strange bedfellows is a 2004 australian film starring paul hogan and michael caton as heterosexual men who pass themselves off as a gay couple in order to get financial benefits from the government .

a stage musical based on the film ran at the princess theatre in melbourne .

strange bedfellows ( 2004 film )

the top australian film of 2004 , strange bedfellows , grossed $ 4 . 8 million .
i now pronounce you vince and ralph ( a . k . a strange bedfellows ) [ dvd ] ( 2004 )
paul hogan and michael caton in < i > strange bedfellows < / i > .
australian film commission chief kim dalton concedes that 2004 was
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strange bedfellows is a very recent and highly accredited australian comedy that features an equally accredited cast and crew .
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it is very funny . i bought it for a present and it was really well received .
released in 2004 , strange bedfellows starred paul hogan and michael caton as two heterosexual men - part - time firefighters - who pretend to be gay to claim a financial benefit .
gillard , g . ( 2004 ) . ten types of australian film . perth : murdoch university press . p101 - 115 .
sydney morning herald 11 april 2004 : op ed opinion piece “madrid bombing . ”
released in 2004 and directed by dean murphy , strange bedfellows features the antics of two older men who decide to pretend to be lovers so they can take advantage of new tax laws . filmed primarily in yackandandah , sydney and albury , the film features michael caton and paul hogan . urltoken
strange bedfellows will be produced by instinct entertainment , spencer mclaren ( beauty and the beast , cats , the secret life of us ) and dean murphy ( co - writer and director of the film ) .
strange bedfellows is a good - natured film that ' s made with such good intentions . it may not be the hilarious romp that we wish for , but it is nonetheless good entertainment for the undemanding .
it is fair to say that lost things ( murphy , m . 2004 ) is a suspense horror film . after watching the film audiences would have noted the same thing , most of the film takes place in the bright sun . the film aims to create fear in the ideal holiday location .
twelve thousand people saw the show in albury over the 23 performance run , and if the audience response in melbourne is half as good as it was out in the country , strange bedfellows is destined for great success . with a score composed by john foreman , script by dean murphy ( who also wrote the original 2004 film script ) , and lyrics by jon stephens , strange bedfellows is what producer spencer mclaren refers to as a ‘musical within a comedy’ .
despite what are thought to be more than 100 script similarities , the producers of the australian film strange bedfellows have accepted that they were not ripped off by the hollywood comedy i now pronounce you chuck and larry .
the afi awards has announced its 2004 call for entries . deadlines june / july depending on genre
lost things ( murphy , m . 2004 ) was invited to a number of film festivals during its release , and was received positively from festival audiences . in 2003 lost things appeared at the oldenburg international film festival .
guests at the women working in television breakfast held in conjunction with the astra conference in april 2004 .
strange bedfellows would be the most well known and received film by director dean murphy , his first major australian film , lex and rory and subsequent film muggers had reasonably low box office takings . paul hogan is perhaps most well known for his 1986 film crocodile dundee , still the most successful australian film yet in terms of box office takings , topping the charts at over $ 47million and michael caton will forever be known to most of australia as darryl kerrigan , his humorous character in the castle .
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lost things ( murphy , m . 2004 ) was released in australia on the 11th november , 2004 , considering its a small scale production with a very limited budget , the film did not have as much marketing power in regards to the blockbuster films it was competing with .
abc tv 7 . 30 report , 16 december 2004 : “world war one and the christmas truce . ”
gold logie winner john wood and musical theatre star peter cousens are set to head the cast of a stage musical version of 2004 australian film strange bedfellows ( which starred paul hogan and michael caton ) set to premiere at albury’s regent theatre on october 29 in an off - broadway - style try - out , close to yackandandah , where the movie was set .
keene , j . ( 2002 ) . strange bedfellows : feminists , catholics and anticlericals in the enfranchisement of spanish women . australian feminist studies , 17 ( 38 ) , 165 - 176 .
musically directed by kellie dickerson , one of the most sought after musical directors in australia , strange bedfellows will feature an ensemble of 10 musicians in the orchestra pit , complementing the cast of 22 onstage .
keene , j . ( 2004 ) . leni riefenstahl : film maker extraordinaire or nazi stooge ? the national centre for history education - ozhistorybytes , ( five ) , 1 - 13 .
while the terms of the settlement are confidential , it is believed that after months of negotiation , universal provided a draft of the chuck and larry script that dates work back to before strange bedfellows was written .
in most of the reviews i have found on strange bedfellows , the film was received quite positively – something i found very interesting and surprising , as i personally wouldn’t have rated it as highly as most did . i found many of the jokes and situations very exaggerated , to the point of not being funny , while the entire film jumped from one stereotype to the next and lacked in originality . in terms of box office takings , strange bedfellows fared considerably better than many other australian films , ranking number 38 of 425 in takings according to moviemarshal . com .
i now pronounce you vince and ralph a . k . a strange bedfellows dvd 2004 : urltoken paul hogan , michael caton , pete postlethwaite , roy billing , alan cassell , stewart faichney , paula duncan , monica maughan , shane withington , kestie morassie , glynn nicholas , rob carlton , dean murphy : dvd & blu - ray
strange bedfellows ( episode ) . also on board is weyoun and the female changeling . weyoun congratulates the two federationofficers on witnessing a historic moment : an alliance between the breen confederacy and the dominion , against the federation .
‘being born and bred on the border , and having shot strange bedfellows in yackandandah , it’s a great thrill that we are now going to produce the world premiere season of the musical here . ’ dean murphy ( producer )
people spent an unprecedented $ 907 million on the movies in 2004 , an increase of 4 . 7 per cent on 2003 .
director martin murphy talked about his love for the horror genre , and the challenges he enjoyed tackling while making the film . writer stephen sewell had an interesting insight into genre and what the production team was trying to create in the film lost things ( murphy , m . 2004 ) .
what next - a film about the joys of being black in australia ? to be fair , strange bedfellows often turns its humour back on homophobic attitudes , lampooning the unsophisticated and the hypocritical , but that ' s after a lot of poofter jokes have already gone through to the boundary ( or the keeper , depending on your sense of humour ) . the film wants to have it both ways .
i ' d personally like to apologise on behalf of my country for this film .
alleged plagiarism . he still plays the same character , but with less and less conviction . the film was awarded the film finance corporation australia if award for box office achievement .
the 2004 film starring paul hogan and michael caton was filmed in and around the yackandandah region in north east victoria and tells the story of two middle aged men who claim to be gay to take advantage of a loophole in tax laws .
the idea came from the movie strange bedfellows . we only have one festival in yackandandah and we thought it would be really nice to have something different so we invited some of the actors and drag queens to come up and have this great fun weekend .
in episode 2 , “ strange bedfellows ” , the greenleafs are moving in all different directions . jacob is determined to move out of the greenleaf mansion and take charge as the head pastor at triumph’s second location . however , lady mae wants bishop to… continue reading →
one of the strange bedfellows producers , shana levine , said yesterday that she was satisfied there had been no breach of copyright .
even though it ' s unusual for two projects to be so similar , that appears to be the case here ,
she said .
strange bedfellows – the new musical , will make its way to melbourne in just a few months and i caught up with some of the cast and creative team recently for a chat about the show , it’s development and the underlying theme – the profoundly australian paradigm ; mateship .
in 2004 similar reviews were published from the dead by dawn film festival , edinburgh . “claustrophobic , creepy and totally compelling , an absolute gem . ” ( press kit . 2003 . p7 ) the film asylum reported “lost things has that unsettling , true - to - life feel of the blair witch project” ( press kit . 2003 . p7 )
bedfellows stars paul
crocodile dundee
hogan who apparently still has a decent film career in australia . [ update - a few aussie readers tell me he ' s as washed up there as he is here in the us . ]
it marks the third consecutive year of decline for the struggling industry and the lowest share of the box office since australian film commission records began in 1977 . the biggest film of 2004 , by a considerable margin , was shrek 2 , whose takings of $ 50 , 345 , 252 made it the second - biggest film at the australian box office of all time , eclipsed only by titanic ' s $ 57 . 6 million in 1997 .
a . f . c . ( 2005 ) . 2004 box office backgrounder : summary version , 27 january 2005 . retrieved april 19 , 2007 , from urltoken
the afcs guide to australian feature films 2004 was published in may and will soon be available to view online . to obtain a hard copy contact publishing @ urltoken
strange bedfellows is a comedy film about a serious subject – the acceptance of homosexuality into the community , but thankfully comedy prevailed throughout the film and it didn’t give way to many serious moments . paul hogan and michael caton do a believable job of acting as an incompatible gay couple , and this ensures a few good laughs . although it wouldn’t fit into my top ten list of films , it is worth watching ( perhaps only just once ) as it is a good example of an australian comedy film , and a very good introduction into the characters of typical australian comedies .
early on , before the mincing lessons and research visits to sydney clubs begin , strange bedfellows has some clever sight gags about how gay the common camaraderie between aussie blokes looks . and the story saves itself , mercifully , in an unexpectedly touching closing speech by ralph at the local ball .
in - between , it is a middling and sometimes excruciating movie . director dean murphy has several features under his belt , such as the charming teen flick lex and rory ( 1994 ) . but strange bedfellows has more in common with a film that murphy produced , till human voices wake us ( 2002 ) – a drama steeped in the leisurely rhythms and community rituals of rural life .
hoskin , d . ( 2004 ) . edgy & experimental & weird : a conversation with martin murphy and ian iveson . retrieved april 19 , 2007 , from urltoken
“we had a debate about what to call the show , and ended up settling on strange bedfellows – the new musical , but one of the ideas i was pushing for was a musical within a comedy … because the book is so strong and it’s such a story driven piece” , mclaren says .
keene , j . ( 2004 ) . at home and away with the amery family on empire day . history australia , i ( 2 ) , 179 - 195 .
strange bedfellows is very prevalent online . the reviews found are both positive and negative and also have a great deal of general information included in them . they were very helpful in determining whether or not this is a film that is worth seeing and how much it has affected australian cinema . because the movie is so recent , there isn’t much in terms of literature in print to use , though i’m certain in the future there will be many references to use on the film due to its place in australian cinema .
denise filiatrault et sophie lorain bient . aux dires d’alexis durand - brault , le tournage du film s’amorcera .
produced by instinct entertainment , spencer mclaren ( beauty and the beast , cats , the secret life of us , ) and the border’s dean murphy ( charlie & boots , strange bedfellows , till human voices wake us ) this multi - million dollar production will be the biggest theatrical event ever to play the border .
a sydney film festival forum on feature film development is being hosted by the afc on monday 21 june from 2 . 30 pm to 4 . 30pm in the state room of the state theatre in market street , sydney
production credits : dean murphy – director and writer dean wrote his first film at the age of 17 – just cruising , which held a 12 week screening tour around victoria . in 1994 he wrote , directed and produced lex and rory at the age of 21 . dean later directed muggers in 1998 , which was sold internationally . in 2002 dean produced till human voices wake us , which was distributed by paramount pictures in usa . strange bedfellows is his most recent film in which he directed , co - wrote and was also executive producer .
the jokes are far too easy for the majority of the film ' s running time , but its good nature , cuffed with a surprisingly evolved ending , give the humour and film a pleasant quality that sees it through .
in strange bedfellows , the object of this exercise is neither amateur theatre nor disco . it is a sexual - orientation masquerade for vince ( paul hogan ) and ralph ( michael caton ) , two ordinary , country blokes taking tips from the local hairdresser ( glynn nicholas ) on how to walk and mince like a gay man .
strange bedfellows is a nationally traveling exhibition with accompanying catalogue , and is a fiscally sponsored project of the queer cultural center . the exhibition will debut as part of the nqaf and then travel to the samek art gallery at bucknell university in lewisburg pennsylvania in fall of 2013 , before arriving in chicago for the caa conference in february of 2014 .
emily : hey guys , brad feels like he’s been here before ! gary : great , get him in here and he can navigate . ( murphy , m . lost things . 2004 )
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it’s very exciting to be a part of this new australian musical . i am looking forward to working with a great team , including the many very talented locals we have found . strange bedfellows will be a great night out , and a great chance to see an all australian cast at the top of their game . roger hodgman ( director )
“it’s very exciting to be a part of this new australian musical . i am looking forward to working with a great team , including the many very talented locals we have found . strange bedfellows will be a great night out , and a great chance to see an all australian cast at the top of their game , ” said roger hodgman ( director )
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keene , j . ( 2004 ) . ritual , ceremonies and daily diplomacy in madrid during world war two . fourteenth biennial conference of the australasian association for european history , south australia : australian humanities press .
infoplease . ( 2000 ) . american film institute’s top 10 films of the year . retrieved april 24 , 2007 , from urltoken
playing an aussie country bloke who pretends to be gay , he walks through this film with all the subtlety of a country dunny .
gary says the success of the film instigated spring migration , yackandandah ' s gay and lesbian festival ; now in its third year .
“it developed a lot from what the film was . we always thought when we were writing the film we thought it would make a better musical . there were times where we thought it would be better if the characters could just break into song” , murphy said .
directed by the award winning , former artistic director of the melbourne theatre company roger hodgman ( guys & dolls , dirty rotten scoundrels , annie get your gun ) , strange bedfellows has assembled one of the finest production teams in australia including choreographer dana jolly ( the producers , we will rock you , show boat ) and musical director kellie dickerson ( wicked , the producers , the witches of eastwick ) .
a collection of queer characters , representations , and sensibilities on film . from queer masterpieces to camp classics , documentaries to romantic comedies , …
production : a becker entertainment release of a film finance corp . australia presentation , in association with eden rock media , international film fund and film victoria , of an instinct entertainment production . ( international sales : eden rock , los angeles . ) produced by nigel odell , david redman . executive producers , shana levine , dean murphy , thomas augsberger . directed by dean murphy . screenplay , murphy , stewart faichney .
moran , a & vieth , e . ( 2006 ) . film in australia an introduction . australia : cambridge university press . p169 .
geoff burton began his career in cinematography at abc - tv in sydney in 1963 with a strong interest in documentary film production . by the early seventies , after a short period freelancing in europe , he joined in the renaissance of the australian feature film industry by photographing his first feature film , sunday too far away , and has worked as cinematographer , director , writer or producer on around fifty feature films since then .
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ben ferris is one of the founders of sydney film school , where he is currently the artistic director and a writing / directing teacher of the advanced diploma thesis program . ferris , a film writer / director , has screened films and won numerous awards in paris , new york , croatia , italy , tokyo , singapore , greece , switzerland and amsterdam , including the prestigious akira kurosawa grand prix in japan . ben’s first feature film “
it was never about money ,
ms levine said .
it was about being sure that our film hadn ' t been copied .
this film is great . we laughed all the way through . the bit with paul hogan in tight shorts had the tears running down my face .
lost things ( murphy , m . 2004 ) uses characters that are naturalistic and honest . stephen sewell writes the way teenagers talk , the dialogue is true to teenagers , yet promotes the unique australian sense of humour , showing quirkiness to its characters .
the industry advisory board was established in 2015 in order to ensure that the sydney film school continues to deliver to the needs of the australian screen industry .
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writer dean murphy explains that the musical is quite different from the original film and that he had always thought the show would make a better musical than movie .
this romantic comedy stars rock hudson as carter harrison , an executive rising through the ranks of a major oil company . when he meets toni vincente ( gina . today’s news empire ' s 7 most outrageous moments , including butt close - ups , fist fights and a murdering granny . strange bedfellows by jason boies sunday , may 14 @ 10 : 30am . one fall night in 1776 , john adams , edward rutledge and benjamin franklin idle away the hours in a tavern .
“a total of 318 films were released in the australian cinema market in 2004 , an increase of 50 on the previous year . 302 ( 95 percent ) of these films were international titles , up from last years 245 . ” ( afc . 2005 . p2 )
starring peter cousens , john wood , melissa langton , lucy durack , and kevin harrington strange bedfellows is the story of two best mates , ralph and vince ( wood and cousens respectively ) who register as a same - sex couple in order to take advantage of a new government legislation giving same - sex couples equal tax breaks to married folk . what begins as a simple white lie , unleashes one hilarious adventure , and as the cast tell me – one hell of a ride !
this sinks the film quicker than its faintly nasty premise , which is the idea that gay people now have it so good that straights will want to cross over .
crombie started work at the commonwealth film unit in 1963 . he has directed feature films , telemovies , mini - series , drama series , documentaries and commercials , and has also written film and television scripts . crombie has been a board member of the awg , asdacs and asda and the president of asda for over 5 years .
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as for hoges , he is indeed a strange bedfellow . the moments when he simply gives a subtle look to signal panic or confusion reveal his comic talent . he’s less good with words , or when he prances around in supposedly outrageous costumes .
a graduate of the australian film television and radio school in 1980 , ray argall has enjoyed a colourful and productive presence in a filmmaking career spanning more than thirty years .
strange bedfellows is a visual art exhibition exploring collaborative practice in historical and contemporary queer art . featuring the work of over twenty contemporary queer artists working in a variety of media , the show presents diverse strategies for collaboration and considers multiple authorship as a radical concept . to date , the project includes video , photography , performance , sculpture , sound , textiles , painting , design , and audio / visual archives . featuring collaborative works by some of the bay area’s most influential queer artists , this is not a show to be missed .
he is co - writing a film adaptation of linda jaivin’s novel the infernal optimist with steve abbott , as well the features birdbrain and the day we lost the h - bomb .
diaan wajon gained her design degree at sydney college of the arts and initially worked as an interior designer . in 1981 , a unique opportunity to study the inaugural set design course at the australian film television and radio school ( aftrs ) , launched a career in design for film and television spanning over 20 years . industry credits as art director include international feature films birthday girl and fortress . australian feature film credits include on me , myself i and lilian’s story . television credits include a place to called home , all saints , ihaka and big sky series .
a very funny film but only rating 4 / 5 because the title and packaging are misleading in that there is no actual wedding in the film as suggested . paul hogan barely recognisable due to excessive plastic surgery but michael caton is superb in his role and by far the better of the pair . ending is bit of a cop out too as it is mushy and not credible .
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the tone is mild mannered , endearing even - despite a few lightly used and well placed obscenities - and the initial , passť and discredited presentation of gay culture is balanced out as the film develops .
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from johnny carson to jon stewart , from chevy chase’s spoofing of president ford on saturday night live to stephen colbert’s roasting of president bush at the white house correspondents dinner , strange bedfellows explores what americans have found so funny about our political institutions and the people who inhabit them , and asks what this says about the health of our democracy . comparing the mainstream network hosts—jay , dave , conan , and johnny before them—who have always strived to be “equal opportunity offenders” to the newer , edgier crop of comedians on cable networks , peterson shows how each brand of satire plays off a different level of americans’ frustrations with politics .
did angelo cut cookie loose ? that was addressed on empire season 3 episode 12 when the politician realized cookie ' s past was making its way into their relationship . watch empire season 3 episode 12 online meanwhile , anika was shocked to the core when tariq caught up with her and presented her with an offer that could better her life . also , hakeem ' s 21st birthday party took an unexpected turn when some uninvited guests appeared to cause trouble . view slideshow : empire photos from
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he was awarded the member of the order of australia in the 2005 queen ' s birthday honours list for his services to the australian film and television industry as a director and to the australian screen directors ' association .
the premise - and the casting - is so good it sets up expectations the film doesn ' t quite deliver . the weakness is in the lack of dimension to the film . like a tv sitcom , it relies on its single - storey premise to carry it through ( in this case ) to 100 minutes . it ' s worth 60 . the first 20 minutes are far too repetitive and don ' t progress character or plot .
roger lanser – director of photography roger has worked on several films in his 25 year career in the film industry , including five films with kenneth branagh which earned 4 oscar nominations , 2 baftas and 1 golden globe award .
australian films are increasingly reliant on the under - funded australian film finance corporation . in 2003 - 04 , the corporation invested $ 22 . 4 million in 10 feature films with combined budgets of $ 45 . 4 million .
ray ' s first feature , return home , received the 1990 afi award for best director , and the film critics circle of australia award for best director and best film ; and screened at berlin , edinburgh , seattle and a retrospective in cannes . he was a set - up director for the award winning abc drama series seachange and mda ; and produced numerous music videos for midnight oil , split enz , crowded house , and hoodoo gurus among others .
free form film fest . independent shorts . program 1 “praise the tube” - vintage and outsider religous programming , includes scenes from “mrs . velma’s christmas” , “pokemon : the secret of pocket monsters” program 2 - . “please self help me”
the friday 4 june deadline for strand o fully funded documentary has been postponed . the revised date will be published in the film development funding guidelines on thursday 1 july . please check the afc website after this date for the new deadline
the film received praise from the festivals , which tended to highlight the effectiveness of the unsettling true to life feel . many film goers were expecting another dumb teen slasher horror , and were relatively surprised by the intriquette work of the small cast and crew . the negative reviews were due to a lack of resolution ; horror genres have this annoying habit of unanswered questions and with the director’s minimal approach , many viewers blamed the ambiguity on the minimal setting , characters and story .
that ' s not my dog is a joyous comedy that celebrates our love of joke telling . the film centers around the lovable shane jacobson ( playing himself ) who is throwing a party . invited are the . . . see full summary »
like robert redford , hogan seems to like vanity parts that show off his advanced - age body . but any film of the twenty - first century that sees fit to end on a freeze - frame of hoges’ dancing bum is clearly in trouble .
currently burton claims to lead the ideal existence by living in darwin during the dry , whilst working on his film projects , and spending the wet on the family vineyard near canberra where he continues to pursue the perfect shiraz for the gundog estate label .
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“when we were shooting the film , pete postethwaite , one of the actors , said ‘have you ever thought about turning this into a musical ? ’ to which i said ‘well , yeah we have’ . it sprung from that idea” , he adds .
in 2000 , employed as design lecturer at aftrs , her passion for visual storytelling and screen design evolved into the role of screen design educator , enabling her to pass on her film and television industry knowledge to the next generation of filmmakers across all disciplines .
without doubt i ' ll make a film less successful ( than the piano ) but that ' s all right with me , as long as it ' s satisfying to make . i just hope i don ' t get addicted to the salary level
the 2004 - 05 federal budget was announced on tuesday 11 may . the portfolio budget statements can be found on the department of communications , information technology and the arts ( dcita ) website . a joint ministerial statement can also be found at dcita ' s website . the announcements include : new incentives will be offered for high budget television productions made in australia under an extension of the refundable film tax offset scheme . click here for a fact sheet ; a merger of the australian broadcasting authority ( aba ) and the australian communications authority ( aca ) to establish a new media and communications regulator : the australian communications and media authority ( acma ) ; additional funding for the abc was also announced .
crew : camera ( cinevex color , panavision widescreen ) , roger lanser ; editor , peter carrodus ; music , dale cornelius ; production designer , ralph moser ; art director , kate saunders ; costume designer , jeanie cameron ; sound ( dolby digital ) , john wilkinson ; assistant director , richard mcgrath ; casting , stewart faichney . reviewed at hoyts george st . cinema 8 , sydney , april 18 , 2004 . running time : 99 min .
the thirteen finalists for the dendy awards have been announced including three afc funded films : helen ' s war directed by anna broinowski ; cracker bag directed by glendyn ivin and harvie krumpet directed by adam elliot . for screening times and ticket sales visit the sydney film festival website
mitzi has thirty years experience as documentary director , writer , editor and producer . her award winning films have been screened around the world . she produced end of the rainbow which premiered at the international documentary festival amsterdam , and love and sex in an age of pornography , and directed a common purpose , which won the audience award for best documentary at the 2011 sydney film festival . mitzi was formerly co - head of documentary at australian film television & radio school and chair of the australian international documentary conference . she holds a phd in cultural studies .
but the premise is all there is , as we move through the second act , and the promise of a second layer to the film in the form of ralph ' s daughter ( kestie morassi ) and her partner is never really fulfilled . still , morassi is again notably excellent , and deserves a catapult in her career . but then the acting is the film ' s strong suit . paul hogan is gimmick free , empathetic and accessibly credible , while michael caton delivers a wonderfully warm character with enough complexity and self contradiction to be three dimensional .
the soundtrack is fantastic with is combination of natural sounds and unsettling noises and eerie music by carlo giacco . the music is never overpowering , and is not used to signal dramatic action , but complements the narrative in an ominous way adding to the illusion and suspense of the film .
beautifully photographed ( but not in a schmalzy way ) by roger lanser , the film has everything - except another six months in script development . to his credit , dean murphy reins in the film ' s tendency to be flimsy caricature , but it ' s a close call and ralph ' s climactic speech can take at least half the credit for that . what the screenplay lacks is another level , a major subplot , or a damn good incident around which drama and tension can evolve , so that the basic premise is not stuck like a plucked chicken in the middle of the yard .
that all happened back in the late sixties , but the africville issue reverberates today . the former residents have gotten together to sue governments to get real reparations for their losses instead of the pittance they were paid at the time . many , in truth , would rather have their community back than any amount of money . in 2004 , a united nations report into what happened to the community even called on the canadian government to pay reparations to the former residents of africville for what had been done to them .
the afc ' s industry and cultural development program helps provide opportunities for potential audiences to access australian and international programs by funding many short film festivals . such festivals are a great place for emerging filmmakers to test their films on audiences and to engage with other filmmakers . winning an award at flickerfest or sony tropfest can be an indicator to other festival directors and sales agents that you are a filmmaker to look out for . whatever type of films you are making - environmental , hip hop , b - grade horror - there ' ll be a festival that caters for you . read our profile of australian short film festivals
” , an australia - croatian co - production , had a worldwide release in 2011 to critical acclaim . in 2017 ben was the power institute fellow at the cité internationale des arts in paris , where he produced the 6 - screen video installation
in ( di ) visible
. his feature film , “
“the biggest challenge for the art department was to somehow create a feeling towards the end of the film that the beach had turned into a sort of hell on earth , and after following up various ideas we decided on a much understated surreal set that was made up entirely of red painted poles” ( press kit . 2003 . p6 )
paul hogan is less successful as vince ; everyone loves hoges , but since the crocodile dundee days , that spark that endeared him to us , has dimmed . when i look at vince , i can only see hoges acting like vince , and although that it itself is not disagreeable , it lessens the emotional impact of the film .
michael caton as ralph williams michael has had a long film and television career , including working on the castle , knucklemen , hoodwink , monkey grip , the interview and the animal . he has appeared in many australian television series including chances , paradise beach , blue heelers and all saints . michael currently hosts hot property and hot auction on channel 7 .
budapest , beijing and malta - the embassy roadshow keeps on moving . full to overflowing houses were achieved in most sessions for both kuala lumpur and jakarta ( january ) with the majority of the audience being students and local film buffs . jakarta was particularly successful at spreading the word through press , radio and television and it is hoped both will become annual events
yantra de vilder is an international award winning composer exploring the intersection between classical and contemporary music , inter - disciplinary and cross - cultural arts practices . her trademark is weaving visuals and music together creating dynamic multi - media performances . along with her numerous film credits , yantra has worked on a range of projects for the bbc in london , bangladesh , afghanistan and burma .
it is no coincidence that presidential candidates have been making it a point to add the late - night comedy circuit to the campaign trail in recent years . in 2004 , when john kerry decided it was time to do his first national television interview , he did not choose cbs’s 60 minutes , abc’s nightline , or nbc nightly news . kerry picked comedy central’s the daily show . when george w . bush was lagging in the polls , his appearance on the david letterman show gave him a measurable boost . candidates for the 2008 presidential election began their late - night bookings almost as soon as they launched their campaigns .
this time , proceedings get just a little too leisurely . every plot point is planted , announced , explained and rehashed ad nauseam . although there are some welcome twists in the gender identity department , such as that involving ralph’s wide - eyed daughter , carla ( kestie morassi ) , the film never approaches the standard set in this realm by victor / victoria ( 1982 ) .
in my opinion , australian comedies are particularly different to american or british comedies as satire is always a major component of the film . stereotypical australian characters – the bogan , the working class ‘hero , ’ and the ‘ocker’ are just a few examples of characters in a typical australian comedy film . thunderstruck ( darren ashton , 2003 ) is a prime example of an australian comedy with each main character revealing a different stereotype – the bogan adcd fan , the loser ( almost always played by stephen curry ! ) the druggy etc . even the most minor characters , such as john doyle – the service station owner in thunderstruck make a satirical crack at an australian stereotype , in this case , the ocker ( suitably dressed in footy shorts and blue singlet . )
the plot of this is basically that of a 70s sitcom episode . . it feels that out of touch . there are some funny moments but i just felt iffy about the whole thing . it really gets too saccharine towards the end which australian films tend to do at times . i felt like the film just perpetuates stereotypes as well . also , i guessed the thing with the daughter straight away .
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erin james is urltoken ' s editor in chief and a performer on both stage and screen . credits include my fair lady , south pacific and the king and i ( opera australia ) , love never dies and cats ( really useful group ) , blood brothers ( enda markey presents ) , a place to call home ( foxtel / channel 7 ) and the feature film the little death ( written and directed by josh lawson ) .
paul hogan has a charm that the camera loves and it ' s nice to see him doing something different from ' crocodile dundee ' . this is a film of typical australian humour , perhaps a bit predictable at times there are enough stand out laughs to make it very watchable . the boys journey to the ' big city ' is classic , with lots of odd and unique characters . who would think that tax evasion could be so entertaining ?
stewart faichney – co - writer and actor ( sergent jack jenkins ) stewart has been in the film and television industry for over 30 years and has written , produced or starred in many projects including writing comedy sketches for ted hamilton’s musical world , and producing the upstairs neighbour which has won several awards in usa . stewart has acted in films such as till human voices wake us and muggers , and has also appeared in television series including blue heelers , cop shop and homicide .
visual humour is also a major component of the film , which many comedic moments being derived from vince and ralph trying to act gay – they way they walk , dress and even dance ! the visual humour element often goes slightly over the top , with scenes such as members of the fire fighting squad unable to handle the hose and being thrown about , due to the strong pressure of the hose , or ralph’s new home makeover , complete with gay men’s magazines and rainbow flags on the walls .
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“this film is different : ‘lost things’ is a real surprise from australia , a subtle and intelligent thriller that gets your adrenaline rushing and your heart pumping but does so very slowly . the characters are rich , complex and shrouded in dark mysteries , despite their youth they give philosophical component to the genre . nietzsche tells us that the same things always return and this picture is out to prove his theory by showing that there is no escape . a thoughtful and entertaining play with clichés and conventions of the horror - genre . ” ( press kit . 2003 . p6 )
the concern with the four characters is amplified by the hesitation to explain everything . as their reality becomes distorted , the more emotional and irrational the characters become . the characters dis - ese is magnified , as they begin to make sense of the havoc that has fallen upon them , the hesitation is felt when the characters are caught between natural and supernatural explanations for the occurrences . this hesitation of coming to terms with their fate is played with by director martin murphy , and by the end of the film only some characters have come to terms with the supernatural phenomenon , while others look for alternative explanations .
“the common thread that links the genres , which makes them all apart of the fantastic , is hesitation . the russian formalist , tzvetan todorov , wrote about the fantastic as establishing ‘that hesitation experienced by a person who knows only the laws of nature , confronting an apparently supernatural event . ’ hesitation is the crux : either total faith or total incredulity would lead us beyond the fantastic ; it is hesitation that sustains its life . the viewer reaches a point where disbelief is almost suspended , but it is the ‘almost’ , the pause , that marks this branch of the narrative film . ” ( moran & vieth . 2006 . p102 )
vince sees the answer to a tax problem brought on by his divorce from the woman he calls
the bitch
. he and ralph have to pretend to be gay , at least on paper . when ralph looks incredulous , vince spells it out :
yeah , shirtlifters . them that bat for the other side . poofters .
the film leaves no epithet unturned :
pansies
and
pillowbiters
also turn up . the gay tax - break idea is supposed to be an attempt to capture the
gay vote
, but this must be some parallel australia , where a government courting gay votes would win , rather than lose votes .
pete postlethwaite has good presence , but is somewhat wasted as the auditor , while the rest of the cast works well . glynn nicholas gives a fun turn as the gay hairdresser with a secret ; when he schools ralph and vince in the art of ' gayness ' , he uses ' marilyn monroe crossed with a bit of penguin ' as his inspiration . there are shades here from the bird cage , although hoges cannot compete with either nathan lane or robin williams . roy billing is as good as ever , and there ' s good support from the residents of the real victorian country town of yackandandah ( population 450 ) , most of whom make an appearance in the film .


bangarada jinke is a 1980 indian kannada-language film directed by t. s. nagabharana and produced by b. s. somasundar and t. s. narasimhan under the banner kavitha komal productions .

it stars vishnuvardhan , bharathi , aarathi , leelavathi and sundarraj in lead roles .

bangarada jinke

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bangarada panjara–ಬಂಗಾರದ ಪಂಜರ | kannada full hd movie | dr . rajkumar | aarathi | family drama movie
film : bangaarada jinke song : sangaathiyu music : vijaybhaskar director : ts nagabharana producer : b . s . somasundar star cast : vishnuvardhan , bharati , musuri krishnamurthy , aarati label : sangeetha musics
a story of rebirth and revenge in the midst of a treasure hunt for the
bangaradha jinke
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olume siriya kandu
song at channarayana durga hill . . . ( bangara nayaka ' s fort is channarayana durga which is atop the channarayana hill in the vicinity of the madhugiri betta near tumkur ) . stars - vishnuvardhan , bharathi , aarathi , leelavathi , pramila joshai , sundarraj , direction : t s nagabharana story : b s somasundar lyrics : doddarange gowda
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this film was released during the time when reincarnation was a major trend . the premise was quite good , but this film dragged a lot during the second half so much that i wanted it to end quickly . the song olume siriya kandu was excellent ; aarathi and bharathi were quite solid ; but as i said , it moves at a snail’s pace at times and tests your patience .
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krishna ( shivarajkumar ) and ( shilpa ) from chandrapur . sangari gowda is the bad huy , and thangappa is his side - kick . a bull - cart runs amok at the fair . krishna chases and stops it . he goes on a ride , and is put in a seat beside a girl . their eyes meet ? they have fallen in love at first sight against the background of dancers at the fair . they are waiting for heere gowda to pull the cart with the goddess mahalaxmi , but because he hadn ' t come , they are going to get rammana , a local justice to pull the cart instead . but sangari gowda , heere ? s son thinks he should pull it and in revenge gets someone to remove the retaining stick which prevents the wheel coming off the axle . krishna is pulling the cart when he discovers what has happened , and he holds the wheel on , till another stick is found , thus preventing a tragedy which would have resulted if the wheel had come off , as the cart would have toppled and could have crushed many women and children .
krishna is on his bullock cart , on his way home , when he sees the girl and her friend . he offers them a lift home , which they gladly accept . her friend is called mani , but she won ? t tell krishna her name , she says her name is joined with a flower : giving birth on the earth , it reaches to the sky so her name is kanaka . kanaka ? s mother has died , and she has a step - mother who treats her very badly , and makes her do all the work . she wants kanaka to marry her brother , a useless drunk , much older than kanaka .
krishna finds out that sangari gowda had got thangappa to get men to remove the stick from the axle of the cart , but had not paid them . he insists that sangari gowda pays them , then he makes them put the money in the temple donation - box , so they don ? t profit from their crime . then we meet a girl who wants to marry krishna , saying that their parents had arranged their marriage when they were children but krisna rejects her , he loves kakini . there are a lot more twists in the plot , like sangari gowda trying to have krishna killed in a boat race . will they ever unite ? watch the film to find out .
bc gowrishankar picturised the song
mani mani
in sunset for nine days as the sunset lasts for only a few minutes .
the film became as an subject for study in humanities by an american university .
the soundtrack was composed by v . manohar . the songs including
ivan yaar magano
,
janumada jodi
and
mani mani
were well received .
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treehouse hostage is a 1999 family film directed by sean mcnamara and starring jim varney and joey zimmerman .

this was one of varney 's final on-screen roles ; varney was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer during production of the film .

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) and hold him hostage in their treehouse over the weekend so that timmy can use carl as his current event project at school on monday . the boys then find that carl is mixed up in a counterfeiting ring that could spell trouble for them too .
timmy taylor and his two friends , stevie and buddy capture escaped convict carl banks ( jim varney ) and hold him hostage in their treehouse over the weekend so that timmy can use carl as his current event project at school on monday . the boys then find that carl is mixed up in a counterfeiting ring that could spell trouble for them too .
timmy taylor and his two friends , stevie and buddy capture escaped convict carl banks ( jim varney ) and hold him hostage in their treehouse over the weekend so that timmy can use carl as his current event project at school on monday . the boys then find that carl is mixed up in a counterfeiting ring that could spell trouble for them too .
recalling a story ray seward told her about building a treehouse for adrian , linden and holder revisit the forest near where the 17 bodies were found and discover adrian’s treehouse within view of the pond . linden realizes that the killer wasn’t after trisha : he was after adrian , who had seen him dump the bodies . they search for adrian but are unable to find him . they update skinner and express their suspicions about reddick .
timmy is a bright boy but a lousy student . his teacher , mrs . stevens , has threatened to fail him . while he is supposed to be working on a current events project , he captures an escaped convict and holds the man hostage in his tree - house .
a counterfeiter falls unconscious in a boy ' s garage and is held hostage by the boy , who hides him from his parents and from the police . he wants to use him in his current events diary in school to get a better grade and avoid having to go to summer school .
i like this movie and i thought that this was the best jim varney movie yet i ' ve seen . i liked this movie so much that i asked for it for christmas and watched it over and over and over again and yet i still like it . my favorite part is the tree house court scene and when carl escapes . i thought that both of those scenes were absolutely hilarious . don ' t ask me how i got to be a treehouse hostage fan . it ' s jim varney . i don ' t know how i got a jim varney fan i ' m glad to be a fan of jim varney and all of his movies . i will still like this movie for a very long time and nothing will take that away from me . and i really mean that .
pastor mike quietly takes linden hostage in her car . as they drive around the city , she secretly turns on her police radio in hopes that her colleagues can track her . meanwhile , bullet tells holder that pastor mike is taking lyric to the woods where he killed the other girls . skinner sends officers to search the woods . holder then learns that lyric was never actually missing and explodes at bullet for lying to him .
principal skinner challenges superintendent chalmers to take over bart ’s education after one of bart’s pranks leads to a school fundraiser debacle . chalmers takes an unconventional approach to teaching american history which sparks a fascination in theodore roosevelt . encouraged by bart’s educational renaissance , chalmers takes bart and his band of “ rough riders ” on an overnight excursion to springfield forest , but after a minor accident , the school administration fires chalmers for taking the boys on an unauthorized field trip . determined to get chalmers’ job back , bart and the boys hold the school hostage until the administration reinstate chalmers , and they stand up for the teacher who made a meaningful impact .
back in regular class , bart finds learning out of a book to be unappealing . when mrs . krabappel calls on him to answer a question about rocks , bart complains that superintendent chalmers would actually have taken them outside to see the rocks . walking home from school , bart sees chalmers fishing and asks him what teddy roosevelt would do . dejected , chalmers says that he ' s no teddy roosevelt , nor even kermit roosevelt , which shocks bart . he reunites the roosevelt study group ( with the addition of kearney ) and they meet in bart ' s treehouse . bart announces the formation of the brotherhood of the spectacles , whose mission is to get superintendent chalmers his job back . bart then states his plan is to take over the entire school , and not give it up until chalmers is reinstated .
chalmers tells bart it ' s time for them to stand down , and adds that bart has changed from
a thick pile of infractions
to a young man
who i am proud to call my disciplinary problem
. bart appreciates the compliment , but still refuses to leave until chalmers has his job back . the police are about to storm the school when chief wiggum drops his pistol , which goes off and shoots state comptroller atkins in the leg . as atkins rolls on the ground in agony , clutching his leg , he not only restores chalmers to his position , but also gives him a promotion , to
super - duper - intendent
. with their demand met , the brotherhood of the spectacles open the doors and release the hostage students , ending the standoff . milhouse , however , not realizing that the standoff is over , and also having missed his nap , pushes the photocopier out the window .
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three young boys , rocky , colt and tum tum together with their neighbor girl , computer whiz amanda are visiting mega mountain amusement park when it is invaded by an army of ninjas led by . . . see full summary »
ernest p . worrell becomes a basketball star after an angel bearing an uncanny resemblance to kareem abdul - jabbar gives him a pair of magic sneakers .
buffoonish ernest and his dimwitted pal abner unearth a huge cannon reputed to contain the crown jewels of england .
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it takes an entire police force to look for an escaped convict . . . and a group of ten - year - olds to catch him .
i hate this movie , it just bothers me . my little brother loves it and makes me watch it all the time and i am soo sick of it . it ' s probably a good movie for a little kid but is boring to mature people . i love jim varny , but he wastes his talent in this .
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comedy - how did this get made ? ep . # 86 ernest goes to jail ( w / lesley arfin )
after a notorious counterfeiter carl banks breaks out of prison , he knows he ' s the most wanted man in the state . what he doesn ' t expect is to nabbed by a ten - year - old . when one of timmy taylor ' s backyard traps catches carl , timmy sees the convict as his escape from summer school .
the quiet guy in prison - silent but deadly - prison talk 10 . 19
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i am the father of a six year old boy and he loves this film . i even like watching it when my son is not with me . i recommend that every parent buy this movie . it will likely be more attractive to boys but i challenge you as a parent to rent it and watch it . it could easily be qualified to be a disney film ( obviously disney had nothing to do with it , just that it is a great wholesome movie ) .
if your a fan of jim varney for portraying his role as ernest p . worrell , then you ' ll probably will remember this film back when i first seen on the disney channel back in the late 90s to early 2000s . for me this is probably one of the funniest family films ever since it ' s obscured and probably forgotten , the story is kinda okay in my opinion , the characters are probably fair along with the story and the fart jokes are not that great compared to the ones in blazing saddles ; caddyshack and the nutty professor remake with eddie murphy since they ' re quite hilarious in our opinion . overall this is a family film that many of us remember catching back on the disney channel and despite it being a direct to video movie since for those who are fans of jim varney themselves !
detectives stephen holder and carl reddick investigate the body of a teenage girl found in an abandoned factory , throat slashed and with a broken finger . holder contacts sarah linden , now working for the vashon island transportation authority , when he realizes the body ' s condition is similar to that of trisha seward , a victim from one of linden’s old cases .
ray seward is transported to death row , where he’ll be executed in 30 days for murdering trisha . linden visits james skinner , her old partner on the seward case , and second - guesses seward’s guilt .
street kids bullet and kallie leeds seek a bed for the night at beacon home , a shelter for homeless teens . bullet gets one , but kallie doesn ' t . before leaving to find somewhere else to sleep , kallie takes possession of a blue ring that bullet intends to give to lyric , a girl she has a crush on .
unable to find kallie the next day , bullet reports her as missing to the police , then goes to the apartment of goldie , a pimp , to look for her . goldie rapes bullet .
pastor mike , who runs beacon home , suggests holder and reddick look for leads at the 7 star motel . mama dips , the motel owner , refuses to help .
linden visits seward’s son adrian at his foster home and spots a drawing of trees similar to another drawing adrian made years earlier . this time the drawing includes a building , which linden recognizes as the abandoned factory where the dead girl was found . she visits the forest seen in the drawing and discovers a pond littered with corpses .
skinner tells a specially assembled task force that 17 teenage girls were found in the pond , all with slashed throats or severed heads . holder mentions kallie’s recent disappearance . linden , who’s now officially on the case , suspects a connection between the bodies and the trisha seward case .
linden approaches adrian at his school to ask why he drew the drawing with the factory . he has no answer .
on death row , seward finds a razor blade planted in his soap and hides it inside his mouth . he later uses the blade to cut off a tattoo of an “a” on his chest .
in search of kallie , holder and reddick speak to bullet , who leads them to goldie’s apartment . they arrest goldie and discover his large kiddie porn stash .
the coroner estimates the 17 bodies were all killed three to five years ago within a six - month period , and that some had broken or severed fingers . linden reveals that trisha seward ' s body also had a broken finger and was missing her rings .
holder and linden spot kallie in one of goldie’s porn videos and trace the video ' s location to a secret room in mama dips’ motel . bullet notes that kallie is wearing her blue ring in the video .
twitch , another street kid , is forced to perform a sex act on his parole officer in exchange for completing his probation . the experience sends twitch on a meth bender , upsetting lyric , who is in love with twitch .
linden and holder match two of the 17 victims to girls in the porn videos . another cop recognizes another girl from the videos , tiffany , from her recent arrest for soliciting . tiffany tells them that joe mills , a cab driver and frequent john , shot the video .
a girl runs into the road and is hit by a car , but keeps running . the driver tells cops that he saw a man pursue the girl through the forest . linden and holder canvas the area , finding a severed finger near beacon home and eventually locating the girl , angie gower , at a nearby vet’s office . to linden’s frustration , angie doesn’t recognize joe mills in a mug shot lineup .
linden realizes mills is mama dips’ son , and tells danette leeds — kallie ' s mother and joe mills ' girlfriend — that mills made a porn video with kallie . danette doesn ' t believe it , but then discovers kallie’s mobile phone in mills’ bag and goes to the police .
adrian’s foster parents complain to skinner that linden’s visit triggered adrian ' s old habit of sleeping inside a closet . linden and holder realize adrian may have seen trisha’s killer from the closet in his old apartment .
linden visits seward in jail and tells him she believes he ' s innocent . seward grows anxious about choosing to be executed by hanging .
bullet comforts lyric about twitch’s drug relapse . they kiss , and bullet reveals her crush . she then asks pastor mike to help find them a place to sleep . the pastor offers up his house .
after angie sneaks out of the hospital , linden and holder look for her at beacon home . they begin to grow suspicious of pastor mike , especially after rayna , another homeless youth , tells them she saw the pastor chasing angie on the night angie was attacked and later returning to beacon home with blood on his shirt . a background check reveals that pastor mike has been using a false identity and was once charged with kidnapping a teenage girl in tempe , arizona .
police search for pastor mike , who’s now a suspect , and find his car , with angie’s blood all over the back seat , at the train station .
pastor mike admits to linden that he dropped angie off at the vet , and insists he’s always only tried to help homeless kids . the police rescue linden and arrest pastor mike , but learn that the pastor was out of the country when the murder of the 17 girls took place .
seward calls linden and offers to arrange an interview with adrian , hoping his son can help exonerate him .
bullet finds angie and convinces her to reveal her abductor . bullet then calls holder to say she knows who the killer is . holder , still angry , ignores her calls .
linden and holder find mills hiding out in a storage unit and arrest him . inside the unit , reddick discovers a box filled with rings taken from the 17 victims . they also find bullet’s body in the trunk of mills’ cab .
linden interviews adrian , who picks out mills from a mug shot lineup . however , danette tells linden that mills was working in alaska at the time of trisha’s murder .
linden visits a distraught holder and comforts him over bullet’s death . he tries to kiss her .
police match all but four of the rings found in the storage unit to the victims . linden shows the four rings to seward , and he recognizes one of then as trisha’s wedding ring . linden tries to get a stay of execution so she can gather further evidence to bolster seward’s innocence , but her request is denied . seward is hanged .
skinner comes to linden ' s house and tells her his wife wants a divorce . they sleep together .
linden and holder examine a car that was recently torched with a body inside . based on the details of the coroner’s report , linden suspects the body is angie’s .
since mills was in jail when angie was killed , holder speculates that a cop framed mills by planting the rings . they visit the father of bridget delahanty , the first of the 17 victims , and learn that reddick knew bridget .
holder is detained by internal affairs regarding complaints that he’s been harassing reddick’s family . to his surprise , holder learns that skinner filed the complaint . holder lies his way of the i . a . interrogation , asks reddick to continue the search for adrian , then goes to hunt down skinner .
linden finds skinner packing up at his house and tells him traffic cameras captured adrian being followed home from school by a gray car . as they ' re walking out , skinner ' s wife and daughter arrive . as skinner hugs his daughter good - bye , linden notices his daughter is wearing the blue ring kallie disappeared with .
outside the house , linden points her gun at skinner and orders him to drive her to adrian . en route , skinner confesses to killing the 17 girls in the pond , plus more that haven ' t been found , calling his victims “human garbage . ”
reddick finds adrian hiding near his mother’s tombstone and informs holder , who’s closing in on skinner and linden .
skinner brings linden to the woods by his lake house and tells her that he killed adrian . enraged , she shoots him just as holder arrives on the scene . skinner begs her to finish him off . over holder ' s protests , she obliges .
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bart stops to smell the roosevelts
is the second episode of season 23 . it originally aired on october 2 , 2011 . theodore roosevelt guest stars as himself , via archived audio recordings .
springfield elementary school holds a fund - raising auction , announced as
drowning in debt
on the school ' s marquee sign . bart , seeing an opportunity for mischief , pulls a prank via phone , telling auctioneer principal skinner that he ' s an english widow called edith knickertwist . he places bids of thousands of dollars on each item in the auction , meaning that the school would have raised $ 116 , 000 had the bids been real . however , bart reveals the prank in front of everyone attending the auction , disgusting the parents and teachers and publicly embarrassing skinner . the next morning , superintendent chalmers confronts skinner over his handling of the auction , calling him
a nitwit in an ill - fitting suit
. at this , skinner is finally pushed over the edge , loses his temper , and challenges chalmers to take over bart ' s education if he thinks it ' s so easy . chalmers accepts the challenge , promising that
for once , that boy is going to learn something .
bart ' s new education , chalmers - style , begins at the springfield library and the topic is american history . chalmers is appalled when bart only recognizes a few of the presidents , but he sees a picture of theodore roosevelt and an idea comes to him . he asks bart ,
what if i told you there was a president who was an actual cowboy ?
bart says that he would only pretend to be interested , but chalmers figures that ' s a good enough place to start . after reading books and watching an online multimedia presentation about roosevelt , bart is genuinely interested in him and is impressed that he was once shot by a saloon keeper while giving a speech , yet still finished it . for the first time in his life , bart wants to learn more , and chalmers is pleased with his success .
bart ' s enthusiasm about teddy roosevelt spills over onto jimbo , nelson , dolph and milhouse . bart asks chalmers if they can join in their studies . chalmers readily agrees , and says that the group will take an overnight trip into springfield forest to search for roosevelt ' s legendary lost pair of spectacles . nelson finds them in a ditch , but falls in and is slightly injured . mrs . muntz sues the school , and state comptroller atkins fires chalmers for taking the boys on an unauthorized field trip .
timmy taylor : ott the snot ! i mean , principal snot , i mean . . . principal ott : timmy taylor . . . carl banks : you two know each other ? boys : he ' s our principal ! carl banks : they let you work with kids ? principal ott : who would ever suspect an elementary school principal ?
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an escaped convict ( jim varney ) manages to elude the police but is captured by a 10 - year - old ( joey zimmerman ) who plans to use him for a school project .
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