Paul Mercurio
출생 : 1963-03-31, Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia
Sal
In 1953, two young Italian children are promised in marriage by their fathers. Twenty one years on - despite changing times, fading traditions and 70's liberation - the pair are expected to marry, or face the consequences.
Gareth Donahue
The first Australian film to feature Auslan (Australian Sign Language). "A Silent Agreement" tells the story of Reuben, a sensitive writer, who grapples with a speech impediment. His boyfriend, Derek, a profoundly deaf Human Rights activist, provides strategies to restore his confidence and communication skills. When Reuben approaches an over-the-hill film producer with his autobiographical screenplay, the producer betrays him and Reuben is forced to overcome the long-term effects of bullying in order to succeed.
James
A little girl encounters Indigenous mythological nightmares while lost in the Australian bush.
Leo Natoli
Ex-cop Les Kearney is hired to find the kidnapped daughter of a wealthy businessman.
Marco
Virginia, a young and adventurous woman, travels from England to Sydney, Australia, in search of her Australian ancestors.
Choreographer
A champion high school rugby player has a secret desire to be a ballet dancer, having spent 11 years in ballet school. Seizing an opportunity to audition for a local company's presentation of "Romeo and Juliet", he nonetheless fears what will happen to his reputation if the other kids in his school find out. Adding the practices to his already burgeoning schedule quickly starts to create problems with his friends, his teachers, his coach, his play director, and his ballet partner. Of course, it all comes together on the stage of the Sydney Opera House.
David Knight
A champion high school rugby player has a secret desire to be a ballet dancer, having spent 11 years in ballet school. Seizing an opportunity to audition for a local company's presentation of "Romeo and Juliet", he nonetheless fears what will happen to his reputation if the other kids in his school find out. Adding the practices to his already burgeoning schedule quickly starts to create problems with his friends, his teachers, his coach, his play director, and his ballet partner. Of course, it all comes together on the stage of the Sydney Opera House.
Matt Wade
An investment banker travels to Louisiana to snag the account of an eccentric millionaire but gets involved with his lusty wife, Mardi Gras, and (possibly) a satanic cult. The events in and around New Orleans change him forever and give a new slant on The American Dream.
Midget
A con artist escapes a deal gone wrong in New York and winds up in the Aussie outback in a strange town whose inhabitants are an oddball collection of misfits.
Hawke
Two sides, one known as the Alphas and the other the Rebels, struggle in a brutal war on Earth and in outer space. When a habitable planet is discovered in orbit around a star that is on the far side of a dangerous wormhole, the two sides mysteriously set aside their differences and send a joint mission to explore the planet. The mission of the starship Scylla is soon beset by political intrigue and treachery, jeopardizing not only the mission, but the lives of the entire crew
Charlie
Dumped by his girlfriend, a young unemployed actor decides to transform his house into a "museum" of their relationship.
Mental Patient (uncredited)
Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overrun by one of the patients who wants to stage the opera Cosi Fan Tutte by Mozart despite the fact that none of the patients are able to sing and none of them speak Italian. A comedy of errors ensues, but one which unifies the patients and their director in unexpected ways.
Tom McGregor
A garage mechanic out in the middle of the outback gets involved with the girl friend of a jewel smuggler who is on the run.
Troy
After attending his 23rd funeral for a friend with AIDS, Troy and his friends hatch a plan to steal the HIV drugs that they need. One sucessful heist leads to another and another until they have so much inventory they decide to begin their own community distribution program.
Josef
야곱(Jacob: 마틴 랜도 분)은 여러 아이들을 두었지만 요셉(Joseph: 폴 머큐리오 분)이 하느님의 특별한 은총을 받고 있음을 알고 그를 유난히 귀여워 한다. 이에 요셉은 다른 형제들의 질투로 노예로 팔려가는 가고 만다. 그 형제들은 요셉이 죽은 것으로 위장을 한다. 요셉은 이집트 왕의 일등 시종관 집에서 노예생활을 하게 된다. 그런데 그는 특별한 예지능력이 있어 곧 시종관의 옆에서 일을 돕게 되고 그 능력으로 인해 급기야는 이집트 파라오(Pharaoh: 스테파노 디오니시 분)의 눈에 들게 된다. 요셉을 두텁게 신임한 파라오는 그를 이집트 총독으로 임명하여 부귀와 영화를 내려준다. 세월이 흘러 고향에 있던 요셉의 가족들은 가뭄으로 인해 고향을 떠나 이집트 땅에 들어오게 되는데...
Elliot Slater
Elliot is going to the island of Eden to live out his submissive fantasies, but inadvertently photographs diamond smugglers at work. Smugglers, and detectives, follow him to the island, where they try to retrieve the film. Elliot begins falling in love with Lisa, the head mistress of the island, and Lisa must evaluate her feelings about Elliot and her own motivations.
Scott Hastings
21살의 프로댄서 스캇(Scott Hastings: 폴 머큐리오 분)은 엄격한 무도장의 제1규칙(볼륨 댄스는 허리 아래로만 춰야함)을 무시하고 자신만의 스텝으로 춤을 추는 위반을 범한다. 곧 협회의 징계가 따르고 파트너 리즈(Liz Holt: 지아 카리데스 분)에게 조차 버림 받는다. 6살때부터 키워온 자신의 야망이자 부모(셜리(Shirley Hastings: 팻 톰슨 분 / 더그(Doug Hastings: 베리 오토 분)의 꿈인 환태평양 대회에서 우승은 물거품이 된 것이다. 어떤 여성 댄서도 그의 파트너가 되어주려 하지 않기 때문. 모든 희망이 사라졌다고 생각했을 때, 프랜(Fran: 타라 모리스 분)이 나타난다. 미운 오리 새끼로 취급을 받는 댄스 초보자인 프랜의 집요한 설득으로 스캇은 의욕을 되찾고 뻣뻣한 그녀를 일류댄서로 다듬어 간다. 한편 댄스 협회장인 배리(Barry Fife: 빌 헌터 분)는 스캇과 프랜이 조직한 이단자 커플을 해체시키려 압력을 가한다. 프랜과 함께 자신들만의 스텝으로 사랑의 룸바를 추기로 한 환태평양 전날밤, 배리는 스캇 부모의 슬픈 과거를 폭로하며 자기가 정해준 파트너와 협회규칙에 따른 춤을 추라 종용한다. 양자택일에 걸린 스캇은 과거로부터 아버지를 구하기 위해 프랜에게 등을 돌리기로 한다. 그러나 대회시작 직전, 아버지에 의해 진실이 밝혀진다. 모든 것이 2대에 걸친 배리의 음모였음이. 자신의 느낌과 본능대로 춤을 추는 그들에게 관중들의 환호가 터지는 바로 그때 배리가 개입해 음악을 끄고 두 사람의 퇴장을 명한다. 그들이 퇴장 인사를 할때 스캇의 아버지가 눈물을 흘리며 박수를 치기 시작하고 대회장을 울린다. 박수는 삽시간에 퍼지고 대회 중지를 항의하는 6천명의 관중들, 드디어 스캇의 열정적인 스텝들이 쏟아져 나온다. 댄서로서 상처를 안고 살아온 아버지 더그가 어머니 셜리에게 화해의 손을 내민다.