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Release Date:
August 6, 2006
Original Title:
Who Laughs Last?
Genres:
Documentary
Production Companies:
Point of View Productions
Production Countries:
New Zealand
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 25
This Artsville documentary profiles Roger Hall, New Zealand’s most successful playwright. Three decades after Hall's early play Middle Age Spread became a hit, the original cast return for 2006 follow-up Spreading Out. Director Shirley Horrocks explores the secrets behind Hall’s successful brand of comedy (which includes dozens of stage plays, and TV hit Gliding On), while closely exploring Middle Age Spread and Spreading Out. Alongside excerpts from both, there are interviews with John Clarke, Grant Tilly, Ginette McDonald on Hall's role in the birth of her character Lynn of Tawa, and Hall himself.
Camera Operator:
Leon Narbey
David Paul
Matthew Perry
Stephen Press
Director:
Shirley Horrocks
Editor:
Bill Toepfer
Executive Producer:
Philippa Mossman
Online Editor:
Steven Mountjoy
Producer:
Shirley Horrocks
Researcher:
Roger Horrocks
Shirley Horrocks
Sound Mixer:
Howard Dunn
Sound Recordist:
Paul Chattington
Peter Kraan
Grant Lawrey
Graham Morris
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