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  1. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member Australian playwright David Williamson's 'Don's Party' is one of the pivotal movies of the 'Ozploitation ...

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  2. Nov 20, 2023 · Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery film co-produced and directed by Kenneth Branagh from a screenplay by Michael Green, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Agatha Christie. The film stars an ensemble cast with Branagh as Hercule Poirot, alongside Tom Bateman, Penélope Cruz, Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Josh Gad ...

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  3. Jul 31, 2001 · Police investigating the murder of David Williamson, who was attacked near to his home in Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold, believe a DNA profile isolated from evidence at the scene...

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    Don’s Party is a slice-of-life satire, set at an Australian barbecue hosted by 30-something couple Don and Kath on election night 1969. When the opposition Labour Party takes an early lead, all the couples at the party are elated — except for the “ring-ins”, Liberal voting couple Simon and Jody. As the election win slides away, the evening slowly d...

    The real imprint of the play on Australian culture came from its adaptation into film in 1976 by director Bruce Beresford and producer Philip Adams, the pioneers of 1970s ocker Ozploitationfilms. Although Williamson wrote the screen adaptation, the film has a much more brutal tone. In a documentary, actor Susan Binney — who played “nymphette” unive...

    Contemporary theatre director Sam Strong notes how Williamson’s “enduring power is to speak directlyto Australian audiences.” This year, the film was released on Netflix and Amazon Prime. A re-watch proves how fresh the work still is as a time capsule of the Boomer generation preparingto bring Australia into a globalised world, and a reminder of th...

  4. Don's Party is a 1976 Australian film version of the play Don's Party by David Williamson with a screenplay by Williamson, directed by Bruce Beresford. John Hargreaves plays Don Henderson with Jeanie Drynan as Don's wife Kath.

  5. Mar 31, 2004 · THREE years after David Williamson was murdered in North Yorkshire, the police are still searching for his killer. Mr Williamson, 58, was found lying unconscious with a fractured skull in a lane a few hundred yards from his home in Sutton-on-the-Forest, near Easingwold on March 26, 2001.

  6. Jan 17, 2002 · A TEENAGER accused of murdering North Yorkshire man David Williamson broke down and had to be comforted by a police officer when he appeared in court. James William Payling, 18, of Kirkgate, Ripon, had to be helped into the dock at Harrogate Magistrates Court by two security officers.

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