Hugh Keays-Byrne
1947 - 2020Keays-Byrne was nominated for an AACTA Award and won a Logie Award for his role in the TV drama Rush. The 2024 prequel Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is dedicated to his memory.
Born in Srinagar, India, to British parents, he was raised in Surrey, England. He discovered acting through a drama teacher and began his career with a Theatre in Education troupe, mentored by Bernard Miles at the Mermaid Theatre in London.
Keays-Byrne and his wife Christina lived in Lisarow and were part of the Macau Light Company artist collective. His hobbies included painting, poetry, and gardening. He passed away on 2 December 2020 at Gosford Hospital, NSW, at 73. His death was announced by his friend, director Brian Trenchard-Smith.
Mad Max: Fury Road
George Miller
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron
An apocalyptic story set in the furthest reaches of our planet, in a stark desert landscape where humanity is broken, and most everyone is crazed fighting for the necessities of life. Within this world exist two rebels on the run who just might be able to restore order.
Mad Max: Fury Road
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
Cory Watson
George Miller, Tom Hardy
For 20 years director George Miller fought to unleash the ultimate Mad Max movie- Mad Max: Fury Road. Witness George's journey from the dream of a female warrior to the harsh plains of the Namibian desert to statues of gold in Hollywood, California.
Going Mad: The Battle of Fury Road
The Madness of Max
Tim Ridge, Gary McFeat
George Miller, Мэл Гибсон
The Madness of Max is a feature-length documentary on the making of arguably the most influential movie of the past thirty years. With over forty cast-and-crew interviews, hundreds of behind-the-scenes photographs and never-before-seen film footage of the shoot, this is without a doubt the last word on Mad Max (1979).Interviews include: George Miller, Byron Kennedy, Mel Gibson, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Roger Ward, Joanne Samuel, David Eggby, Jon Dowding and many more. From the Producers to the Bike Designers to the Traffic Stoppers, this is the story of how Mad Max was made.
The Madness of Max
Where the Green Ants Dream
Werner Herzog
Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika
The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.
Where the Green Ants Dream
Dadah Is Death
Jerry London
Julie Christie, Hugo Weaving
On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.
Dadah Is Death
Mad Max
George Miller
Мэл Гибсон, Joanne Samuel
In the ravaged near future, a savage motorcycle gang rules the road. Terrorizing innocent civilians while tearing up the streets, the ruthless gang laughs in the face of a police force hell-bent on stopping them. But they underestimate one officer: Max Rockatansky. And when the bikers brutalize Max's best friend and family, they send him into a mad frenzy that leaves him with only one thing left in the world to live for – revenge!
Mad Max
Strikebound
Richard Lowenstein
Chris Haywood, Carol Burns
Via the New York Times: "...reconstructs the true story of a coal miners' strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30's... based on the real-life story of two remarkable characters, Wattie Doig, a miner who became a militant Communist activist, and his wife, Agnes, who progressed from staunch Presbyterianism to membership in the Salvation Army and, finally, to labor organization."
Strikebound
The Five Wives: So Shiny, So Chrome
Roger Williams
Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (The Splendid Angharad), Riley Keough (Capable), Zoë Kravitz (Toast the Knowing), Abbey Lee (The Dag) and Courtney Eaton (Cheedo the Fragile) share stories about their time in Nambia, work shopping their characters, developing a sisterly bond, their personalities and costumes, and their contributions to the ensemble.
The Five Wives: So Shiny, So Chrome
Going Down
Haydn Keenan
Tracy Mann, Vera Plevnik
Karli's over the Sydney scene and its small-pond bohemian excesses. That's why she's moving to New York City in the morning. But over the course of one unforgettable night, Karli's best friends will show her that a little Sydney goes a long way .
Going Down
The Man from Hong Kong
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Jimmy Wang Yu, George Lazenby
Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.
The Man from Hong Kong
The Blood of Heroes
David Webb Peoples
Rutger Hauer, Joan Chen
Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady. However now joined by a talented newcomer, Kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl he and his team find they have one last chance for glory
The Blood of Heroes
Kangaroo
Tim Burstall
Colin Friels, Judy Davis
A mild-mannered English conscientious objector moves to what he feels will be the relative calm of Australia after World War I, but gets caught in the middle of violent battles between the rising trade unions and fascist groups.
Kangaroo
