The script for this Roeg film was just eighteen pages long. Instead of heavy dialogue, Walkabout employs fantastic images of the Australian outback to tell a story of conflicting cultures. A father drives his teenage daughter and young son into the outback, tries to shoot them and then turns the gun on himself. The understandably shaken girl heads to civilisation with her little brother in tow and soon with the help of a native.... (winona ryder - "I love nicholas roeg")

GALLIPOLI - A PETER WEIR Film

PW described as "the Australian new wave's most sophisticated director." Born in Sydney in 1944. Studied arts law at Sydney University before joining channel 7 in 1967 and then Commonwealth Film Unit in 1969 as assistant cameraman and production assistant. Has made a number of important and successful films: "The Cars that Ate Paris" (1974); "Picnic at Hanging Rock" (1975); "The Last Wave" (1977); "Gallipoli" (1981); "The Year of Living Dangerously" (1982); "Witness" (1985); "Mosquito Coast" (1986); "Dead Poets Society" (1989); "Green Card" (1990), "Fearless" (1993).
Screenplay written by David Williamson, one of Australia'a most successful playrights. Based on material in Bill Gammage's The Broken Years (1974) and C.E.W. Bean's official history. Bill Gammage played an advisory role (as military advisor to PW) in the making of the film.
The Gallipoli campaign took place between April and December 1915 in an effort to take the Dardenelles from the Turkish Empire (an ally of Germany and Austria) and thus force it out of the war. Some 60,000 Australians and 18,000 New Zealanders were part of a larger British force. Some 26,000 Australians and 7,571 New Zealanders were wounded; and 7,594 Australians and 2,431 NZs were killed. In numerical terms Gallipoli was a minor campaign but it took on considerable national and personal importance to the Australians and New Zealanders who fought there.

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK - A PETER WEIR Film

Picnic at Hanging Rock is a book by Joan Lindsay from Penguin Books, published in 1967 and reprinted various times thereafter. The book concerns the story of a girl's school outing in the Australian outback and the mysterious disappearances that occur during that outing. Various paranormal elements are present in the book, especially the manner in which time seems to stand still at one point. The book is later truly captured by Peter Weir's film.

A FACE IN THE CROWD -A ELIA KAZAN Film

A witty, insightful look at the way sudden notoriety and power corrupt. A small town hick becomes an overnight success when his entertainment show hits the top of the ratings, but behind the scenes he turns out to be a vindictive monster. Based on the short story 'The Arkansas Traveler' by Budd Schulburg.

OPENING NIGHT - A JOHN CASSAVETTES Film
winona ryder - "or any John Cassavettes movie".

A story about Myrtle Gordon, an acclaimed Broadway actress who has enjoyed an illustrious career, and then suddenly experiences a personal crisis during the rehearsal of her new play. With newfound courage, she turns the challenge of her career into the performance of a lifetime.

DON'T LOOK NOW - A NICOLAS ROEG Film

After the accidental death of their daughter, John and Laura Baxter come to Venice during the winter. Whilst there, they meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom is blind and supposedly possesses clairvoyant powers. Laura falls completely under the spell of this woman's strange visions. John fights with all his might against the signs from the realm of the world beyond. - "I wanted to have them be almost golden people, so that it became rather like the incident at Chappaquiddick. Like the Kennedy family. They were unprepared in life. Most people are, aren't they?" (Nicolas Roeg)

WEST SIDE STORY - A ROBERT WISE Film

Music: Leonard Bernstein* Book: Arthur Laurents* Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim* Choreography: Jerome Robbins* Original Cast (1957)* Maria: Carol Lawrence* Tony: Larry Kert* Anita: Chita Rivera* Bernardo: Ken LeRoy* Riff: Mickey Calin* Film Cast (United Artists, 1961)* Maria: Natalie Wood (songs dubbed by Marni Nixon) . winona ryder -"I have this weird affinity with her".* Richard Beymer (songs dubbed by Jim Bryant)* Anita: Rita Moreno (some songs dubbed by Betty Wand & Marni Nixon)* Bernardo: George Chakiris* Riff: Russ Tamblyn* Tony Mardente, who played A-rab on the stage, was Action in the film.*

TO KILL A MOCKING BIRD - A ROBERT MULLIGAN Film

Starring Gregory Peck* Mary Badham* Alice Ghostley* Brock Peters* Collin Wilcox*
Drama. 129 minutes.
Synopsis: In a prejudice-filled 1930s Alabama town, a widowed white lawyer tries to raise two children and defend a black man unjustly accused of rape. Awards & Honors Academy Award * Actor – Gregory Peck * Adapted Screenplay * Art Direction(B & W)
Golden Globe Award * Actor-Drama – Gregory Peck *

RANDOM HARVEST - A Film

winona ryder - " The first film that had an impact on me, and it was from 1942".

Based on a novel by James Hilton, a soldier is left an amnesiac after World War I. He falls for a vivacious showgirl, whom he forgets when his amnesia is reversed. Academy Award Nominations: 7, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Ronald Coleman, Best Screenplay.