Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)- Dir. David Hemmings
Feat. Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence… - Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasance and George Peppard cavort on and over the South Island in search of a 'McGuffin'.
Smash Palace (1981)
- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Grier Robson - One of local cinema's finest hours is this rural tale of a brusque auto–mechanic (Bruno Lawrence) whose estrangement from his family leads him…
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
- Dir. John Laing
Feat. David Hemmings, John Hargreaves - Probing account of events surrounding the much–publicised Crew murders that put an innocent farmer, Arthur Allan Thomas, behind bars for ten…
Angel Mine (1979)- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Derek Ward, Jennifer Redford, Myra De Groot - A punk, Bunuel–esque social satire in which a married couple escape their material lives through anarchic fantasies, staged as dream–like…
Children of Fire Mountain (TV Mini-Series) (1979)- Dir. Peter Sharp
Feat. Terence Cooper, Mark Hadlow - Fondly–remembered Kiwi period drama set in 1900 New Zealand, depicting the conflict between Maori and British settlers from the point of view…
Middle Age Spread (1979)- Dir. John Reid
Feat. Grant Tilly, Dorothy McKegg, Peter Sumner… - Grant Tilly is priceless as the philandering high–school deputy who reluctantly hosts a dinner party for six. Based on the play by Roger Hall,…
Skin Deep (1979)- Dir. Geoff Steven
Feat. Ken Blackburn, Alan Jervis, Deryn Cooper - When an urban masseuse sets up at a legitimate health bar in a small South Island town she attracts as much demand for special services as…
Sons for the Return Home (1979)- Dir. Paul Maunder
Feat. Uelese Pataia - Compassionate screen adaptation of Albert Wendt's autobiographical novel, the first published by a Samoan. Uelese Pataia plays the shy young academic…
Kiwi Gold (feat. Letter to Blanchy, Gliding On, Pete & Pio, A Week of It, More Issues, Rabbiter's Rest, Radio Times Theatre) (1977-1994)- Feat. David McPhail, Jon Gadsby, Pio Terei…
- Three tasty samplers of Kiwi television sitcoms and current affairs skit shows featuring some of our best known comic talents. VOLUME 1 contains…
Sleeping Dogs (1977)- Dir. Roger Donaldson
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates - Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action–thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail–blazer…
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