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Richard Franklin Richard Franklin i(A28846 works by)
Born: Established: 15 Jul 1948 Brighton, Brighton - Moorabbin area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 11 Jul 2007 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon Visitors Everett de Roche , ( dir. Richard Franklin ) Australia : Bayside Pictures , 2003 Z1864354 2003 single work film/TV horror

Attempting to become the first woman to succeed in circumnavigating the world solo, Georgia Perry becomes becalmed in her 44-foot sloop. As the days pass, her hallucinations become indistinguishable from reality. But if these are actually hallucinations, how are they leaving physical marks on her body?

1 form y separately published work icon One Way Ticket Karin Altmann , Michael Brindley , ( dir. Richard Franklin ) Australia : Reg Grundy Enterprises Nine Network , 1997 6090616 1997 single work film/TV crime

'Deborah Carter (Rachel Blakely) a married prison officer, is seduced by convicted criminal Mick Webb (Peter Phelps), and persuaded to help him, and his friend Bertie Freeman, to escape. Inspired by real events in the life of prison officer Heather Parker who assisted in the escape of Peter Gibb and Archie Butterly.'

Source: Australian Television Information Archive. (Sighted: 26/6/2013)

1 11 form y separately published work icon Brilliant Lies Richard Franklin , Peter Fitzpatrick , ( dir. Richard Franklin ) Australia : Bayside Pictures , 1996 Z1028307 1996 single work film/TV satire A young woman enlists her family's help in bringing sexual harassment charges against her former boss. But is she lying?
1 25 form y separately published work icon Hotel Sorrento Sorrento Beach Richard Franklin , Peter Fitzpatrick , ( dir. Richard Franklin ) 1995 Australia : Bayside Pictures , 1995 Z221647 1995 single work film/TV

Three sisters (Meg, Pippa, and Hillary) reunite at the family home in the Australian seaside town of Sorrento, Victoria, after their father disappears. Meg, who has lived in England for ten years, has just written a critically acclaimed novel. The book causes a stir in Sorrento and in her family when people begin to suspect that it is not, as she claims, entirely fictional.

1 form y separately published work icon Link Everett de Roche , ( dir. Richard Franklin ) United States of America (USA) United Kingdom (UK) : Cannon Films Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment , 1986 Z1864622 1986 single work film/TV horror science fiction

University student Jane earns some extra money working as an assistant to Dr Steven Phillip, whose lonesome old house is filled with the chimpanzees that are his test subjects. Apart from Jane and Phillip, the only other occupant of the house is the butler, an orangutan called Link. After Phillip decides Link needs to be euthanised, Jane arrives at work to find Phillip gone, Link behaving more and more irrationally, and the phone line dead ...

1 2 form y separately published work icon Roadgames Everett de Roche , ( dir. Richard Franklin ) Australia : Essaness Pictures Quest , 1981 Z1883280 1981 single work film/TV horror thriller

'Pat Quid, an eccentric truck driver on a line-haul from Melbourne to Perth, finds out that one of his fellow travellers is a mass murderer'.

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 29/8/2012)

1 8 form y separately published work icon Patrick Everett de Roche , ( dir. Richard Franklin ) Australia : Patrick Productions , 1978 Z1866021 1978 single work film/TV horror

After murdering his mother and her lover, Patrick, now comatose, is restricted to his hospital bed. But he can still revenge himself for the indignities to which he is subjected--via a telekinetic power that nobody understands but everybody fears. His powers really come into their own, though, when he becomes obsessed with his attractive new nurse, and desperate to keep her to himself.

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