Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Islands of the Empire (1985)
- Dir. Alister Barry, Rod Prosser, Russell Campbell
- Documentary from Wellington production company Vanguard Films (SOMEONE ELSE'S COUNTRY) offering a valuable examination of military relationships…
Journeys Across 45 Degrees Latitude South (1985)- Unique documentary series tracing Peter Hayden's journey from the east of the South Island to the rugged west coast. Made by the same creative team…
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…
Mr. Wrong (1985)- Dir. Gaylene Preston
Feat. Heather Bolton - A young woman acquires a Mark 2 Jaguar that appears to be harbouring the ghost a past owner. Some well executed thrills keep Heather Bolton…
Quiet Earth, The (1985)- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge - New Zealand's best attempt yet at the sci–fi genre. Bruno Lawrence wakes one morning to find himself apparently the only person left on earth.…
Shaker Run (1985)- Dir. Bruce Morrison
Feat. Cliff Robertson, Leif Garrett, Lisa Harrow… - Cult film sees Kiwi scientist Harrow steal a biological weapon that some mercenaries are keen to get their hands on. She enlists daredevil drivers…
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.
©2025 AroVideo | Using the Catalogue | Feedback Opens in a new window | Terms of use Opens in a new window | Privacy Policy Opens in a new window | AroVideo on Twitter AroVideo on Facebook
