Subgenre Sampler
Rental > New Zealand: 789 Films to Rent
Outrageous Fortune (TV Series) - Series 4 (2008)
- Feat. Robyn Malcolm, Antony Starr, Antonia Prebble…
- Further outrageous episodes in the popular NZ series, set around a family of 'Westie' (West Auckland) criminals trying to go straight.
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Pictures of You (2008)
- Dir. Ben Woollen
Feat. Brendan Kavanagh, Jonn Wilson, Bernard Moody…
- Youth drama concerning a promising rugby player whose dreams lie far away from the sporting field.
Rhys Darby Live - Imagine That! (2008)
- Feat. Rhys Darby
- Kiwi comedian Rhys Darby, from FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS fame, performs a stand–up comedy gig at LA's El Rey Theatre to an…
Rubbings From A Live Man (2008)
- Dir. Florian Habicht
- Film–maker Florian Habicht finds the perfect portrait subject in Warwick Broadhead, a fiercely independent, 40–year veteran of performing…
Second-Hand Wedding (Secondhand Wedding) (2008)
- Dir. Paul Murphy
Feat. Holly Shanahan, Geraldine Brophy, Patrick Wilson…
- Sweet–natured Kiwi suburban rom–com that was a surprise hit at the local box office, with large audiences responding to a highly…
Seven Periods with Mr Gormsby (TV Series) - Series 2 (2008)
- Dir. Danny Mulheron
Feat. David McPhail, Tandi Wright, Jason Hoyte…
- Second series of this un–PC yet tremendously popular Kiwi comedy series tracking the old fashioned teaching methods of Mr Gormsby and his…
Show of Hands (2008)
- Dir. Anthony McCarten
Feat. Melanie Lynskey, Craig Hall, Stephen Lovatt
- Quaint but contrived Kiwi rom–dram set in New Plymouth in which a grab–bag of townsfolk compete for new 4–wheel drive by keeping…
Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - 2008 (2008)
- Towering tribute to the late, great Sir Ed. Includes the documentary ‘Remembering Sir Ed: A Tribute to Sir Edmund Hillary’, an overview of the…
Sisterhood (2008)
- Dir. Richard Wellings-Thomas
Feat. Emily Corcoran, Isabelle Defaut, Graham McTavish…
- Ex–pat Kiwi Emily Corcoran wrote and stars in her own Brit–com, playing a Kiwi girl who travels to England to surprise her long lost…
Taking the Waewae Express (2008)
- Dir. Andrea Bosshard, Shane Loader
Feat. Matariki Whatarau, Evan Hussey, Isaac Heron…
- Grief and resentment affect a Maori family and their friends after a tragic car accident in this honest and open–hearted drama set in…