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As time goes by

Australia, 1987
film

Science fiction comedy about a bizarre encounter between a knockabout surfer and an alien, set in the Australian outback. The alien enlists the surfer’s..

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Roadside cafe

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Broken highway [Widescreen]

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Road hazard

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