Subgenre Sampler
New Zealand: 809 Films to Buy & Rent
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Extended Edition) (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson
Feat. Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen…
- Peter Jackson’s mammoth adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s fantasy classic continues in grand fashion, with increased visual panache and dramatic…
Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Limited Edition) (2002)
- Dir. Peter Jackson, Costa Botes
- Special limited edition re–release of Peter Jackson's second installment of the monumental J.R.R. Tolkien novel. Features both the theatrical…
Lost Dinosaurs, The (2002)
- Dir. Bryan Bruce
- The true story of Joan Wiffen who in 1975 discovered dinosaur bones in the remote Mangahuanga Stream (Hawkes Bay, New Zealand). Returning to the…
Manapouri - The Toughest Tunnel (2002)
- New Zealand's specialist documentarians 'Natural History NZ' tell the heroic story of how a team of a thousand men laboured in the 1960s to complete…
Mataku (TV Series) (2002-2005)
- Dir. Michael Bennett, Peter Berger
Feat. Temuera Morrison
- A well–mounted anthology of contemporary one–off dramas, adapted from the unique and mystical world of Maori supernatural legends. The…
Moon TV (TV Series) (Moon Television) (2002-2006)
- After making a name for himself as the deadpan bloke "That Guy" on "Sports Cafe", Leigh Hart produced this absurd low–budget skit show for TVNZ…
Off (.OFF.) (2002)
- Dir. Colin Hodson
Feat. Colin Hodson, Gregory King, George Rose…
- Locally produced DV–feature which observes the activities of several drug associates, with a style both languid and, at times,…
Orphans and Angels (2002)
- Dir. Harold Brodie
Feat. Emmeline Hawthorne, Christopher Brown, Cal Wilson
- Risk–taking psychodrama set in a fairytale version of Auckland's seamy subcultures, and possibly NZ's most lurid excursion since ANGEL…
Salmonella Dub (2002)
- A series of audiovisuals from the Christchurch based dub–dance group. Part 1 is 8 videos compiled from the albums 'Killervision', 'Inside the…
Shipwreck: Deadly Harbour (2002)
- Dir. Christopher Rowley
- Short but vivid documentary account of the disastrous voyage of the Interisland ferry 'Wahine' in April 1968, in New Zealand's worst recorded storm.…