I Want To Thank The Academy(2022)
Hollywood Dreams
Richard Wilken's is an Australian cattle farmer who moves to Hollywood and is instantly a fish out of water as he chases his childhood dreams of becoming an actor, during the movie we are taken on an outrageous and audacious journey through Hollywood and life, as he moonlights with an unusual job as he grinds away to achieve his unlikely dream of being an actor. The movie is In the vein of Crocodile Dundee and showcases Australian culture in the heart of Hollywood and America and replicates the indemnity of Crocodile Dundee in America.
Movie: I Want To Thank The Academy
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bill Wilkins
Selena Davis
Dennis Ulan
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