Mix-and-match from
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Subgenre Sampler
Kids World (1999)- Dir. Dale G Bradley
Feat. Ryan Mitchell, Christopher Lloyd - Set–in–America, but made–in–NZ, this cute wish–fulfilment fable has 12–yr old Ryan Mitchell and his pals…
Lost World, The (TV Series) (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World) (1999-2002)- Feat. Peter McCauley, William Snow, Rachel Blakely
- Enjoyably cheesy Antipodean TV show based loosely on Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy–adventure set at the dawn of the 20th century where a band of…
Lunatics Ball, The (1999)- Dir. Michael Thorp
Feat. Michael Daly, Jane Irwin, Sarah Ashworth… - Idiosyncratic indie set around a doctor’s efforts to apply his unorthodox ideas in a psych–ward which is slowly coming unstuck. More…
New Zealand Wars, The (1999)
- Dir. James Belich
Feat. James Belich - Praised, yet inevitably controversial documentary series on New Zealand's 19th century history, in particular the various land–wars between…
Punitive Damage (1999)- Dir. Annie Goldson
- Emotive documentary about the ordeal of an ordinary New Zealand mother, Helen Todd, who ultimately sued an Indonesian general for punitive damages…
Scarfies (1999)- Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Neill Rea, Taika Waititi, Willa O'Neill… - Kiwi icons – Dunedin, rugby, Flying Nun music, student life – upholster a formula but well–executed crime plot in which five…
Tribe, The (TV Series) (1999-2003)- Set in an post–apocalyptic future where all adults have been wiped out by a virus and children must fend for themselves by ganging up together,…
What Becomes of the Broken Hearted? (1999)- Dir. Ian Mune
Feat. Temuera Morrison, Nancy Brunning - Alan Duff–scripted sequel to his novel ONCE WERE WARRIORS is as good a sequel as one could reasonably expect. Story continues some years on…
When Love Comes (1999)- Dir. Garth Maxwell
Feat. Rena Owen, Simon Prast, Nancy Brunning… - Earnest tableaux of straight, gay, lesbian and platonic relationships underscored by a music motif and sombre themes of compromise and loss.…
Wild Blue (1999)- Dir. Dale G. Bradley
Feat. Nicola Murphy, Judge Reinhold - The wilds of Otago serve as a backdrop for this modern drama, with young Nicola Murphy (MAGIK AND ROSE) returning to NZ to assume a postponed role of…
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