Who Dares Wins (film) has been disputed by Kubrick's assistant Anthony Frewin, saying that, "Lloyd, as the gunnery [sergeant] in Full Metal Jacket would say, is blowing smoke up our asses. That film is the antithesis of everything Stanley stood for and believed in." Stewart Lee later described the film as "one of the nastiest films ever made, coming off like Richard Littlejohn writing "The Professionals", married SAS man Collins goes undercover with peaceniks to gallantly probe their firebrand leader [...] only to murder her in cold blood later. Fairport Convention appear as some kind of beardo commie new wave band, playing a weird
The Shiralee (1987 film) The Shiralee (1987 film) The Shiralee is a 1987 Australian television film directed by George Ogilvie, based on the novel of the same name by D'Arcy Niland. It was originally filmed as a mini series and was shot in Adelaide and Quorn, South Australia. The plot revolves around an itinerant rural worker and fighter named Macauley —sometimes described as a “swagman” or “swaggie” who unexpectedly finds himself taking responsibility for his child. The film contrasts the harshness of Australian masculinity with a parent-child relationship. On one of his infrequent visits to his wife Marge in Adelaide, itinerant bushman Jim Macauley