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Hugh Keays-Byrne (born 18 May 1947 in Kashmir, India) is an English character actor who moved to Australia in 1973. He is well-known in Australia as a television and film actor. Outside of Australia, he is best known for his role as a gang leader in the late 1970s Mad Max and, in the 2000s, for his role in the science fiction television series Farscape. Keays-Byrne's first television acting job was in England in the programme Boy Meets Girl in 1967. He came to Australia with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1973. In 1974, he acted in the TV show Essington, which was followed by big screen... MORE

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SLEEPING BEAUTY

Directed by: Julia LeighWith: Emily Browning, Rachael Blake, Ewen Leslie, Peter Carroll, Chris Haywood, Hugh Keays-ByrneSLEEPING BEAUTY is a fascinating depiction of a young woman's reckless decent into a shocking world of erotic desires. Lucy (Emily Browning) is a young university student possessed by a kind of radical passivity. She lets a flip of a coin decide the outcome of a random sexual encounter and she displays an uncomplaining patience when facing the repetitions of her various menial jobs that fund her studies. One day she answers an ad in the student newspaper and interviews for a job to be a lingerie waitress. But she is secretly being initiated into a world of strange new work; one where she will have to give into absolute submission to her clients by being sedated; becoming a Sleeping Beauty. Eventually this unnerving experience begins to bleed into her daily life and she finally develops the will to break the spell by discovering what happens to her while she sleeps. With a fearless performance by Browning, Leigh creates a bold cinematic vision; one where Lucy, both in her clandestine sexual adventures and in her mundane daily existence, lives with the same unflinching and brutal honesty. Death-haunted, quietly reckless, Lucy is a young university student who takes a job as a Sleeping Beauty. In the Sleeping Beauty Chamber old men seek an erotic experience that requires Lucy's absolute submission. This unsettling task starts to bleed into Lucy's daily life and she develops an increasing need to know what happens to her when she is asleep. Haunting and provocative, Julia Leigh's powerful vision is one of the most startling debut features of recent years. Featuring a fearless performance from Emily Browning, Sleeping Beauty is set to be one of the year's most anticipated and celebrated releases. -- VideoDetective.com. Theatrical Release Date:12/2/2011

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MAD MAX
Directed by: George MillerWith: Mel Gibson, Steve Bisley, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Joanne Samuel, Roger Ward, Tim BurnsIn the Australia of the post-apocalypse, a former cop seeks revenge against the sadistic motorcycle gang that has killed his family. Gibson's f...
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Mad Max - Johnny the Boy Takes Out Goose
Mad Max (1979) - Johnny the Boy Takes Out Goose - Johnnie Boy (Tim Burns) is forced to show his loyalty to Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) by burning Goose (Steve Bisley) to death.
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Mad Max - Truck Takes Out the Toecutter
Mad Max (1979) - Truck Takes Out the Toecutter - Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne) gets hit and run over by a truck when Max (Mel Gibson) maneuvers him in front of it.
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Mad Max - Toecutter's Gang Terrorizes Couple
Mad Max (1979) - Toecutter's Gang Terrorizes Couple - Toecutter’s (Hugh Keays-Byrne) gang chases down two innocent people, demolishes their car, and terrorizes them.
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Mad Max - Jessie and Baby Run From Toecutter
Mad Max (1979) - Jessie and Baby Run From Toecutter - Jessie (Joanne Samuel) gets run down with her baby by Toecutter’s (Hugh Keays-Byrne) gang, as Max (Mel Gibson) runs to her, too late.
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Mad Max - Max Ambushed and Run Over
Mad Max (1979) - Max Ambushed and Run Over - Max (Mel Gibson) gets ambushed by Johnny the Boy (Tim Burns) and Toecutter (Hugh Keays-Byrne), but fights back, shooting one and scaring the other.