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John Cornell, the man behind comedian Paul Hogan s success and Kerry Packer s World Series Cricket, dead at 80

Cornell was new to film producing when he and Hogan went to Kakadu for the shoot after raising the $8 million budget through private investors, including rock singer Michael Hutchence and leading cricketers, under the country’s tax incentives at the time. “It’s gunna be good,” he told visiting journalists with a showman’s confidence. He was right. Director Peter Faiman’s comedy about outback adventurer Mick Dundee took a triumphant $US328 million around the world. The only film to sell more tickets that year was Top Gun. Loading Cornell joined Hogan and Ken Shadie in being nominated for an Oscar for the script. In Australia,

You ve got to treat it like it s a dinner party

April 29th, 2021 By David Knox Make a commentFiled under: News, It was acclaimed director Peter Faiman ( The Don Lane Show, The Paul Hogan Show, Crocodile Dundee) who Adam Hills credits as giving him the magic on hosting ABC music show Spicks & Specks. “Peter Faiman came on board in the very early days who of course had directed everyone from Don Lane to Graham Kennedy to Paul Hogan,” says Hills. “He basically said to me, ‘You’ve got to treat it like it’s a dinner party. “The camera is the guest who has just arrived who doesn’t know anyone else at the dinner party. Your job is to introduce them, explain what’s going on and if at any point you think they haven’t caught up with the conversation it’s your job to bring them up to speed. ”

Australian film success dominated by movies made in a different century

The Dry. Director Robert Connolly’s crime drama has taken an impressive $20.4 million at the box office to become the 13th highest grossing Australian film in this country . closing in on Red Dog and The top earner for 35 years now is still Crocodile Dundee, which took $47.7 million in 1986. But these types of achievements always ignore the impact of inflation. They raise the question: what would be the most successful Australian films in today’s dollars? This masthead took Numero’s box office statistics for more than 1100 Australian films released in the past 50 years and adjusted them for inflation. The result is a new top 25 that reveals how remarkably successful

Australian film success dominated by movies made in a different century

Australian film success dominated by movies made in a different century
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