Alethea McGrath
Nacimiento : 1920-06-01,
Muerte : 2016-02-09
Historia
Alethea Ada McGrath (1 June 1920 – 9 February 2016) was an Australian actress and comedian. She played Jocasta Nu in Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones. She is also widely known for her roles on television, playing Dot Farrar in Prisoner and she has had three parts in Neighbours: Miss Logan in 1985, Mary Crombie from 1989 to 1990 and Lilly Madigan in 1998. Most recently she played the older character of Miss Taylor in Knowing (2009). Before concentrating on acting professionally, McGrath taught Drama at Methodist Ladies College in the Melbourne suburb of Kew.
Miss Taylor (2009)
Durante la inauguración de un nuevo colegio, los estudiantes guardan en una cápsula del tiempo varios objetos. Lucinda, una de las niñas, guarda un papel en el que ha escrito extraños números. Cincuenta años después, la cápsula del tiempo es desenterrada, el hijo de un profesor de astronomía viudo, recibe la misteriosa nota de Lucinda. John descubrirá enseguida que esos números esconden predicciones escalofriantes, algunas de las cuales ya han sucedido mientras que otras aún no.
Mrs. Lillie
Basada en las memorias de Raimond Gaita, Romulus my father nos cuenta la historia de cómo Gaita se escapó de su casa en su Rumanía natal a la edad de 13 años, llegando a Australia con su joven esposa Christine y su hijo de 4 años poco después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Es una película sobre un hombre compasivo y honesto, que enseñó a su hijo el significado de llevar una vida decente.
Mrs. Needham
1941. A country in crisis. A new man in power. Leadership demands and personal demons are set to collide. The story of John Curtin as he faces his first six months as Prime Minister, confronting in quick succession, the tragedy of Pearl Harbour, the fall of Singapore, the bombing of Darwin and a furious battle with Churchill over the deployment of Australian troops. This is a raw and intimate story of a driven and inspirational leader - a man who struggles to battle his own personal demons while serving and protecting a country at war.
Lucy
The seasons go by her window, she dreams about a boy she knew; his baby brother is now a man. A film about time, depression and a woman's need for a story.
Mrs McLeod
Tony Stilano and Trev Spackneys both own, live over and work in adjoining take-away fish shops in Melbourne. Although they have fallen into a habitual rivalry based on a cause long forgotten, the pair unite when the multinational fast-food outlet "Burgies" unveils a new store directly opposite the twin fish & chips shops.
Mrs. Quimby
Cuando las cosas parecían estar tranquilas en Riverton, todo se complica de nuevo: El Inspector Gadget es puesto a prueba una vez más. El malvado Garra ha huído de la carcel y está preparando el crimen del siglo. Pero la alcaldesa cuenta con un nuevo agente para detenerle: Una espectacular mujer-robot equipada con la más alta tecnología. El Inspector Gadget y su nueva compañera se enfrentarán a todo tipo de peligrosas y caóticas situaciones para intentar salvar el mundo. Sólo cuentan con la ayuda de la sobrina de Gadget, el perro Sultán y por supuesto el Gadgetomóvil.
Madame Jocasta Nu
Corren tenebrosos tiempos para la República. Ésta continúa envuelta en luchas y sumida en el caos. Un movimiento separatista, formado por centenares de planetas y poderosas alianzas y y lideradas por el misterioso conde Dooku, abre nuevas amenazas para la galaxia, a la que ni siquiera los Jedi parecen poder poner freno. Estas maniobras, planeadas hace mucho por una poderosa fuerza, conducen al estallido de las guerras clones y al principio del fin de la República. Para allanar el camino, los separatistas intentan asesinar a la senadora Padme Amidala. Para evitar futuros atentados, su seguridad es encomendada a dos caballeros Jedi...
Older Woman
When two medical students find themselves dangerously indebted to a sadistic loan shark, they become embroiled in an illicit black-market organ transplant scam in order to save their lives. 'Muggers' is a twisted, hilarious, pitch-black comedy about friendship, poor choices and the drag of student debt.
Grandmother
In this sci-fi adventure a gorgeous alien woman is sent to Earth by mistake from the planet Epsilon. Landing in the Australian outback she meets a surveyor and they cross the continent together. However, she spends the trip haranguing him for the ecological recklessness and avarice of the human race.
Grammar Flack
Ort Flack is 12 years old and lives with his mother and his sister Tegwyn in the Australian outback. The three of them also have to take care of their old grandma and their paralyzed father. It is not easy for one mother to take care of everybody. But one day a mysterious stranger, Henry, comes to their desolate house to help them...
Mrs. Bilson
Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, there is only one passion in life - to become a great horseman just like his hero, the reclusive horse trainer East Driscoll (Russell Crowe). Alan is one of East's few friends and also one of the few who knows about the affair between East and the aristocratic English woman Grace McAlister (Charlotte Rampling). Things inevitably take a turn towards the tragic when East becomes determined to force Grace to leave her husband and run away with him. Hammers Over The Anvil is an evocative coming of age film from Australian director Ann Turner.
