"Roger Ward" Filmography
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Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation!
2008, Australia, USA
- Actors: Phillip Adams, Glory Annen, Christine Amor, Victoria Anoux, Briony Behets, Steve Bisley, Jamie Blanks, Graeme Blundell, Russell Boyd, Richard Brennan, Tom Burstall, Dan Burstall, Robin Copping, Barry Crocker, Lynette Curran, Jamie Lee Curtis, Cassandra Delaney, Everett De Roche, Ross Dimsey, David Eggby, Bob Ellis, Alan Finney, Richard Franklin, Belinda Giblin, Rebecca Gilling, Antony I. Ginnane, Deborah Gray, David Hannay, Gregory Harrison, Rod Hay
- Genre: Documentary
- Director(s): Mark Hartley
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Available languages:
- English English.
The story of "Ozploitation" movies - a time when Australian cinema showed an explosion of sex, violence, horror and action. Includes anecdotes, lessons in maverick filmmaking and a genuine love of Australian movies. It moves through Aussie genre cinema of the 70s and early 80s - claiming it's an unjustly forgotten cinematic era of boobs, pubes, tubes... and even a little kung fu.
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Quigley Down Under
1990, Australia, USA
- Actors: Tom Selleck, Laura San Giacomo, Alan Rickman, Chris Haywood, Ron Haddrick, Tony Bonner, Jerome Ehlers, Conor McDermottroe, Roger Ward, Ben Mendelsohn, Steve Dodd, Karen Davitt, Kylie Foster, William Zappa, Jonathan Sweet, Jon Ewing, Tim Hughes, David Slingsby, Danny Adcock, Maeliosa Stafford, Ollie Hall, Danny Baldwin, Jim Willoughby, Spike Cherrie, Gerald Egan, Guy Norris, Mark Minchinton, Brian Ellison, Mark Pennell, Nosepeg
- Genre: Western, Adventure, Drama
- Director(s): Simon Wincer
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Available languages:
- English English.
Sharpshooter Matt Quigley is hired from America by an Australian rancher so he can shoot aborigines at a distance. Quigley takes exception to this and leaves. The rancher tries to kill him for refusing, and Quigley escapes into the brush with a woman he rescued from some of the rancher's men, and are helped by aborigines. Quigley returns the help, before going on to destroy all his enemies.
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The Pirate Movie
1982, Australia
- Actors: Kristy McNichol, Christopher Atkins, Ted Hamilton, Bill Kerr, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Garry McDonald, Chuck McKinney, Marc Colombani, Linda Nagle, Kate Ferguson, Rhonda Burchmore, Cathrine Lynch, John Alansu, Paul Graham, Bernard Ledger, Nic Gazzana, Richard Boué, Chris Hession, Stephen Fyfield, Kjell Nilsson, Peter Pantellic, Tony Deary, Harry Morris, Roy Dudley, Roger Ward, Gene Del'Mace, Ian Mortimer, George Novak, George Zakaria, Kurt von Schneider
- Genre: Adventure, Musical, Comedy, Romance
- Director(s): Ken Annakin
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Available languages:
- English English.
A parody/homage to Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance, The Pirate Movie is a comedy/musical utilizing both new songs and parodies from the original, as well as references to popular films of the time, including Star Wars and Raiders of the Lost Ark. In your typical boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy fights girl with swords plot, the story revolves around Mabel, the youngest of Maj. Gen. Stanley's many daughters, and Frederic, an ex-Pirate of Penzance. They fall in love and proceed to retrieve the Stanley's fortune from the Pirates (stolen 20 years ago). The Pirate King informs Frederic that due to him being born on Feb. 29th (during a leap year), Frederic is still technically the King's apprentice. Frederic must then decide between duty and honor, the only good qualities the King taught him, and true love.
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Mad Max
1979, Australia
- Actors: Mel Gibson, Joanne Samuel, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Steve Bisley, Tim Burns, Roger Ward, Lisa Aldenhoven, David Bracks, Bertrand Cadart, David Cameron, Robina Chaffey, Stephen Clark, Mathew Constantine, Jerry Day, Reg Evans, Howard Eynon, Max Fairchild, John Farndale, Peter Felmingham, Sheila Florance, Nic Gazzana, Hunter Gibb, Vincent Gil, Andrew Gilmore, Jonathan Hardy, Brendan Heath, Paul Johnstone, Nick Lathouris, John Ley, Steve Millichamp
- Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Director(s): George Miller
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Available languages:
- English English.
A vision of an apocalyptic future set in the wastelands of Australia. Total social decay is just around the corner in this spectacular cheap budget gang orientated road movie. Where the cops do their best to lay down the law and the outlaw gangs try their hardest to defy the system. Leather clad Max Rockatansky husband, father and cop turns judge, juror and executioner after his best friend, wife and baby are killed. Here we see the final days of normality of a man who had everything to live for, and his slip into the abyss of madness. Mad Max is the antihero on the road to vengeance and oblivion.
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Stone
1974, Australia
- Actors: Ken Shorter, Sandy Harbutt, Deryck Barnes, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Roger Ward, Vincent Gil, Dewey Hungerford, James Bowles, Bindi Williams, John Ifkovitch, Lex Mitchell, Rhod Walker, Owen Weingott, Slim DeGrey, Ray Bennett, Bill Hunter, Helen Morse, Rebecca Gilling, Susan Lloyd, Rosalind Talamini, Victoria Anoux, Jane Gilling, Eva Ifkovitch, Tony Allyn, Terry Bader, George Beddows, David Bracks, Barry Butler, Roy Corbett, Leonora Cornall
- Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
- Director(s): Sandy Harbutt
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Available languages:
- English English.
Members of the Grave Diggers Motorcycle Club are being knocked off one by one, and someone needs to find out why! Sandy Harbutts timeless Australian cult film about a bunch of regegades riding Kawasaki 900s.
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1961, USA
- Actors: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tarita, Percy Herbert, Duncan Lamont, Gordon Jackson, Chips Rafferty, Noel Purcell, Ashley Cowan, Eddie Byrne, Frank Silvera, Tim Seely, Keith McConnell, Rahera Tuia, Ruita Salmon, Nathalie Tehahe, Tematai Tevaearai, Odile Hinano Paofai, Teretiaiti Teyahineheipua Maifano, Virau Tepii, Maeva Maitihe, Louise Tefaafana, Tinorua Vaitahe, Adrien Vaatete Mahitete, Tufariu Tumatana Haamoeura, Antoinette Bower, Henry Daniell
- Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Romance
- Director(s): Lewis Milestone
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Available languages:
- English English.
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell on the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.