Jack Thompson
This list shows all the titles currently on australianscreen that include Jack Thompson in a principal role. It is not a comprehensive filmography.
As a cast member:
Sunday Too Far Away (1975)
On an outback station in 1956, hard-drinking shearers battle the clock, the sheep and each other for the position of ‘gun shearer’, the one with the highest tally. ...
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
Daniel Morgan (Dennis Hopper) becomes a bushranger after hard times in prison and the Victorian goldfields. Saved by Billy, an Aboriginal outcast (David Gulpilil), the two men terrorise…
Caddie (1976)
In Sydney in 1925, Caddie (Helen Morse) gets a job as a barmaid, after walking out on an unfaithful husband. She has no money and two children to…
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)
In central-western New South Wales in the 1890s, a young half-caste Aboriginal man raised by missionaries kills most of a family of white farmers, after an argument about…
Breaker Morant (1979)
In the Boer War in South Africa in 1901, three Australian ‘irregular’ soldiers are tried by a British military court for the murder of 12 prisoners and a…
The Club (1980)
Laurie Holden (Jack Thompson) is coach of a Victorian Football League (VFL) team that hasn’t won a premiership for 19 years. Club president Ted Parker (Graham Kennedy) brings…
Give Trees a Chance: The Story of Terania Creek (1980)
The documentary records the protest by local residents to stop logging in the rainforest of Terania Creek north of Lismore and west of Cape Byron NSW in the…
Snow… Down Under (1982)
Three friends ski on Mount Kosciuszko, Australia’s highest mountain. On the way they encounter bad weather and also have some fun. Intercut with this, the history of skiing…
The Man from Snowy River (1982)
In the Australian Alps in 1880, a young stockman, Jim Craig (Tom Burlinson) must prove his worth when a valuable colt runs off to join a mob of…
A Shifting Dreaming (1982)
A partly-dramatised documentary by Bob Plasto, which attempts to trace Indigenous and non-Indigenous relations through three significant events: the Coniston massacre in the Northern Territory in 1928 in…
Waterfront – Episode 1 (1984)
It’s 1928 and the waterfront unions in Melbourne are gearing up for a struggle with the shipowners who are trying to take away hard-won wages and working conditions…
Waterfront – Episode 2 (1984)
Max Woodbury (Jack Thompson) is the iconic Aussie bloke. He’d far rather spend an evening at the Tivoli with his girl (Noni Hazlehurst) than take on the responsibility…
Jack Thompson Down Under – Episode 3 (1987)
This magazine-style show presents aspects of Australian life culled from footage shot over the years by the ABC for their groundbreaking television documentary series ??A Big…
The Last Whale (1994)
The documentary was produced to promote a ban on whaling worldwide. Greenpeace and other organisations want the killing of all whales to stop. Japan and Norway argue that…
Seeking Asylum (2002)
A report on the status and treatment of asylum seekers in 2002. The documentary uses archival footage, interviews with asylum seekers, people involved in care capacities and politicians. ...
Black Soldier Blues (2004)
Black Soldier Blues looks back on the period during the Second World War when American servicemen were stationed in Queensland. African American veterans talk with candour about the…
Oyster Farmer (2004)
Jack Flange (Alex O’Lachlan) takes a job as an oyster farmer on the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney. To help his sister (Claudia Harrison), who’s recuperating after a…
Not Quite Hollywood (2008)
Not Quite Hollywood is a documentary about Australian exploitation films of the 1970s and 80s. In the 1960s, local feature film production was virtually nonexistent and Australian film…
