Hugo Weaving
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Dressmaker tells the story of the beautiful and talented Tilly Dunnage. After years working as a dressmaker in exclusive Parisian fashion houses, Tilly returns home to a town in the Australian outback to reconcile with her eccentric mother Molly. She also falls in love with the pure-hearted Teddy, and armed with her sewing machine and haute couture style, Tilly transforms the women of the town, exacting sweet revenge on those who did her wrong....
2) Last ride
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Kev, a fugitive who has committed a violent crime, takes his 10-year old son Chook on the run from the law. As father and son journey into the outback and an unknown future, Chook is forced to make the choice between what is right and the love of his father.
3) The Matrix
Physical Description
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The day-in, day world is the real world is merely perception. In reality it is a hoax perpetrated by an all-powerful artificial intelligence that control us. A small group of humans has found a way out of the construct, and is now fighting for the future of the human race.
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 1 hr., 43 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Resplendent in flamboyant ball gowns, looking down over the vast red Australian desert: for three showgirls (Terence Stamp, Hugo Weaving and Guy Pearce) it was the dream of a lifetime, a four week cabaret engagement in Alice Springs. The problem is simply getting there intact, along with their battered, pink tour bus, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert. It's not easy being a drag queen in the outback!
5) Black '47
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
One man's ruthless pursuit of justice plays out against the darkest chapter of Irish history in this riveting revenge thriller. In 1847, battle-hardened soldier Feeney deserts the British army to return home to Ireland, where he finds his country ravaged beyond recognition by the Great Famine. When he discovers that his mother has died of starvation and his brother has been hanged by the British, something snaps, sending Feeney on a relentless quest...
6) Mystery road
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Indigenous cowboy detective Jay Swan returns to his outback hometown to solve the murder of a teenage girl, whose body is found under the highway trucking route out of town. Starring Hugo Weaving and Ryan Kwanten
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Hanna and Liv are backpacking in Australia. After they run out of money, they take a temporary job at The Royal Hotel. Soon, Hanna and Liv find themselves trapped in an unnerving situation that grows rapidly out of control.
9) The key man
Pub. Date
2015
Physical Description
1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In a desperate attempt to support his family, Bobby Scheinman strikes a deal with two gangsters and quickly finds himself caught up in a dangerous con.
10) Strangerland
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Newcomers to the remote Australian desert town of Nathgari, Catherine and Matthew Parker's lives are flung into crisis when they discover their two teenage kids, Tommy and Lily, have mysteriously disappeared just before a massive dust storm hits. With Nathgari eerily smothered in red dust and darkness, the townsfolk join the search led by local cop, David Rae. It soon becomes apparent that something terrible may have happened to Tommy and Lily.
11) Expired
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
As Jack works as a hitman, his lonely life is altered by two strangers one a club singer, the other a scientist. Jack and the singer fall in love, but as their relationship grows stronger, Jack grows physically weaker, unable to assassinate the targets he seeks, and it doesn't take long for the scientist to discover the shocking reasons behind Jack's deadly affliction.
12) The turning
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short films based on stories by Australian writer Tim Winton.
13) The wolfman
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (119 min. ; 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lawrence Talbot is lured back to his family estate to investigate the savage murder of his brother by a bloodthirsty beast. There, Talbot must confront his childhood demons, his estranged father, his brother's grieving fiancee, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector. When Talbot is bitten by the creature, he becomes eternally cursed and soon discovers a fate far worse than death.
14) After the deluge
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follows the lives of the four men from the Kirby family. As Alex's marriage breaks apart, Toby tries desperatly to start a family, and Marty tries to kick-star his faded music career as well as find a meaningful relationship with someone his own age. All three of these men must come to terms with their father's mental state. Cliff, who suffers from Alzheimer's disease, is reliving his dibstubing memorieis of the war and his first love. Through these...
15) Hearts and bones
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (110 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Dan, a renowned war photographer struggling with PTSD, forms an unexpected bond with Sebastian, a Sudanese refugee, until one of his photographs unearths a dark secret from Sebastian's past"--back cover.
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (106 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
The unforgettable true story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker who uncovered one of the most controversial scandals of recent times: the organized deportation of innocent children from the UK to Australia, where they were thought to be lost in the system forever. Against overwhelming odds, and with little regard for her own safety, Humphreys reunited thousands of families and brought worldwide attention to a corrupt system and an extraordinary...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Young owl Soren marvels at his father's epic stories of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole, mythic winged warriors who fought a great battle to save all owl kind from the evil Pure Ones. When he and brother Kludd fall from their treetop home and into the talons of the Pure Ones, it's up to Soren to make a daring escape with the help of other brave owls.
19) Little fish
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (approximately 114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After years of treading water in her career and redeeming herself after a troubled past, Tracy Heart sets a goal of owning her own business. Her goals are torn apart by the return of her ex-boyfriend and the criminal intentions of her brother.
20) The matrix
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A computer hacker discovers that reality is nothing more than an elaborate facade called the Matrix, created by super-intelligent robots that have enslaved mankind and are using their bodies as a power source.
