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Sleeping Dogs
New Zealand 1977, 107 minutes
Dir. Roger Donaldson
Rating: [M]
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama / Futurism
Topics: Landmark.
Feat. Sam Neill, Warren Oates
Aroview: Roger Donaldson's nihilistic action-thriller in which Sam Neill finds himself alone between two opposing extremist groups. A trail-blazer of the NZ film industry, energized by the blood, sweat and tears that went into making it happen.
Member Reviews
Average rating 
(Exceptional). Showing 1-2 of 2 member reviews.
5 stars (Exceptional) A true Kiwi classic of one man's desperate battle, caught between an extremist guerilla group and a right-wing fascist government. Action packed, and extremely impressive for its time. ~GenXGirl
5 stars (Exceptional) Very possibly the first locally made movie I ever saw. It's fair to say I was instantly hooked, as I now have literally hundreds of NZ-made movies on DVD. Sam Neill even briefly adopted my real name in the film. Few better, many worse. ~Barry B
Reference Links: Sleeping DogsNZ On Screen film review.
DVD Features
Features a 65-minute documentary "The Making of Sleeping Dogs".
- audio commentary
- English subtitles for the hearing impaired
- 'making of' documentary / featurette
- extra stuff
- aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Close Relatives
- Men with Guns (1998)
- Smash Palace (1981)
- Operation 8: Deep in the Forest (2011)
- Quiet Earth, The (1985)
- Red Dawn (1984)
- Roger Donaldson Collection, The (1977)
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