Screenplay: Bob Ellis
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Bob Ellis. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Man of Flowers
1984 · Movie · 90 min. · Australia
Direction Paul Cox
Cast Norman Kaye · Alyson Best · Chris Haywood · Werner Herzog
Plot An eccentric elderly man tries to enjoy the three things in life that he considers real beauty: collecting art, collecting flowers, and watching pretty women undress.
6.9
45 votes
6.9
45 votes
Where the Green Ants Dream
1984 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Werner Herzog
Cast Bruce Spence · Wandjuk Marika · Ray Barrett · Roy Marika
Plot A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.
6.8
394 votes
6.8
394 votes
Archer (TV)
1985 · Movie · 93 min. · Australia
Direction Denny Lawrence
Cast Brett Climo · Robert Coleby · Ned Lander · Doreen Warburton
Plot During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is...
3.7
21 votes
3.7
21 votes
Fatty Finn
1980 · Movie · 91 min. · Australia
Direction Maurice Murphy
Cast Ben Oxenbould · Rebecca Riggs · Jeremy Larsson · Martin Lewis
Plot Fatty Finn raises dough for a new radio. Along the way, he encounters mishaps with a gang of bullies.
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Newsfront
1978 · Movie · 110 min. · Australia
Direction Phillip Noyce
Cast Bill Hunter · Wendy Hughes · Gerard Kennedy · Chris Haywood
Plot In post war Australia the men and women of Cinetone struggle to produce the weekly news reels for the movie going public.
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Unfinished Business
1985 · Movie · 78 min. · Australia
Direction Bob Ellis
Cast John Clayton · Michele Fawdon · Norman Kaye · Call Ricketson
Plot Maureen's biological clock is ticking, and she wants a baby. Her husband George is unable to oblige. When Maureen bumps into Geoff, a former lover from years ago she decides...
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Number 96 (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 30 min. · Australia
Direction David Sale · Brian Phillis · Peter Benardos · Howard Scrivenor
Cast Pat McDonald · Joe Hasham · Elaine Lee · Jeff Kevin
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Boney (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 60 min. · Australia
Direction Peter Maxwell · Eric Fullilove · Ron Way
Cast James Laurenson · Kate Fitzpatrick · David Gulpilil · Ken Goodlet
Plot A Police Officer, who is also Aboriginal, arrives in outback central Australia from a big city. He begins to solve local major crimes. Not only through his intelligence, as he...
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Winners (TV Series)
1985 · Series · 50 min. · Australia
Direction Geoff Bennett · Paul Cox · John Duigan · William Fitzwater
Cast David Argue · Mercia Deane-Johns · Esben Storm · Sherie Graham
Plot A collection of different stories studying how humans react and emote with each other.
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Cactus
1986 · Movie · 96 min. · Australia
Direction Paul Cox
Cast Isabelle Huppert · Robert Menzies · Norman Kaye · Monica Maughan
Plot Isabelle Huppert plays a Frenchwoman on holiday who may lose her sight after a car accident. The titular plant is represented by Robert Menzies, a blind man who lives in...
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My First Wife
1984 · Movie · 96 min. · Australia
Direction Paul Cox
Cast John Hargreaves · Wendy Hughes · Lucy Angwin · David Cameron
Plot The film follows the dissolution of John and Helen's marriage and the aftermath.
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Three to Go
1971 · Movie · 90 min. · Australia
Direction Brian Hannant · Oliver Howes · Peter Weir
Cast Matthew Burton · Grahame Bond · Peter Colville · Georgina West
Plot Three stories, each presenting a young Australian at a moment of decision about their future.
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Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train
1988 · Movie · 91 min. · Australia
Direction Bob Ellis
Cast Wendy Hughes · Colin Friels · Norman Kaye · John Clayton
Plot A convent teacher spreads a little happiness and makes enough money to support her crippled brother's habit by selling her favours regularly on a cross-country night sleeper. She makes sure...
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Wildside (TV Series)
1997 · Series · 50 min. · Australia
Direction Andrew Prowse · Geoff Bennett · Peter Andrikidis · Ken Cameron
Cast Tony Martin · Rachael Blake · Aaron Pedersen · Jessica Napier
Plot An inner city police station in Sydney.
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