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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. 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.
Actors: John Merriman (actor), Heather Kafka (actress), Chris Doubek (actor), Josephine Decker (actress), Matthew Kordelski (miscellaneous crew), Geoff Marslett (producer), Geoff Marslett (writer), Geoff Marslett (actor), Geoff Marslett (director), Hanan Townshend (composer), Trieste Kelly Dunn (actress), Matt Latham (miscellaneous crew), Ashley Spillers (actress), Jennymarie Jemison (actress), Francisco Barreiro (actor),
Plot: Loves Her Gun is a romantic tragedy about a young woman who flees violence in New York for the laid back environment in central Texas. Once she settles into Austin she falls into the local gun culture and some of her same worries come back to haunt her.
Keywords: three-word-titleActors: Reese Witherspoon (actress), James Newton Howard (composer), Christoph Waltz (actor), Barry Ratcliffe (actor), Ilia Volok (actor), Kevin Halloran (producer), Ken Foree (actor), James Keane (actor), Hal Holbrook (actor), Robert Pattinson (actor), Tim Guinee (actor), Bruce Gray (actor), James Frain (actor), D.R. Farquharson (miscellaneous crew), Julie Adams (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: After his parents' death, Jacob Jankowski is left penniless and homeless. Events lead him to joining the circus as their vet, working under their unstable boss August whose violent tendencies give everyone reason to be cautious around him, including his beautiful and quiet wife Marlena, whom August is very possessive of and who Jacob finds himself soon falling in love with.
Keywords: 1930s, abusive-husband, animal-abuse, animal-in-title, bad-temper, based-on-novel, big-top, brutality, circus, circus-horseActors: Marco Bottiglieri (actor), Mark Stoddard (actor), Liz Franke (actress), Liz Franke (producer), Liz Franke (miscellaneous crew), Liz Franke (writer), Liz Franke (producer), Stephanie Rhodes (actress), Bill Jenkins (actor), Steve Franke (director), Steve Franke (producer), Steve Franke (actor), Steve Franke (producer), Steve Franke (writer), Wolfgang Lackner (composer),
Plot: Bailey, an adorable Golden Retriever puppy, is moving! On the road trip to their new home, his family makes a stop and mistakenly leaves Bailey behind. This mischievous and playful pup sets out to find his family and stumbles across "Sharkarosa," an exotic wildlife ranch. At the ranch, Bailey meets and is befriended by an assortment of animals, including kangaroos, camels, a bearcat, a baby tiger, and "Puck," the sheepdog entrusted with running "Sharkarosa." Will Bailey ever see his family again? Or will he be left to work at the ranch until the "Cows Come Home?"
Keywords: children, golden-retriever, puppy, tigerActors: Luke Robson (producer), Luke Robson (editor), Luke Robson (actor), Luke Robson (director), Luke Robson (writer), Peter Barbaro (actor), Lisa Emanuel (actress), Silvia Jeandet (actress), Belinda Sharp (actress), Kendall Osborne (actor), Cihan Tochumcuer (actor), Claire Gethin-Davies (actress), Rylee Delaney (actress), Jessica O'Meara (actress), Harris Sultan (actor),
Plot: A dog, Zoe runs away on Christmas day after feeling neglected by her family. Zoe then wanders off to far and gets lost and scared in the Australian bush. She then looks to the other animals in the bush to find the wise Koala and her way home.
Keywords: christmasActors: Adam Wylie (actor), Blythe Danner (actress), Wallace Shawn (actor), David Ogden Stiers (actor), David Ogden Stiers (actor), Stuart Pankin (actor), Reg E. Cathey (actor), Stuart Pankin (actor), Barry Humphries (actor), Maurice LaMarche (actor), Maurice LaMarche (actor), Maurice LaMarche (actor), Bronson Pinchot (actor), Joan Rivers (actress), Carol Kane (actress),
Plot: Napoleon is a little dog that lives in Sydney. He and his mother live with a family, but Napoleon loves to dream about meeting the wild dogs that live far away, and eventually becoming one himself. One day he gets into a basket hung from some balloons and flies away into the sky. The wind carries him to a nearby island where the basket finally lands. There he meets all kinds of different animals; some of them are friendly, but some aren't. With the help of a parakeet friend he learns the secrets of living alone in the island and defending himself from wild animals. He goes in search of the wild dogs, whom he finally finds. He is very happy with them, but then he gets homesick and starts to miss his mother, so he decides to go home again.
Keywords: affection, animal's-point-of-view, australia, balloon, bear, bird, character-name-in-title, cross-country, dog, family-relationshipsActors: Ian Bannen (actor), David Hemmings (actor), Desmond Llewelyn (actor), Robert Louis Stevenson (writer), David Hemmings (actor), Diana Dors (actress), Toyah Willcox (actress), Clive Swift (actor), Ben Aris (actor), Gretchen Franklin (actress), Sally Head (miscellaneous crew), Roland Curram (actor), Jonathan Powell (producer), Antony Carrick (actor), Gaye Brown (actress),
Genres: Horror, Thriller,Actors: Richard Arlen (actor), John Bagni (actor), Monte Blue (actor), George Eldredge (actor), Roy Gordon (actor), Sol Gorss (actor), Paul Harvey (actor), Roscoe Karns (actor), Donald Kerr (actor), Ian MacDonald (actor), Alphonse Martell (actor), William H. Pine (producer), William C. Thomas (producer), Milton Raison (writer), Darrell Calker (composer),
Plot: Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's former girl friend. Also working for Jerry is Pete Simmons, son of the owner Al Simmons, and office secretary Jane Chandler, who is Pete's sweetheart. Before long, Cliff has made enemies of Pusher Wilks, a trucker whose run he takes over, and also Pete, whose girl he is trying to take over. Pusher sabotages Cliff's rig at every opportunity causing several near-fatal accidents.
Keywords: accidental-death, arson, b-movie, brawl, burning, cafe, california, cargo, chemical, cigarette-smokingActors: Stan Freberg (actor), Cal Howard (writer), Eddie Kilfeather (composer), Howard Swift (director),
Plot: Fuzzy-Wuzzy is an aborigine, hunting kangaroos while riding an ostrich. He spots one, working out on a punching bag; after a bit of to and fro, he lands in the roo's pouch. The animal isn't too bright, and tries to evict the hunter with a stick of dynamite, which turns the kangaroo into a lot of tiny roos; they jump into the pouch and reassemble. The kangaroo pulls up the ostrich's head, which was buried in the sand; he cuts it off, and it becomes a firehose in his face. The hunter crosses a stream on his ostrich, which is eaten by a crocodile (a bit of violence, and the ostrich is freed). Finally, a flurry of boomerangs is repulsed by the kangaroo and they shave off Fuzzy Wuzzy's hair; after the hunter suggests the kangaroo "pick on someone his own size" they start shrinking, until they are the size of bugs and the ostrich eats both of them.
Keywords: afro, alligator, alligator-bag, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, australian-aboriginal, binoculars, bird, boomerang, boxing-gloveActors: Treg Brown (editor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Leon Schlesinger (producer), Mel Blanc (actor), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Tex Avery (director), Dave Monahan (writer),
Plot: The audience enters Porky's movie theater, with a collection of quick gags: A firefly acting as usher, a kangaroo taking tickets and putting the stubs in her pouch, a chicken buying child tickets for her eggs. A skunk tries to buy a ticket, costing a nickel, but he only has one scent. He looks for a way to sneak in. Meanwhile, Porky introduces the show: a collection of cartoons, drawn as stick figures. At the end, the audience is all gone because the skunk managed to sneak in. Porky's cartoons include: Circus Parade, Choo-Choo Train, Soldiers (Marchin), Horse Race, and Dances (hula, Mexican hat, and ballet). All accompanied by a self-parody musical score.
Keywords: 1940s, character-name-in-title, circus, circus-parade, elephant, film-in-film, gas-mask, giraffe, hawaiian-dance, horse-raceI first saw you
You had on blue jeans
Your eyes couldn't hide anything
I saw you breathing, oh
I saw you staring out in space
I next saw you
You was at the party
Thought you was a queen
Oh so flirty
I came against
Didn't say excuse
Knew what I was doing
We looked very fine
'Cause we were leaving
Like Saint Joan
Doing a cool jerk
Oh, I want you