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(0)Sam Neill
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English
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In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world's most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion.
By his own account, his career has been a series of unpredictable turns of fortune. Born in 1947 in Northern Ireland, he emigrated
...2) Blackbird
Author
Language
English
Description
Lily (Susan Sarandon) summons her daughters Jennifer (Kate Winslet) and Anna (Mia Wasikowska) for one final family reunion as she looks to end her battle with a terminal illness. Amid the bittersweet farewell, unresolved feelings surface.
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Series
Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant volume 1
Language
English
Description
Cornwall, 1786, hungry Mary Broad is convicted to death for stealing a lady's picnic but 'mercifully' allowed to join for life first governor Phillip's founding shipload to start a penal colony at Botany bay in New South Wales.
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Series
Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant volume 2
Language
English
Description
Mary, her husband Will, their two children, and five other men set sail for Timor, closely followed by Clarke who obsessively pursues them. Through sheer grit and enormous luck, most of them make it 4,000 miles to the Dutch colony of Timor.
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Series
Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant volume 3
Language
English
Description
In Timor, Mary and the other men enjoy the luxury of freedom under false identities. However, fate conspires against them as Clarke stops there on his way back to England.
7) Rams
Author
Language
English
Description
Two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war raising separate flocks of sheep. When Les's prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley but Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be.
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Series
Merlin The Complete Miniseries volume 1
Language
English
Description
A spellbinding and inventive retelling of the life, myth, magic and great lost love of the masterful wizard, Merlin, and his relationship with his regal young protege, Arthur. All star cast includes Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Helena Bonham Carter, Isabella Rossellini, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer, Martin Short and Lena Headey.
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Series
Merlin The Complete Miniseries volume 2
Language
English
Description
The story of the masterful wizard Merlin continues, picking up with Arthur's historic removal of Excalibur from the stone. All star cast includes Sam Neill, Miranda Richardson, Helena Bonham Carter, Isabella Rossellini, John Gielgud, Rutger Hauer, Martin Short and Lena Headey.
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Series
Merlin's Apprentice volume 1
Language
English
Description
The story of MERLIN, one of television's biggest minisereis of all time, continues in this sequel. Merlin returns to Camelot and finds a Kingdom now vulnerable to ill-fates and war. Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson star.
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Series
Merlin's Apprentice volume 2
Language
English
Description
With the help of Jack, an irascible young beggar-thief imbued with his own unruly magic, the fight against unknown dangers begins to restore the Kingdom back to its glory days. Sam Neill and Miranda Richardson star.
13) Little Fish
Publisher
FilmRise
Language
English
Description
In the Little Saigon district outside of Sydney, a woman trying to escape her past becomes embroiled in a dangerous drug deal. Starring Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett. Official Selection at the **Toronto International Film Festival**.
14) Tommy's Honour
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
In every generation, a torch passes from father to son. And that timeless dynamic is the beating heart of TOMMY'S HONOUR - an intimate, powerfully moving tale of the real-life founders of the modern game of golf. **BAFTA Award** winner for Best Feature Film.
15) The Piano
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Language
English
Description
Winner of three 1993 Oscars®, including Best Actress (Holly Hunter), THE PIANO arouses fiery passions and vengeful jealousies when Ada, a young mute woman (Hunter), is desired by two men - her husband by an arranged marriage (Sam Neill) and her darkly intense neighbor (Harvey Keitel). Violent emotions erupt, but only one man understands that Ada's heart can only be won through her beloved piano.
16) Rams
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Language
English
Description
In remote Western Australia, two estranged brothers, Colin (Sam Neill) and Les (Michael Caton), are at war. Raising separate flocks of sheep descended from their family’s prized bloodline, the two men work side by side yet are worlds apart. When Les’s prize ram is diagnosed with a rare and lethal illness, authorities order a purge of every sheep in the valley. While Colin attempts to stealthily outwit the powers that be, Les opts for angry defiance....
17) Skin
Publisher
MPI Media Group
Language
English
Description
Based on an incredible true story, SKIN follows Sandra Laing (Sophie Okonedo), a distinctly mixed-race South African woman born to white parents (Sam Neill and Alice Krige) during the apartheid era. Despite her upbringing as a white girl, Sandra is eventually classified as ‘Coloured’ by the government and stripped of the rights with which the rest of her family is privileged. And when she begins a love affair with a local vegetable dealer, Sandra...
Publisher
Film Art Media
Language
English
Description
THE SHOW MUST GO ON follows former Home and Away actor and filmmaker Ben Steel on a soul-searching investigation into why are there so many entertainment workers developing and struggling with anxiety, depression and substance abuse and for the first time opening up a much-needed public conversation about their mental health and wellbeing.
Publisher
The Orchard
Language
English
Description
From acclaimed New Zealand director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, What We Do in the Shadows) comes an award-winning new comedy. Julian Dennison stars as Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle (Sam Neil) in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together.
20) Blackbird
Publisher
1091 Media
Language
English
Description
Lily (Susan Sarandon) summons her daughters Jennifer (Kate Winslet) and Anna (Mia Wasikowska) for one final family reunion as she looks to end her battle with a terminal illness. Amid the bittersweet farewell, unresolved feelings surface.