Phillip Noyce
1) Dead calm
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
A couple mourning the loss of their child rescue a man from a sinking ship, only to find out he's a killer.
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2002
Language
English
Description
In 1931, Molly and her younger cousins, Gracie and Daisy, were three half-caste children from Western Australia who were taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution, were taught to forget their families, their culture, and re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australian society. The three girls begin an epic journey back to Western Australia, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water, and navigating...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
At a time when it was Australian government policy to train aboriginal children as domestic workers and integrate them into white society, young Molly Craig decides to lead her little sister and cousin in a daring escape from their internment camp. Molly and the girls embark on a dangerous 1,500-mile adventure along the rabbit-proof fence that bisects the continent to lead them home. Rabbit-Proof Fence captures their universally touching plight and...
6) Salt
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Description
A CIA agent goes on the run after a defector accuses her of being a Russian spy.
7) The Giver
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Based on the beloved young adult novel. A young man (Brenton Thwaites), who lives in a seemingly ideal world, must escape after discovering the deadly truths of his community’s secret past.
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Language
English
Description
A story that led to the events of the United States military involvement in Vietnam. Here, a love triangle between a British journalist, his mistress, and a mysterious CIA operative evolves into a much greater mystery that eventually leads to murder and deception.
Author
Language
English
Description
A stylish political thriller where love and war collide. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As a war is waged around them, these three only sink deeper into a world of drugs, passion and betrayal where nothing is as it seems! Based on the classic novel by Graham Greene.
11) The Giver
Author
Language
English
Description
Based on Lois Lowry's beloved, best-selling young adult novel, the haunting story of THE GIVER centers on Jonas (Brenton Thwaites), a young man who lives in a seemingly ideal, if colorless, world of conformity and contentment. Yet as he begins to spend time with The Giver (Jeff Bridges), who is the sole keeper of all the community's memories, Jonas quickly begins to discover the dark and deadly truths of his community's secret past. With this newfound...
Author
Language
English
Description
Molly, Daisy, and Gracie are aboriginal children from Western Australia. In 1931, they are taken from their parents under government edict and sent to an institution where they are taught to re-invent themselves as members of "white" Australia. Molly plans a daring escape, and the three girls begin an epic journey back to their families, travelling 1,500 miles on foot with no food or water.