10 Mar 2011
Ostia: The Last Night
A dark story of desire and betrayal inspired by the events of the night of the brutal slaying of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.
The King
The King is the story of Graham Kennedy, Australia's first and greatest home grown TV superstar. It traces his rise from working class Balaclava kid, through radio, TV, film, and back to TV again. It also tracks Kennedy's personal tragedies - the loneliness, the unrealised ambitions and the terrible pressures of being Australia's first homegrown superstar in the 1950s and 60s.
Top Billed Cast
Stephen Curry Graham Kennedy
Shaun Micallef Colin Bednall
Garry McDonald Nicky Whitta
Steve Bisley Harry M. Miller
Stephen Hall Bert Newton
Todd MacDonald Richard Croft
Bernard Curry John Wesley
Nick Farnell Norm Spencer
Donal Forde Geoff "Corkie" Corke
Leo Taylor Sir Frank Packer
Johnny Brady Tim
Monica Maughan Nana Scott
Roz Hammond Kathleen Whitta
Jane Allsop Noeline Brown
Beth Buchanan Val Wesley
Leverne McDonnell Mary Kennedy
Virginia Bowers Clara
Cathy Godbold Rosemary Margan
Louis Corbett Young Graham Kennedy
Kodi Smit-McPhee Young John Wesley
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