''The Footstep Man'' is a New Zealand film released in 1992. It was directed and co-written by
Leon Narbey
Leon Gordon Alexander Narbey (born 2 August 1947) is a New Zealand cinematographer.
Born in Helensville, Narbey was educated at the Elam School of Fine Arts, specialising in sculpture. He married Anita Janske Narbey (1944 - 2019) in 1966 and th ...
. It depicts a film within a film where
foley artist
In filmmaking, Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. It is named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley (sound effects artist), Jack Foley ...
(footstep man) Sam interacts with a character in the film he is working on.
Cast
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Steven Grives
Steven Grives is an English actor based in Australia.
Grives made his debut at age 14 on stage at Drury Lane. He went on to feature in '' The Sandbaggers'' before getting a lead role in '' Flambards''. After featuring in '' The Ravelled T ...
as Sam
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Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Jennifer Cecily Ward-Lealand (born 8 November 1962) is a New Zealand theatre and film actor, director, teacher and intimacy coordinator. She has worked for 40 years, appearing in over 120 theatre performances: Greek, Shakespeare, drama, comedy ...
as Mirielle/Sarah
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Michael Hurst
Michael Eric Hurst New Zealand Order of Merit, ONZM (born 20 September 1957) is a New Zealand actor, director and writer. He acted in the television programs ''Hercules: The Legendary Journeys'' and companion series ''Xena: Warrior Princess'' ...
as
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Count, ''Comte'' Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901), known as Toulouse-Lautrec (), was a French painter, printmaker, draughtsman, caricaturist, and illustrator whose immersion in the colour ...
/Michael
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Sarah Smuts-Kennedy as Marcelle
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Rosey Jones as Vida
*Peter Dennett as Jake
*Jorge Quezeda as Riccardo
Reception
Francine Laurendeau from Le Devoir writes "Étonnante surtout cette vision du cméma å travers la bande sonore. Car ''The Footstep Man'' est d'abord une réflexion sur l'importance de la bande sonore et sur la sédursante tricherie qu'elle constitue." (Roughly translating to This vision of cinema through the soundtrack is especially astonishing. For ''The Footstep Man'' is first and foremost a reflection on the importance of the soundtrack and the seductive deception it constitutes). The Canberra Times' Dougal McDonald says "It's a good story which Narbey handles well". Mark Tierney, writing in Listener, says "The Footstep Man is a difficult film. Its tone of cramped despair is rarely alleviated."
Awards
New Zealand Film and TV Awards 1992
*Best Cinematography - Allen Guilford - won
*Best Film Editing - David Coulson - won
*Best Film - nominated
*Best Director - Leon Narbey - nominated
*Best Screenplay - nominated
*Best Female Performance - Jennifer Ward-Lealand - nominated
*Best Female Supporting Performance - Sarah Smuts-Kennedy - nominated
*Best Male Supporting Performance - Michael Hurst - nominated
References
*''New Zealand film, 1912-1996'' by Helen Martin, Sam Edwards. Oxford University Press, 1997. pg 164
*''Shadows on the wall : a study of seven New Zealand feature films'' by Barbara Cairns, Helen Martin. Longman Paul, 1994
External links
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1992 films
New Zealand historical films
1990s English-language films