Jim McElroy

参加作品

Everything Begins and Ends
Self
Short documentary about making of "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1975) including interviews with actors, crew and Peter Weir himself.
Mr Reliable
Producer
All Wally Mellish, an ex-convict in 1960s Australia, wants to do is live a quiet life with his girlfriend Beryl. Unfortunately when two police officers come around to disturb this, a misunderstanding quickly becomes out of control, resulting Wally, Beryl and her child being trapped in their house, surrounded by armed police under the impression that Wally is holding everyone hostage. Events quickly spiral into a media circus as, through the siege, Wally - inadvertently - manages to become a symbol for the anti-war movement.
Till There Was You
Producer
Frank Flynn is summonsed from New York by his brother Charlie to Vanuatu. He arrives only to find Charlie dead, and becomes involved with his late brother's partner, Viv, and Viv's unhappy wife, Anna.
Shark's Paradise
Executive Producer
David Reyne & Sally Tayler star in this classic 80's 'Ozploitation' classic. A mad man threatens to lure hundreds of sharks to the beach at Surfers Paradise Australia at the start of the tourist season, his price to hold off the sharks is $2 million. Our heroes do everything from escaping jail to risking death in a chemical factory, to stop him. Sharknado, eat your heart out!
Remember Me
Executive Producer
A woman recently returned to work is contacted by her former husband who has been in a mental institution. She is torn between her still strong desire for him, and her fear, which comes from events in their past. She cannot control his intrusion into both her current life and her second marriage, and tragedy ensues.
危険な年
Producer
オーストラリアのジャーナリストと英国大使館員の恋を主軸に、現地のカメラマンの眼を通してインドネシアの政治的混乱を描く政治ドラマの傑作。出演はメル・ギブソン、シガニー・ウィーヴァー。
A Dangerous Summer
Producer
Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up. After a brush fire destroys the resort, an insurance investigator comes nosing around, whom Howard's partner deals with in a drastic manner. By the time Lloyds of London's senior investigator George Engels (James Mason in one of his last roles) arrives on the scene, Howard (Tom Skerritt) is anxious to set things to rights.
The Last Wave
Producer
Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the victim was targeted for violating a tribal taboo, but the defendants deny any tribal association. Burton, plagued by apocalyptic visions of water, slowly realizes danger may come from his own involvement with the Aboriginal people and their prophecies.
ピクニックatハンギング・ロック
Producer
オーストラリアで実際に起こった謎の女生徒失踪事件の映画化。映画は、1900年2月24日、ピクニックに出掛けた名門女子学園の生徒たちの内数名が忽然と姿を消してしまったこの事件を、独特の色彩美で、かつ神秘的な雰囲気で描いてゆく。この“美しさ”がキーワードとなり、いわゆる“ホラー”とは違った意味での“怖さ”がある作品。オーストラリア時代には「ザ・ラスト・ウェーブ」や本作のように幻想的な作品を手掛けていたP・ウィアーの秀作。
The Cars That Ate Paris
Producer
After the death of his brother on the road, unemployed and unstable drifter Arthur Waldo stays for a while in the rural Australian town of Paris as the guest of the mayor, who hopes he will become a permanent member of the Paris population. Arthur soon realizes the quaint hamlet has a sinister secret: they orchestrate car accidents and rob the victims. Survivors are brought to the local hospital, lobotomized, and used for a local doctor's experiments.