Australian Actors, Australian Films

Must get some sleep before Parker wakes us up bright and early in the morning, but I just wanted to note that we saw the movie Danny Deckchair over the weekend. This is a romantic comedy set in Australia, starring Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill) and Miranda Otto (Lord of the Rings Trilogy). It was quite an enjoyable movie, if some of the details were rather far-fetched. We were pleased to see two Australian actors in the film who appeared in an episode of one of our favorite Sci-Fi series, Farscape, which is peopled with many Australian actors as well.

Lots of Australia going around our house these days:

The Dish, which is about the Parks, Australia satellite station that tracked the progress of the Apollo 11 moon landing;

Danny Deckchair, about a man who floats away from home on a helium balloon, and find what he's been missing in his life. This may seem to be standard mid-life crisis fare, except that it isn't. Not the deepest thing I've seen lately, but enjoyable nonetheless; and

Strictly Ballroom. This is one of my favorite films, and one that I shall say a bit about at some slightly later date.