List of films shot in Western Australia
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The following is a list of films shot wholly or partly in the state of Western Australia
. There are almost 100 movies listed on the Internet Movie Database
as having been shot in Western Australia. This is a list of the more prominent, commercial or notable films.
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...
. There are almost 100 movies listed on the Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
as having been shot in Western Australia. This is a list of the more prominent, commercial or notable films.
Films
| Film | Year | Locations | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abandon Abandon (film) Abandon is a 2002 American thriller film released by Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. It was written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend disappeared two years previously... |
2002 | Western Australia - Australia; Montréal, Québec - Canada | |
| The Actress | 2005 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Aussie Park Boyz | 2004 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Australia Australia (2008 film) Australia is a 2008 epic historical romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood... |
2008 | Carlton Hill, Kununurra, Western Australia; Bowen, Roma, Queensland; Camden, Vaucluse, Sydney, New South Wales; Darwin, Northern Territory; Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Bitter Art | 2009 | Pemberton, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Blackfellas | 1993 | Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Blame Blame (film) Blame is a 2011 low budget Australian dramatic thriller film which stars Damian de Montemas, Sophie Lowe, Kestie Morassi, Ashley Zukerman and Simon Stone as well as a cast of newcomers... |
2010 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| The Bouncer | 2006 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Boundaries of the Heart | 1988 | Coolgardie, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Bran Nue Dae Bran Nue Dae (film) Bran Nue Dae is a feature film adaptation of 1990 musical Bran Nue Dae by Jimmy Chi. It was theatrically released in Australia on 14 January 2010, and in the United States on 10 September 2010.-Plot:... |
2009 | Broome, Crawley, Fremantle, Kununurra, Perth, Waterford, Western Australia - Australia | |
| The Catalpa Rescue | 2007 | Perth, Western Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
| Clowning Around Clowning Around Clowning Around is an Australian family film that was shot on location in Perth, Western Australia and Paris, France.The film was produced by independent film company Barron Entertainment Films in Western Australia and educational film company WonderWorks in the United States, was directed by... |
1992 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia; Paris - France | |
| The Course | 2007 | Perth, Western Australia | |
| Crush Crush (2009 film) Crush is a 2009 Australian thriller film directed by Jeffrey Gerritsen and John V. Soto. It stars Christopher Egan as Julian, an American martial arts champ house sitting a luxury home in Perth. Julian's life unravels when he cheats on his girlfriend, Clare with Anna . It was released in Australia... |
2009 | Floreat, Perth, South Perth, Crawley, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Daisy and Simon | 1998 | Western Australia - Australia | |
| Day of the Panther | 1988 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Death Bet | 2008 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Demons | 2011 | Bassendean, Gosnells, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Dingo Dingo (film) Dingo is a 1991 Australian film directed by Rolf de Heer and written by Marc Rosenberg. It traces the pilgrimage of John Anderson , an average guy with a passion for jazz, from his home in outback Western Australia to the jazz clubs of Paris, to meet his idol, jazz trumpeter Billy Cross... |
1991 | Perth, Sandstone, Meekatharra, Western Australia - Australia; Paris - France | |
| The Director's Cut | 2009 | Bodallin, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Dirt Music | 2011 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Fran Fran (film) Fran is a 1985 Australian film directed by Glenda Hambly. Fran is a mother who abandons her children in favor of a romantic life after her husband leaves her.Filmed in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.-Awards:... |
1985 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Harlequin Harlequin (film) Harlequin, known as Dark Forces in the USA, is a 1980 Australian film starring Robert Powell, Carmen Duncan, David Hemmings and Broderick Crawford... |
1980 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| I Am Bish | 2009 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Japanese Story Japanese Story Japanese Story is a 2003 Australian romantic drama film directed by Sue Brooks. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:... |
2003 | Perth, Port Hedland, The Pilbara, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Justice | 1998 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Last Train to Freo Last Train to Freo Last Train to Freo is a 2006 Australian film based on Reg Cribb's play The Return, and directed by Jeremy Sims.-Synopsis:Two thugs from the Perth suburb of Midland catch the last train to Fremantle. When a young woman, unaware that the train guards are on strike, boards the train several stops... |
2006 | Fremantle, Dalkeith, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Let's Get Skase Let's Get Skase Let's Get Skase is a 2001 Australian comedy starring Lachy Hulme, Alex Dimitriades, Craig McLachlan and Bill Kerr. It is based on the life of failed Australian businessman Christopher Skase, who after the collapse of his Qintex business, fled to Majorca, Spain. Skase died at around the time of the... |
2001 | Perth - Western Australia; Melbourne, Victoria - Australia | |
| Little Sparrows | 2010 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Love in Limbo | 1993 | Cottesloe, Kalgoorlie, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Love in Perth | 2010 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Mad Max 2 | 1981 | Bamboo Creek, Western Australia; Broken Hill, Menindee Lakes, Mundi Mundi Plains Lookout, Silverton, Broken Hill, Stephen's Creek, New South Wales - Australia | |
| Needle | 2010 | Crawley, Perth, South Perth, Swanbourne, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Nickel Queen Nickel Queen Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film made in 1971 starring Googie Withers.The story was loosely based on the Poseidon bubble, a nickel boom in Western Australia in the late 1960s, and tells of an outback pub owner who stakes a claim and finds herself an overnight millionaire.-External links:*... |
1971 | Ora Banda, Western Australia - Australia | |
| No Through Road | 2008 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| The Olive Tree | 1975 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Plugg | 1975 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Plum Role | 2007 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Prey | 2009 | Perth, Western Australia; Campbelfield, Melbourne, Victoria - Australia | |
| Rabbit-Proof Fence Rabbit-Proof Fence (film) Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara... |
2002 | Gibson Desert, Perth, The Pilbara, Western Australia; Adelaide, Flinders Ranges, Lake Torrens, McLaren Vale, Onkaparinga, Parachilna, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Redback | 2010 | Perth, Stoneville, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Red Dog | 2011 | Karratha, Dampier, The Pilbara, Western Australia; Adelaide, South Australia - Australia | |
| Roadgames Roadgames Roadgames is a 1981 Australian film directed by Richard Franklin. The film stars Stacy Keach as a truck driver, and Jamie Lee Curtis as a hitchhiker.-Synopsis:... |
1981 | Eucla, Madura, Nullabor Plain, Perth, Western Australia; Great Australian Bight, South Australia; Diggers Rest, Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Victoria - Australia | |
| Shame Shame (1988 film) Shame is a 1988 Australian Film directed by Steve Jodrell and starring Deborra-Lee Furness as 'Asta', for which she won both the 1988 FCCA 'Best Actor' and Golden Space Needle 'Best Actress' awards; as well as the FCCA awarding 'Best Screenplay' to both Beverley Blankenship and Michael Brindley.-... |
1988 | Toodyay, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Southern Cross | 2001 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Stone Bros. Stone Bros. Stone Bros. is an Australian indigenous stoner comedy film. It was theatrically released in Australia on 24 September 2009.-Plot:When Charlie trades Eddie's favourite jacket, he unwittingly loses a sacred stone, entrusted to Eddie by his uncle, which he promised to one day return to its home in... |
2009 | Kalgoorlie, Menzies, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Swimming Upstream Swimming Upstream Swimming Upstream is a 2003 Australian film written by Tony Fingleton and directed by Russell Mulcahy. It stars Harry McKeon, Jesse Spencer, Geoffrey Rush, and Judy Davis. It shows the life of Fingleton from childhood to adulthood, and dealing with a topsy-turvy family... |
2003 | Perth, Western Australia; Brisbane, Fortitude Valley, Spring Hill, Queensland; Milsons Point, Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
| Teesh and Trude Teesh and Trude Teesh and Trude is an Australian drama directed by Melanie Rodriga, and was adapted from an original stage-play by Wilson McCaskill. The film was produced and shot entirely in Western Australia with Production Investment Funding Support from ScreenWest and Lotterywest... |
2002 | Booragoon, East Fremantle, Perth, South Perth, Victoria Park, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Thunderstruck Thunderstruck (film) Thunderstruck is a 2004 movie starring Stephen Curry , Damon Gameau , Ryan Johnson , Callan Mulvey , and Sam Worthington . The title of the movie was taken from the AC/DC song of the same name.-Plot:... |
2004 | Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia; Adelaide, Burra, Callington, Murray Bridge, Port Adelaide, Strathalbyn, South Australia; Sydney, New South Wales - Australia | |
| Two Fists, One Heart Two Fists, One Heart Two Fists, One Heart is an 2009 Australian drama film directed by Shawn Seet and written by Rai Fazio, and is based on Fazio's own life growing up. The film is set and was shot in Perth, Western Australia.-Plot:... |
2008 | Mount Claremont, Fremantle, Mount Lawley, Northbridge, Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Under the Lighthouse Dancing Under the Lighthouse Dancing Under the Lighthouse Dancing is a 1997 Australian romantic drama film directed by Graeme Rattigan, based on a true story.-Plot:Three couples travel to Rottnest Island near Perth, Western Australia for the weekend... |
1997 | Rottnest Island, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Wasted on the Young Wasted on the Young Wasted on the Young is an Australian thriller, directed by first-time feature filmmaker Ben C. Lucas, and shot by cinematographer Dan Freene, which tells the story of a traumatic high school incident that sets off a fatal chain of events for two brothers... |
2010 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Wind Wind (film) Wind is a film released in 1992. The movie was directed by Carroll Ballard and starred Matthew Modine, Jennifer Grey, and Cliff Robertson.- Plot summary :... |
1992 | Fremantle, Perth, Western Australia - Australia; Green River, Utah; Jamestown, Newport, Rhode Island; Wendover, Nevada - USA | |
| Windrider Windrider Windrider is a 1986 Australian romantic comedy film directed by Vincent Monton. Filmed in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.It features Kidman in her first 'adult' role and includes a few nude scenes... |
1986 | Perth, Western Australia - Australia | |
| Wolf Creek Wolf Creek (film) Wolf Creek is a 2005 independent Australian horror film written, co-produced and directed by Greg McLean. The story revolves around three backpackers who find themselves held captive by a serial killer in the Australian outback... |
2005 | Wolfe Creek, Western Australia; Adelaide, Barossa Valley, Flinders Ranges, Glenelg, Hawker, Port Germein, Sandy Creek, Semaphore, South Australia - Australia |
See also
- Australian Film CommissionAustralian Film CommissionThe Australian Film Commission was an Australian government agency with a mandate to promote the creation and distribution of films in Australia as well as to preserve the country's film history. It also had a production arm responsible for production and commissioning of films for government...
- Cinema of AustraliaCinema of AustraliaCinema of Australia, more commonly referred to as the Australian film industry, refers to the system of production, distribution, and exhibition of films in Australia. Film production commenced in Australia in 1906 with the production of The Story of the Kelly Gang, the earliest feature film made...
- Film AustraliaFilm AustraliaFilm Australia was a company established by the Government of Australia to produce films about Australia. Its mission was to create an audio-visual record of Australian culture, through the commissioning, distribution and management of programs that deal with matters of national interest or...
- Screen AustraliaScreen AustraliaScreen Australia is the Federal Government’s key funding body for the Australian screen production industry. Its functions are to support and promote the development of a highly creative, innovative and commercially sustainable industry....
- World cinemaWorld cinemaWorld cinema is a term used primarily in English language speaking countries to refer to the films and film industries of non-English speaking countries. It is therefore often used interchangeably with the term foreign film...
- List of Australian films
- List of films set in Australia
- List of films shot in Adelaide
- List of films shot in Darwin
- List of films shot in Melbourne
- List of films shot in Queensland
- List of films shot in Sydney
- List of films shot in Tasmania
Further reading
- Adamson, Judith. A Film Australia miscellany. Lindfield, N.S.W. : Film Australia, 1991.
- Collins, Felicity, and Theresa Davis. Australian Cinema After Mabo. Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2004.
- Dawson, Jonathan, and Bruce Molloy, eds. Queensland Images in Film and Television. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990.
- Dermody, Susan and Elizabeth Jacka, eds. The Screening of Australia, Volume 1: Anatomy of a Film Industry. Sydney: Currency Press, 1987.
- — — — . The Screening of Australia, Volume 2: Anatomy of a National Cinema. Sydney: Currency Press, 1988.
- Moran, Albert and Tom O’Regan, eds. An Australian Film Reader (Australian Screen Series). Sydney: Currency Press, 1985.
- Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Film in Australia: An Introduction Sydney: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
- Murray, Scott, ed. Australian Film: 1978 – 1994. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-19-553777-7
- Pike, Andrew and Ross Cooper. Australian Film: 1900 – 1977. revised ed. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-550784-3
- McFarland, Brian, Geoff Mayer and Ina Bertrand, eds. The Oxford Companion to Australian Film. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-19-553797-1
- Moran, Albert. Projecting Australia : government film since 1945. Sydney : Currency Press, 1991. ISBN 0-86-819292-9.
- Moran, Albert and Errol Vieth. Historical Dictionary of Australian and New Zealand Cinema. Lanham, Md: Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5459-7
- O'Regan, Tom. Australian National Cinema. London: Routledge, 1996.
- Reade, Eric. Australian Silent Films: A Pictorial History of Silent Films from 1896 to 1926. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1970.
- — — — . History and Heartburn : The Saga of Australian Film 1896-1978. New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 1981.
- Ryan, Mark, David (2009),'Whither Culture? Australian Horror Films and the Limitations of Cultural Policy', Media International Australia: Incorporating Culture and Policy, no. 133, pp. 43-55.
- Stratton, David. The Avocado Plantation: Boom and Bust in the Australian Film Industry. Sydney : Pan Macmillan, 1990. 465p. ISBN 0-7329-0250-9
- Verhoeven, DebDeb VerhoevenDeb Verhoeven is currently Professor and Chair of Media and Communication at Deakin University. Until recently she held the role of Director of the AFI Research Collection at RMIT. A writer, broadcaster, film critic and commentator, Verhoeven is the author of more than 30 journal articles and book...
. Sheep and the Australian Cinema. Melbourne : MUP, 2006. ISBN 0-522-85239-4 - — — — ed. Twin Peeks: Australian and New Zealand Feature Films. Melbourne: Damned Publishing, 1999. ISBN 1-876310-00-6