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1 31 form y separately published work icon Beneath Hill 60 David Roach , ( dir. Jeremy Sims ) Australia : New South Wales Film and Television Office , 2010 Z1678749 2010 single work film/TV (taught in 1 units)

Set in 1916, Beneath Hill 60 is the never-before told story of the Australian and German miners who served at the Western Front during the First World War. After enlisting in the Australian Imperial Forces, Queensland mining expert Oliver Woodward is sent to the front to take charge of a small group of miners during the one of the bloodiest battles in history. The soldier-miners from both sides drive their narrow tunnels under no man's land, attempting to out-manoeuvre and undermine each other as they create a great labyrinth of tunnels. It's a silent and savage war where one tiny sound can turn a man from hunter to hunted, where skilled listeners are more sought after than fighters.
1 form y separately published work icon The Scree Paul McDermott , ( dir. Paul McDermott ) New South Wales : New South Wales Film and Television Office , 2004 Z1137388 2004 single work film/TV horror

'Five strange friends set out on an adventure in a tiny boat. They discover a mysterious island, an island filled with bizarre vegetation and deadly creatures. Are they doomed in this alien environment? Or will they survive the island and its most frightening resident - The terrifying 'SCREE'?'

Source: Author's website: http://www.paulmcdermott.com.au/the-scree// (Sighted: 19/7/2012)
1 form y separately published work icon The Man Who Sued God John Clarke , Don Watson , ( dir. Mark Joffe ) Australia : Australian Film Finance Corporation New South Wales Film and Television Office Showtime , 2003 13529032 2003 single work film/TV humour

'Billy Connolly plays Steve Myers, a lawyer who became a fisherman from frustration. When his one piece of property, his boat, is struck by lightning and destroyed he is denied insurance money because it was 'an act of God'. He re-registers as a lawyer and sues the insurance company and the church under the guise of God, defending himself. The accident leads him to a friendship and eventual relationship with a journalist, Anna Redmond (Davis).' (Source: IMDB)
1 6 form y separately published work icon The Goddess of '67 Clara Law , Eddie Fong Ling-Ching , ( dir. Clara Law ) Australia : New South Wales Film and Television Office , 2001 Z1533896 2001 single work film/TV

The 'goddess' in this film refers to the Citroën DS (nicknamed 'Déesse'), a famous French car first produced in the fifties. The story concerns J. M., a young, well-to-do Japanese man who desires owning a Déesse. When one comes up for sale in Australia via the internet, J. M. travels there to buy it. Upon reaching his destination, however, he finds the seller and his wife dead and their house inhabited by a seventeen-year-old girl. He initially runs out in horror but returns in order to find out if the car is still there. He and the girl soon afterwards undertake a five-day drive into the outback. It also becomes 'a trip back in time into the early youth of the girl and into her family's chronicle'.

Source: IMDB.
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