Third Person Plural is a 1978 film directed by James Ricketson.
The script was devised by the actors and director in a workshop.
James Ricketson has since called the film an "experiment":
I just wanted to see whether it would be possible to make a film on that small budget, shoot the whole thing with a hand-held camera, integrate improvised dialogue with scripted dialogue, work with a small core of actors on a character-based piece, which is what I did, and then to approach the editing of the film in an innovative way. Now, I happen not to like the film myself. Having done the film - it was fun to do it - I decided that I didn't like it, and it certainly wasn't the direction that I wanted to go in.
, 1h35 GenresDrama ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsJohn Stanton, Pamela Rabe, Toni Scanlan, Linden Wilkinson, Tony Barry Rating72% Following the death of her mother Tessa (Pamela Rabe), a young woman, returns after many years to the weather-beaten family home on the shores of Sydney's Botany Bay. But the old family home begins to bring old wounds more and more to life. The story unfolds through flashbacks yet as it progresses the flashbacks merge into the present as it becomes apparent that the situation Tessa has returned to is very much the result of that which passed before.
, 1h18 Directed byMark Herman OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy ActorsDudley Moore, Bryan Brown, Richard Griffiths, Patsy Kensit, Andreas Katsulas, Bronson Pinchot Rating55% Three men board the same plane at Heathrow Airport bound for Venice: Melvyn Orton, a shy and unassuming clerk with an assignment of purchasing a house in Venice under penalty of losing his job; Mike Lawton, a hitman en route to Venice to kill his next mark, and Lord Maurice Horton, a rather large man who is mayor of a small city in the United Kingdom.
, 2h9 Directed byMichael Apted OriginUSA GenresDrama, Biography, Historical ThemesFilms set in Africa, Films about animals, Assassinat, Environmental films, Politique, Films about apes, Political films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère ActorsSigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris, Iain Glen, Iain Cuthbertson, Constantin Alexandrov Rating69% Physical therapist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver) is inspired by the anthropologist Louis Leakey (Iain Cuthbertson) to devote her life to the study of primates. To this end, she writes ceaselessly to him for a job cataloguing and studying the rare mountain gorillas of Africa. With some effort, she manages to convince Leakey of her conviction and devotion to the cause at hand after personally approaching him following a lecture in Louisville, Kentucky, on his part in 1966. Thereafter, Fossey embarks into the Congo, where Leakey and his foundation equip her with the necessary equipment and housing to achieve personal contact with the gorillas, and introduce her to a local animal tracker, Sembagare (John Omirah Miluwi), to assist her in her endeavors. Settling deep in the jungle, Fossey and Sembagare manage to locate a troop of gorillas, but they are ultimately displaced by the events of the Congo Crisis after being forcibly evicted from their research site by Congolese soldiers, who accuse Fossey of being a foreign spy and agitator.
, 1h43 Directed byRoger Donaldson OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films, Buddy films ActorsTom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Gina Gershon, Kelly Lynch, Lisa Banes Rating59% After leaving the United States Army and moving to New York City, Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) gets a part-time job as a bartender at night while studying for a business degree. Over time, he learns the tricks of the trade, including flairing, from his boss/mentor Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown). Brian and Doug soon become very close; Doug readily assumes a mentor role over the young and naive Brian, and rains advice and opinions down upon him. His advice takes a familiar structure, as he usually begins most of them with "Coughlin's Law".
, 1h40 Directed byGeorge Ogilvie ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films ActorsBryan Brown, Rebecca Smart, Noni Hazlehurst, Ray Meagher Rating74% The plot revolves around an itinerant rural worker and fighter named Macauley —sometimes described as a “swagman” or “swaggie” who unexpectedly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. The film contrasts the harshness of Australian masculinity with a parent-child relationship.