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The government introduces the 10BA tax concession which gives financial backers of domestic film production a 150% tax allowance on their investment. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Gallipoli, Peter Weir's tale of life in the trenches in the Dardanelles in 1915, is released. A young Mel Gibson co-stars with Mark Lee as a pair of idealistic youths whose lives are devastated by their experiences. [MORE] [ADD] |
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George Miller’s apocalyptic road movie sequel Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is released. Mel Gibson reprises his role as an ex-cop battling a gang of bandits desperate for petrol to fuel their road machines. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1981: Other Films of Note |
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The Killing of Angel Street (Donald Crombie) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Wrong Side of the Road (Ned Lander) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Winter of Our Dreams (John Duigan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1982 | ||||
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| Dec - |
Peter Weir’s The Year of Living Dangerously is released. Mel Gibson stars as an Australian foreign correspondent in Indonesia at the time of President Sukarno’s deposal in 1965 who falls for an attaché at the British embassy (Sigourney Weaver). Linda Hunt also stars in a male role. It is the first Australian film to be wholly financed by a major American studio. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Local Melbourne businessman, including Leon Fink, buy out 20th Century-Fox’s share of Hoyts cinema and distribution business. Fink will buy out his partners to become sole owner in 1985. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1982: Other Films of Note |
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Lousy Little Sixpence (Alec Morgan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Man from Snowy River (George Miller) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Squizzy Taylor (Kevin Dobson) [MORE] [ADD] |
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We of the Never Never (Igor Auzins) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1983 | ||||
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To deter the prevalence of financial rather than cultural motivation for film investment, the government reduces the allowable tax deduction under 10BA from 150% to 130% with a corresponding 33% tax exemption on net returns from the investment. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Rank sells its shares in Greater Union to its Australian partner, Amalgamated Holdings. [MORE] [ADD] |
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Australia 1983: Other Films of Note |
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Careful, He Might Hear You (Carl Schultz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Phar Lap (Simon Wincer) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1984 | ||||
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Annie’s Coming Out (Gil Brealey) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Strikebound (Richard Lowenstein) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1985 | ||||
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Burke and Wills (Graeme Clifford) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Half Life (Dennis O’Rourke) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (George Miller, George Ogilvie) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Backlash (Bill Bennett) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Short Changed (George Ogilvie) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1987 | ||||
| – The country enjoys a massive boost to film production following the introduction of investor tax benefits, but production quickly outstrips customer demand. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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Australia 1987: Other Films of Note |
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Travelling North (Carl Schultz) [MORE] [ADD] |
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The Year My Voice Broke (John Duigan) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1988 | ||||
| – The Federal government establishes the Film Finance Corporation with first year funding of $70 million, offering a loan of up to 70% of a film’s production costs if the producer contributes the other 30%. 10BA tax concessions are reduced to 100% with all investment returns being treated as taxable income. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
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Ghosts of the Civil Dead (John Hillcoat) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Grievious Bodily Harm (Mark Joffe) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Dead Calm (Philip Noyce) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Malpractice (Bill Bennett) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Sweetie (Jane Campion) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Blood Oath (Stephen Wallace) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Father (John Powers) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Green Card (Peter Weir) [MORE] [ADD] |
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Return Home (Ray Argali) [MORE] [ADD] |