Some of us here in Yank land are a bit slow to catch some of the excellent films made in Australia.
Saw "The Castle" a couple of nights ago and was utterly delighted. None of the actors were familiar to me, but they were all fabulous.
Are you guys hiding any more great flicks down your way?

The man from snowy river a old movie but a good one.

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Originally posted by hornet nick:
The man from snowy river a old movie but a good one.

Both of them were great, but so were
Breaker Morrant
Ned Kelly

Von Gruff.

I've got Snowy River, Gallipoli, Breaker Morant, The Lighthorsemen, haven't seen Ned Kelly, have seen Priscilla, Queeen of the Desert ...

To build on the excellent suggestions so far:-

A very old one critically acclaimed is Picnic at Hanging Rock.

Some others you might be interested in.
Historical Aboriginals in films / Great scenery of the outback:-

Jedda
Rabbit proof fence
Their is another one which is really good but I cant think what it is. EDIT - The film I was thinking of was Jedda.

Storm Boy
My Brilliant Career
The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith
Crocodile Dundee
Romper Stomper - critically acclaimed but very rough / tough film
The Odd Angry Shot (Vietnam movie)

And then of course you have the Mad Max series


One not to see unless you are into trash movies is Razorback.
A pig version of the Predator !!!
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If you are into black humour then get yourself a copy of Black Sheep. Its not an Aussie movie but its pretty amusing .....

straight to the pool room..........

for horror try wolf creek

UTU short clip of 4 barrelled shotgun http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmyNqO6LAvQ

Once were Warriors

Goodbye Pork Pie are great New Zealand movies

for real horror watch a rerun of the last Tri-Nations game

Crocodile Dundee is a classic too!

In addition to the above (all excellent)suggestions;

Wake in Fright
Sunday Too Far Away
Don's Party
Chopper
The Dish
Kenny
Look both Ways


A couple of oldies yet goodies there.

"Anzac's" and yes "the odd angry shot" is a classic .
"Rogue" isn't bad.

Two Hands with Heath Ledger and Bryan Brown

1st 2 Mad Max movies!!

Ahhhh, the tranquility....



Thunder Struck is a good movie too.

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Originally posted by muzza:
for real horror watch a rerun of the last Tri-Nations game

What the chances re-runs maybe with a change of cast members in the next couple of weeks?

The Odd Angry Shot....what a classic. Love it!

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Originally posted by muzza:
for real horror watch a rerun of the last Tri-Nations game

The last few years were just letting you think you had us.

The last Tri Nations was just the starter of what you can
expect during the World Cup

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Ahhhh, the tranquility....



Thunder Struck is a good movie too.

serenity mate!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRti7EotiNE

Crocodile Dundee is great. I kind of imagine Matt Graham as a splitting image of Walter.

cant really see any resemblence.... I'm probably a bit more hands-on than Walter too..

Well thats ruined it for me. Very nice Kudu

Have a look at Razorback.

A must watch before a kids first pig hunt.

Well you didn't get that in the NT Matt....or did you. How about some more pic's?

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Well you didn't get that in the NT Matt....or did you. How about some more pic's?

You never know with what's running around the NT.

What, with Pygmy Hippo's
I believe a few Giraffe and other exotic species.

I reckon we need a few Lions.

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Originally posted by Bakes:
Well you didn't get that in the NT Matt....or did you. How about some more pic's?

No ... not in the NT... Apparently the kudu were the first introduced African species to cark it up there!!

full report on my hunt here...
KZN Spiral Horns

The horns don't look like those NT buffs?

Bloody lovely kudu, Matt. Where did you take him?

Thanks for all the additional titles, guys. Many I had not heard of.
Couple of others I remembered: Rikki and Pete, and Walkabout.

Thanks Bill - I hunted in Natal.

Matt: I'd love to hunt Natal some day, I killed mine in north-central Namibia in May of 2007. I want to go back!

Ripper!!

Thanks Matt. He was only about 54 inches, but he ws good enough for me. I'd also like to collect one like yours, with more ivory on the tips and the closer horn spread found in ZA an Kwazulu-Natal!

Picnic at hanging rock ,The Mango Tree ,Gallipoli,Breaker Morant ,Wake in Fright,Mad Max 1 [road warrior in the U.S] ,were all good movies ,before Australian Movies became more Comercialised and amateurish yuppie ized and not worth watching,never did like Bryan Brown much

A Town Like Alice...

"The Proposition".

A lawman apprehends a notorious outlaw and gives him 9 days to kill his older brother, or else they'll execute his younger brother.

Try The Nugget. Hilarious!! Has a few people from The Castle in it.

You guys make awesome movies. The Castle was so good we bought the DVD and watch it maybe too much.

"Smiley gets a gun"

I have ordred all of the movies mentioned in this thread (except Croc Dundee) that are available through Netflix. Just hope some of them are good movies. I did notice that a lot of them are 90 minute movies which usually indicates a "B" movie or less. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Wolf Creek..highly recommended.

but..........it's a movie you'll only watch once.