Subgenre Sampler
Mark II (1987)- Dir. John Anderson
- Three unemployed Maori youth embark on a bumpy ride south in their Mark II Ford Zephyr. The young novice actors exude charm and raw energy that…
Arriving Tuesday (1986)- Dir. Richard Riddiford
Feat. Judy McIntosh, Peter Hayden - An estranged couple try to rekindle their romance by taking a holiday which only seems to make matters worse. A poignant love story.
Leading Edge, The (1986)- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Billy T. James - Adventure docu–drama that's little more than an excuse to show off some wonderful South Island scenery and awesome ski theatrics. Billy T.…
Queen City Rocker (1986)- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Matthew Hunter, William Edwardson, Sarah Douglas - Four days in the life of a young Auckland punk looking to escape the treadmill of violence and crime.
Leave All Fair (1985)- Dir. John Reid
Feat. John Gielgud, Jane Birkin - A rewarding drama set among the memories of John Middleton Murray (John Gielgud), husband of NZ writer Katherine Mansfield (Jane Birkin). Well worth…
Lost Tribe, The (1985)- Dir. John Laing
Feat. John Bach, Darien Takle, Martyn Sanderson… - John Bach's performance is the highlight of this mysterious drama in which he plays a man suspected of murdering his anthropologist brother who has…
Mesmerized (1985)- Dir. Michael Laughlin
Feat. Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy… - Jodie Foster plays a young woman in colonial NZ who flees an orphanage but finds herself trapped in an arranged marriage to a much older business man…
Should I Be Good or Should I Be Evil? (1985)- Dir. Graham McLean
Feat. Beaver , Harry Lyon - Musos Beaver and Harry Lyon from Hello Sailor have a bash at acting in a story based on the Mr Asia drug–ring. Music by Hammond Gamble.
Sylvia (1985)- Dir. Michael Firth
Feat. Eleanor David - Eleanor David plays Sylvia Ashton–Warner, educational cruasader and best–selling author in the 1940s.
Among the Cinders (1984)- Dir. Rolf Haedrich
Feat. Paul O'Shea, Derek Hardwick, Yvonne Lawley - A tender chronicle of a 16–year–old's rite–of–passage who finds first love with an older woman embittered by her experience…
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