Crooked Earth

Crooked Earth (2001)


  • Genre: Drama
  • Release Date: 2001-08-23
  • User Rating: 6.2/10 from 2 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Communicado Productions
  • Production Country: France, New Zealand
  • Director: Sam Pillsbury
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Summary

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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  • Temuera Morrison

    as Will Bastion

  • Jaime Passier-Armstrong

    as Ripeka Bastion

  • Lawrence Makoare

    as Kahu Bastion

  • Quinton Hita

    as Api

  • Nancy Brunning

    as Marama

  • Mark Nua

    as Iosefa

  • Sydney Jackson

    as Pettigrew

  • George Henare

    as Tipene

  • Calvin Tuteao

    as Sergeant Ropiha

  • Stan Wolfgramm

    as Timo

  • Sela Apera

    as Huiarangi

  • William Davis

    as Gus

  • Eliza Bidois

    as Grace

  • Mabel Wharekawa

    as Aunty Margaret

  • Patrick Wilson

    as Government Minister of Forestry

  • Ross Duncan

    as Jim Ferguson

  • Anaru Grant

    as Army Major

  • Arthur Ranford

    as Hardware Store Owner

  • Jason Nathan

    as Puru

  • Lionel Waaka

    as Hako

  • Slade Leef

    as Big SOB
Directing Sam Pillsbury Director
Production Robin Scholes Producer
Writing Greg McGee Writer
Writing Waihoroi Shortland Writer
Production Don Selwyn Casting
Production Kai Hawkins Production Designer
Editing Chris Plummer Editor
Sound James Hall Original Music Composer
Camera David Gribble Director of Photography
Production Peter Beilby Executive Producer
Production Henri Dorlet Executive Producer
Production Ernst Goldschmidt Executive Producer
Writing Gavin Strawhan Writer
Writing Michael Brindley Writer
Writing Karin Altmann Writer
Writing John Dingwall Script Consultant
Sound Tony Johnson Sound Mixer
Costume & Make-Up Gavin McLean Costume Designer
Costume & Make-Up Debra East Makeup Supervisor
Crew Augie Davis Stunt Coordinator
Production Ruth Kaupua Casting
Crew Ken Durey Special Effects Coordinator
Crew Jason Durey Special Effects Coordinator
Sound John McKay Sound Designer
Sound Lee Herrick Foley Artist
Sound Phil Heywood Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound John Boswell Sound Mixer
Visual Effects Peter McCully Visual Effects Supervisor
Art Wynter Blathwayt Title Designer

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