Mix-and-match from
the AroVideo archives!
Subgenre Sampler
Hopeless (2000)
- Dir. Stephen Hickey
Feat. Philip Pinner, Scott Wills, Adam Gardiner - Charming enough to have inspired a 26–episode TV series, this rookie Kiwi comedy boasts a genuine low–budget verve, a charismatic cast of…
Chicken (1996)- Dir. Grant Lahood
Feat. Cliff Curtis, Bryan Marshall, Martyn Sanderson… - Blackly comic farce about an middle–aged ex–pop–star–turned–fast–food–proprietor who is being stalked by a…
Letter to Blanchy (TV Series) (1996)- Feat. Jon Gadsby, David McPhail
- The comedy team of Jon Gadsby, David McPhail and A. K. Grant combined their talents for this successful local comedy series. Features the full length…
Te Video: Billy T James and Friends (1993)- Feat. Billy T. James, Rima Te Wiata, Rawiri Paratene…
- Compilation video featuring sketches from Billy T's inspired television show, including the pilot episode which was apparently never broadcast.
Grampire (Moonrise) (1991)- Dir. David Blyth
Feat. Al Lewis - The Munsters' Al Lewis turns up on our shores to star in a ghoulish comedy as the blood–sucking but well–meaning grandfather of a…
An Evening with Billy T. James and Howard Morrison (1990)- Feat. Billy T. James, Sir Howard Morrisson
- More hilarity from the legendary comic this time joined by Sir Howard. This was filmed towards the end of James' all too short life.
Zilch (1990)- Dir. Richard Riddiford
Feat. Michael Mizrahi - Ominously–titled comedy–thriller in which a clerk (Michael Mizrahi) becomes involved in a conspiracy involving greedy money–men on…
Best of Billy T, The (1989)
- Feat. Billy T. James
- A collection of fine moments from the TV career of New Zealand's very own comic genius.
Just Me and Mario (1989)- Dir. Greg Stitt
Feat. Mark Hadlow - Mark Hadlow portrays a repressed individual obsessed with the music and life of Mario Lanza. It's a surreal, blackly comic take on suburban angst.
Kiwi Shorts Volume 2 (1989-1993)- Dir. William Toepfer, Anthony McCarten, Jessica Hobbs
- Another good sampling of eight short films funded by the NZ Arts Council and Film Commission – also compiled by the good folk at…
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