Colin Friels
8 titles
Filmography
8 results

The Turning
(2013)The very best of Australian screen talent combine to recreate the hauntingly beautiful novel by multi award-winning author Tim Winton. Seventeen directors from diverse artistic backgrounds each direct a chapter from the novel, with a star-studded cast that includes Cate Blanchett. Linking and overlapping stories explore the extraordinary turning points in ordinary people’s lives in a stunning portrait of a small coastal community. As characters face second thoughts and regret, relationships irretrievably alter, resolves are made or broken, and lives change direction forever.

Grievous Bodily Harm
(1988)What happened to Claudine? That's what her husband, Morris Martin, is asking. He can see her there, on the videotape, in the sex scenes. But she's not home and friends say she's dead. Now Morris is killing people, trying to get to Claudine's world.

A Good Man in Africa
(1994)Academy Award winner Sean Connery heads an all-star cast in A Good Man in Africa - a wickedly funny comedy about sex, power and colliding cultures. Politics are already strained between English imperialists and the West African government of Kinjanja when womanizing British diplomat Morgan Leafy (Colin Friels) is caught in bed with Celia (Joanne Whalley-Kilmer), wife of corrupt Kinjanjan presidential candidate Sam Adekunle (Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr.). As punishment, Leafy is forced into bribing an official who has voted down a project that stands to make Adekunle very rich. Leafy thinks he's gotten off easy… until he learns the lone holdout is none other than Kinjanja's own brick wall of integrity, Dr. Alex Murray (Connery). Meanwhile, Leafy must also contend with his absurdly stuffy boss Fanshawe (John Lithgow), Fanshawe's lusty wife (Diana Rigg) and their luscious, too friendly daughter! Hailed by the Chicago Tribune as "a grand party with wonderful guests," this wildly witty satire is your invitation to "incorruptible" entertainment.

Angel Baby
(1995)Two schizophrenics meet during therapy and fall madly in love. But ahead of them lies the road to disaster when they jointly go off their meds.

Darkman
(1990)Burned beyond recognition and altered by an experimental medical procedure, Dr. Peyton Westlake attempts to reconcile his newfound love and his quest for revenge.

Class Action
(1991)Taut and emotionally powerful, Michael Apted's compelling showdown courtroom drama is driven by characters as intriguing as its predicament. The only thing Jedediah Tucker Ward and his daughter have in common is law.

The Mystery of Natalie Wood
(2004)What was the life of actress Natalie Wood like when the doors of the soundstage closed? The revealing answer is The Mystery of Natalie Wood. From her fairy tale career through her turbulent life to her mysterious death, this is the intimate film biography of one of Hollywood’s greatest and most glamorous superstars.

Matching Jack
(2010)At the same time Marisa discovers that her child is seriously ill, she also finds out that her husband has been unfaithful for years. In desperation Marisa goes on a bizarre search to find an illegitimate child could be the vital donor that saves her son's life. A chance encounter with another parent, Connor & his son Finn, leads them on a journey of love and hope.