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.
A mute Scottish woman arrives in colonial New Zealand for an arranged marriage. Her husband refuses to move her beloved piano, giving it to neighbor George Baines, who agrees to return the piano in exchange for lessons. As desire swirls around the duo, the wilderness consumes the European enclave.
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.
After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.
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.
Kako Sauron započinje posljednju fazu pokoravanja Međuzemlja, čarobnjak Gandalf i Kralj Theoden od Rohana udružuju snage kako bi zaštitili glavni grad Gondora, Minas Tirith od ove prijetnje. Aragorn konačno mora preuzeti kraljevski tron Gondora pa okuplja vojsku duhova kako bi porazio Saurona. Na kraju, iako pod punom spremom, shvaćaju da ne mogu pobijediti; sve spada na hobite Froda i Sama koji se sami moraju suočiti s težinom Prstena i Gollumovom izdajom, kako bi uništili Prsten u Mordoru.
Mračni gospodar Sauron traži Jedinstveni Prsten kojim će pokoriti Međuzemlje. Prsten se našao u rukama mladog hobita Froda Bagginsa, koji ga mora uništiti kako bi porazio Saurona i njegove snage. Sudbina Međuzemlja ovisi o Frodu i osam njegovih prijatelja iz Prstenove družine.
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.
U New Yorku 1933. preambiciozni filmski producent nagovori glumce i unajmljenu brodsku posadu na putovanje do tajanstvenog Otoka lubanja, gdje pronađu na King Konga, divovskoga gorilu kojega odmah opčini glavna glumica Ann Darrow…
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.
Nakon što uspijevaju preživjeti početak neočekivanog putovanja, članovi Družine nastavljaju prema istoku, a na putu će sresti Mjenjolika Beorna i Velike paukove u zloglasnoj i opasnoj šumi Mrkodol. Nakon što pobjegnu Šumskim vilenjacima, hrabri junaci kreću prema Jezergradu i naposljetku stižu do Pustogore, gdje će se suočiti s najvećom opasnošću, bićem strašnijem od bilo kojeg živućeg stvora koje će testirati ne samo njihovu hrabrost već i snagu njihova prijateljstva te koliko je uopće bilo mudro poći na ovakvo putovanje - zmajem Smaugom.
Nakon što Smaug napusti Usamljenu planinu, ljudi Lake-towna osjećaju veliku prijetnju. Orci, patuljci, vilenjaci i ljudi pripremaju se za rat. Bilbo vidi da Thorin počinje ludjeti te mu pokuša pomoći. U međuvremenu, Gandalf biva spašen iz zatvora Necromancera, a njegovi spasitelji ubrzo shvate tko je zapravo bio Necromancer.
Mladi Bilbo Baggins uz pomoć čarobnjaka Gandalfa Sivog i čak trinaestorice neustrašivih patuljaka mora pronaći izgubljeno kraljevstvo Erebor, nad čijim zidinama bdije zastrašujući zmaj Smaug. Na svom putu susrest će se sa goblinima, trolovima, vilenjacima, a Bilbo Baggins će upoznati stvorenje koje će mu zauvijek promijeniti život – Golluma.
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.
Nakon automobilske nesreće u kojoj je izgubio suprugu, a on sam ostao tesko ozlijeđen, Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) počinje razvijati medijske moći kojima uspijeva komunicirati s duhovima. Željan novog života, ostavlja svoj posao arhitekta i projekt kuće iz snova, te se baca na novi posao. Koristeći svoje moći, sprijateljuje se s nekim duhovima, koje nagovori da s njim sudjeluju u lukavim pothvatima...
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.
Prije trideset godina izvanzemaljci su uspostavili kontakt sa Zemljom. Ljudska je rasa očekivala bespoštedni napad ili enormni tehnološki napredak. Ništa se od toga nije dogodilo. Ustvari, izvanzemaljci su bili izbjeglice, posljednji preživjeli sa svoje planete. Bića su smještena u District 9 Južne Afrike jer se zemlje svijeta nisu mogle dogovoriti što će s njima. Izvanzemaljci su postali problem i svi pomalo gube živce.
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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