki. The series is set in the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes in Melbourne. It is primarily filmed in Patterson Lakes. The series was conceived by Turner and Riley in the early 1990s as a weekly segment of the Australian comedy series Fast Forward. The skit was then developed into a full-series. The first series of Kath & Kim premiered on ABC TV on 16 May 2002, with three further series following, while a television movie, entitled Da Kath and Kim Code, was broadcast nationally on 25 November 2005. Kath & Kim has garnered much critical acclaim since its debut, winning two Logie Awards, for "Outstanding Comedy Programme" and the "Best Television Drama Series" award at the Australian Film Institute Awards. In Australia, it has become a pop culture phenomenon, and is a success with audiences nationwide. Internationally, the series has spawned a cult fanbase, and in 2006 it was announced an American version of the series would be produced, to air on NBC. Riley and Turner served as executive producers on the US version. The American version was also picked up by Seven, which debuted the program on 12 October 2008, just three days after its debut in the United States.
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Title: Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Character: Self - Guest
Released: November 2, 2001
Type: TV
Jonathan Ross's take on current topics of conversation, guest interviews and live music from both a guest music group and the house band.
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Lantana
Title: Lantana
Character: John Knox
Released: October 4, 2001
Type: Movie
Plagued with grief over the murder of her daughter, Valerie Somers suspects that her husband John is cheating on her. When Valerie disappears, Detective Leon Zat attempts to solve the mystery of her absence. A complex web of love, sex and deceit emerges -- drawing in four related couples whose various partners are distrustful and suspicious about each other's involvement.
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The Tailor of Panama
Title: The Tailor of Panama
Character: Harry Pendel
Released: March 30, 2001
Type: Movie
A British spy is banished to Panama after having an affair with an ambassador's mistress. Once there he makes connection with a local tailor with a nefarious past and connections to all of the top political and gangster figures in Panama. The tailor also has a wife, who works for the Panamanian president and a huge debt. The mission is to learn what the President intends to do with the Canal.
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The Magic Pudding
Title: The Magic Pudding
Character: Bunyip Bluegum (voice)
Released: December 14, 2000
Type: Movie
Meet Albert, The Magic Pudding, Bunyip Bluegum, a splendid young koala and his seafaring friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff. Together they fight off the bungled attempts of pudding thieves, Possum and Wombat, and try to solve the mystery of Bunyip's parents' disappearance.
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Quills
Title: Quills
Character: Marquis de Sade
Released: November 22, 2000
Type: Movie
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
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House on Haunted Hill
Title: House on Haunted Hill
Character: Stephen H. Price
Released: October 29, 1999
Type: Movie
An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.
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Mystery Men
Title: Mystery Men
Character: Casanova Frankenstein
Released: August 6, 1999
Type: Movie
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
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Shakespeare in Love
Title: Shakespeare in Love
Character: Philip Henslowe
Released: December 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Young Shakespeare is forced to stage his latest comedy, "Romeo and Ethel, the Pirate's Daughter," before it's even written. When a lovely noblewoman auditions for a role, they fall into forbidden love -- and his play finds a new life (and title). As their relationship progresses, Shakespeare's comedy soon transforms into tragedy.
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Elizabeth
Title: Elizabeth
Character: Sir Francis Walsingham
Released: September 13, 1998
Type: Movie
The story of the ascension to the throne and the early reign of Queen Elizabeth the First, the endless attempts by her council to marry her off, the Catholic hatred of her and her romance with Lord Robert Dudley.
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Les Misérables
Title: Les Misérables
Character: Javert
Released: May 1, 1998
Type: Movie
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
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A Little Bit of Soul
Title: A Little Bit of Soul
Character: Godfrey Usher
Released: March 19, 1998
Type: Movie
Richard and Kate are former lovers who are now working independently to find the secret of the aging process. Both apply for funding from the Michael Foundation, and are asked to spend the weekend discussing the proposals with the Head of the Foundation, who happens to be married to the Australian Treasurer. They have a very interesting weekend.
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Oscar and Lucinda
Title: Oscar and Lucinda
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: December 31, 1997
Type: Movie
After a childhood of abuse by his evangelistic father, misfit Oscar Hopkins becomes an Anglican minister and develops a divine obsession with gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a rich Australian heiress shopping in London for materials for her newly acquired glass factory back home. Deciding to travel to Australia as a missionary, Oscar meets Lucinda aboard ship, and a mutual obsession blossoms. They make a wager that will alter each of their destinies.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Children of the Revolution
Title: Children of the Revolution
Character: Zachary Welch
Released: December 26, 1996
Type: Movie
A man (Richard Roxburgh) the Australian government blames for 1990s political woes blames his mother (Judy Davis), a communist Stalin seduced in 1951.
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Shine
Title: Shine
Character: David as an adult
Released: August 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
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Title: Mercury
Character: Bill Wyatt
Released: May 2, 1996
Type: TV
Mercury was an Australian TV series that launched in 1996. It featured Geoffrey Rush.
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Twisted Tales
Title: Twisted Tales
Character: Harry Chisholm
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
In a prelude to the series of the same name, Bryan Brown introduces stories of the bizarre and the supernatural. Sometimes serious, often comical, but always with a twist at the end of the story.
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Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Title: Dad and Dave: On Our Selection
Character: Dave Rudd
Released: July 20, 1995
Type: Movie
Tired of local corruption and the harshness of his life a bushman demonstrates the true Aussie spirit and decides to run for parliament
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Twelfth Night
Title: Twelfth Night
Character: Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Released: June 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Viola and Sebastian are lookalike twins, separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself like her brother and goes into the service of the Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help him woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds that she likes the new messenger the Duke's sending. Then, of course, Viola's brother shows up, and merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.
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Starstruck
Title: Starstruck
Character: Floor Manager
Released: April 8, 1982
Type: Movie
A Sydney teen tries to make it as a rock singer, with help from her odd 14-year-old cousin.
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Hoodwink
Title: Hoodwink
Released: November 5, 1981
Type: Movie
Hoodwink is based on the true story of an Australian con artist who briefly won the hearts of the media (if not the authorities). John Hargreaves stars as a criminal serving time in a New South Wales prison. He's not partial to the physical labor required of the convicts, so he hits upon a labor-saving plan. Hargreaves pretends to be totally blind, thus lightening his work load....and carries off the hoax for years.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Being Brendo
Character: Dr. Lance Pickering
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Everything from BDSM to drag queens, gay bashings to gay-bies. In 'Being Brendo', being gay is just the beginning.
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Verona Spies
Title: Verona Spies
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Verona, a lovable hot mess, is hired as an escort/assassin through a case of mistaken identity. Her mission: to seduce a pharmaceutical executive and steal his formula for a revolutionary new drug that can change the world.
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Raised Eyebrows
Title: Raised Eyebrows
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Based on Steve Stoliar’s memoir Raised Eyebrows: My Years Inside Groucho’s House.
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The Rule of Jenny Pen
Title: The Rule of Jenny Pen
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychotic who employs a child's puppet to abuse the homes residents with deadly consequences.