/e1ppwzNAu9w6RI4bv3BRp1ZaNQE.jpg

Burke & Wills (1985)

They dared to challenge the unknown. They were the first. They crossed the Australian continent from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Genre : History, Adventure, Drama

Runtime : 2H 20M

Director : Graeme Clifford

Synopsis

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

Actors

Jack Thompson
Jack Thompson
Robert O'Hara Burke
Nigel Havers
Nigel Havers
William John Wills
Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi
Julia Matthews
Matthew Fargher
Matthew Fargher
John King
Ralph Cotterill
Ralph Cotterill
Charley Gray
Drew Forsythe
Drew Forsythe
Brahe
Chris Haywood
Chris Haywood
Tom McDonagh
Monroe Reimers
Monroe Reimers
Dost Mahomet
Ron Blanchard
Ron Blanchard
Bill Patton
Barry Hill
Barry Hill
George Landells
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Hugh Keays-Byrne
Ambrose Kyte
Arthur Dignam
Arthur Dignam
Sir William Stawell
Ken Goodlet
Ken Goodlet
Doctor John Masadam
Edward Hepple
Edward Hepple
Ludwig Becker
Peter Collingwood
Peter Collingwood
Doctor William Wills
Susannah Harker
Susannah Harker
Bessie Wills
Martin Redpath
Martin Redpath
Mayor of Melbourne
Julie Hamilton
Julie Hamilton
Mrs. Kyte
Nick Carrafa
Nick Carrafa
Edwin Welch
John Gregg
John Gregg
Alfred Irwin
Paul Pryor
Paul Pryor
Jimmy
Deryck Barnes
Deryck Barnes
Tom Paine
Les Foxcroft
Les Foxcroft
Harry
Nick Magasic
Nick Magasic
Dick
John Penman
John Penman
Pub Kid
Stan Roach
Stan Roach
Town Black
Redmond Phillips
Redmond Phillips
Committee Man
Mark Pegler
Mark Pegler
Journalist
Ailsa Carpenter
Ailsa Carpenter
Mrs. Macadam
Antoinette Blaxand
Antoinette Blaxand
Mayor's Wife
Mary Acres
Mary Acres
Julia's Dresser
Soma Dissanyake
Soma Dissanyake
Sepoy
David Bracks
David Bracks
Sepoy
Jay Mahatheva
Jay Mahatheva
Sepoy
Lucy Bell
Lucy Bell
Kyte's Daughter
Bernadette Hockings
Bernadette Hockings
Kyte's Daughter
Matthew Savage
Matthew Savage
Christopher Marsden
Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams
Bill Wright

Crews

Graeme Clifford
Graeme Clifford
Director
Michael Thomas
Michael Thomas
Writer
Graeme Clifford
Graeme Clifford
Producer
John Sexton
John Sexton
Producer
Greg Ricketson
Greg Ricketson
Executive Producer
Terry Jackman
Terry Jackman
Executive Producer
Michael Edgley
Michael Edgley
Executive Producer
Peter Sculthorpe
Peter Sculthorpe
Original Music Composer
Russell Boyd
Russell Boyd
Director of Photography
Tim Wellburn
Tim Wellburn
Editor
Ross Major
Ross Major
Production Design
Sally Campbell
Sally Campbell
Set Decoration
Brian Edmonds
Brian Edmonds
Set Decoration
George Liddle
George Liddle
Costume Design
Mark Turnbull
Mark Turnbull
First Assistant Director
Craig Bolles
Craig Bolles
Second Assistant Director
Tony Mahood
Tony Mahood
Second Assistant Director
Craig Sinclair
Craig Sinclair
Third Assistant Director
Brian Bansgrove
Brian Bansgrove
Gaffer
Nixon Binney
Nixon Binney
Camera Operator
Ray Brown
Ray Brown
Key Grip
Colin Chase
Colin Chase
Best Boy Electric
Derry Field
Derry Field
Assistant Camera
Paul Gantner
Paul Gantner
Best Boy Grip
Stuart Green
Stuart Green
Grip
Louis Irving
Louis Irving
Camera Operator
Peter Menzies Jr.
Peter Menzies Jr.
Focus Puller
Greg Mossop
Greg Mossop
Assistant Grip
David Parker
David Parker
Still Photographer
Garry Phillips
Garry Phillips
Clapper Loader
Brendan Shanley
Brendan Shanley
Assistant Grip
Jeanine Chiavlo
Jeanine Chiavlo
Assistant Editor
Karen Clark
Karen Clark
Negative Cutter
Stephanie Flack
Stephanie Flack
Assistant Editor
Tony Manning
Tony Manning
Color Grading
Moya Iceton
Moya Iceton
Continuity
Ron Stigwood
Ron Stigwood
Location Manager

Similar

Van Helsing
Famed monster slayer Gabriel Van Helsing is dispatched to Transylvania to assist the last of the Valerious bloodline in defeating Count Dracula. Anna Valerious reveals that Dracula has formed an unholy alliance with Dr. Frankenstein's monster and is hell-bent on exacting a centuries-old curse on her family.
The Piano
After a long voyage from Scotland, pianist Ada McGrath and her young daughter, Flora, are left with all their belongings, including a piano, on a New Zealand beach. Ada, who has been mute since childhood, has been sold into marriage to a local man named Alisdair Stewart. Making little attempt to warm up to Alisdair, Ada soon becomes intrigued by his Maori-friendly acquaintance, George Baines, leading to tense, life-altering conflicts.
Face/Off
In order to foil a terrorist plot, an FBI agent undergoes facial transplant surgery and assumes the identity of a criminal mastermind. The plan turns sour when the criminal wakes up prematurely and seeks revenge.
Lawrence of Arabia
The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
TMNT
After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City.
The Hitcher
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
Little Women
With their father away as a chaplain in the Civil War, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy grow up with their mother in somewhat reduced circumstances. They are a close family who inevitably have their squabbles and tragedies. But the bond holds even when, later, male friends start to become a part of the household.
Australia
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to protect her new property from a takeover plot. As the pair drive 2,000 head of cattle over unforgiving landscape, they experience the bombing of Darwin by Japanese forces firsthand.
No Country for Old Men
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
The Gods Must Be Crazy
A Coca-Cola bottle dropped from an airplane raises havoc among a normally peaceful tribe of African bushmen who believe it to be a utensil of the gods.
The Hitcher
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to the hitchhiker John Ryder. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim succeeds to throw him out of the car on the road. On the next morning, the young couple sees John in another car.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
The Wolfman
Lawrence Talbot, an American man on a visit to Victorian London to make amends with his estranged father, gets bitten by a werewolf and, after a moonlight transformation, leaves him with a savage hunger for flesh.
Tank Girl
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee — head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government — has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.
Bram Stoker's Dracula
When Dracula leaves the captive Jonathan Harker and Transylvania for London in search of Mina Murray, the reincarnation of Dracula's long-dead wife Elisabeta, obsessed vampire hunter Dr. Van Helsing sets out to end the madness.
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Remake of the popular Disney classic, this time featuring some well known voices as two dogs and a cat trek across America encountering all sorts of adventures in the quest to be reunited with their owners.
Rising Sun
When a prostitute is found dead in a Los Angeles skyscraper occupied by a large Japanese corporation, detectives John Connor and Web Smith are called in to investigate. Although Connor has previous experience working in Japan, cultural differences make their progress difficult until a security disc showing the murder turns up. Close scrutiny proves the disc has been doctored, and the detectives realize they're dealing with a cover-up as well.
U Turn
When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.