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Topic: Vince Colosimo


In the News (Wed 15 Feb 12)

  
  Vince in LA - TV & Radio - www.theage.com.au
It's a good thing that Vince Colosimo fastened his seatbelt because he was in for a whirlwind ride.
The talkative toddler had just started walking and, Colosimo recalls with a proud-dad chuckle, she was not inclined to sit quietly or sleep: she wanted to meet all the other passengers.
Colosimo is his diplomatic second-in-command, the smooth operator who pacifies angry staff and soothes querulous clients.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/10/20/1097951751708.html   (1138 words)

  
 Vince Colosimo @ Filmbug   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Vince Colosimo has worked consistently in theatre, television and film since the early 1980s.
Colosimo's theatre work has also included productions of A Streetcar Named Desire, The Club, Twelfth Night, Othello and PIAF for the Melbourne Theatre Company, Rose Tattoo for the State Theatre Company of South Australia, and Romeo And Juliet.
Colosimo's previous film credits include Street Hero and Moving Out for which he was nominated for the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in 1984, and which won him the Sydney Film Critics Circle Award for best New Talent.
www.filmbug.com /db/342856   (241 words)

  
 Legal eagle - TV & Radio - www.smh.com.au
Vince Colosimo's whirlwind stint on The Practice began in March with a 16-hour flight to Los Angeles.
Colosimo had been making trips to the US for a few years and has an American agent.
Colosimo diplomatically describes the process of winding up one series while laying the foundations for another as "ambitious".
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/25/1098667678728.html   (680 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Interview : Vince Colosimo
Australian actor Vince Colosimo is the first to admit his recognition has been a long time coming.
Colosimo says “Takeaway” — even with the pressure of being its leading man — was an offer too good to refuse.
Colosimo says there was an occasion when he might have even been able to play Fish and Chip shop owner for real.
www.moviehole.net /news/2118.html   (866 words)

  
 Vince charming - Film - theage.com.au
Colosimo could have capitalised on his teen idol status to work in television.
Colosimo worked in theatre and television, including A Country Practice, where he met Partner Jane Hall, with whom he has lived with for more than six years.
Colosimo isn't particularly political - he listens to talkback radio and reads The Age - but says the birth of his daughter made him more conscious of world affairs.
www.theage.com.au /articles/2003/08/13/1060588451607.html   (1830 words)

  
 WALKING ON WATER 2002 Vince Colosimo, Maria Theodorakis, Nathaniel Dean
Charlie (Vince Colosimo) and Anna (Maria Theodorakis) are nursing their best friend Gavin through the final days of his death from AIDS.
Colosimo makes no fuss about Charlie’s homosexuality, or the plot points that put his journey in motion.
Walking on Water’s Charlie is "Rex" (Colosimo’s macho-doctor role in hit Australian TV series "The Secret Life Of Us") minus the self-esteem and the medical degree.
www.outrate.net /outratewalkingonwater.html   (666 words)

  
 RENAISSANCE FILMS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
He and their father, REX (Vince Colosimo), a miner fired by dreams of getting rich quick, are obsessed with finding opal - although Rex has yet to find any on their own claim.
Constantly occupied in his search for Opal, Rex and his wife, ANNIE (Jacqueline McKenzie), have only the vaguest idea of how lonely and fragile their daughter is. One morning Rex offers to take Pobby and Dingan to the mine to ensure that Kellyanne attends a party without her constant imaginary companions.
Vince Colosimo has recently appeared in three internationally acclaimed features: "Chopper"; "Lantana" and "Walking on Water".
www.renaissance-films.com /index.asp?page=films/pobbyanddingan.html&nav=02   (1068 words)

  
 Vince Colosimo - Walking On Water » ABC Sydney » The Backyard
Vince Colosimo as Joe Sabatini in the ABC TV series Something in the Air.
Australian actor and father-to-be, Vince Colosimo, joined 702 Mornings Presenter, Sally Loane, to talk about the new film he stars in, Walking On Water.
Walking On Water is a low-budget film set in Sydney that explores the themes of death and relationships and the fallout that a loved-one's death can have on friends and family.
www.abc.net.au /sydney/stories/s680611.htm   (202 words)

  
 No flies on this working man - Film - www.smh.com.au
This is your first sneak peak of Vince Colosimo in working-man mode at Coober Pedy.
Word has it Colosimo was determined not to swallow any flies while he was on set.
Colosimo fills out his working shirt quite nicely, but expect to see him in a different guise altogether when he appears on The Practice (on Channel Seven) from next week.
www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/10/18/1097951627070.html   (239 words)

  
 Brisbane - What's on - Movie guide - Session times - Reviews - News and gossip - ourbrisbane.com
Drama starring Vince Colosimo, Maria Theodorakis, Nathaniel Dean and Judi Farr.
Vince Colosimo kicks another goal with his standout performance in Walking On Water.
Anna (Mary Theodorakis) seeks solace in Gavin's married brother Simon (Nathaniel Dean), Charlie (Colosimo) seeks solace in Gavin's left over bottle of Morphine and Charlie's partner Frank (Nicholas Bishop) would rather continue with his bohemian lifestyle and deny that Gavin ever existed.
ourbrisbane.yourmovies.com.au /index.cfm?action=movieInfo&title_id=9251   (272 words)

  
 oxsc.com.au - Old Xaverians Soccer Club
Always in support of his mate, Vince Colosimo ran around taking a punt on the talent with the excuse of “I’m just going to rescue Gianni!” Finally the game began.
Early pace was slow as many players came to deal with the fact that the ground was sub standard, a glue pot in the middle made central play difficult for both Colin Farrell and Houla’s and pushing to the wings became impossible as there weren’t any wings to push the ball to.
OLE MOMENT: this was easy Vince Colosimo did a few things of uniqueness but when he nutted his opponent in front of the cold OXSC supporters, our lips were to frozen for even a belated “Ole”.
members.optusnet.com.au /oldxavsc/2004match/04v1r12.html   (1438 words)

  
 Shadows on the Wall | Walking on Water
The film opens as Gavin (Bonney) dies of Aids, but the death is awkward and messy, and leaves the other three housemates stunned.
Charlie (Colosimo) and Frank (Bishop) find their relationship strained to the breaking point, while Anna (Theodorakis) bottles everything up, slipping into an affair with Gavin's married brother (Dean).
Colosimo is amazingly complex as a man whose guilt and grief are completely intertwined, leading him to acts that may sabotage his relationships with both his boyfriend and his best pal Anna.
www.shadowsonthewall.co.uk /03/walkwate.htm   (377 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Walking on Water: DVD: Vince Colosimo,Maria Theodorakis,Nathaniel Dean,Judi Farr,Nicholas Bishop,David ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
It is Gavin's wish to die with dignity and when the time comes for the assisted suicide, the designated doctor Dr Simms (Timothy Jones) administers IV morphine while Gavin is surrounded by his extended family as well as his brother Simon (Nathaniel Dean) and wife Kate (Anna Lisa Phillips) and his mother (Judi Farr).
Actors Vince Colosimo and Maria Theodorakis are exceptionally fine in their roles and the supporting cast is homogeneously fine.
Vince Colosimo gives a staggeringly sexy and tender performance as Charlie, cementing his reputation as one of Australia's most dynamic and gifted actors.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008973L?v=glance   (2183 words)

  
 DVDActive - Editorial - Interviews - Vince Colosimo
You could be forgiven for thinking Vince Colosimo had been chosen to promote 20th Century Fox’s new line of World Cinema releases based on his ethnicity alone.
But after only a few minutes with the star of such films as Lantana and Chopper you can tell he is actually incredibly passionate about the subject and these films.
I’ve got no idea who that is.” So it was a good experience and maybe one day when I feel a lot more comfortable within myself I might be able to do more of it.
www.dvdactive.com /editorial/interviews/vince-colosimo.html   (1932 words)

  
 Vince Colosimo: Behind Closed Doors: MDA
Vince Colosimo graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1987, by which time he had earned an AFI award nomination for Best Actor for his role in Street Hero and a Sydney Theatre Critics award nomination for Best New Talent for his performance in Moving Out.
Vince also appeared in five episodes of David E. Kelly's hit series, The Practice, and scored a guest lead role in Without A Trace, alongside Anthony LaPaglia.
His feature film credits include roles in Chopper, The Wogboy, Takeaway, The Nugget, The Hard Word, Walking on Water and the multi-award winning Lantana, for which he won the AFI award for Best Supporting Actor and a nomination for Best Supporting Actor by the Film Critics Circle.
www.abc.net.au /mda/behind/vince.htm   (191 words)

  
 SIMPLOT - Clemenger BBDO - Sydney Film Company - New faces speak Italian
The campaign is aimed at mums with older children who currently use simmer sauces while the pasta meals’ core target is male office workers 30-49 who are now eat heat and eat lunch packs.
Vince Colosimo is shown in his caravan while shooting on location talking about how Leggo’s Pasta Meals are the closest thing he can find to his own mother’s Italian cooking.
Just as he has taken his first mouthful Vince’s mobile phone rings and we hear Vince greeting his mother who is curious to know if he is eating someone else’s pasta.
www.bandt.com.au /news/48/0c021248.asp   (318 words)

  
 Chopper - Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo, Andrew Dominik - CIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Chopper - Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo, Andrew Dominik - CIA
Chopper - Andrew Dominik, Eric Bana, Simon Lyndon, Vince Colosimo
I am just an average bloke; an average bloke who's a bit down on his luck.
thecia.com.au /reviews/c/chopper.shtml   (403 words)

  
 Chopper   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This Australian drama is based on the life and times of Mark "Chopper" Read, a notorious Aussie criminal who went on to become a best-selling author, publishing nine books about his exploits outside the law.
To escape, Chopper forces a friend to cut off one of his ears so he'll be transferred to another prison.
Eight years later, Chopper is out of prison and looking for Jimmy in hopes of getting revenge; in the meantime, he's looking to get even with another of his enemies, Neville (Vince Colosimo), and trying to keep his eye on his girlfriend, Tanya (Kate Beahan), who supports herself as a call girl.
www.findthefun.com /movies/m00/m0013968.htm   (211 words)

  
 FilmStew.com • Shatner Needs Practice
On the final episodes of the season, Shatner will star as Danny Crane, a legendary and eccentric lawyer who is the prime partner at the rival firm of the show's Young, Frutt and Berluti.
In addition, Lantana's Vince Colosimo has been cast as Crane's junior partner.
David E. Kelley, who produces the show, also has the option of bringing both Shatner and Colosimo back in future episodes.
www.filmstew.com /Content/Article.asp?ContentID=8042   (269 words)

  
 LANTANA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
In "Lantana," Valerie tries to help a gay patient get over his obsession with a married man, all the time suspecting that the man in question might be her own husband.
Then there's Jane, who remains friendly with neighbors Nik and Paula (Vince Colosimo and Daniela Farinacci), even though her affair with Leon makes them feel uneasy.
While Leon carries on with Jane, Sonja seeks help from Valerie, admitting to her that lying about having an affair is worse than having one.
www.lightviews.com /lantana.htm   (881 words)

  
 Eric Bana Central // news and updates archive
But AFI Award-winning actor Vince Colosimo needs only to remember one name to remind him why he loves his gig so much.
Here's a hint - Bartos isn't Colosimo's agent, lawyer or former drama teacher.
If you still don't recognise the name you should get down to a video store quick smart because, as portrayed by the Melbourne-based star, Bartos was one of the most memorable characters from the brilliant local crime movie Chopper.
www.spybroken.com /bana/news/03_08aug.php   (327 words)

  
 VH1.com : Movies : Movie : The Wogboy : Main   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Vince Colosimo, Geraldine Turner, Kim Gyngell, Costas Kilias
Steve Karamatsis (Giannopoulos) is a gainfully unemployed lay-about who has been called "Wogboy" since childhood thanks to his Greek lineage.
He and his Italian buddy Frank (Vince Colosimo) mo...
www.vh1.com /movies/movie/148560/moviemain.jhtml   (138 words)

  
 nofreelist.com - Take Away (2003)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Starring: Rose Byrne, Vince Colosimo, Stephen Curry, Nathan Phillips
There's Tony (Vince Colosimo), the clean and responsible one, and Trev (Stephen Curry), the disgusting slob who makes burgers with the secret ingredient of VB.
I still don't see Colosimo as a comedian, but he's more of the Bud Abbott to Curry's Lou Costello.
nofreelist.com /review?movieid=438   (813 words)

  
 Lantana (2001): CAST - PopMatters Film Review
Leon (Anthony LaPaglia, who has thankfully reverted to his Australian accent here) and Sonja (Kerry Armstrong) are married with two teenaged boys; Leon is having an affair and Sonja is desperate to rekindle her passion with him.
Nik (Vince Colosimo) and Paula (Daniela Farinacci) are madly in love, with a bunch of toddlers to look after on a single wage.
Valerie Summers (Barbara Hershey) and her academic husband John Knox (Geoffrey Rush) are struggling to come to terms with the murder of their daughter.
www.popmatters.com /film/reviews/l/lantana.shtml   (1028 words)

  
 Toronto Film Festival
He has returned home with "The Nugget", a comedy about a group of three road workers who stumble upon the world's biggest nugget, and become instant millionaires - or so they think.
Featuring a strong ensemble cast headed by star-on-the-rise Eric Bana, along with Steven Curry, Belinda Emmett, Vince Colosimo and Max Cullen, the film will receive its world premiere at Toronto in the Contemporary World Cinema section.
It is expected that both Bennett and the future Incredible Hulk himself, Eric Bana, will be present at the Festival.
www.girl.com.au /torontofilmfest.htm   (957 words)

  
 moving out   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Being an Italian teenager living in the very Australian working class suburb of North Fitzroy in 1982 can be impossible.
Gino (Vince Colosimo) wants to be Australian in this amusing, tender 'coming of age' classic written by Jan Sardi (Shine).
Moving Out is revisited 22 years later by its star Vince Colosimo and writer Jan Sardi, coinciding with the release of Love's Brother, their latest collaboration exploring similar themes.
www.acmi.net.au /7159436D0A8D471CAE358F53B8B63E52.jsp   (86 words)

  
 Lantana
Cast; Anthony Lapaglia, Geoffrey Rush, Barbera Hershey, Kerry Armstrong, Rachael Blake, Vince Colosimo, Russel Dykstra
An escapee from her own unhappy marriage, John isn't the only man in her sights; she's also got an eye on her neighbor (and her husband's mate) Nik (Vince Colosimo).
John is called to investigate the disappearance of a prominent psychologist.
www.dealmemo.com /MotionPictures/Lantaan.htm   (374 words)

  
 walkingonwater
A genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama about a gay man's death by AIDS and the influence he exerts over his close friends.
Vince Colosimo stands out, as he gives a tender performance that shows him at his strengths and vulnerabilities.
It's a novel take on a desperate situation, and makes for a richly layered story and one of the more perceptive films to come out of Australia in recent times.
www.sover.net /~ozus/walkingonwater.htm   (787 words)

  
 Popcorn Taxi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Gino (VINCE COLOSIMO) wants to be Australian in this funny, tender “coming of age” classic.
Both films tell very different stories in different eras, but have a lead character called Gino who aspires to all things Australian, including a blonde girlfriend, until a girl arrives from Italy to make him accept who he is and where he comes from.
Unfortunately, due to Vince Colosimo's heavy work schedule on "The Practice" in USA, we are unable to arrange a telephone interview on this occasion.
www.popcorntaxi.com.au /Events.asp?Event_ID=293   (430 words)

  
 Walking on Water
  The main character, Charlie (played by Vince Colosimo) is well known for other films such as Chopper, Lantana and The Wog Boy.
  The housemates are Gavin (David Bonney), Charlie (Vince Colosimo) and Anna (Maria Theodorakis).
Roger Monk knew that Australian films that were released at the same time were based on “the quirky caricatures of our society.”  Walking on Water is different in relation to other films of its time.
wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2004/walking.htm   (2261 words)

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