Grant Tilly
Nacimiento : 1937-12-12, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Muerte : 2012-04-10
Historia
Grant Leonard Ridgway Tilly (12 December 1937 – 10 April 2012) was a New Zealand stage, movie and television actor, set designer, teacher and artist.
Old man
A young boy searching for fabled dirty magazines becomes trapped inside the house of an eccentric old man.
Gus Lambert
En Barrow, un remoto pueblo de Alaska, durante treinta días de cada invierno no amanece y la noche ocupa todo el día. Ese es el momento en el que aparece un misterioso grupo de extraños: vampiros sedientos de sangre, listos para tomar ventaja de la ininterrumpida oscuridad y alimentarse de los pocos residentes que permanecen en el pueblo. El comisario de Barrow, Eben, su esposa Stella y un decreciente grupo de supervivientes deberán hacer lo que sea para resistir hasta que reaparezca la luz del día.
Steve Lovett
Susy Conner accuses former employer, Gary Fitzgerald, of harassment and unfair dismissal for failing to comply with his sexual demands. Relating the incident to conciliation lawyer, Marion Lee, Susy comments that the trauma experienced should entitle her to a compensation payment of $40,000.00.
Mr. Upjohn
It is New Zealand 1959. Teen swimmer Alex Archer has to battle set backs, intense rivalry and personal tragedy in her bid to win selection for the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.
Dr. Pitts
A successful city lawyer abandons his practice and heads out to the country. There he comes upon a stately, but neglected, homestead. He moves in, and during his first night a beautiful ghostly woman makes love to him, in his sleep. Soon his dreams become more engrossing than his everyday world and girlfriend. Gradually he unravels the tragedy of his spirit lovers' past. To respond to her call, he needs to embrace the hearafter.
Politician
Jenny Nicholson es profesora de arte en un tranquilo colegio católico femenino, es atractiva, cortés y con mucho mundo; sin embargo, cada fin de semana se sube al tren nocturno, transformándose en una peligrosa depredadora. Cambia su apariencia todas las semanas, así como su amaneramiento, personalidad y blanco. Joven y exuberante o mujerzuela cansada del mundo, ella ve a todos los hombres como criaturas idénticas, pero con un cuento diferente que contar. Sus clientes siempre pagan y salen a altas horas de la madrugada, una regla que no se puede romper. Un buen día, se encontrará con uno diferente a los demás: un hombre poderoso, dominante y encantador. Incapaz de poder controlar sus impulsos, Jenny se verá arrastrada hacia una telaraña de seducción, intriga y crimen...
Voice
The short tells the story of a drunkard going through alcohol withdrawal, as personified by the Devil. Director Bob Stenhouse takes what could be a dark subject and makes it a funny madcap romp.
Beck
Three orphaned boys - O'Malley, Rossi and Moir - become blood brothers. When they grow up, they plot revenge on the crooks who got away with shooting O'Malley's father. The crooks are doing very nicely importing heroin and laundering money. The boys begin by killing one of the crooks, stealing his indentification and cleaning out the guy's Swiss bank account. But their revenge does not stop here... And the American end of the operation is getting very curious.
Dr. Wray
A Polynesian street-kid and a much older middle-class housewife are both incarcerated in the same mental hospital - she for attempted suicide and he for habitual crime. A friendship grows between them such that she offers him a place to stay upon his release. However, difficulties arise with his continued criminal activities and dependence on her for support - then his gang moves in with them. The film is based upon Sue McCauley's award winning autobiographical novel.
Count Von Rittenberg
Tras el ataque de unos sanguinarios piratas a una isla del Pacífico Sur, éstos dan por muerto al futuro reverendo Nathaniel "Nat" Williamson (Michael O'Keefe), y secuestran a su bella prometida (Jenny Seagrove). La única esperanza de Nate para lograr rescatarla reside en una inverosímil unión con un conocido e impredecible bucanero llamado Bully Hayes (Tommy Lee Jones). (FILMAFFINITY)
Two brothers take their father into the city for the weekend for a rugby game and a night on the town. However, the old man dies in their hotel and the boys need to smuggle his body back to their farm and make it appear that he died there to satisfy a clause in his will or else they won't inherit the property.
Collector
En un lago en lo alto de las montañas de Nueva Zelanda, el cazador Gibbie Gibson descubre un avión extraviado de la II Guerra Mundial. Cuando está a su alrededor, una banda de delincuentes le sigue y pone en peligro a él ya su hija, porque saben que hay 50 millones de dólares en el avión. El piloto del helicóptero, Barney, ayuda a Gibbie en su lucha contra de ellos, arriesgando su vida por ello.
David Morris
A docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe in 1970.
Colin
Colin is the deputy principal of a city high school (Avondale College, Auckland) who reluctantly applies for the principal's job on the latter's retirement. Colin's wife, Elizabeth - who is losing interest in him -gives a dinner party. Among the guests is Judy, temporarily reconciled with her husband for the sake of the children. Colin - who has taken upon jogging to combat a spreading waistline - and Judy, gradually enter into an affair.
Les Simpson
In small town Carlton Bob, the head of the Progressive Association, the local accountant and the boxing coach at the men-only gym, hires a masseuse from Auckland. Sandra is quite happy to give straight massage, but Bob pressures her to give "city massages". The wives are disturbed by her presence - perhaps with some justification. The climax occurs when accountant Phil, wants to leave his wife for Sandra; but when she rejects him, he smashes up the gym. The boys rally round to hush up Phil's indiscretion.
Mike Campbell
In small town Carlton Bob, the head of the Progressive Association, the local accountant and the boxing coach at the men-only gym, hires a masseuse from Auckland. Sandra is quite happy to give straight massage, but Bob pressures her to give "city massages". The wives are disturbed by her presence - perhaps with some justification. The climax occurs when accountant Phil, wants to leave his wife for Sandra; but when she rejects him, he smashes up the gym. The boys rally round to hush up Phil's indiscretion.
Phil Barrett
In small town Carlton Bob, the head of the Progressive Association, the local accountant and the boxing coach at the men-only gym, hires a masseuse from Auckland. Sandra is quite happy to give straight massage, but Bob pressures her to give "city massages". The wives are disturbed by her presence - perhaps with some justification. The climax occurs when accountant Phil, wants to leave his wife for Sandra; but when she rejects him, he smashes up the gym. The boys rally round to hush up Phil's indiscretion.
A primer on proper phone manners produced for the New Zealand Post Office.