STEVENHARTSITE (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Like a lot of other Americans, I first took note of actor Edward Woodward in ‘Breaker’ Morant, which came as part of the late-Seventies, early-Eighties wave of Australian films that launched Bruce Beresford, Mel Gibson, Bryan Brown, Peter Weir, Fred Schepisi, and George Miller on international careers. As the title character, an Australian officer accused of atrocities against...
The Age (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Australian filmmaker Bruce Beresford made three movies with the great English gentleman actor Edward Woodward, who died aged 79 on Monday.
Obscene Desserts (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... combination as suavely as he during his stint as The Equalizer But it was his starring role in Bruce Beresford's 1980 film Breaker Morant that made the most powerful impression on me. I believe I discovered it while working at a video store in about 1988. I didn't know much about the Boer War at the time, but the film stands out as a remarkably effective meditation not only on the...
The Age (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Edward Woodward, the British actor who made a big impact on Australian audiences in 1980 in the title role of Bruce Beresford's Boer War film, Breaker Morant , has died. He was 79.
SNOPPER SAYS..... (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
... to summarise that film, first shown in 1980 and directed by that very good Australian director, Bruce Beresford, but its strength was that it dramatised real events and real people that were caught up in the Boer War. Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for executing prisoners as a way of deflecting attention from war crimes committed by their superior officers and two...
kae's bloodnut blog (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
EDWARD Woodward, the British actor who made a big impact on Australian audiences in 1980 in the title role of Bruce Beresford's Boer War film, Breaker Morant, as well as on stage in Private Lives, has died of pneumonia and other ailments in hospital at Truro, Cornwall. He was 79 .
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
My first encounter with Woodward the actor came in the early 1980s, when The Movie Channel threw Bruce Beresford's Boer War-set courtroom drama, BREAKER MORANT, into heavy rotation. Though I haven't seen the film in two decades, Woodward's performance as the hard-nosed Australian lieutenant who, with two of his men, is court-martialed by the British for atrocities committed in the fog...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
... the American Film Market.Hopscotch Films is riding high with hit local pic "Mao's Last Dancer," by Bruce Beresford, capping what topper Troy Lum calls "the best year in the company's history."Top 2009 Indie"Mao's Last Dancer," $5.7 million (Hopscotch Films)Recent Pickups"The King's Speech," Transmission"The Kids Are All Right," Hopscotch"The French Kissers," Palace"The Disappearance...
Ain't it Cool News (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
All the categories can be viewed by , but I'll give you a brief rundown of the big ones: the Best Film category includes BALIBO, BEAUTIFUL KATE, BLESSED, MAO'S LAST DANCER, MARY AND MAX, and SAMSON AND DELILAH. My tip? BALIBO takes the prize. I'm predicting a similar result for Best Direction, where I suspect Rob Connolly will narrowly pip Rachel Ward, Bruce Beresford and Warwick Thorton...
Gold Derby (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
... the directorial debut of actress Rachel Ward -- with 10 noms and "Mao's Last Dancer" from helmer Bruce Beresford with nine nods. Rounding out the best-picture race are "Blessed" and "Mary and Max," each of which earned four nominations. Last year's big winner was "The Black Balloon," which took home six awards, including best picture. The 51st edition of the AFI awards will be held...
Stale Popcorn (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
... Blessed . Imagine that! BEST DIRECTION Robert Connolly, Balibo Rachel Ward, Beautiful Kate Bruce Beresford, Mao’s Last Dancer Warwick Thornton, Samson & Delilah Nothing really to note here. Thankfully Kokkinos didn't get nominated. It's a bit disappointing that Adam Elliot wasn't able to continue his run of luck that recently saw him win the Director's Guild of Australia...
Japan Times (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
I was down in Sydney a few weeks ago and managed to catch the world premiere of Australian director Bruce Beresford's film, "Mao's Last Dancer." It is a beautiful story, beautifully told, in a film that combines the personal and the epic in an era of traumatic change for China. The film takes its title and narrative from the autobiography of the renowned ballet dancer, Li Cunxin....
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Foreign B.O.: Beresford's pic takes in $6 million -- Bruce Beresford's "Mao's Last Dancer" has notched some $6 million at the B.O. in two weeks on 266 screens.
