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Tim Burstall AM (20 April 1927 – 19 April 2004) was an English Australian film director, writer and producer, best known for hit Australian movie Alvin Purple (1973).
A key figure in Australian postwar cinema, Burstall was instrumental in rebuilding the Australian film industry at a time when it had been effectively dead for over a decade. He created groundbreaking Australian films including Stork, Alvin Purple, End Play, Eliza Fraser, The Last of the Knucklemen and the 1987 adaptation of D.H. Lawrence novel Kangaroo.
Burstall's films featured early appearances by many legendary Australian actors including Jack Thompson, Bruce Spence, Jacki Weaver, Alvin star Graeme Blundell, John Waters and Judy Davis. Burstall's wife, Betty Burstall, an important figure in her own right, founded the pioneering La Mama Theatre in Melbourne in the late 1960s, with which Tim was involved.
Speaking just after Burstall's death, Williamson said that Burstall "couldn't stomach" Australia's lack of a film industry. "He was determined to do something about it and he had the energy and spirit to do it. (He) was a very important cultural figure: highly intelligent, widely read, with a succinct and often highly controversial opinion on everything."
One of the most controversial and captivating feature films of Australia’s cinema Renaissance in the 1970s, Tim Burstall’s (ALVIN PURPLE) endearing classic PETERSEN is a searing portrait of a fiery young upstart and the ever present turmoil that surrounds him.
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Trailers for three Australian films, as follows: * Alvin Purple Director: Tim Burstall Starred: Graeme Blundell, Abigail DVD: Released in Australia * Alvin Rides Again Directors: David Bilcock, Robin Copping Starred: Graeme Blundell, Gus Mercurio Aka: Foreplay the Prequel (UK), Alvin Rides Again, and Again!, and Again!, and Again! (USA) DVD: Released in Australia (out of print) and the UK (under the UK title) * Melvin, Son of Alvin Director: John Eastway Starred: Gerry Sont, Lenita Psillakis Aka: Foreplay (UK), Girl Toy, The Troubles with Melvin (USA) DVD: Not yet released Note: nudity and sexual content was trimmed, as is typically needed for YouTube.
Director: Tim Burstall Stars: Graeme Blundell, Abigail, Lynette Curran
Produced by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1955. Directed by Tim Burstall. A group of children living at Cook on the Nullarbor Plain discover a swimming pool in some limestone caves and make the cave their hideout. Unfortunately a gang of kangaroo shooters who are wanted by the police for car stealing have the same idea. You can find a production still from this film here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nfsa/11216430575/in/photostream/
Directed by: Tim Burstall Stars: George Mallaby, John Waters, Ken Goodlet
Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1965. Directed by Tim Burstall. Acclaimed Australian artists Clifton Pugh, William Dargie, William Dobell, Russell Drysdale, Jon Molvig and Andrew Sibley discuss their approach to portraiture, providing an insight into the unique challenges that face a portrait painter. Through examples of their work and the work of other eminent painters such as Augustus Earle, Sir John Longstaff, George Lambert and Max Meldrum, a study is made of Australian portraiture from early colonial days until the 1960s. The film also looks at the establishment of the Archibald Prize and the National Gallery School in Melbourne. There is insight too into the subjects of portraits, with painter Margaret Olley appearing in the film as a sitter for a portrait and Clifton Pugh reflect...
Kangaroo Trailer 1986 Director: Tim Burstall Starring: Colin Friels, John Walton, Judy Davis, Julie Nihill, Peter Cummins, Peter Hehir Official Content From Universal Studios Home Entertainment Australian film version of D.H. Lawrence's semi-autobiographical novel about a controversial English writer who faces opposition in 1922 Australia. Movie, Kangaroo Movie,Kangaroo Trailer,Kangaroo 1986, Tim Burstall,Colin Friels, John Walton, Judy Davis, Julie Nihill, Peter Cummins, Peter Hehir
Publisher Hilary McPhee, editor of celebrated film-maker Tim Burstall’s diaries, explores the impetus to diarise and the appeal of diaries as windows to the past. Burstall’s diaries in particular paint a stark portrait of the language of sex and gender conventions in 1950s Australia, an area of study close to McPhee’s heart. Join us for an investigation of a unique and fascinating snapshot of the life of one of Australia’s true bohemians. Hilary McPhee is joined in conversation by Wendy Tuohy.
As Sculpture By The Sea celebrates another successful year of seaside sculpture on Sydney shores we offer this look back in time to the Australian sculpture scene in 1969. Sculpture Australia 69 shows Australian sculptors discussing their attitudes towards modern sculpture. Artists shown at work include Norma Redpath (creating the fountain for the Commonwealth Treasury), George Baldessin, Steven Walker, Lyndon Dadswell, Matchim Skipper, David Tolley, Margel Hinder, Colin Lanceley, Ron Robertson-Swan, Michael Kitching, Ken Reinhard, Tim Berryman, Asher Bilu, Robert Klippel, Clement Meadmore and Vincent Jomantis. They show that Australian sculpture is appreciated internationally as well as in Australia. Made by The Commonwealth Film Unit 1969. Directed by Tim Burstall. It also features mus...
Alvin Purple The Sex Therapist Rides Again (1975) [360p] Australia Sexploitation Film.
Attack Force Z :: http://bit.ly/2bSkwg7 Subscribe to Our Newsletter : http://bit.ly/2bSkwg7 Tim Burstall directs then-up-and-comers Mel Gibson and Sam Neill in this action-packed Cannes Film Festival selection about the grim realities of World War II, a gritty drama based on actual events. Sent to rescue survivors from the site of a plane crash in the South Pacific, Capt. P.G. Kelly (Gibson) and his elite squad of Australian commandos must keep tabs on a defecting Japanese official who could hold the secret to peace. Thanks For Watch, Like, and Subscribe : For more SPACE follow: More episodes: http://bit.ly/2bSkwg7 Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/SpaceChannel Twitter: http://twitter.com/SpaceChannel Space: http://www.space.ca »––––»Thanks «–––—«
Mel Gibson commands an elite military team dispatched during WW II to locate and rescue the survivors of a shot down plane, stranded on a South Pacific island occupied by the Japanese. One of the castaways, a defecting Japanese official, holds the secret to ending the war, and must be saved at all costs. Boasting a top-notch cast including Mel Gibson (Mad Max), Sam Neill (The Dish), John Phillip Law (Barbarella) and John Waters (Breaker Morant). Attack Force Z is a fast moving, action-packed World War II adventure story in the tradition of "THE GUNS OF NAVARONE". 1982 Australian Film Commission, Central Motion Pictures, Fauna Productions, John McCallum Productions.
Four vacationing women back-packing in the Sierra mountains unwittingly stumble upon a hideout, and are terrorized by a ruthless group of Neo-Nazis in a deadly game of cat and mouse. With only an alcoholic ex-cowboy as a guide, the women must struggle for their lives when it becomes apparent that their trackers have no intention of letting them leave the mountain alive.
Tim Burstall passed away in 2004 but this year will see the publication of his diaries that reveal insights in to the colourful life of the man who directed the famous film Alvin Purple.
There's something about Stork that sets him out from the croud. Created by acclaimed AFI Award winning screenwriter David Williamson (Don's Party) and brought to life by Tim Burstall (Alvin Purple, Petersen) Stork is the tale of an awkward young man who knows just what he wants but forever struggles to find it.
Alvin Purple Trailer 1973 Director: Tim Burstall Starring: George Whaley, Graeme Blundell, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Ellie MacLure, Jacki Weaver, Lynette Curran Official Content From Intervision Australian farce about the sexual escapades of a waterbed salesman, who is inexplicably pursued by hordes of lust-mad women. Movie, Alvin Purple Movie,Alvin Purple Trailer,Alvin Purple 1973, Tim Burstall,George Whaley, Graeme Blundell, Penne Hackforth-Jones, Ellie MacLure, Jacki Weaver, Lynette Curran
MEL GIBSON AND SAM NEILL STAR IN A TRUE STORY OF WARTIME COURAGE Based on real events that took place during the final months of World War II, and made with the assistance and cooperation of officers of the Z Special Forces Association of New South Wales and the First Australian Submarine Squadron, 1 Commando Company, ATTACK FORCE Z stars Mel Gibson (Signs; We Were Soldiers), Sam Neill (Wimbledon; Jurassic Park III), Sylvia Chang (The Red Violin; Eat Drink Man Woman) and John Phillip Law (The Cassandra Crossing) in an action-packed tale of wartime courage and adventure. On 20th March 2006, ATTACK FORCE Z will be released on DVD for the first time ever in its original widescreen version, digitally remastered and featuring brand-new interviews with the film's cast members and producer. Gib...
Available on DVD through www.umbrellaent.com.au Buy it here: http://www.umbrellaent.com.au/p-2833-eliza-fraser.aspx From the award winning creative talents of David Williamson (Don's Party, Gallipoli) and director Tim Burstall (Alvin Purple), comes a riotous historical romp destined to change the way you perceive early Australian settlement. Shipwrecked on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef in 1837, English sea Captain James Fraser (Noel Ferrier, The Year of Living Dangerously) and his innocent young wife Eliza (Susannah York, Tom Jones) face an uphill struggle for survival against the harsh and unforgiving Australian conditions. Waiting to be rescued, the couple takes up residency with the local aboriginal people and watch as their mutinous crew transform into savages before their very...