Movie References

Books

Australia on the Small Screen: Film and Mini-series on Television and Video, 1970- 1995, Scott Murray, Oxford University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-19-553949-4
Australian Cinema 1970-1985, Brian McFarlane, Secker & Warburg, 1987. ISBN 0-436-27023-4; 0-436-27022-6 Pbk.
Australian Film 1900-1977, Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Oxford University Press, 1980, revised 1998.
Australian Film 1978-1992 A Survey of Theatrical Features, Compiled and Edited by Scott Murray, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1993. ISBN 0-19-553584-7
Australian Film 1978-1994, Compiled and Edited by Scott Murray, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1995. ISBN 0-19-553777-7
Australian National Cinema, Tom O'Regan, Routledge, 1996. ISBN 0-415-05730-2 (hardback); 0-415-05731-0 (paperback)
Counting The Beat, A History of New Zealand Song, Gordon Spittle, GP Publications, 1997, ISBN 1-86956-213-5.
Crowded House [the album] Piano/Vocal music, Cherry Lane, 1987. ISBN: 0-89524-340-7
Cultural Questions, New Zealand Identity In A Transnational Age, Studies in New Zealand Culture No. 2, Ruth Brown, Kakapo Books, 1997. ISBN 0-9530177-1-0.
- Discussion includes some New Zealand films. Kakapo Book's address is: 14, Oak Lodge, Eversley Park Road, Winchmore Hill, London. N21 IJW (Later Kakapo books have a different address - see website.)
Discography - Split Enz, Tim Finn, Crowded House, Filthy Rich Promotions, 1994 (from the Frenz Of The Enz/Crowded House Fan Club).
Film In Aotearoa New Zealand, Edited by Jonathan Dennis and Ian Bieringa, 2nd Edition, Victoria University Press, 1996. ISBN 0-86473-309-7
Film Review 1986-87, 1989-90, 1991-2, 1992-3, 1994-5. Now published by Virgin.
Halliwell's Film Guide, 11th Edition, Edited by John Walker, 1995.
Leonard Maltin's TV and Video Guide 1991; 1993; 1996, 1999.
Macmillan International Film Encyclopaedia, Ephraim Katz, 1994.
MusicMaster CD Catalogue, 15th edition, Retail Entertainment Data Publishing Ltd., 1995.
MusicMaster Films & Shows Catalogue, Ed. John Humphries, John Humphries (Publishing) Ltd.,1990.
New Zealand Film 1912-1996, Helen Martin, Sam Edwards, Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-19-558336-1
- review
Oxford Companion To Popular Music, The, Peter Gammond, Oxford University Press, 1991. Entry on 'Film Music'.
Private Universe, Kerry Downey and Chris Twomey, Omnibus Press, 1996. ISBN: 0-7119-4816-X Unofficial Crowded House biography.
Screen Scores, Studies in Contemporary Australian Film Music, Edited by Rebecca Coyle, AFTRS, 1998. ISBN 1-876351-00-4
- Chapter on Martin Armiger includes Cane Toads, An Unnatural History (Aus 1988) and The Crossing (Aus 1990).
Something So Strong, Chris Bourke, Macmillan (Australia), 1997. ISBN 0-7329-0886-8 The "official" Crowded House story.
- Website no longer online, but some pages are archived eg:- about the book
Stranded In Paradise, New Zealand Rock 'N' Roll 1955-1988, John Dix, 1988, Paradise Publications. ISBN 0-473-00638-3 (limpback), ISBN 0-473-00639-1 (Limited Edition Casebound)
Stranger Than Fiction - The Life And Times Of Split Enz, Mike Chunn, GP Publications, 1992. ISBN: 1-86956-050-7
Time Out Film Guide, The, Edited by Tom Milne, Third Edition, Penguin, 1993. ISBN 014 01.7513 X
Views From The Edge Of World, New Zealand Film, Studies in New Zealand Culture No. 1, Ian Conrich and Sarah Davy, Kakapo Books, 1997. ISBN 0-9530117-0-2.
- Booklet on the history of the New Zealand Film industry, including a list of New Zealand feature films, with their availability on video in the UK. Kakapo Book's address is: 14, Oak Lodge, Eversley Park Road, Winchmore Hill, London. N21 IJW (Later Kakapo books have a different address - see website.)
Virgin Film Guide, 4th Edition, James Pallot and the editors of Cine Books, Virgin Books, 1995.
Who's Who of Australian Rock, 2nd Edition, Compiled by Chris Spencer, The Five Mile Press, 1989. There are more recent editions, also a CD-ROM.
- There was an online version, but I couldn't find it 11th February, 2000.

Magazines

Newsletters from Frenz Of The Enz/Crowded House Fan Club, P.O. Box 333, Prahran, Vic 3181, Australia
Premiere, film review magazine, now only with a US edition.
- Formerly published monthly by EMAP Metro, UK, but the last UK edition was in December 1997.
Q, music magazine, published monthly by EMAP Metro, UK.
Radio Times, UK television guide, published weekly.
- Films pages
Record Collector No. 154, June 1992. - article on Crowded House

Web Sites

AusFilms - not online, 6th August, 2006
Australian Film Commission
Australian Film Institute
Australian Rock Database
Australian Soundtracks - Home Page
Bad Movie Night: includes Avenging Angel, Hercules Returns, Les Patterson, Two Hands
British Film Institute
- bfi National Library
Classification/Rating
- Australia - Office of Film & Literature Classification
  - National Classification Code
- NZ - The Office of Film and Literature Classification
  - Film Labels
  - Links - to NZ govt; international film classification; film; censorship debate sites.
- UK - British Board of Film Classification
  - The different classification symbols are at the top of the home page - mouseover/click on each image for an explanation
- US - Motion Picture Association of America
  - What do the ratings mean?
  - Ratings history
Counting The Beat - Swingers Web site
SoundtrackNet (formerly filmmusic.com)
Film Score Monthly
- Links to related sites
Film Victoria
- Helps finance Australian movies such as The Big Steal.
Internet Movie Database

Internet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database Soundtrack Search

Enter the name of a movie, TV show, or person and then click "Go" to get more information about it/them from imdb.com.

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Kiwi Rock, NZ music to 1996, used to be online until the end of 1999. The book may still be available.
Movie Music UK
Movie Ring, The
National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress, Home Page
National Library of New Zealand Catalogue
New Zealand Film Archive
New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Films on vhs and DVD
OzFilm - an academic site devoted to the study of Australian films.
- Links to other Australian Film Resources
Rating see Classification
Urban Cinefile - "The World of Film in Australia on the Internet" - paid subscription to access full content.
Movies DVDs & Trailers - Yahoo!7 Movies (Australia)

E-Mailing Lists

FRENZ - Split Enz, Crowded House and related solo and bands, run by frenz.com
Frenz.com Forum
- Soundtracks/TV/Commercials/Anthems
Split Enz e-mailing list
- Send an e-mail to: splitenz-list-request@eskimo.com
- Subject: subscribe
Tongue In The Mail - Crowded House mailing list run by Marck Bailey
- Thanks to the members of this list who added to my list:-Stu Bell, Alison Bellach, Mark Berlage, Miriam Berlage, Shane Brown, Marjie Cardwell, Matt Dillon, Dyane, Jon Ferris, Joshua Klein, Debbie Levitt, Fiona McQuarr, Brian Nern, Donny Pattenden, Melissa Pellegrin, Drew Robinson, Sheyne, Andrew Tupper, Stefan Warnqvist, Balthasar Weymarn, Kelly Wood, one unsigned e-mail and others.

Credits

Movie credits:-

Adventures Of Mole, The
Annie's Coming Out
Beautiful Girls
Big Steal, The
Cane Toads, An Unnatural History
Coca Cola Kid, The
Death In Brunswick
Death Of A Soldier
Dinner With Friends
Evening Star
Hotel de Love
Les Patterson Saves The World
Love And Other Catastrophes
Reality Bites
Rikky And Pete
Sixteen Candles
Starstruck
Tequila Sunrise
Two Hands
White Mischief

Soundtrack albums:-

Antz
Big Steal, The
Cosi
Crossing, The
Death In Brunswick
Go (promo)
Hotel de Love
I Am Sam
Les Patterson Saves The World
Love And Other Catastrophes
Mr. Reliable
Rain
Reality Bites
Rikky and Pete
Starstruck
Storm Riders
Tequila Sunrise
Two Hands
White Mischief

...a very short piece about soundtracks

Background music for movies was originally played in order to disguise the noise from early projectors. Since then it has become an important part of a movie - sometimes the music lasts, but the movie fades into oblivion.

It isn't available online, but in the October 1998 issue of Songwriter's Monthly there is an article about Marius De Vries and "The Avengers" soundtrack.

It describes what happens when a composer writes music for a movie:- he may have only two weeks to work on it. The director can cut bits out. There has to be enough public interest for a soundtrack CD release. Coordinating different artists from different labels (the producer is responsible for this) is far from easy. On the other hand, it says that a "solid soundtrack...can become a lasting piece of culture."

About soundtracks - writing, finding etc:-

George Fenton describing how he wrote the soundtrack for White Mischief.
John Ruane describing how he commissioned Phil Judd to write the soundtrack for Death In Brunswick, and a few words from Phil Judd on composing the music.

Page compiled by carolyn
Last updated 6th March, 2009.