Charles Eggen
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I currently reside in Oregon and am older than "The Bomb". I have a website dedicated to New Zealand feature films and their soundtracks. Drop by for a visit sometime - nzvideos.org
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Paul (Macfadyen), a prize-winning war journalist, returns to his remote New Zealand hometown due to the death of his father, battle-scarred and world-weary. For the discontented sixteen-year-old Celia (Barclay) he opens up a world she has only dreamed of. She actively pursues a friendship with him, fascinated by his cynicism and experience of the world beyond her small-town existence. But many, including the members of both their families (Otto, Moy), frown upon the friendship and when Celia goes missing, Paul becomes the increasingly loathed and persecuted prime suspect in her disappearance. As the violent and urgent truth gradually emerges, Paul is forced to confront the family tragedy and betrayal that he ran from as a youth, and to face the grievous consequences of silence and secrecy that has surrounded his entire adult life.
A matriarch organizes a feast with her family, in which she will name her successor. The heart has gone out of Nanna Maria's family. There are no parties — they don't even fight anymore...
A drama about a Maori family living in Auckland, New Zealand. Lee Tamahori tells the story of Beth Heke’s strong will to keep her family together during times of unemployment and abuse from her violent and alcoholic husband.
Ayant accepté d'épouser par correspondance Alistair Stewart, un colon installé dans la jungle de Nouvelle-Zélande, Ada, une jeune muette, quitte l'Écosse vers 1850 avec sa fille Flora. Son nouveau mari fait transporter à travers la forêt tous ses effets personnels à l'exception de son piano qui pourtant se révèle son bien le plus précieux. L'instrument aboutit dans les mains de Baines, un voisin proche des indigènes. Gardant ses distances vis-à-vis d'Alistair, Ada lui fait croire qu'elle donne des leçons de piano à Baines, alors qu'en fait elle a accepté de récupérer son bien en se soumettant aux fantaisies sexuelles de ce dernier. Tenue à l'écart, Flora trahit sa mère en dévoilant cette passion adultère naissante.
Toss lives on a sheep farm with her father in New Zealand. When Toss's father dies in an accident, Ethan, an itinerant hunter, wanders onto the family farm and is given a job by her grandfather. Toss's fairly innocent relationship with Ethan is severed when he forms a relationship with her mother.
A medicine woman - a giver of life - is asked to hide a secret which may protect one life but which will destroy another.
The life story of New Zealander Burt Munro, who spent years building a 1920 Indian motorcycle—a bike which helped him set the land-speed world record at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats in 1967.
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.
In New Zealand in the 1860s the native Maori people fought the British colonials to keep the land guaranteed to them by treaty. The warrior Te Wheke fights for the British until betrayal leads him to seek utu (revenge). The settler Williamson in turn seeks revenge after Te Wheke attacks his homestead. Meanwhile Wiremu, an officer for the British, seems to think that resistance is futile.
A baby is washed up on a Pacific Island and is adopted by a childless woman. The tribal priest takes an instant dislike to the child, proclaiming him a demon. The child is deaf and mute and therefore excluded from hunting with the other young men. Out of loneliness, he befriends a white turtle. When a drought befalls the island, the priest blames the silent one. When the chief protects the boy, the priest plots the chiefs' downfall.
Lucinda lives a fairytale life with dairy farmer Rob, and his 117 cows. But after a freak car accident she decides to test Rob's love for her by trying to make him angry. He passes her tests until a quilt goes missing from their bed and the price of getting it back is high.
Le scientifique Zac Hobson, en manipulant une nouvelle source d'énergie, fait disparaître toute trace de vie de la surface de la Terre. Toute, ou presque, puisqu'il rencontre bientôt deux autres survivants, Joanne et Api...
When Melanie goes home from the pub with a handsome stranger, she’s captivated by his charm and attentiveness. He sails her away to his ‘castle’- a rundown shack on a deserted island. But when seduction becomes deception and passion becomes possession, Melanie realizes that she has been kidnapped. Torn between fear and desire, Melanie must escape – but her ardent admirer has other plans.
Cumberland, 1348. The plague is spreading in medieval England. The remote village of little Griffin is also threatened. But the 9-year-old boy has a recurring dream that holds the key to a tiny hope of survival: a lake with a coffin floating on it. A white church with an iron cross. A falling glove. A falling silhouette. A torch tumble through a dark shaft into infinity. With his brother he recognizes in it a prophecy to escape the Black Death. So they embark with a few men on a journey to a distant cathedral, where they want to set up an iron cross as an offering to God. Her path leads them through a deep and dark mine shaft into an unknown land and completely outlandish time - into the present-day New Zealand of the 1980s.
Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison camp, run by the strict Captain Yonoi. Colonel John Lawrence, who has a profound knowledge of Japanese culture, and Sergeant Hara, brutal and simpleton, will witness the struggle of wills between two men from very different backgrounds who are tragically destined to clash.
It is the 1960s. Two Maori families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, make a living shearing sheep on the east coast of New Zealand. The two clans, who are bitter enemies, face each other as rivals at the annual sheep shearing competitions. Simeon is a 14-year-old scion of the Mahana clan. A courageous schoolboy, he rebels against his authoritarian grandfather Tamihana and his traditional ways of thinking and begins to unravel the reasons for the long-standing feud between the two families. Before long, the hierarchies and established structures of the community are in disarray because Tamihana, who is as stubborn as he is proud, is not prepared to acquiesce and pursue new paths. The story is adapted from Witi Ihimaera's novel Bulibasha: King of the Gypsies.
Sometimes the best things in life happen on the fly. From the moment an injured duck crash-lands on Doug's roof, everything changes. Recently dumped and wallowing in self pity, Doug decides to nurse Pierre back to health with the assistance of an eccentric vet and bird specialist, Holly.
Tandis que Frodo et Sam arrivent aux limites de Mordor avec l'Anneau maléfique, les forces de Sauron envahissent la terre de Gondor. Les humains et leurs alliés s'apprêtent à leur livrer une bataille décisive pour l'avenir de la Terre du milieu.
Soutenu et guidé par un mage, Frodon le Hobbit rassemble un groupe de braves aventuriers pour une incursion au pays de Mordor. C'est là qu'il pourra se débarrasser de l'Anneau Unique, convoité pour son pouvoir maléfique et absolu.
In 1943, U.S. marines are stationed near Wellington. One of them is murdered by the boss of the Hotel Workers Union, who is sitting pretty, exempt from military service and living it up on black market profits. Girls under the control of the union - of whom the victim's fiancee, Rose, is one - give sexual favours to the Americans, in return for information. The marine assigned to investigate the murder, tries to find Rose through a public health nurse who traces VD infections. However they discover there it more going on than they realized, involving a conspiracy amongst the Union, the government and the U.S. military.
New York, 1933. Ann Darrow est une artiste de music-hall dont la carrière a été brisée net par la Dépression. Se retrouvant sans emploi ni ressources, la jeune femme rencontre l'audacieux explorateur-réalisateur Carl Denham et se laisse entraîner par lui dans la plus périlleuse des aventures… Ce dernier a dérobé à ses producteurs le négatif de son film inachevé. Il n'a que quelques heures pour trouver une nouvelle star et l'embarquer pour Singapour avec son scénariste, Jack Driscoll, et une équipe réduite. Objectif avoué : achever sous ces cieux lointains son génial film d'action. Mais Denham nourrit en secret une autre ambition, bien plus folle : être le premier homme à explorer la mystérieuse Skull Island et à en ramener des images. Sur cette île de légende, Denham sait que « quelque chose » l'attend, qui changera à jamais le cours de sa vie…
When Arthur, self-proclaimed son of God, sets off on a mission to find the Queen of Heaven, his world changes.
Ricky is a defiant young city kid who finds himself on the run with his cantankerous foster uncle in the wild New Zealand bush. A national manhunt ensues, and the two are forced to put aside their differences and work together to survive.
Bilbon Sacquet continue son voyage périlleux en compagnie des treize nains, dirigés par Thorin Ecu-de-Chêne, afin de regagner la Montagne solitaire et le royaume perdu des nains d'Erebor. En chemin, ils rencontrent Beorn, être étrange qui a la capacité de changer de peau, et subissent une attaque d'araignées géantes dans la Forêt Noire. Après s'être échappés des mains des Elfes des bois, dont Tauriel et Legolas, les nains se rendent à Lacville, avant de rejoindre La Montagne solitaire, où ils doivent encore affronter le dragon Smaug, détenteur d'un fabuleux Trésor. Entretemps, Bilbo aura mis la main sur l'anneau de pouvoir, «le précieux» de Gollum...
Le dragon Smaug met à feu et à sang Lacville et force ses habitants à fuir les lieux. Les survivants trouvent refuge dans une ville abandonnée, près de la forteresse du guerrier légendaire Thorin Oakenshield dans la Montagne Solitaire. Pour protéger les richesses de son royaume, celui-ci refuse d’aider les fugitifs et demande le soutien de son cousin Dain. La tension monte avec l’arrivée de l’armée d’elfes commandée par le roi Thranduil. L’invasion des orques oblige les souverains à changer leurs plans et à oublier leurs contradictions.
Le mage Gandalf entraîne le Hobbit Bilbo à se joindre bien malgré lui à une bande de treize nains. Ceux-ci pensent pouvoir reconquérir leur royaume souterrain d'Erebor, qu'un monstrueux dragon a investi plusieurs années auparavant.
Her Majesty is a coming-of-age film about a young girl who realizes her lifelong dream when Queen Elizabeth II comes to visit her small hometown.
Wealthy and precocious teenager Juliet transfers from England to New Zealand with her family, and soon befriends the quiet, brooding Pauline through their shared love of fantasy and literature. When their parents begin to suspect that their increasingly intense and obsessive bond is becoming unhealthy, the girls hatch a dark plan for those who threaten to keep them apart.
GOOD FOR NOTHING is an adventurous romp set in the sweeping Old West from Mike Wallis in his directorial debut. Inspired by the Spaghetti Westerns and celebrating the Western genre with an interesting twist, the film follows an odd romance and the resulting emotional confusion of an outlaw who reluctantly develops strong feelings for a woman he has kidnapped.
Un architecte médium arnaque les habitants de sa ville avec l'aide de ses amis revenants. Lorsque plusieurs habitants ont des infarctus, il est le coupable idéal aux yeux de la population. Il va devoir faire appel aux fantômes pour s'en sortir et affronter un véritable spectre-tueur...
A young solo mother loves her son and his needs are formost, but she still has room in her heart for her very broken brother, even as her fundamentalist mother rejects her. But when the brother is responsible for a woman's broken neck, during his burglary of her house, families are changed as crisis amplifies and at times the young mother seems to be the only adult.
The life story of Colin McKenzie, a forgotten pioneer of international cinema who was born in rural New Zealand in 1888.
Featuring the characters from Murray Ball's "Footrot Flats" (New Zealands most beloved local cartoon strip), questions to be answered include: Will Wal Footrot win the affections of Cheeky Hobson over the sleazy Spit Murphy? Will the Dog win the affections of the lovely Jess? Will Wal make a good impression on the selectors at Saturday's rugby match? Can Rangi and Pongo save Cooch's prize stag from the depths of Blackwater Station, home of the Murphys, their vicious dogs and deadly croco-pigs? All this and more will be answered as the small town of Raupo comes to life on the big screen.
Il y a vingt-huit ans, des extraterrestres entrèrent en contact avec la Terre... Ces visiteurs d'au-delà des étoiles étaient des réfugiés et furent installés dans le District 9, en Afrique du Sud, pendant que les nations du monde se querellaient pour savoir quoi en faire... Depuis, la gestion de la situation a été transférée au MNU (Multi-National United), une société privée qui n'a pas grand-chose à faire du sort de ces créatures, mais qui fera d'énormes bénéfices si elle arrive à faire fonctionner leur extraordinaire armement. Jusqu'à présent, toutes les tentatives ont échoué: pour que les armes marchent, il faut de l'ADN extraterrestre. La tension entre extraterrestres et humains atteint son maximum lorsque le MNU commence à évacuer les non-humains du District 9 vers un nouveau camp.
Set in Edwardian England where upper lips are always stiff and men from the Colonies are not entirely to be trusted, Fisk Senior has little time or affection for his son, but when the pair visit an eccentric Indian, they start a strange journey that eventually allows the old man to find his heart.
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.
Boy, an 11-year-old child and devout Michael Jackson fan who lives on the east coast of New Zealand in 1984, gets a chance to know his absentee criminal father, who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years ago.
When a Sumatran rat-monkey bites Lionel Cosgrove's mother, she's transformed into a zombie and begins killing (and transforming) the entire town while Lionel races to keep things under control.
Based on the autobiographical work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, this production depicts the author at various stage of her life. Afflicted with mental and emotional issues, Frame grows up in an impoverished family and experiences numerous tragedies while still in her youth, including the deaths of two of her siblings. Portrayed as an adult by Kerry Fox, Frame finds acclaim for her writing while still in a mental institution, and her success helps her move on with her life.
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