Colin Friels (born 25 September 1952) is a Scottish-born Australian actor.
Friels was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland. His mother was a mill worker and his father a joiner. He lived in Kilbirnie until 1963, when his family moved to Australia, arriving in Darwin, Northern Territory before settling in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton. He worked as a bricklayer's labourer before studying at the prestigious National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), and graduated from there in 1976, with actors such as Linden Wilkinson and Michael Siberry.
Friels career began with work mostly in theatre and television. In 1980 Friels was a presenter on the long-running children's series Play School. His first film role was in the unreleased Prisoners (1981), starring with Tatum O'Neal. The film was allegedly so bad that Tatum's father Ryan O'Neal purchased the rights to the film to prevent it from ever screening.[citation needed] His first actual appearance in film was in Monkey Grip (1982), an adaptation of a novel by Helen Garner, where he starred alongside Noni Hazlehurst.
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BREAK is the story of relationships and a gun. Eight relationship based stories intertwine and conclude with events that bring everything full circle. The new feature film from film maker Pete Anderson, is a journey set out to be a 100% Seattle based project, using actors (36 speaking roles) and crew from the NW with all location shooting around the Seattle/Tacoma area.
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Adapted from the full-length screenplay, 'Johnnie Taw' tells the story of a young man in rural Massachusetts growing up rough around the edges. As he feels the pain of his friends, his mentor, and the strangers around him, he decides to go his own way.
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"One Love" is a brief moment in the lives of seven people who are facing the misfortunes of starting a family. As most embrace the blessing of a new life, one will be dreading it. We witness the problems that can arise with bringing a new baby into the world, and how some couples react to disappointment. Ultimately, the struggle of life will be played out before each character and they will be confronted by situations that will change their lives.
Keywords: adoption, baby, couple, miscarriage, stillbirth
Four stories of motherhood intertwined.
Maureen Clemens: [O.S] How was your day, Harold?::Harold Clemens: About as fun as a rectal exam. Oh wait a minute, I had those. Not as much fun as a rectal exam.
Cromer: If you decide to come in tomorrow and shoot up the whole school, remember one thing.::Harold Clemens: What's that?::Cromer: I was nice to you.
[at Harold's 14th birthday party]::Shelly Clemens: Thanks for ruining my day. I had to stay home, because you only had one friend to celebrate your birthday. Oh, wait. I almost forgot your present.::[pretends to take one out of her pocket, but flips the bird at him]::Harold Clemens: You got me that same thing last year.
Giving Crime a Bad Name
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Bookish Jen Frazier seems an unlikely choice to be a freedom fighter, but when a theocratic new order occupies the state of Texas, Jen is pushed into action carrying contraband for the underground. In the backroom of a closed antique shop Goldman, the proprietor, charges Jen with the task of delivering a mysterious package to an unnamed underground. But the religious police led by Sgt. Streetman raid the shop. Jen escapes capture, but the police seize Goldman, and beat him to death for resisting arrest. In spite of the danger Jen decides to deliver the package. At the appointed hour, Jen arrives to deliver the package to her contact. When the contact appears, the secret agents of the church subdue him. Jen avoids capture only because the occupants of a mysterious white van snatch her off the street. Against her will, Jen is drawn into the underground network of interfaith freedom fighters led by Jessie, the Liberator. Deep under the city streets, Jen meets the core of "witnesses" led by Jessie, and begins to grasp the full extent of the resistance forming against the theocratic order represented by Sgt. Streetman. Jen strikes a bargain with Jessie to insure the package is delivered into the hands of its intended recipients. In so doing, Jen makes the ultimate sacrifice and the contents of the mysterious package are revealed to the audience.
Keywords: austin-film-society, neo-noir, theocracy
How do you fight a state with God on its side?
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Malcolm is married - to two women. This is the story of him trying to hide his double life. Not difficult as a taxi driver with night shifts and overtime. But when both his wives insist in attending the same pop concert, Malcolm is in serious trouble.
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Christian (Robert Hoffman) and his girlfriend are taking a walk on a deserted beach when they discover a woman's body lying. A closer look proves that she's alive. The next day Christian meets her again at a yacht party and they fall in love. Later at a nearby motel, something weird happens as they prepare to go to bed together: An intruder breaks in and starts beating Christian who accidentally shoots him with his own gun. A few hours later they find out that the corpse is missing and a series of weird incidents takes place.
Keywords: anger, attempted-rape, attraction, beach, blackmail, blonde, blood, blood-spatter, bra, brunette
Beyond "Psycho" SPASMO!
Alex: C'mon honey, let's go to the poop deck.
Boy - in the 'incipit': [Seeing his car had been stolen] Oh...
Christian Bauman: It's all so absurd, meaningless. And what's absurd is dangerous.
mother pleasedon't say good night
the dark's so scary now
please leave on a light
father please
don't say good night
their underneath my bed
my body's filled with blood
I scream inside
There's nowhere to hide
Please save my life
Please save my life
Please save...
Billy solves his problems by calling up his mom
Heather solves her problems with drugs and Alcohol
Daniel solves his problems with a doctor and the law
But Malcolm has his own way and it's better than them all
CHORUS
'Cause Malcolm solves his problems with a chainsaw
and he never has the same problem twice
Whether it's a bill or a cheque arriving late
Rancid marble cheese or a steak that's second rate
Awful TV programs or a broken ELvis plate
Or his fiancee who dumps him because he's gaining weight
CHORUS
Aaaaggghhh Aaaaggghhh
I'm like Malcolm out the window with the joint
Hoodied up blood in my eye , a lead to fly
Like fuck it
, look how these niggas duck shit
One kid hollerin what lookin up , he the big wig
Fake ass cat , low life , sodomize mind
Beatin niggas , big bricks of bread sellin mad dimes
His feet hurt , networkin he get no work
Yo smack him where his hand hurt , fuck what he worth
Yo he sucked his thumb smooth for the kid laced with the big guns
Stain to my Baltimore niggas that he on the run
Plus he ill in the drums , heartburn for life , calcium man
Watch him grab the Tums , he's a front
Pigeon totalist sister with the fat ass
Show hash behind up the block plus he smashed her
Big Bub did him somethin deadly , act premedidtated
Buck 60 strike was the medley
Nice like Van Halen , seen him at the tunnel with his skin peelin
Did two days thought he was jailin
You get close , look at his hands
That's the same kid that cut his wrists , talkin bout the cuffs did it
He ran away , frontin majorly , eyes like Sammy Davis jr.
Rounded off with a fade g , he sport the Bob Hope classics
Ran down Asics , Kmart , the short sleeve shit be the basics
He eat hams shitted on himself twice , big hatted Jews
Rushed the nigga out in Crown Heights
Yo let me tell you how the game go
We gettin rid of all the prostitutes
Tony wants the streets back fo sho
Too many hustlers , too many thieves
We're fuckin up who's willin to fight and teach the c's
Too much TV , guns and robberies
Lust and greed and hate the 4 devils jealousy
Yo I champunch Mase in his face over some bullshit
The other night they kidnapped his brother pokin it with knives
It's rainin , 85 degrees kinda muggy
One of the nights they thrown in his face it's real ugly
Yo we up in Jonesy's posin , all these niggas know me
From fuckin wit , under theses niggas heavy parolees
Yo we played the speaker
And from a distance we could see these chains
The P slayed , flat on his chest , was two plains
Ashy hands yo , no need for rings at all
He just cracked the V8 backed up , leaned against the wall
Lookin flower , he just came home , he on like a fuck
Did a dime for holdin up the gods up in the armored truck
Ten years later son 280 on the weight tip
He throwin up six plates plus he studied Matrix
He's a wally horse shout it out sweatin through his valor
Cock-eyed nigga back up his neck he had shores
Sammy eagerly rode up on him , taxi off the turkey with the joint
On him
Flower look his man stood up before him
The bitches hit the table , Jah king stripped off his cables
Shots went off , Sam'll get a chance to make his debut
Flower grabbed Tiff his man with the sideburns , hat fell off
We nerd his wigworms , he hid behind Rich
See Allah hit the light switch , young girls were trampled
In the measured pool , pistol with Mase , and broke the handle
Desperate crawlin to the door on all fours
Shim kicked the jukebox the theme song rode in was "It's Yours"
Oh my goodness , Ba grabbed the Mo bottle thrashin
He layin like a gay models shoutin out Sebastian
He smiled with his teeth missin begging for mercy
No more god , the 68 thousand down a pair of three
Out came the cannon , whistled out zaggin
Cham snatched his flag four big rocks enter the dragon
It's over , another story told