Movies starring Bill Hunter
Bill Hunter is one of Australia's acting "legends", having worked with almost every notable Australian Director and Actor of the last thirty years - evidence of his genuine popularity amongst the public and acting fraternity alike.
He started out in Australian television in the '60s (a hotbed of well written & directed drama), and rapidly became a favourite amongst Directors during the boom in the Australian movie industry in the '70s. He's often played the strong, opinionated, archetypically gruff Australian - who ultimately betrays a softer heart.
Some of his most notable movie roles i ...
show all Bill Hunter is one of Australia's acting "legends", having worked with almost every notable Australian Director and Actor of the last thirty years - evidence of his genuine popularity amongst the public and acting fraternity alike.
He started out in Australian television in the '60s (a hotbed of well written & directed drama), and rapidly became a favourite amongst Directors during the boom in the Australian movie industry in the '70s. He's often played the strong, opinionated, archetypically gruff Australian - who ultimately betrays a softer heart.
Some of his most notable movie roles include the Australian officer (Major Barton) who will only ask his troops to do as he would, in 'Gallipoli' (Peter Weir's groundbreaking 1981 movie, starring the young Mel Gibson), the meddling Barry Fife in 'Strictly Ballroom' (Baz Luhrmann's 1st international hit), the scheming politician Bill Heslop in 'Muriel's Wedding' (P.J. Hogan's 1st international hit), the lovable country battler in 'The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' (Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving's 1st major internationally successful movie).
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Producer Jerry Bruckheimer focuses on family audiences with this boisterous and likeable action feature. While too lightweight for most adults, its slapdash mixture of cheeky humour, speedily shot chase sequences and dim-witted monkey business should hold the attention of youngsters. Surprisingly, Liz Hurley’s erstwhile boyfriend Steve Bing co-wrote the story and screenplay, in which calamity-prone friends Jerry O’Connell and Anthony Anderson are dispatched to Australia by O’Connell’s mobster stepfather (Christopher Walken) to deliver $50,000 to a shady associate. When a wild kangaroo runs off with the cash, the pals set off across the outback in pursuit, assisted by wildlife conservationist Estella Warren. Though Warren adds little more than tight T-shirt titillation and Walken’s so stereotyped he’s almost boring to watch, it’s O’Connell and Anderson’s spirited banter that carries the film. As for the eponymous marsupial, this semi-CGI creation pops up so infrequently you almost feel cheated.
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