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INTO THE WEST Director Colm Meaney
Ossie and Tito are the sons of Papa Riley, Mike Newell Genre:
a Traveller King who has rejected his tribe Writer: Family,
and his nomadic roots to settle with his Jim Sheridan, Drama
children amid the grim tower blocks of David Keating Year of
Dublin. Their mother died giving birth Cast: Production: 1992
to Ossie, something for which the still Gabriel Byrne
broken and grief-stricken Papa blames Ellen Barkin
himself and the superstitious ways of the
fellow travellers he has fled to Dublin to
escape.

JUST ASK FOR DIAMOND Director: Genre:
A failing night-club singer teams up with Stephen Bayly Family,
private eye Tim Diamond and his little Writer: Adventure
brother, who is way too smart for his own Anthony Horowitz Year of
good. The trio become dangerously popu- Cast: Production: 1988
lar when they’re asked to guard a package Susannah York
that holds the clue to a diamond fortune. Jimmy Nail
Roy Kinnear
Peter Eyre

THE MAGIC PUDDING Directors: Cast:
Take a spoonful of magic, add a large Karl Zwicky Sam Neill
helping of adventure and a healthy dose Robbert Smit Geoffrey Rush
of humour - mix well with fantastic Writer: Hugo Weaving
characters and you have “The Magic Pud- Harry Cripps Jack Thompson
ding” a truly unique animated film about a Greg Haddrick Toni Collette
pudding that talks, enjoys being eaten but Simon Hopkinson John Cleese
never runs out and can turn itself into just based on the book Genre: Family,
about anything. And everyone is trying to by Norman Lindsay Animation,
steal it. Year of
Production: 2000

MATILDA Director: Genre:
Daniel Mann Family,
A small time talent agent discovers an
amazing boxing kangaroo and decides to Writer: Adventure
use it as a stepping stone to hit it big time. Albert S. Ruddy Year of
Timothy Galfas Production: 1978
Cast:
Elliot Gould
Robert Mitchum

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