This is a documentary about Bruno Lawrence, one of New Zealand's wildest and most intriguing entertainers. Lawrence, who died...
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2000
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Also known as Behind the Frontline and Breaking News, this satirical series offered behind-the-scenes glimpses of a typical...
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1994
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The dreams and trials of an aspiring young comic are presented in the Australian film. Gino does not want to follow in his...
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Mr. Palizetti
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1994
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Alternating between urban affluence and rural squalor in its New Zealand setting, this contemporary update of the Brothers...
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Teddy
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1993
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"Rainbow Warrior" was the name of a real-life Greenpeace vessel, which embarked upon a worldwide pro-ecological mission in...
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1993
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Also released as Spotswood, The Efficiency Expert stars Anthony Hopkins as Wallace, a cold-blooded management consultant,...
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Robert
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1992
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The time is the mid-1950s; the place is a small, conservative town in Australia. Brownie (Charlie Schlatter) and Lola...
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Bosun
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1989
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In this stylish and smart 1988 thriller, reporter Tom Stewart accidentally falls on the wrong side (not that he's ever on the...
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Det. Sgt. Ray Birch
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1989
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Sonny
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1988
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This Australian-made sci-fi tale is about a surfer who stops in for a bite to eat at a 1940s-type diner. Eventually he...
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Ryder
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1988
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Danny Molloy (Rodney Harvey) is a wisecracking kid from Brooklyn who travels to the Australian outback in this light teen...
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Nat Molloy
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1987
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1986
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The New Zealand-produced thriller Bridge to Nowhere takes place in and around an actual unfinished bridge, abandoned in the...
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Mac
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1986
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Wendy Hughes plays a gorgeous nurse tending to emotionally disturbed Australian soldiers during WWII. Private Gary Sweet...
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Matt Sawyer
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1985
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In a tour-de-force sci-fi story with only three main characters, Kiwi director Geoffrey Murphy creates an interesting dynamic...
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Screenwriter, Zac Hobson
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1985
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Flawed by very uneven acting and technical problems, this black comedy about a near-rape and its consequences takes a cue...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1984
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Dramatically set against New Zealand's North Island scenery, this uneven but well-acted story is about Cathy (Mary Regan) --...
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Screenwriter, Daley
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1984
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Utu is the Maori word for "Retribution," which sums up the chief motivating factor of this New Zealand-produced drama. Set in...
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Williamson
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1983
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This funky and intelligent sci-fi-horror sleeper from New Zealand features Gary Day as the maniacal Dr. Howell, director of...
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1983
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Filmed in 1981, this New Zealand-based TV production was distributed internationally in 1983. Titled simply...
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1983
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1982
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The New Zealand-filmed Wild Horses stars Keith Aberdein as an itinerant logger. Aberdein is hired by a national park to help...
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Tyson
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1982
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A key entry in the "renaissance" of the New Zealand film industry, Smash Palace stars Bruno Lawrence as an ex-racing champ....
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Screenwriter, Al Shaw
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1981
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Actor David Hemmings made one of his periodic forays into directing with the lightning-paced Race For the Yankee Zephyr. The...
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1981
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This innocuous New Zealand-filmed "road" movie is buoyed by engaging performances and superb cinematography. The protagonists...
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1981
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt is a true story of New Zealand justice gone awry. A married couple named Crewe is murdered, and...
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1980
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