Umbrella Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
Farmer Lance Dillon (John Stanton) and his wife, Mary (Rebecca Gilling), settle on the plains of the Australian Outback, but the challenges presented by the unforgiving terrain and the unwelcoming locals threaten their marriage and Lance's life. The often-ignored Mary slowly falls into the arms of lawman Neil Adams (Ivar Kants). Meanwhile, Lance becomes involved in a land dispute with nearby Aborigines, and, after a burst of violence, finds himself...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
Undetermined
Description
The gloves are off and the claws are out! It's her word against his and it's going to take some BRILLIANT LIES to win this battle of the sexes. David Williamson, the acclaimed writer behind some of Australia's most celebrated dramas: Don's Party, The Club and Travelling North, delivers a stinging exploration of sexual politics in the office and the dynamic power plays that exist behind closed doors in Brilliant Lies. Susie O'Connor (Gia Carides,...
3) Uncivilised
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Master filmmaker Charles Chauvel delivers an exciting tale of high peril, inland exploration and forbidden romance in UNCIVILISED. Filmed on location in 1937, it tells the story of high society author Beatrice Lynn. Unfulfilled and looking for inspiration, she heads into the wilds of northern Australia in search of an indigenous tribe ruled by a non-indigenous man named Mara.. Embarking on a tumultuous journey, battling the heat and extremes of the...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Old Steve Lucas (Joss McWilliam) is living in the shadow of his successful brother Adam (AFI Award winner Colin Friels). Burdened by his father's overpowering desire for sporting glory, Adam is pushed into one of the toughest training regimes of his life to win the coveted Coolangatta Gold Tri-Aquathon at any cost..
5) Tim
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1979.
Language
English
Description
Mary (Piper Laurie) is a single businesswoman in her 40s. Tim (Mel Gibson) is a young day laborer who suffers from a learning disability. When Mary hires Tim to do work around her house, the two very different people discover they have a lot in common and become quick friends. Mary even decides to help Tim learn how to read, and while they spend more and more time together, their friendship grows into something deeper, much to the chagrin of their...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In 1917 Australian Light Horse soldiers claimed one of the greatest ever cavalry charged victories in history. Some 95 years later, 40 Australians retraced their footsteps in living detail – from the foothills of the pyramids to the treacherous expanse of ANZAC Cove. Incorporating archival footage from the Australian War Memorial, interviews with historians, experts and authors, The Charge of The ANZACS is a detailed documentary account of Australia...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1975.
Language
Undetermined
Description
You will never be the same after you discover the secrets of the Inn of the Damned! On a lonely stratch of road, deep in an isolated Australian rain forest, lies an eerie, forgotten Inn. Few travellers stop there now, and those that do...disappear! An American bounty hunter is hired to unravel the Inn's chilling secrets. He is soon confronted by its demented owners, obsessed with guarding the terrible truth within. Action packed with sadistic violence,...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
Australia in the 18th century, a harsh and unforgiving land - a burgeoning British colony where convicts are sent to make amends and begin a new life. Elizabeth Harrington (Jeune Pritchard), engaged to Captain McEwan (Martin Phelan) is a respected woman of action and influence, who sets out to help female convicts rise above their abject conditions. But when she liberates a group of convicts and decides to accompany them into the wilderness, nothing...
9) Greenhide
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Out of boredom, a high society girl visits her father’s outback cattle station. After several adventures involving a gang of ruthless cattle duffers, she falls in love with the manager of the station. Only part of this silent film survives today.
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
In the great Australian tradition of All the Rivers Run, based on Max Fatchen's novels The River Kings and Conquest of the River, this four-part miniseries captures the perilous life along South Australia's Murray River and the many adventures aboard the paddleboat steamer Lazy Jane during the 1920s.. With his father absent and life on the land an interminable struggle, sixteen year-old Shawn Hofner (Tamblyn Lord) is forced to leave behind farm life...
11) The River Kings
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
In the great Australian tradition of All the Rivers Run, based on Max Fatchen's novels The River Kings and Conquest of the River, this four-part miniseries captures the perilous life along South Australia's Murray River and the many adventures aboard the paddleboat steamer Lazy Jane during the 1920s.. With his father absent and life on the land an interminable struggle, sixteen year-old Shawn Hofner (Tamblyn Lord) is forced to leave behind farm life...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The story of a country girl, Dell Ferris (Doris Ashwin), drawn to the bright lights of the big city where her inheritance is soon frittered away through high society revelling.. A wiser Dell returns to Moonbi Station where she is beset by the cattle rustler Jack Bronson (ArthurTauchert). She finally finds peace and happiness with the faithful head stockman, Tom Resoult (Marsden Hassall).
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
In the great Australian tradition of All the Rivers Run, based on Max Fatchen's novels The River Kings and Conquest of the River, this four-part miniseries captures the perilous life along South Australia's Murray River and the many adventures aboard the paddleboat steamer Lazy Jane during the 1920s.. With his father absent and life on the land an interminable struggle, sixteen year-old Shawn Hofner (Tamblyn Lord) is forced to leave behind farm life...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
In the great Australian tradition of All the Rivers Run, based on Max Fatchen's novels The River Kings and Conquest of the River, this four-part miniseries captures the perilous life along South Australia's Murray River and the many adventures aboard the paddleboat steamer Lazy Jane during the 1920s.. With his father absent and life on the land an interminable struggle, sixteen year-old Shawn Hofner (Tamblyn Lord) is forced to leave behind farm life...
15) Beyond Our Ken
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Derided as a ‘secretive cult’ and its leader described as a ‘seedy conman,’ Kenja was still attracting a whole new generation of followers with promises of Utopia. But what is Kenja? Accused of mind control, sexual abuse and blamed by families for the disappearance of loved ones, the notorious cult has damaged many lives. Through remarkable observational footage and candid interviews, BEYOND OUR KEN takes inside this closed community, to explore...
16) A Fortunate Life
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
At eight years old, an impoverished Bert Facey was forced to start the backbreaking, dawn-to-dusk life of a farm labourer. Unschooled, his father dead, abandoned by his mother, by the age of twenty he had survived the rigours of pioneering the harsh Australian bush and the slaughter of the bloody WWI campaign at Gallipoli. Adapted from A.B. Facey's best-selling autobiographical novel, this is the extraordinary tale of an ordinary Aussie battler,...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
Beth is a modern matriarch doing her best to raise her teenage daughter Annie whilst enjoying the best of an easy-going marriage to Frenchman JP. When younger sister Vicki returns from abroad and moves into the household she is instantly drawn to the ideal family structure and develops a longing for what is missing in her own life. As Beth takes a trip with her dad she leaves JP and sister Vicki behind, unaware of the smoldering love triangle that...
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
1969.
Language
English
Description
Undeniable hero of the Australian TV and pop culture scene, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo takes a giant leap into his first ever feature film in SKIPPY AND THE INTRUDERS. In this rarely seen 1969 stand-alone production, two suspicious divers arrive seeking a park permit to carry out regulation abalone fishing. With their request granted by Chief Ranger Matt Hammond they begin an underwater operation which involves a clandestine treasure hunt in a submersible...