Subgenre Sampler
Drama: 8092 Films to Buy & Rent
School Ties (1992)
- Dir. Robert Mandel
Feat. Brendan Fraser, Matt Damon, Chris O'Donnell…
- A working–class teen hides that he is Jewish when he is awarded a scholarship to an exclusive prep school.
Short Reels: Ten New Zealand Short Films (1992-2004)
- 1. Watermark (2001) 12m.
2. The Platform (2001) 5m.
3. The Little Things (2004) 12m.
4. The Man Who Couldn't Dance (2004) 10m.
5. Lovelock (1992)…
Shortland Street: 15 Years Of (TV Series) (1992-2007)
- New Zealand's most successful primetime drama – a regular weeknight fixture for homes nationwide, and a port–of–call for almost every…
Simple Men (1992)
- Dir. Hal Hartley
Feat. Robert Burke, Bill Sage, Martin Donovan…
- Hartley's third feature re–visits his deadpan, sexy and intellectual world in which two brothers set off to find their estranged father.
Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, The (1992)
- Dir. Michael Tuchner
Feat. Sam Neill, Jon Voight, Tony Barry…
- Telemovie enactment of the French–sponsored bombing of the Greenpeace vessel ' Rainbow Warrior' in 1984. Solidly dramatised with Neill and…
Stan and George's New Life (1992)
- Dir. Brian McKenzie
Feat. Paul Chubb
- Life begins at 40 forty for under–achiever Stan who finally cuts the apron strings, gets a new job and finds a soul mate. A poignant story of…
Station, The (1992)
- Dir. Sergio Rubini
Feat. Sergio Rubini, Margherita Buy, Ennio Fantastichini
- Beguiling film about a disillusioned society woman who becomes drawn to a humble station–master while waiting for the first available train.
Stolen Children, The (1992)
- Dir. Gianni Amelio
Feat. Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Giuseppe Ieracitano
- Two kids are reluctantly escorted from Milan to Palermo after they are refused asylum at an orphanage. A warts–and–all, portrait of…
Story of Qiu Ju, The (1992)
- Dir. Zhang Yimou
Feat. Gong Li
- Docu–drama about a peasant wife's determined fight for her justice after her husband is assaulted. An insight into modern China is glimpsed…
Strangers (1992)
- Dir. Daniel Vigne, Joan Tewkesbury, Wayne Wang
Feat. Linda Fiorentino, Joan Chen, Timothy Hutton
- A compendium of three stories connected only by a theme of American tourists in Europe. Three seasoned directors add class.