Patrick Smyth
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Department: Acting
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Gender: Male
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Strata
Overview: The story means to develop through an uncovering of layers - strata. As writer Krumbachova stated: "With nature as a prison, an impassable barrier ... where every action is physically and psychically limited by the environment ... people are reduced to fragments of basic instinct and intelligence." Promoted as a psychological thriller, Strata provides little tension nor any real climax. The characters are ideas - not believably real.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-09-01
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Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Overview: A docu-drama covering one of the most famous cases in New Zealand history, the murder of Harvey and Jeanette Crewe in 1970.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-31
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The Dig
Overview: A retired couple spend their time digging into the earth beneath their house in search of treasures, until a tremor shakes things up.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-09
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Starlight Hotel
Overview: During the Great Depression, Kate (Greer Robson) is a 13-year-old girl living on New Zealand's South Island. When her mother dies and her father is offered a job in Wellington on North Island, Kate is sent to live with an aunt. The girl runs away to find her father, hopping onto a boxcar and befriending a fellow fugitive, Patrick (Peter Phelps), an emotionally battle-scarred WWI veteran fleeing the authorities after injuring a repo man. Pretending to be father and daughter, Patrick and Kate use each other for cover as they make their way across New Zealand, sleeping under the stars and championing the rights of destitute farmers and homeless squatters whose fortunes have been wiped out by economic hardship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-27
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Typhon's People
Overview: A scientist in New Zealand has a secret lab where experiments are performed on humans. When he is assassinated, opposing forces rush to his hideaway to suppress or expose his secrets.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-01
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The Haunting of Barney Palmer
Overview: The Haunting of Barney Palmer is a fantasy film for children about a young boy who is haunted by his great uncle. Young Barney fears that he has inherited the Scholar family curse; a suite of 80s-era effects ramp up the supernatural suspense. The film was a co-production between PBS (United States) and Wellington's Gibson Group, which resulted in Ned Beatty (Deliverance, Network) being cast. It was written by Margaret Mahy, based on her Carnegie Award-winning novel The Haunting, and an early fruitful collaboration between her and director Yvonne Mackay.
Genres: Family Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-28
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