Waiting at the Royal is a 2000 Australian drama film starring Catherine McClements, Noni Hazlehurst, Josephine Byrnes and Jo Kennedy. It is about four women from very different backgrounds sharing a maternity ward.
, 1h38 ActeursNoni Hazlehurst, Alan Fletcher, Danny Adcock, Colin McEwan Note63% Fran (Noni Hazlehurst) is a likeably vivacious but irresponsible mother of three children, each from a different relationship. She is a product of the welfare system and several foster homes, and of an alcoholic mother and a father she never knew. Passionate about protecting her children from the community welfare authorities, whom she paints as the enemy, she nevertheless fails to do so.
, 1h40 Réalisé parGeorge Ogilvie ThèmesLa mer, Transport ActeursBryan Brown, Rebecca Smart, Noni Hazlehurst, Ray Meagher Note74% 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.
, 1h31 Réalisé parMaurice Murphy GenresComédie, Fantasy ActeursBen Oxenbould, Rebecca Rigg, Martin Lewis, Bert Newton, Robert Hughes, Noni Hazlehurst Note65% Set in inner-city Woolloomooloo in Sydney, New South Wales in 1930, the neighbourhood nice guys are led by Fatty (real name Hubert Finn), an ambitious 10-year-old with an eye for making a quid. From shady frog jumping contests to a fixed goat race, Fatty uses his enterprise to raise enough money to buy a crystal set (radio without a separate power supply) that's worth seventeen shillings & sixpence (17/6), more than his Dad earns in a year. Bruiser Murphy the bully and his gang try to stop him. Fatty uses his brains against his enemies' brawn to eventually triumph.