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BLACKBALL Director: Genre:
A rebellious young British bowls player, Mel Smith Comedy,
banned from playing competitive sport Writer: Drama,
for 15 years, finally returns to the sport, Tim Firth Sport
reigniting his career and branding himself Cast: Year of
“the bad boy of bowls”. He is teamed with Paul Kaye Production: 2003
another older and more traditional player James Cromwell
to take on the Australian bowls team. Alice Evans

CHANGE OF SEASONS Director: Genre:
College professor Adam Evans, wallowing Richard Lang Comedy,
in his mid-life crisis, has an affair with one Writer: Drama
of his students. His wife, Karen, is initially Erich Segal Year of
shocked, but decides to get even and Martin Ransohoff Production: 1980
takes a lover of her own. When the two Ronni Kern
couples decide to go for a winter break to- Fred Segal
gether to sort out their feelings the stage Cast:
is set for hilarious misunderstandings, Shirley MacLaine
especially after the unexpected arrival of Anthony Hopkins
Adam and Karen’s daughter. Bo Derek

CREATOR Director: Genre:
Ivan Passer Comedy,
A contemporary take on the Frankenstein
formula with a romantic and melancholy Writer: Romance,
twist. Professor Harry Wolper is a lonely Jeremy Levan Sci-Fi
eccentric who has dedicated decades of Cast: Year of
research to cloning his long-dead wife Peter O’Toole Production: 1985
Lucy from a culture of living tissue. Mariel Hemingway
Vincent Spano

DAD AND DAVE Director: Cast:
Tired of local corruption and the harsh- George Whaley Leo McKern
ness of his life, a bushman demonstrates Writer: Joan Sutherland
the true Aussie spirit by deciding to run Geoffrey Atherden Geoffrey Rush
for parliament. Steele Rudd Genre: Comedy
George Whaley Year of
Production: 1995

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