• The Cars That Ate Paris is a 1974 Australian horror comedy film, produced by twin brothers Hal and Jim McElroy and directed by Peter Weir. It was his...
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  • Weir's 1974 film The Cars That Ate Paris. He appeared in the 1983 sequel film Superman III. He also had a little role in Weir's The Truman Show.[citation...
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    documentaries, including working as assistant director on the cult movie The Cars That Ate Paris. In 1976 he directed Film Australia's documentary series...
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  • that state's police force and political system. He was nominated for an AFI award for his role in Stir (1980). Other films included The Cars That Ate...
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    several Australian New Wave films including Wake in Fright and The Cars That Ate Paris. Meillon was born in Mosman, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales...
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    full-length feature film was the underground cult classic, The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), a low-budget black comedy about the inhabitants of a small country...
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    2. Harland Smith, Richard. "The Cars That Ate Paris". Turner Classic Movies. Turner Broadcasting System. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved...
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  • Peter Weir's 1974 film The Cars That Ate Paris Paris, France (film), a 1994 Canadian comedy-drama directed by Jerry Ciccoritti Paris, Texas (film), a 1984...
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    Spence played the Mouth of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003), the Trainman in The Matrix Revolutions (2003), and Baxter...
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  • has won the Australian Film Institute (AFI) Best Original Music Score award for The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), The Great Macarthy (1975), The Chant of...
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  • roles, he landed his first film role as a policeman in the Ozploitation film The Cars That Ate Paris. Further small screen guest appearances included Matlock...
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  • thriller The Last Wave (1977) and the historical drama Gallipoli (1981). The climax of Weir's early career was the $6 million multi-national production The Year...
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  • the Pram Factory in Melbourne, where he wrote, acted, and directed plays. In 2001 he published a history of the Pram Factory. The Cars That Ate Paris...
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  • Washington". Allmovie. Retrieved 25 September 2012. Binion, Cavett. "The Cars That Ate Paris". Allmovie. Retrieved 25 September 2012. Bozzola, Lucia. "Young Frankenstein"...
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    release with Dead Easy (1970) and Night of Fear (1973). The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) was the first Australian horror production made for theatrical release...
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  • (1971) Night of Fear (1972) The Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) Alvin Purple (1973) Libido (1973) The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) Petersen (1974) Barry...
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  • Adventures of Barry McKenzie (1972) Alvin Purple (1973) The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) Stone (1974) The Man from Hong Kong (1975) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)...
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    films feature scenes of cars racing and crashing, featuring the sports cars, muscle cars, and car wrecks that were popular in the 1970s and 1980s. They...
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  • she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars. In the 2015 film...
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  • jointly in the 1970s, all directed by Peter Weir at the start of his career: The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), and The Last Wave...
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  • role as Godfrey Carson in the legal drama Carson's Law. Miles also appeared in Delta (1969), Dynasty (1970) and The Power, The Passion (1989). Miles was...
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  • 2021). "'Lord of the Rings' Anime Movie in the Works From New Line, Warner Bros. Animation". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on June...
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    The Gore Gore Girls Please Don't Eat My Mother Private Parts 1973 Theatre of Blood The Werewolf of Washington 1974 The Cars That Ate Paris 1975 The Rocky...
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    grindhouses – including the works of François Truffaut (The Story of Adele H., Small Change), Peter Weir (The Cars That Ate Paris), Federico Fellini (Amarcord)...
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    This article presents the awards and nominations of Australian film director, film producer and writer Peter Weir. Weir has won 30 awards from 42 nominations...
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  • Fabregas – Black Mamba Jeff Goldblum – Death Wish Chris Haywood – The Cars That Ate Paris Lawrence Hilton Jacobs – Claudine Clyde Kusatsu – Airport 1975 Sean...
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  • the cult film Stone opposite Helen Morse, and the feature film Restraint. He appeared in the opening sequence of Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris...
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  • p. 308. Fountain, Clarke. "The Antichrist". AllMovie. Retrieved November 27, 2011. Deal 2007, pp. 8–9. Binion, Cavett. "The Bat People". AllMovie. Retrieved...
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  • The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) The Castle (1997) Chak De India (2007) The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1972) Charlie and Boots (2009) Children of the Revolution...
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  • films like Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris and Peter Jackson's early movies, remarking, "Weir is a point where Ozploitation and the Australian New Wave...
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