New Zealand Films and Soundtracks - August Update
Charles
'Battletruck' aka: 'Warlords of the 21st Century', Michael Firth's
1977 Academy Award nominated skiing/hang-gliding adventure, 'Off the
Edge' and 'Saving Grace', have been uploaded and you can access
trailers and soundtrack samples of all three. Additionally two more
films will be available on Blu-ray next month; 'The Strength of
Water' (19 Sept.) and 'Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence' (28 Sept.).
The Qantas Film and Television Award Nominees for 2010 were announced
12 August and 'Boy' received the highest number with 14, but 'Home By
Christmas' picked up 10, 'Under the Mountain' - 7, 'The Vintner's
Luck' - 6 and 'Russian Snark' - 6. The winners will be announced 18
September. The sneak peek page now has links to trailers for new
features, 'Predicament', 'The Hopes and Dreams of Gazza Snell',
'Insatiable Moon', 'Russian Snark', 'Boy' and 'Home By Christmas'.
Since 'Under the Mountain' and 'The Vintner's Luck' are already on
DVD, they have their own pages.
If you have not yet discovered the NZ Box Office page, you might not
know that Taika Waititi's new film, 'Boy' has taken down 'King Kong'.
'Boy' has, so far, pulled in over $9 million at New Zealand theatres
and so, except for 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, it has become the
all-time #1 film in New Zealand. For those who are not able to get to
a New Zealand theatre, 'Boy' is scheduled for DVD release 1 September
2010.
For those of you who are interested in movie posters, I have been
assisting a wonderful site, IMP Awards, to add as many miniature
versions of New Zealand film posters as possible for your enjoyment.
They have many that are not yet uploaded, so be patient as your
favourite may be showing soon. But if you have one or two that are
unusual, such as non-New Zealand (foreign language) versions, you
might contact them about contributing to the gallery.
Finally, something to tease you with. I have received word that a
number of older films, that have never been on dvd, will become
available between now and the end of the year. The list includes:
'Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree', 'Mauri', 'Te Rua', 'Trial Run',
'Zilch' and 'Whole of the Moon'. Details on all this as well as most
New Zealand feature films and their soundtracks, including trailers
and mp3 soundtrack samples, can be accessed at the free informational
site of:
http://www.nzvideos.org/
Enjoy,
Charles