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Tag Archives: New Zealand
Heaven (1998) Scott Reynolds, Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Richard Schiff
A struggling architect, being sued for divorce by his wife and struggling with booze and gambling Read More »
Sylvia (1985) Michael Firth, Eleanor David, Nigel Terry, Tom Wilkinson
Real-life story of Sylvia Ashton Warner’s pioneering work teaching Maori children to read in the 1940’s. Read More »
Perfect Strangers (2003) Gaylene Preston, Rachael Blake, Robyn Malcolm, Madeleine Sami
Melanie is out with the girls in a country town on New Zealand’s wild but beautiful West Coast Read More »
The Lost Tribe (1983) John Laing, John Bach, Darien Takle, Don Selwyn
An anthropologist disappears in New Zealand while looking for a lost tribe Read More »
Once Were Warriors (1994) Lee Tamahori, Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell
Set in urban Auckland (New Zealand) this movie tells the story of the Heke family. Read More »
The Orator AKA O le tulafale (2011) Tusi Tamasese, Fa’afiaula Sanote, Tausili Pushparaj, Salamasina Mataia
Saili, an unassuming villager & taro farmer, lives happily with his beautiful wife Vaaiga and her teenage daughter Litia. Read More »
Sleeping Dogs (1977) Roger Donaldson, Sam Neill, Nevan Rowe, Ian Mune
Recluse Smith (Sam Neill) is drawn into a revolutionary struggle between leftist Read More »
The Quiet Earth (1985) Geoff Murphy, Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge, Pete Smith
A man wakes up to find himself literally alone in the world Read More »
Utu (1984) Geoff Murphy, Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. Read More »
Crush (1992) Alison Maclean, Marcia Gay Harden, Donogh Rees, Caitlin Bossley
On the way to interview a novelist, Lane and Christina are involved in a car crash Read More »
The Ugly (1997) Scott Reynolds, Paolo Rotondo, Paul Glover, Chris Graham
Simon is a confessed serial killer who spent the last five years in a mental hospital because of his state. Read More »
Meet the Feebles (1989) Peter Jackson, Danny Mulheron, Donna Akersten, Stuart Devenie
Heidi, the star of the “Meet The Feebles Variety Hour” discovers her lover Bletch Read More »
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981) David Hemmings, Ken Wahl, Lesley Ann Warren, Donald Pleasence
In a lake high in the mountains of New Zealand hunter Gibbie Gibson discovers a plane wreck from ww-ii. Read More »
The Last Tattoo (1994) John Reid, Desmond Kelly, Katie Wolfe, Mark Raffety
During WW2 small nation of New Zealand is swarmed with U.S. servicemen who Read More »