Lee Smith

Lee Smith

Lee Smith, ACE (born June 10, 1960), is an Australian film editor who has worked in the film industry since the 1980s. He began his film career as a sound editor before establishing himself as an editor. His breakthrough came when he began collaborating with director Peter Weir. Smith is best known for his work on several of Christopher Nolan's films, including Batman Begins (2005), The Prestige (2006), The Dark Knight (2008), Inception (2010), The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Interstellar (2014) and Dunkirk (2017), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lee Smith (film editor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Lee Smith
  • Popularity: 0.3616
  • Known For: Editing
  • Birthday: 1960-06-10
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Lee Smith Movies

  • 2008
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    Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene

    Gotham Uncovered: Creation of a Scene

    7 2008 HD

    Director Christopher Nolan and creative collaborators unmask the incredible detail and planning behind The Dark Knight, including stunt staging, filming in IMAX, the new Bat-Suit and Bat-Pod and other exclusive features.

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  • 2015
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    Inside 'Interstellar'

    Inside 'Interstellar'

    6.9 2015 HD

    Cast and crew of Christopher Nolan's "Interstellar" discuss project origins, the film's imagery, ambitions, incorporating IMAX footage, the human element within the film, arm shooting locations outside of Calgary, the set construction and design, working with real corn, mechanical characters, including backstory, design, the blend of practical and digital effects in bringing them to life, the differences in the characters, the human performances behind the characters, the creative process behind the film's music, Icelandic locations, vehicle interiors, the processes of simulating the absence of gravity, the crucial end-film visuals and influence and inspiration for future generations

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  • 2012
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    Ending the Knight

    Ending the Knight

    7.2 2012 HD

    A comprehensive look into how Director Christopher Nolan and his production team made "The Dark Knight Rises" the epic conclusion to the Dark Knight legend. These cover stunts and action, production/vehicle design, various effects, photography and shooting IMAX, sets and locations, sound design and music, story/character areas, cast and performances, and some general thoughts about the series.

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  • 2008
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    The Dark Knight

    The Dark Knight

    8.525 2008 HD

    Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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  • 2005
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    Batman Begins

    Batman Begins

    7.719 2005 HD

    Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he instead creates a new identity, a symbol of fear for the criminal underworld - The Batman.

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  • 2006
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    The Prestige

    The Prestige

    8.205 2006 HD

    A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

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  • 1993
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    Fearless

    Fearless

    6.888 1993 HD

    After surviving a plane crash that kills many others, Max Klein develops a sense of invulnerability, leading to radical, compulsive actions. Can a psychologist and a fellow guilt-ridden survivor bring him down to earth?

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  • 1990
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    RoboCop 2

    RoboCop 2

    6.031 1990 HD

    After a successful deployment of the RoboCop Law Enforcement unit, OCP sees its goal of urban pacification come closer and closer, but as this develops, a new narcotic known as "Nuke" invades the streets led by God-delirious leader Cane. As this menace grows, it may prove to be too much for Murphy to handle. OCP tries to replicate the success of the first unit, but ends up with failed prototypes with suicidal issues... until Dr. Faxx, a scientist straying away from OCP's path, uses Cane as the new subject for the RoboCop 2 project, a living God.

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  • 2002
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    Buffalo Soldiers

    Buffalo Soldiers

    6.26 2002 HD

    A criminal subculture operates among U.S. soldiers stationed in West Germany just before the fall of the Berlin wall.

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  • 2003
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    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    7.2 2003 HD

    After an abrupt and violent encounter with a French warship inflicts severe damage upon his ship, a captain of the British Royal Navy begins a chase over two oceans to capture or destroy the enemy, though he must weigh his commitment to duty and ferocious pursuit of glory against the safety of his devoted crew, including the ship's thoughtful surgeon, his best friend.

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  • 2010
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    Inception

    Inception

    8.4 2010 HD

    Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.

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  • 1999
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    Two Hands

    Two Hands

    6.6 1999 HD

    A 19-year-old finds himself in debt to a local gangster when some gang loot disappears and sets him on the run from thugs. Meanwhile, two street kids start a shopping spree when they find the missing money.

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  • 2003
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    The Rage in Placid Lake

    The Rage in Placid Lake

    6.441 2003 HD

    Placid Lake has always been different. As an odd fish in a sea of mediocrity, his brilliant ideas are bound to get him into more trouble than success. So when he finds himself flying off the school roof and breaking every bone in his body on graduation night, Placid decides to make a bid for the elusive normal life. To his parents' horror, he gets a normal job.

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  • 1982
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    Crosstalk

    Crosstalk

    4.714 1982 HD

    A computer genius is confined to a penthouse after a car accident, with only a nurse to look after him. But the advanced computer systems designed to make his life easier appear to be taking control.

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  • 2012
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    The Dark Knight Rises

    The Dark Knight Rises

    7.789 2012 HD

    Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

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  • 1987
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    Howling III: The Marsupials

    Howling III: The Marsupials

    4.511 1987 HD

    A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?

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  • 2014
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    Interstellar

    Interstellar

    8.464 2014 HD

    The adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

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  • 2024
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    Argylle

    Argylle

    6.018 2024 HD

    When the plots of reclusive author Elly Conway's fictional espionage novels begin to mirror the covert actions of a real-life spy organization, quiet evenings at home become a thing of the past. Accompanied by her cat Alfie and Aidan, a cat-allergic spy, Elly races across the world to stay one step ahead of the killers as the line between Conway's fictional world and her real one begins to blur.

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  • 1986
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    Dead End Drive-In

    Dead End Drive-In

    5.6 1986 HD

    In the future, a health nut and his tag-along girlfriend become trapped in a drive-in theater that has become a concentration camp for outcast youths.

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  • 2011
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    X-Men: First Class

    X-Men: First Class

    7.3 2011 HD

    Before Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr took the names Professor X and Magneto, they were two young men discovering their powers for the first time. Before they were arch-enemies, they were closest of friends, working together with other mutants (some familiar, some new), to stop the greatest threat the world has ever known.

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  • 2022
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    Empire of Light

    Empire of Light

    6.628 2022 HD

    The duty manager of a seaside cinema, who is struggling with her mental health, forms a relationship with a new employee on the south coast of England in the 1980s.

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  • 2015
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    Spectre

    Spectre

    6.565 2015 HD

    A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.

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  • 1992
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    Blinky Bill

    Blinky Bill

    5.7 1992 HD

    The film tells the story of Blinky Bill’s childhood with his animal friends in the Australian bush. The peace and charm of their existence is shattered by the destruction of their homes by humans. Blinky Bill rallies his friends, in a series of exciting adventures, as they battle to protect their homes from destruction and as he rescues his mother from captivity.

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  • 1998
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    The Truman Show

    The Truman Show

    8.149 1998 HD

    An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show.

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  • 2010
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    The Way Back

    The Way Back

    7.001 2010 HD

    A small band of multicultural convicts stages a daring escape from a WWII-era Siberian gulag, and embarks on a treacherous journey across five countries in a desperate race for freedom and survival.

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  • 2013
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    Elysium

    Elysium

    6.514 2013 HD

    In the year 2159, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined Earth. Secretary Rhodes, a hard line government official, will stop at nothing to enforce anti-immigration laws and preserve the luxurious lifestyle of the citizens of Elysium. That doesn’t stop the people of Earth from trying to get in, by any means they can. When unlucky Max is backed into a corner, he agrees to take on a daunting mission that, if successful, will not only save his life, but could bring equality to these polarized worlds.

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  • 2013
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    Ender's Game

    Ender's Game

    6.586 2013 HD

    Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender's Game is the story of the Earth's most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

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  • 2022
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    The 355

    The 355

    6.042 2022 HD

    A group of top female agents from American, British, Chinese, Colombian, and German government agencies are drawn together to try and stop an organization from acquiring a deadly weapon to send the world into chaos.

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  • 1994
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    Little Women

    Little Women

    7.279 1994 HD

    Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

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  • 2017
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    Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    7.45 2017 HD

    The story of the miraculous evacuation of Allied soldiers from Belgium, Britain, Canada and France, who were cut off and surrounded by the German army from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk between May 26th and June 4th 1940 during World War II.

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  • 1989
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    Communion

    Communion

    5.3 1989 HD

    A novelist's wife and son see him changed by an apparent encounter with aliens in the mountains.

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  • 1992
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    Turtle Beach

    Turtle Beach

    4.9 1992 HD

    Reporter Judith Wilkes leaves her husband and two sons in Sydney and goes to Malaysia to cover the story of the Vietnamese boat people. She becomes romantically involved with Kanan, and strikes up a friendship with Lady Minou Hobday, who keeps a regular vigil at "Turtle Beach" where the refugees try to secretly land, in the hope that one day her own children will arrive. Accompanying Minou one night, Judith witnesses a brutal massacre by the Malaysians, which spurs her on to expose the horrors of the internment camps at Bidong.

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  • 1987
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    Howling III: The Marsupials

    Howling III: The Marsupials

    4.511 1987 HD

    A strange race of human-like marsupials appear suddenly in Australia, and a sociologist who studies these creatures falls in love with a female one. Is this a dangerous combination?

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  • 1997
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    Joey

    Joey

    5.5 1997 HD

    Billy is a boy who is trying to save a baby kangaroo called Joey when it is caught and taken to Sydney. Linda, the young daughter of the U.S. Ambassador is helping Billy in his task.

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  • 1999
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    Holy Smoke

    Holy Smoke

    5.663 1999 HD

    While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.

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  • 2002
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    Black and White

    Black and White

    5.885 2002 HD

    Australia, 1958. When a nine year old white girl is found murdered, police are quick to arrest illiterate Aborigine, Max Stuart. Under interrogation Max admits to the killing. With a legal system compromised by intimidation tactics, the skills of his two gifted but naïve defense lawyers are put to the test.

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  • 1996
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    Lilian's Story

    Lilian's Story

    4.429 1996 HD

    For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve out a place for herself. As she explores Sydney and the people who live and work around her she sees others looking for love. Lilian shows us it is never too late to change your life and that even unusual choices can bring contentment.

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  • 1993
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    The Piano

    The Piano

    7.375 1993 HD

    When an arranged marriage brings Ada and her spirited daughter to the wilderness of nineteenth-century New Zealand, she finds herself locked in a battle of wills with both her controlling husband and a rugged frontiersman to whom she develops a forbidden attraction.

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  • 2024
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    Better Man

    Better Man

    7.657 2024 HD

    Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.

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  • 1989
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    Dead Calm

    Dead Calm

    6.6 1989 HD

    An Australian couple takes a sailing trip in the Pacific to get over the recent loss of their son. While on the open sea, they come across a sinking ship with one survivor who is not at all what he seems.

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  • 2019
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    1917

    1917

    7.985 2019 HD

    At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

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  • 2019
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    Dark Phoenix

    Dark Phoenix

    5.963 2019 HD

    The X-Men face their most formidable and powerful foe when one of their own, Jean Grey, starts to spiral out of control. During a rescue mission in outer space, Jean is nearly killed when she's hit by a mysterious cosmic force. Once she returns home, this force not only makes her infinitely more powerful, but far more unstable. The X-Men must now band together to save her soul and battle aliens that want to use Grey's new abilities to rule the galaxy.

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  • 2001
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    Risk

    Risk

    4.5 2001 HD

    Three people discover jealousy and larceny are a dangerous combination in this tense drama. John (Bryan Brown) is a veteran insurance investigator who succumbs to temptation and veers towards the wrong side of the law. With the help of novice con man Ben (Tom Long), John hatches a scheme to substantiate false claims by taking a percentage of several questionable claims his firm has settled for a fraction of their usual worth. John and Ben are assisted in their illegal business by Louise (Claudia Karvan), a lawyer with a cocaine problem who is also John's lover. But when Louise becomes involved with Ben and demands a bigger share of the money, their already-shaky confidence game begins to collapse.

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  • 2001
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    Risk

    Risk

    4.5 2001 HD

    Three people discover jealousy and larceny are a dangerous combination in this tense drama. John (Bryan Brown) is a veteran insurance investigator who succumbs to temptation and veers towards the wrong side of the law. With the help of novice con man Ben (Tom Long), John hatches a scheme to substantiate false claims by taking a percentage of several questionable claims his firm has settled for a fraction of their usual worth. John and Ben are assisted in their illegal business by Louise (Claudia Karvan), a lawyer with a cocaine problem who is also John's lover. But when Louise becomes involved with Ben and demands a bigger share of the money, their already-shaky confidence game begins to collapse.

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  • 1980
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    The Chain Reaction

    The Chain Reaction

    5.454 1980 HD

    Contaminated by a nuclear-plant spill, an Australian worker hides with a woman and tries to warn the public.

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  • 2025
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    The Unholy Trinity

    The Unholy Trinity

    6.276 2025 HD

    Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t commit. Intent on fulfilling his promise, Henry travels to the remote town of Trinity, where an unexpected turn of events traps him in town and leaves him caught between Gabriel Dove, the town’s upstanding new sheriff, and a mysterious figure named St. Christopher.

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  • 1970
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    Sirius

    Sirius

    1 1970 HD

    An Arctic action thriller inspired by the real-life Sirius Patrol, the Danish special forces unit charged with defending Greenland’s 8,700-mile frozen coastline.

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  • 1985
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    Burke & Wills

    Burke & Wills

    4.5 1985 HD

    A story based on true events about two explorers on a doomed journey trying to cross Australia on foot in the 19 century.

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  • 1992
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    Lorenzo's Oil

    Lorenzo's Oil

    7.1 1992 HD

    Augusto and Michaela Odone are dealt a cruel blow by fate when their five-year-old son Lorenzo is diagnosed with a rare and incurable disease. But the Odones' persistence and faith leads to an unorthodox cure which saves their boy and re-writes medical history.

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  • 1970
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    6.8 1970 HD

    This classic Australian mini series was originally broadcast in 1989 as three 90 minute episodes and tells the story of a young woman who goes in search of the father she has never known. Her search takes her from Australia to England and then on to Bangkok. There she meets up with a charming young man, Arkie Regan, who plants drugs in her luggage and leaves her to her fate when the authorities find them during a routine search at the airport. Following her imprisonment in the notorious Bangkok Hilton prison she awaits the decision of the authorities on whether she should face the death penalty.

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