Jim Moriarty
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Biography: James Moriarty MNZM is a New Zealand actor and theatre director, who began acting professionally in 1967. He came to national attention and is probably best known for his role as the school teacher Riki Winiata in the 1970s soap opera Close to Home. His work has toured nationally and internationally. Moriarty is from the Māori tribes of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Koata and Ngāti Kahungunu.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New Zealand
Birthday: June 20, 1953
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Gender: Male
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Kingpin
Overview: Willie, a likeable kid, forms a friendship with Rikki, a new arrival at the reform school. Willie discovers that Rikki is maybe tough enough to take on Karl, the kingpin. Although Rikki is strong, he does not like to fight, but tensions mount as Karl's bullying become more obnoxious. After being shown up by Willie, Karl loses his temper and gives Willie a thrashing. As a result, Willie joins with some other boys in an escape. They steal a car, get drunk, and have a serious accident. Meanwhile Rikki is in hospital, injured in a forestry "accident' engineered by Karl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-03-01
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Night of the Juggler
Overview: An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-06
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A Difficult Woman
Overview: Anne (Caroline Goodall) is a successful pathologist for a top pharmaceutical corporation, and her life couldn't be better. That is, until one of her oldest and dearest friends is murdered, turning Anne's world upside down. Not satisfied with the status of the investigation, she takes it on herself, and what she finds out could threaten her career -- and her life.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-21
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Mark II
Overview: Three Maori youths, bored with Auckland, head south in a restored Mark II Zephyr in search of something different. One of them is on the run from drug dealers, whom he had crossed. Various mini-adventures occurs as they make their way down the North Island, but it all comes to a head while visiting a cousin. Finally, they, the drug dealers and the police all come together, with the expected fights and arrests.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-05
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No Petrol, No Diesel
Overview: A small town, on State Highway 1, where nothing ever happens...then Rex Devlin dies in a suspicious car wreck and a mysterious stranger moves into the Temuka Hotel. Why is one of the world's biggest multinational corporations so desperate to buy a dowdy little backwater petrol station? Has Oscar Devlin really come all the way home from Los Angeles to sort out his meager inheritance, or is it Frankie he's come to see?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-01
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Saving Grace
Overview: Grace is a homeless teenager. She befriends an unemployed carpenter and he invites her to share his flat. She moves in and to her surprise a delicate relationship develops. He helps her repair her shattered self-esteem and she begins to feel loved and secure. But then she discovers his secret - he tells her he is Jesus Christ.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-10-18
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The Returning
Overview: A successful city lawyer abandons his practice and heads out to the country. There he comes upon a stately, but neglected, homestead. He moves in, and during his first night a beautiful ghostly woman makes love to him, in his sleep. Soon his dreams become more engrossing than his everyday world and girlfriend. Gradually he unravels the tragedy of his spirit lovers' past. To respond to her call, he needs to embrace the hearafter.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-10
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The Waimate Conspiracy
Overview: The 2005 discovery of a cannonball, buried for 138 years in a paddock, throws Waimate into turmoil. It is all the Maori locals need to confirm their long-held belief that they were forcibly removed from their tribal lands, in a bloody 1866 battle. The hotly contested claim eventually ends up in the District Court and on the lens of cameraman Dave who captures all the arguments, frauds and forgeries of the townspeople, in a cinema verité mockumentary style.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-15
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The Patriarch
Overview: 1960s, East Coast of New Zealand. Two Māori sheep-shearing families, the Mahanas and the Poatas, are longstanding enemies and commercial rivals. 14-year-old Simeon Mahana, the youngest son of the youngest son is in conflict with his traditionalist grandfather, Tamihana. As Simeon unravels the truth behind the longstanding family vendetta he risks not just his own future prospects but the cohesion of the entire tight-knit society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-01
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The Strength of Water
Overview: When a mysterious stranger arrives in their isolated coastal town, 10-year-old twins, Kimi and Melody are forced apart. Kimi must find the strength to let go of what he loves the most.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-08-27
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Fog
Overview: Sixteen year old Ricky lives in a small fishing village with his parents. He dreams of leaving the town but is hindered by his father's expectations to follow in his footsteps. Ricky meets Telly, an older local girl who encourages him to sneak out of his house and escape into the night.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-22
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The Gravedigger of Kapu
Overview: Hone is the last of the old time gravediggers. He links the living with the dead. He is the keeper of their secrets. Tana is Hone’s apprentice who respects his uncle and doesn’t mind the physical work. However he finds the spiritual side of the job unnerving. Hone worries that Tana may not be able to pick up the role of the gravedigger and all that it entails. A series of incidents in the urupa (graveyard) lead them to both make final decisions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-18
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The Witch & the Woodsman
Overview: A woodsman must rescue his young daughter from an evil witch.
Genres: Action Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-06-26
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Cousins
Overview: Connected by blood but separated by circumstances, three cousins spend a lifetime in search of each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-03
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