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Perfect Strangers (2003 Film)
''Perfect Strangers'' is a 2003 New Zealand film directed by Gaylene Preston and starring Sam Neill and Rachael Blake. Plot Melanie (Rachael Blake) is a waitress who works at an unnamed restaurant, presumably in New Zealand. One night, she meets a man (Sam Neill), they spend some time together, before Melanie asks him if he wants to go home. He says sure, and asks: "Your place or mine?" She answers with his, and they go to a dock, where his small boat is. After a short time, she passes out, and when she wakes up, they're in the middle of open ocean, with land nowhere in sight. Cast * Sam Neill as The Man * Rachael Blake as Melanie * Robyn Malcolm as Aileen * Madeleine Sami as Andrea * Jed Brophy as Pete * Joel Tobeck as Bill * Paul Glover as Jim Reviews * 2003 Chicago International Film Festival The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaylene Preston
Dame Gaylene Mary Preston (born 1 June 1947) is a New Zealand filmmaker with a particular interest in documentary films. Early life and family Born in Greymouth on 1 June 1947, Preston was educated at Colenso High School (now William Colenso College) in Napier. She went on to study at the Ilam School of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury from 1966 to 1968, and then the St Albans School of Fine Art in Hertfordshire, England, where she completed a Diploma of Art Therapy in 1974. Preston's sister is the pianist and songwriter Jan Preston. She has one daughter, the actor Chelsie Preston Crayford, who was born in 1987. Career Preston's first film was ''All The Way Up There''. As a producer she has contributed to the award-winning feature documentaries ''Punitive Damage'' (1999) and ''Coffee, Tea or Me?'' (2001) and ''Lands of our Fathers'' (executive producer). Her feature film ''Home By Christmas'' was a dramatised oral history based on her father's memories of his wartim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Film Commission
The New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC; mi, Te Tumu Whakaata Taonga) is a New Zealand government agency formed to assist with creating and promoting New Zealand films. It was established under the New Zealand Film Commission Act 1978 (as amended in 1981, 1985, 1988, 1994 and 1999). Functions and responsibilities The New Zealand Film Commission is a Crown entity working to grow the New Zealand film industry. Their statutory responsibility is to encourage, participate and assist in the making, promotion, distribution and exhibition of films made in New Zealand. Through the financing and administration of incentive schemes they have been involved in more than 300 feature films including '' Boy'', '' Goodbye Pork Pie'', ''Heavenly Creatures'', ''The Lord of the Rings'', ''The Hobbit'', ''Avatar'', '' Whale Rider'' and '' Mr. Pip''. Film financing and marketing The NZFC assists New Zealand filmmakers by providing grants, loans and equity financing in the development and production o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 Films
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after '' Titanic'' in 1997. '' Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by '' Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the movi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Drama Films
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Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the composite eyes of early film actresses Theda Bara, Pola Negri and Mae Murray, set as repeated frames in a strip of film. In 2010, the 46th Chicago International Film Festival presented 150 films from more than 50 countries. The Festival's program is composed of many different sections, including the International Competition, New Directors Competition, Docufest, Black Perspectives, Cinema of the Americas, and Reel Women. Its main venue is the AMC River East 21 Theatre in the Streeterville neighborhood of Chicago. International Connections Program The International Connections Program was created in 2003 in order to raise awareness of the international film culture and diversity of Chicago, and to make the festival more appealing to audien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Glover (actor)
Paul Glover (born 1972) is a New Zealand actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1993. Selected filmography References External links * 1972 births Living people New Zealand male film actors {{NewZealand-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Tobeck
Joel Tobeck (born 2 June 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand) is an actor known for his roles in the television series ''Tangle'', ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'', ''Xena Warrior Princess'', ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', and '' Young Hercules'' and '' Sons of Anarchy''. In 2016 Tobeck began performing as the demon Baal on the show ''Ash vs Evil Dead''. Tobeck lives in Cambridge with his partner Yvette, with whom he has three children. Career Tobeck is known for his roles in the television series ''Tangle'', ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'', ''Xena Warrior Princess'', ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'', '' Young Hercules'' and '' Sons of Anarchy''. In 2016 Tobeck began performing as the demon Baal on the show ''Ash vs Evil Dead''. Just before playing ethical police superintendent Lawson of the 1950s and 1960s in ''The Doctor Blake Mysteries'' from 2013 to 2017, he took a turn playing a crooked cop of the 1920s in one episode, ''Blood and Circuses'', in the '' Miss Fisher’s M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jed Brophy
Jed Brophy (born 29 October 1963) is an actor from New Zealand. He has appeared in several of Peter Jackson's films, including ''Braindead'', ''Heavenly Creatures'', ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, and ''King Kong''. Brophy also appears as the dwarf Nori in '' The Hobbit'' films. Biography Brophy was born in Taihape in 1963. He grew up in Mataroa and went to school at Mataroa Primary School and Palmerston North Boys' High School. He was educated at Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School, graduating in 1987 with a Diploma in Acting. He started acting in stage productions in Wellington in the 1980s. He became well known for his role in Gary Henderson's play ''Skin Tight,'' which he performed hundreds of times over numerous tours. When it was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1998 it won the Scotsman Fringe First Award. The first screen role Brophy played was in 1988 in ''Small War on the Edge of Town'' produced by the National Film Unit. He has bee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Sami
Madeleine Nalini Sami is a New Zealand actress, director, comedian and musician. She started her acting career in theatre before moving to television, where she created, wrote, and starred in ''Super City''. She co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the 2018 film '' The Breaker Upperers'', along with Jackie van Beek, which was a New Zealand box office success. Sami co-hosted ''The Great Kiwi Bake Off''. Early life Sami is one of four children. Her parents are Christine Southee, who has Irish ancestry, and Naren Sami, a Fijian-Indian who settled in New Zealand. Her parents separated when she was 11. She attended Onehunga High School. Career Sami rose to prominence starring in Toa Fraser's play ''Bare,'' winning best actress at the 1999 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. She then was part of Fraser's next play, ''No. 2.'', which won Perrier Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. In 2011, Sami created, wrote, and starred in her own comedy series, '' Super City'', whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robyn Malcolm
Robyn Jane Malcolm (born 15 March 1965) is a New Zealand actress, who first gained recognition for her role as nurse Ellen Crozier on the New Zealand soap opera '' Shortland Street''. She is best known for six seasons of playing Cheryl West, matriarch to a sometimes criminal working-class family in the television series '' Outrageous Fortune'', Kirsty Corella in the Australian television series ''Rake'', Julie Wheeler in ''Upper Middle Bogan'' and Marina Baxter in '' The Code''. Early life and education Malcolm was born in Ashburton, and attended Ashburton College, and graduated from Toi Whakaari (New Zealand Drama School) with a Diploma in Acting in 1987. She won an International Actors Fellowship at the Globe Theatre in London for 2003. Career Malcolm's first long-running television role was nurse Ellen Crozier in soap opera '' Shortland Street''. She appeared on the show for five years and was nominated for Best Actress at the 1998 TV Guide Television Awards. She was nomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NZ On Screen
NZ On Screen is a state-funded online promotional showcase of New Zealand television and film. Funded by NZ On Air, it provides free worldwide access to NZ-produced television, film and music videos. Content is streamed and the webpages provide authoritative background information. The site was launched in October 2008 and is updated constantly. It provides titles in full or as excerpts, with background notes, photographs and profiles of key cast and crew. All material is rights-cleared and there is some content now on the site that had not been seen since its mid-twentieth century screening. The ScreenTalk section is a videoblog with interviews with people from the NZ television and film industry – including Florian Habicht, Rena Owen, Margaret Mahy, Vincent Ward and Sam Neill. The site won a Qantas Media Award The New Zealand Newspaper Publishers’ Association awards are annual New Zealand media awards recognising excellence in the news print media. The first awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
