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Crooked Earth (2001) [N/A]

Release Date:
August 23, 2001

Original Title:
Crooked Earth

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Communicado Productions
NZ on Air
New Zealand Film Commission
Pandora

Production Countries:
France | New Zealand

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Overview from TheMovieDB

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

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Production

Casting:
Don Selwyn
Ruth Kaupua

Costume Designer:
Gavin McLean

Director:
Sam Pillsbury

Director of Photography:
David Gribble

Editor:
Chris Plummer

Executive Producer:
Peter Beilby
Ernst Goldschmidt
Henri Dorlet

Foley Artist:
Lee Herrick

Makeup Supervisor:
Debra East

Original Music Composer:
James Hall

Producer:
Robin Scholes

Production Designer:
Kai Hawkins

Script Consultant:
John Dingwall

Sound Designer:
John McKay

Sound Mixer:
Tony Johnson
John Boswell

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Phil Heywood

Special Effects Coordinator:
Jason Durey
Ken Durey

Stunt Coordinator:
Augie Davis

Title Designer:
Wynter Blathwayt

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Peter McCully

Writer:
Waihoroi Shortland
Greg McGee
Karin Altmann
Michael Brindley
Gavin Strawhan

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