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Subgenre Sampler
Patu! (1983)
- Dir. Merata Mita
- The 1981 protests against the South African Rugby tour of New Zealand are documented here by M?ori director Merita Mita, providing a landmark in…
Savage Islands (Nate and Hayes) (1983)- Dir. Ferninand Fairfax
Feat. Tommy Lee Jones, Michael O'Keefe - Tommy Lee Jones runs amok in the Pacific, clashing with pirates, missionaries, and a cannibalistic tribesman (played by Prince Tui Teka). Its clunky…
Utu (1983)
- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Tim Elliott… - After the great success of GOODBYE PORK PIE, dir. Geoff Murphy and his team get their fingernails dirty with this indigenous 'Western' that addresses…
Utu - Redux (1983-2013)- Dir. Geoff Murphy
Feat. Anzac Wallace, Bruno Lawrence, Wi Kuki Kaa… - With lavish technical enhancement and narrative streamlining, this 'Redux' version of the 1983 epic restores its rightful place in the canon of great…
Wild Horses (1983)- Dir. Derek Morton
Feat. Keith Aberdein, John Bach, Bruno Lawrence… - A Kiwi western set in Tongariro National Park, and based around real events and people associated with the wild equine inhabitants of the Central…
Battletruck (Warlords of the 21st Century) (1982)- Dir. Harley Cokeliss
Feat. Michael Beck, Annie McEnroe, James Wainwright… - In the 21st Century oil wars have left civilisation verging on collapse. Lawlessness and anarchy are the order of this day in this…
Carry Me Back (1982)- Dir. John Reid
Feat. Grant Tilly, Kelly Johnson - Spirited silliness ensues when plans for a trio of South Island farmers go awry when one of them carks it en route to a Wellington rugby match. Worth…
Next of Kin (1982)- Dir. Tony Williams
Feat. Jacki Kerin, John Jarratt, Alex Scott - Moody Australian haunted house flick about a young woman who inherits a retirement home possibly contaminated with a malevolent spirit. Not a classic…
Scarecrow, The (1982)- Dir. Sam Pillsbury
Feat. Jono Smith, Tracey Mann, Daniel McLaren… - A fine film adaptation of Ronald Hugh Morrieson's classic New Zealand novel about a crazed killer who instills fear and paranoia in a small rural…
Stories on Film (1982-1986)- Dir. Larry Parr, Costa Botes, Lynton Butler
Feat. Bruno Lawrence, Annie Whittle - Three short films from New Zealand. The Makutu On Mrs. Jones (1986) 25 mins Based on a story by Witi Ihimaera, this short film is about a boys'…
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