AustLit

'Passion, obsession and philanthropy enrich the journey into a world of rarefied instruments and the dealers, musicians and philanthropists who seek them out.' (Screen Australia)

'Period drama. In a story set in the early 1950's, racially-biased attitudes come to the fore when a fisherman is found dead off the coastline of the USA's Pacific Northwest region. Kazuo Miyamoto, a young Japanese man, is arrested and charged with the fisherman's murder. The trial is set to commence on the ninth anniversary of the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbour, a fact which only serves to underline the heightened feelings of the community.'

Source: BFI database (http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/585092). (Sighted: 13/2/2014)

Shine is the true story of David Helfgott, a brilliant pianist whose musical gift is nearly compromised by the emotional strain of his personal life. A child prodigy whose interpretive genius promised a brilliant career as a concert pianist, David grew up under the tyrannical parenting of his father. Their turbulent relationship almost destroys David's promise and threatens his fragile mental balance. When an unlikely romance with a remarkable woman brings stability to David's chaotic world, he returns to concert performance in triumph. Freed from the difficult legacy of his father's influence, his musical talent prevails.

(Source: Libraries Australia)

While playing a computer game, Patrick is invited to take part in a million-dollar game show--which seemingly airs on a channel that doesn't exist. But Patrick perseveres, and finds himself transported through his television and across the time barrier. From there, he passes back and forth across the barriers between dimensions, tracing various lost objects. Series two follows the same basic premise, but with the addition of a friend of Patrick's becoming accidentally trapped on the far side of the barrier.

'The story of an unlikely friendship of opposites between teenagers - of a rich boy and a street kid from adjoining suburbs and their search for the street kid's mother.'

Source: Screen Australia.

'The true story of Australia's 'Great Plane Robbery' of 1971. Calling himself Mr Brown, petty criminal Peter Marcari extorts $500,000 from Australia's national airline Qantas. After a day of tension, suspense and ironic twists of fate, he makes a clean getaway. An international manhunt begins.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 3/7/2013)

Ron is an angry young man with few work prospects, having been sacked from his latest factory job. Rebelling against a society that offers him little hope, he lapses into fantasies of driving the highway in a sports car with a beautiful girl, and finally decides to steal the Porsche of his dreams. After he escapes onto the open road, he meets the errant Sally, who wants to retrieve her baby, sent to live with foster parents. Chased by the law and their own demons, both risk all in a last attempt to fulfill their dreams.