The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry by David Stratton
Every film listed in David Stratton’s 1991 book about the 1980s Australian moviemaking boom under the controversial 10BA tax concession.
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- DirectorDenny LawrenceStarsNique NeedlesRosey JonesGrigor TaylorOut-of-luck youth gets a lift from a girl shoplifter whose car he had planned to steal. They become involved in crime and romance together.
- DirectorGil BrealeyStarsAngela Punch McGregorDrew ForsytheLiddy ClarkDue to an ignorant misdiagnosis, a three-year-old disabled girl was institutionalized and subsequently spent her entire childhood in a hospital for the severely retarded. A caring therapist helped her to prove her intellectual capability.
- DirectorTim BurnsStarsMichael CallaghanSandy EdwardsJoy BurnsAn Anzac Day stunt intended as a political statement is viewed as an act of terrorism, forcing Ray Unit further underground, fleeing to his childhood home on the other side of Australia. An Orwellian tale of terrorism, fear, paranoia and politics.
- DirectorStephen MacLeanStarsPhilip QuastDiana DavidsonAllan PenneyMavis Davis is off around the world on a fast-motion package trip. When Dad finds out she has been joined by their hated next-door neighbour, long-dead passions begin to stir.
- DirectorBarry PeakStarsBruno LawrenceNique NeedlesRay BarrettA surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner eventually realizes that it is not a diner at all - it is a spaceship disguised as one, and the "owners" of the diner are aliens.
- DirectorSimon HeathStarsAngry AndersonGordon ElliottJohn FarnhamA small town mayor rigs an election with hilarious and unpredictable results. A comedy extravaganza starring some of the biggest names in Australian showbiz in the most unlikely and wackiest roles.
- DirectorTim BurstallStarsJohn Phillip LawMel GibsonSam NeillA group of Australian commandos launch a secret mission against Japanese forces in World War II.
- DirectorJackie McKimmieStarsNoni HazlehurstGraeme BlundellJohn JarrattA weekend in the life of the Stubbs couple. He is a butcher campaigning for a seat in state parliament; she is a bored wife whose erotic fantasies become a disappointing reality.
- DirectorRivka HartmanStarsLyn PierseKim GyngellJan FriedlDorothy, single and one of the writers of the soap "The true world" hates living alone, but the guys she knows don't appeal to her. Her aunt Esther's attempts to match-make with random men just annoy her. Then she meets an old friend from college who he seems perfect...
- DirectorBill BennettStarsDavid ArgueGia CaridesLydia MillerTwo policemen track down and arrest a woman who has been accused of murder, and begin the trek back across the desert with her.
- DirectorJonathan HardyStarsLaura BraniganMichael AitkensNoel FerrierThe American pop singer Kate Lawrence wants a career as an actress. The only job she can find is playing the lead role in an Australian theatre production of The Green Year Passes.
- DirectorPamela GibbonsStarsDeanna JeffsMary ReganKaarin Fairfax16 year old Belinda wants to become a ballerina. To makes ends meet, she takes a job as an exotic dancer in a Sydney cabaret. Eventually, she is able to reach her goal, but not before experiencing humanity at best and worst of times.
- DirectorMichael RobertsonStarsAngela Punch McGregorGraeme BlundellRuth CracknellThe story of two best friends who have an affair one night, resulting in the woman becoming pregnant.
- DirectorBarry PeakStarsDavid BradshawLian LunsonSimon ChilversA reporter looking into the death of a research scientist finds more deaths connected to the man, including some dubious "suicides". He discovers that the scientist may have been killed to cover up a secret government plot concerning mind-control drugs that have been tested on unknowing civilians, and he becomes involved with the scientist's daughter, who is trying to clear her father's name.
- DirectorBrendan MaherStarsChris HaywoodNicole KidmanKatrina FosterThe story about a careers counselor who dreams of becoming a small-time actor.
- DirectorRay LawrenceStarsBarry OttoLynette CurranHelen JonesAfter a near-death experience, a man wonders if he actually did die and is now in Hell.
- DirectorChristopher FitchettStarsJohn FlausChrissie JamesBryan BrownA dying criminal takes his younger brother on one final job so that when the final hour comes, his brother and his brother's wife and daughter who he himself may have fathered, will be financially secured.
- DirectorMarc GracieStarsPeter AdamsJoe DolceKate GormanSet in the outback, the film explores a series of interpersonal relationships as an Italian immigrant and an Australian put aside their cultural differences to search for a runaway girl.
- DirectorBrian Trenchard-SmithStarsDavid ArgueJohn LeyNicole KidmanA trio of teen BMX enthusiasts become entangled with a group of bank robbers after discovering their cache of walkie-talkies.
- DirectorJohn PrescottStarsRay MeagherCarmen DuncanJohn GreggA detective tracking down anti-nuclear terrorists gets involved with prostitutes and rogue government agents.
- DirectorPino AmentaStarsJohn WatersPenelope StewartNicki PaullA successful Australian writer discovers he has cancer and returns home to Melbourne to be with his estranged wife and daughter.
- DirectorLex MarinosStarsWendy HughesJohn HargreavesNorman KayeSet in a township in Olwyn's Boundary, Stella lives and works in a hotel. Every year her ex-lover Andy asks her to marry him. This year, two strangers arrive.
- DirectorStephen WallaceStarsJason ConneryDiane CilentoLaura WilliamsIn '60's-era Australia, a college freshman must navigate freshman hazing, a distant mother, and a shaky relationship with his girlfriend.
- DirectorGeoff BennettStarsYves SteningJane StephensJames FoxIn the 1950s, teenage Frank dreams of leaving Tasmania for Melbourne.
- DirectorJohn D. LamondStarsBarbara ParkinsRod MullinarJack LenoirFashion executive Jackie Wyatt discovers her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She flies to Paris and bumps into photographer Michael who she at first dislikes but grows to love.