Jack Thompson

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Mao’s Last Dancer
7.3

Mao’s Last Dancer

Oct. 01, 2009

Mao’s Last Dancer

At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao’s cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In ...
December Boys
6.5

December Boys

Sep. 14, 2007

December Boys

For many years, four teenage orphans at an Australian outback convent have watched their younger comrades find new parents, and realize that they ...
The Good German
6

The Good German

Dec. 15, 2006

The Good German

An American journalist arrives in Berlin just after the end of World War Two. He becomes involved in a murder mystery surrounding a dead GI who ...
Feed
5.3

Feed

May. 11, 2005

Feed

A cybercrime investigator tracks a man suspected of force-feeding women to death.
Leatherheads
6

Leatherheads

Mar. 24, 2008

Leatherheads

A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into ...
Yolngu Boy
6.5

Yolngu Boy

Mar. 22, 2001

Yolngu Boy

After committing a crime for which he is likely to be jailed, a Yolngu teenager convinces two of his childhood friends to join him on a journey ...
Original Sin
6

Original Sin

May. 08, 2001

Original Sin

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his ...
Excess Baggage
5.4

Excess Baggage

Aug. 29, 1997

Excess Baggage

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
Last Dance
5.7

Last Dance

May. 02, 1996

Last Dance

Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and ...
Broken Arrow
6.1

Broken Arrow

Feb. 09, 1996

Broken Arrow

When rogue stealth-fighter pilot Vic Deakins deliberately drops off the radar while on maneuvers, the Air Force ends up with two stolen nuclear ...
The Sum of Us
7.3

The Sum of Us

Jul. 28, 1994

The Sum of Us

A widowed father has to deal with two complex issues: while he is searching for “Miss Right,” his son, who is in his 20s and gay, is ...
Ruby Cairo
5

Ruby Cairo

Dec. 12, 1992

Ruby Cairo

Baseball cards and a food-aid worker help a woman follow her shady husband’s money trail around the world.
A Far Off Place
6.5

A Far Off Place

Mar. 12, 1993

A Far Off Place

Thrown together under incredible circumstances, two strangers must discover courage and strength when they begin a journey across the treacherous ...
Wind
6.4

Wind

Sep. 11, 1992

Wind

In 1983, yacht sailor Will Parker leads an American crew financed by millionaire Morgan Weld to defeat during the America’s Cup race ...
Turtle Beach
4.7

Turtle Beach

Mar. 19, 1992

Turtle Beach

Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She ...
Trouble in Paradise
4.9

Trouble in Paradise

May. 16, 1989

Trouble in Paradise

Following her husband Arthur’s mysterious death, Rachel Baxley packs up her life as a State Department wife in Hong Kong and boards a ...
Ground Zero
6.4

Ground Zero

Oct. 01, 1987

Ground Zero

A second generation cameraman in Australia finds evidence that his father had filmed a nuclear test that allowed aboriginies to be exposed to and ...
Flesh + Blood
6.7

Flesh + Blood

Aug. 30, 1985

Flesh + Blood

A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble’s son. As ...
Burke & Wills
6.3

Burke & Wills

Oct. 30, 1985

Burke & Wills

A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
7.2

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. ...
A Woman Called Golda
7.5

A Woman Called Golda

Apr. 26, 1982

A Woman Called Golda

The story of the Russian-born, Wisconsin-raised woman who rose to become Israel’s prime minister in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Bad Blood
6.5

Bad Blood

Nov. 12, 1982

Bad Blood

During World War 2, a farmer in New Zealand murders seven people. The police, along with local Maori trackers, hunt him in the bush country.
The Earthling
6.8

The Earthling

Jul. 24, 1980

The Earthling

Recently diagnosed with a terminal illness, a man returns home to Australia to die in the wilderness. His plans become complicated when he comes ...
Breaker Morant
7.8

Breaker Morant

Jun. 11, 1980

Breaker Morant

During the Boer War, three Australian lieutenants are on trial for shooting Boer prisoners. Though they acted under orders, they are being used ...
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith
7.3

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith

The true story of a part Aboriginal man who finds the pressure of adapting to white culture intolerable, and as a result snaps in a violent and ...
Mad Dog Morgan
6.1

Mad Dog Morgan

Jul. 09, 1976

Mad Dog Morgan

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.