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The Timeline is incomplete; and highlights the period
up to and including Perfect Strangers (34). There
are some ** marking comments/necessary alterations
on the
electronic files where additions can also be made.
1. We have given each film a number (except Ophelia
and a couple of commercials): see Referencing Code
For Films.
2. All material found at Blair Street
for films up to and including (34) Perfect Strangers
was
annotated
and
filed.
3. The boxes are arranged as shown
on the list inside each box, and items are arranged alphabetically
within
files.
4. Not every item noted in the Film
List is present in the boxes. The Film List – up
to War Stories - includes items from every source we
could find:
National
Bibliography, theses, GP’s physical files.
We have not viewed some “GP archive” items,
simply transcribed their details e.g. from a thesis
list.
5. We have prioritised some items
as “Key
References” and
labeled others as “Publicity”. However,
it has not always been possible to differentiate
absolutely; we tended to define printed material
as a key reference
if it provided analysis of a film or its making,
or biographical
information not included elsewhere.
All dates when film first screened
1. The Animals and
the Lawn Mower (1972)
2. Draw Me a Circle (1973)
3. Mojak
Kojak (1975)
4. Creeps on the Crescent (1976)
5.
[Whose School?] (1977)
6. Toheroamania (1978)
7. Dat’s
Show Biz (1978)
8. Water the Way You Want it (1978)
9.
All the Way Up There (1979)
10. Learning Fast (1980)
11. Hold Up
(1981)
12. How I Threw Art Out the Window
(1982?)
13. Patu! (1983)
14. Taking Over (1982)
15. Making Utu
(1982)
16. The Only One You Need (1983) music
clip
17. Angel of the Junk Heap (1983)
music clip
18. Aspects of Utu (1983) educational
video
19. Mind Out (1984) educational video
20.
Imagine (1984)
21. Mr Wrong/Dark of the Night (U.S.
title) (1985)
22. Kai Purakau/The Story Teller (1987)
23.
Ruby and Rata (1990)
24. Married (1992)
25. Bread and Roses
(1993)
26. War Stories Our Mothers Never
Told Us (1995)
27. Hone Tuwhare/ akaNo Other Lips
(1996)
28. Survivor Stories (1998)
29. Punitive
Damage (1999)
30. Getting To Our Place (1999)
31.
Wahine Requiem (2001)
32. Titless Wonders (2001)
33. Coffee
Tea or Me? (2002)
34. Perfect Strangers (2003)
35. Lands
of Our Fathers (2005)
O Ophelia
AF Absent Friends (TV commercial)
PP
Parallel Paths (TV commercial)
Standard
8 mm colour separate sound
20 mins
Film Archive Ref: F28036
The
story of a wonderful place where everyone lived happily
and the grass never needed cutting, being
disrupted by
a travelling lawn mower salesman.
GP: “Became
a film maker when my friend, Suzanne, who had
shot the film, eloped, leaving me with a pile
of little yellow film cans and an overenthusiastic
drama group anxious to see their film.”
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Preston, G [Narrative] Self-pencilled 10pp document
(ends 1978) Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston
(1992)
MA Thesis
University of Auckland 39-40
Screened on standard 8mm projector/old Faregraph
(?) tape recorder in the psychiatrists’ library
Fulbourn Hospital Cambridge and to the Royal College
of Psychiatrists
Annual Conference in Cambridge 1974.
Beryl – one of the actors – striding round
the corridors of Fulbourn, thrusting herself into
the faces of unsuspecting visitors and asking in a
very loud
voice “Have you seen my film?”
Standard 8 mm colour sound
stripe
30 mins
Film Archive Ref: F80997
Documentary
about art therapy with severely handicapped patients
at Cell Barnes Hospital, London. Commissioned
by the hospital’s nurse training school.
GP: “I
shot it, lit it, recorded sound, edited it, and ruined
it with an overwritten commentary.”
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Preston, G [Narrative] Self-pencilled 10pp
document (ends 1978) Shepard, D Writing a Woman
Film Maker’s Life and
Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992) MA
Thesis University of Auckland 4
Used by Dr Elizabeth Greene in her teaching about art
therapy on St Albans School of Art Dip Art therapy
post-graduate course.
Super 8 mm colour (sound stripe)
12 mins
Film Archive Ref: 28037
Funded by British
Film Institute – Education Fund.
Simple sight gag cops and robber story. End product
of experimental drama with deaf students at Brixton
College
of Further Education.
GP: “By carefully building
the soundtrack, profoundly deaf students were able
to communicate in beautifully
flowing sentences – an aim that for them
was most important as they were educated without
extensive use
of sign.”
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”] nd.
(ends 1983)
Preston, G [Narrative] Self-pencilled 10pp document
(ends 1978)
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life
and Work: A Biofilmograpy of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis
University of Auckland 4
Screened to the student body at Brixton College
of Further Education 1975
Super
8 mm colour (sound stripe)
20 mins
Film Archive Ref: No
Funded by
British Film Institute – inadvertently.
A woman walks along the road, hears a piano
and is lured into this house by an
inexplicable force...
GP: “Our flat’s … Christmas
movie.” Made
with Nick Kavanagh.
Gaylene
Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Preston, G [Narrative] Self-pencilled
10pp document (ends 1978)
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film
Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography
of Gaylene Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 42
Screened many times on the wall of 17 Stockwell
Park Crescent.
Screened 1977 Red Mole Cabaret, Carmen’s
Balcony, Wellington
1/2” high
density b & w videotape
20 mins
Film Archive Ref: No
director:
GP
camera: Mike Biko
GP: “About community use
of the Beresford Street Primary School, where classes
for Pacific Island parents
learning English language were
included alongside their children’s usual primary
school activities.” Commissioned
by Darcey Nicholas through the
Auckland WEA outreach programme.
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae
[“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Preston, G [Narrative] Self-pencilled
10pp document (ends 1978) Shepard,
D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography of
Gaylene Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 58
This film was shown to try and help save
the school fromdemolition. Ultimately
unsuccessful
in stopping
the bulldozers.
16mm
colour reversal
12 mins
Film Archive Ref: No
director:
GP
producer: John O’Shea
camera: Rory O’Shea
sound: John Van Der Reyden
editor: John Kiley
Pacific Films/ TVNZ production
The
story of the local toheroa season, told from the
toheroa’s
point of view. For the Shoreline series.
Gaylene Preston Curriculum
Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Preston, G [Narrative]
Self-pencilled 10pp document
(ends 1978)
Shepard, D Writing a
Woman Film Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography
of Gaylene Preston (1992) MA
Thesis University of Auckland
60-63Distribution
GP: “Screened
February 1978 on TVNZ’s
Channel 1, unfortunately
during a massive North island
failure
of the national grid. This
power cut means I have never
seen this
film in
colour completed,
as we edited on black
and white dupe print off
the reversal original.”
Listener listing Sunday February
? 1978
16
mm colour reversal
10 mins
Film Archive Ref: No
director:
GP
producer: John O’Shea
camera: Rory O’Shea
sound: John Van der Reyden
editor: John Kiley
Pacific Films/ TVNZ productionIn
the style of the ‘Look
at Life’ documentaries
of the 1950s, a light-hearted
look
at the
animal hospital,
Napier Marineland.
For the Shoreline series.
Gaylene Preston Curriculum
Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Preston, G [Narrative]
Self-pencilled 10pp
document (ends 1978)
Shepard, D Writing
a Woman Film Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography
of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis University of
Auckland 60-63
Channel 1 TVNZ
Listener listing
Sunday February
?
16
mm colour reversal
10 mins
Film Archive
Ref: No
director:
GP
producer:
John O’Shea
camera:
Rory O’Shea
sound:
John Van
der Reyden
editor:
John Kiley
Pacific
Films/
TVNZ productionWater
classification
explained.
For the
Shoreline
series.
Gaylene
Preston
Curriculum
Vitae
[“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Preston,
G [Narrative]
Self-pencilled
10pp
document
(ends
1978)
Shepard,
D Writing
a Woman
Film
Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography
of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis University of
Auckland 60-63
Channel
1 TVNZ
March
1978
Listener
listing
Sunday
? Marc
16mm
Eastman
colour
negative
27
mins
Film
Archive Ref:
F10232
director
and co-producer:
GP
co-producer
and lighting
cameraman: Warrick
Attewell
editor:
Dell King
music:
Wayne Mason
Valhalla
Films. Funded
by CIP
and the
Ministry of
Recreation and
Sport
The story
of an
impossible dream
which became
reality when
Graeme Dingle
and Bruce
Burgess, a
24 year
old with
cerebral palsy
climb Ruapehu
together.
Auckland
City Art
Gallery; A
Series Devised
by Roger
Horrocks: 5
Gaylene Preston
(1984) Auckland
City Art
Gallery
Fenwick,
A “Ex Coast Girl Developing Film on Deafness” [?
Star] nd np (GP archives)
Fenwick,
A “Film Shows World as Disabled See it” (1980)
Auckland Star 10 December
“
Film on Disabled Wins Award” 10 December np
(GP archives)
Gaylene
Preston
Curriculum
Vitae
[“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
[“Gaylene Preston…received a trophy”]
(1984) New Zealand Woman’s
Weekly 30 July 45
George,
E “Getting it Right” [Readers
Review] nd np (GP archives)
“
Grey- Born Girl Behind Latest TV Film Hit” nd
np (GP archives)
“
May I Draw Your Attention To…” The Evening
Post 11 July np
“
Preston – Another Movie”– [A newspaper
article – GP’s
own archive]nd
Shepard,
D Writing
a Woman
Film Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography
of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis University of
Auckland 63-66; and
bibliography
250
“
Sorry, Gaylene” [Truth]
Whelan, B “Film Captures the Plea of Disabled” nd
np (GP archives)
Released
in New
Zealand cinemas
as the
short for
Middle Age
Spread and
later, in
February 1980,
screened on
television. Also
shown on
television networks
in the
United States,
Britain, Holland,
Sweden, Denmark,
Malaysia and
Switzerland.
The
film was
shown on
Swiss television
to open
the International
Year of
Disabled Persons.
Distributed
in the
United States
by Encyclopaedia
Britannica.
Won
special jury
prizes at
the Banff
Festival of
Mountain Films
(1980) and
the Festival
International du
Film Alpine,
Les Diablerets
(1980)
Bradwell,
J “Her Film is a Hit” (1980) New
Zealand Women’s Weekly
3 March 11
Fenwick,
A “Seeing The World as Disabled Do” (1980)
The Nelson Evening Mail
19 December 10
Fenwick,
A “Film Producer Focuses on a Different
Angle” nd. np (GP
archives)
Dashfield,
P “Climb Film Earns Special Award” (1981)
Dominion 19 March 10 – see
big blue book
Fenwick,
A “Ex Coast Girl Developing Film on Deafness” nd
np The Greymouth Evening
Star (GP archives)
“
Film Shows World as Disabled See it” (1980)
Auckland Star 10 December np
Mayne,
W “Film-Maker Applauds System” nd
np (GP archives)
“
Movie Captures Aucklander’s Mountain Triumph” (1979)
The Dominion 5 July 6
“
Way Up There… and Down Again” (1980)
The Daily Telegraph 16 February 10
Whelan,
Barry “Film Captures the Plea of the Disabled” (GP
archives)
Vincent,
R “[Wellington Film Maker]” nd
np (GP archives)
16mm
Eastman colour
negative
48
mins
Film
Archive Ref:
F5723
director
and producer:
GP
lighting
camera: Alun
Bollinger
and
Ian Paul
editor:
Dell King
Gaylene
Preston
Productions.
Funded
by
CIP, Department
of Education,
Ministry
of
Sport and
Recreation
Made
over
a
two-year
period.
Students
at
a Masterton
school
were
filmed
and
talk about
their
lives
and ambitions
over
a
year as
they
leave
school
and
start
work,
most enduring
a period
of unemployment.
Beattie, K “ ‘First Say and Last Cut’:
A Conversation With Gaylene Preston” (1996) New
Zealand Journal of Media Studies 3:1 4-16
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”] nd.
(ends 1983)
Auckland City Art Gallery; A Series Devised by Roger
Horrocks: 5 Gaylene Preston Auckland City Art Gallery,
1984
“
Having to Learn Fast” (1981) The Dominion 2 October
np
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life and
Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 63-66, discussion 95-114; and
bibliography 250
“
TV Records Changes Faced by six Makora Students” (1981)
Wairarapa Times-Age 30 September
Sharon Crosbie interview
for National Radio nd
Screened on New Zealand television.
16mm Eastman colour negative
24 mins
Film Archive Ref: F46068
director/co-producer:
GP
story: GP
screenplay: GP and Michael Anthony Noonan
lighting cameraman: Ian Paul
music: Jan Preston
editor: Jamie Selkirk
co-producer: Dave Gibson
cast: Chris Orr, Lorraine Schriener,
George Theobald
Gibson Films in association with Gaylene
Preston Productions. Funded by New Zealand Film Commission;
International
Year of Disabled Persons
A parable designed to
question community attitudes to the disabled. A blind
man, a deaf woman, and
a spastic film critic witness the robbery of
a cinema.
In the
ensuing
panic their information is ignored because
people cannot see past their disabilities. The second
part of the
film consists of an interview with the lead
actors
who are
themselves deaf, blind and spastic.
GP:” The
film grew out of the Rehabilitation Film Festival
I attended in New York. The International Year
of the Disabled [in New Zealand] wished to
commission
a film but I wanted to remain independent.”
Bryan, L “Trying To Communicate” [?November
1982] Listener np GP’s own archive
“
Crime … and Communication” (1982?) The Hawkes
Bay Herald – Tribune November (GP archives)
“
Disabled Folk in Mystery Story” nd np (GP archives)
“
Fine Piece of TV” np, nd (GP archives)
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
“
Gaylene Preston Wins Two Awards” nd np (GP archives)
“
Hold Up-Review” (1984) New Zealand Women’s
Weekly 30 July 45
“
Hold Up With a Message” (1982) The Daily Telegraph
4 November 6
Reilly, C “Hold Up-Review” (1982)
NZ Listener 11 December 112
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene
Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 72-73, discussion 95-114;
and bibliography 250
Whelan, B “ ‘Hold-up’ Better Than
Most Films on Disabled” np, nd (GP archives)
Screened TV1 4 November 1982
Distributed in the United
States by Learning Corporation
VHS: Visual Production
Unit Dept of EducationVoted Best Overseas Film ATOM
(Australian Teachers
of Media) 1983;
Best Overseas Film for under 12 year
olds Rehabilitation Film Festival (New York)
1983; First Prize
Dramatization category Rehabilitation
International World Congress
Lisbon 1984
The film also featured
in a teaching resource package aimed at making youngsters
more
aware of disabled
people and their disabilities.
Bryan, L (1983) “Quietly Observing” (1983)
Listener 22 January 16
Fenwick, A “Ex Coast Girl Developing Film on Deafness” nd
np The Greymouth Evening Star (GP archives)
Lamb, R “Type Cast – With a Purpose” (1982)
New Zealand Women’s Weekly 1 November
52
Neville, P “Hold Up, Her First Job” (1982)
New Zealand Women’s Weekly 1 November
53
Look in Blue Book
Experimental video
10mins (unfinished)
Film Archive Ref: F29591
producer/director/writer:
GP
cast: Shirley Grace
funded by Queen Elizabeth II
Arts Council
A young woman hitchhiker is
picked up by a rather strange man (call him
Art) who talks art-talk
obsessively. She has to throw
him out the window
and drive to
Taihape
herself (offering him a Mintie
first). Made for the Sexuality
exhibition, Women’s Gallery
Wellington.
GP: “I shot
a slide show of images to be
superimposed onto the ‘car’s’ back
window but ran out of time
and resources so that in the
end
it screened
in the exhibition without that embellishment.”
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae
[“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film
Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene
Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 74
Shown at Women’s Gallery,
Wellington
16mm colour
110 minutes (and 82, 50 min versions)
Film Archive Ref:
producer/director:
Merata Mita
co-ordinators: Gerd Pohlmann, GP (middle New Zealand),
Martyn Sanderson
principal photography: Barry Herbert
editor: Annie Collins
sound: Gerd Pohlmann
music: diatribe
Awatea Films. Funded by Queen Elizabeth
II Arts Council, National Catholic Commission for Evangelisation,
Justice and Development, World Council of Churches
and anti-apartheid
groups such as HART and CARE
Film of the 1981 battle
of people in New Zealand to stop the Springbok Tour.
Forbes, C “Racists take Issue With Film Grant” (1982)
New Zealand Times 28 November 6.
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”] nd.
(ends 1983)
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life and
Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 74-76
Winner International Students’ Prize Leipzig Festival,
MRAP Prize Anti-Racist Festival in Amiens. Screened at
many other film festivals including London, Los Angeles,
Tashkent, Honolulu and Toronto.
Cubey, M “Patu!” (1983) Salient 5 September
7
16mm Eastman colour negative
24mins
Film Archive Ref: F1445
co-producer/co-director:
GP
co-producer/co-director/editor: Dell King
lighting cameraman: Rory O’Shea
Twenty-five 16-year-old
girls who know nothing about the sea, ships, or one
another, get the chance
to take over the Spirit of Adventure, a 100-ton square-rigged
schooner, sailing her under their own selected
captain.
GP: “I consider this film rather more
Dell’s
project than my own.”
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life
and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston
(1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 76-77
Screened TV1 22 February 1983
16mm
Fuji colour
48mins
Film Archive Ref: F4936
producer/director:
GP
cameras: Alun Bollinger, John Toon and Murray Milne
editor: Simon Reece
music: Jonathan Crayford
For Scrubbs & Co
Watches
the making of Geoff Murphy’s feature film
and discusses some of the issues which
emerge in exploring New Zealand’s racial past.
GP: “Non-narrative
documentary, which went down surprisingly well
with the general population who, as
it turns out, don’t mind if there
isn’t
an actual linear story.”
Dekker, Diana “Wellington Film Maker Compares French,
NZ Riot Squads” (1983) The Evening Post 16
May np
“
First Glimpse of ‘Utu’ nd np (GP archives)
Gaylene Preston Curriculum Vitae [“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life
and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis
University of Auckland 78-81, discussion 95-114;
and bibliography 250
Screened on New Zealand’s TV2,
Tuesday, 25 January 1983; Triangle
Television 199?.
Bryan,
L “Quietly Observing” (1983) New
Zealand Listener 22 January 16
“
TV Show Tonight” nd. np (GP archives)
Look in
Blue Book.
16mm
colour reversal finished on video
music clip; 10 mins
Film Archive Ref: F22878
producer/director:
GP
lighting cameraman: Alun Bollinger
editor: Simon Reece
music: Neighbours
Blackball Films. Funded by the
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council Film Fund and
TVNZ.
GP: “A gripping story of Love gone
sour, of robberies and rescues and the long arm
of the law…shot on
various locations
very familiar to me in Blackball and Greymouth.
The
entire crew worked for free and the people
of Blackball contributed
heaps.”
“
Film-Maker Wins $5,000 Grant” (1983) The Dominion
6 January 1
Gaylene Preston
Curriculum Vitae
[“B”]
nd. (ends 1983)
Shepard, D Writing
a Woman Film Maker’s Life
and Work: A Biofilmography
of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis
University of Auckland 86
Screened on TVNZ’s Radio With Pictures, distributed
in the United States by Jo Jones and King. Purchased
by Entertainment Network in the United Kingdom and in
pubs there via large-screen videos.
16mm
colour negative
music clip; 3mins
Film Archive Ref: no
director: Gaylene Preston
camera: John Whitteron
For the Sydney based group “TRIBE”.
Commissioned by CBS Australia. Shot on location
in various Sydney rubbish dumps. GP: “I did this
for my sister who is the lead singer in the clip.”
Shepard,
D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life
and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston
(1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 86-87
Several repeat screenings on
Australian TV video shows.
29 mins
Film Archive Ref: F10426
interviewer:
GP
producer: Geoff Murphy/ Scrubbs & Co
with the assistance
of New Zealand Film Commission, Thorn EMI Video,
Todd Motors
NZFA Ref: F10426
GP interviews
Geoff Murphy about the making of Utu.
Key References
New Zealand educational only
3/4 “ Hiband
video
24mins
Film Archive Ref: F5220
director/producer:
GP
art director: Gerry Luhman
music: Jonathan Crayford
editor: Simon Reece
writer: Simon O’Connor
cast: Tim Diamantis, Jane
Wright, Clayton Brown, Sophie Siers, Bruno Lawrence,
Ian Fraser,
Produced for the New Zealand
Health Education Resources Project
Sharon, Brian, Amanda
and Angus read the advertisement. Sounds interesting.
They apply.
In a building
that looks like a rubic cube on the outside
and NASA
control centre on the inside, they meet
Mr Big. An Orwellian “Big
Brother”, he promises them the
world. But gradually they find that there
are
fishhooks in his promises
and they have decisions to face and to
make.
GP: “I don’t really
think of that film as mine. That was
commissioned by the Education Department
and it was a video not a film. It was
specifically
for educational use and was never screened
on television. It was like making an
industrial video. I interpreted
the script as best I could. I’m
not sure I pulled it off very well.”
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life
and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis University of Auckland 87
VHS: Visual Production Unit
Dept of Education
16mm
Eastman colour negative
* mins
Film Archive Ref: F8567
director:
GP
producer: Graeme Cowley
lighting cameraman: Graeme Cowley
A documentary covering
the visit of anti-nuclear campaigner Dr Helen Caldicott
to Wellington.
Sponsored by the International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War.
GP: “Television wouldn’t touch
it. They said they’d done Helen Caldicott
and the nuclear issue. We transferred it to video
and it had been well used
by peace groups. A lot of the information
wasn’t
new in comparison with films like If
You Love This Planet but I think it was useful
for the people who commissioned
it. I didn’t spend much time on
it. That was a kind of favour for the
physicians down the road who needed
a record of Helen Caldicott’s time
in New Zealand. I can’t believe
we shot it almost in the middle of the
pre-production for Mr Wrong.
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s
Life and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene
Preston (1992)
MA Thesis
University of Auckland 88
Given away with stickers on
the video that said “please
copy this”.
35mm colour
88 mins
Film Archive Ref: F5276
director/producer/:
GP
producer: Robin Laing
screenplay: GP, Geoff Murphy, Graeme Tetley
photography: Thom Burstyn (colour)
camera: Alun Bollinger
art director: Mike Becroft
editor: Simon Reece
sound recordist: Ken Saville
music: Jonathan Crayford
cast: Heather Bolton, David
Letch, Margaret Umbers, Suzanne Lee, Gary Stalker,
Danny Mulheron, Perry
Piercy, Philip Gordon, Michael Haigh, Kate Harcourt
Preston*Laing
Productions in association with the New Zealand Film
Commission and Barclays NZ Ltd
A genre-bending thriller
about a young woman who buys a haunted car, based on
a short story by
Elizabeth Jane Howard. Released in the United States
as Dark
of the Night.
“
Actually, We Wouldn’t Mind if They Bombed Texas” (1986)
Daily News 7 May 51
Archibald, L [“What Christine Should Have Been…”]
(1986) Aquarian Arts Weekly nd np GP’s own archive
Avid, D “Movies- Mr Wrong” (1986) Race
Gender Class 3 57
Bailey, B “Film” (1986) La Gazette 6 Juin
Bailey, B “Part II of Femme Fest” (1986)
La Gazette 5 Juin
Balham, D “Film - Mr Wrong” (1985) Salient
October p11
Ballantyne, S “Mr Wrong” (1985) New Zealand
Woman’s Weekly 23 September 19
Ballantyne, S “Long-Distance Cinema Goers” nd
New Outlook 57-58
Beesley, M “Cinemas Close the Door on Kiwi Films” (1985)
8 O’Clock 21 September 7. (Distribution issue)
Bennet, P “Panorama HB to See Hit Thriller” (1986)
The Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune 11 March 18
Bollinger, A “16 Upwards” (1984) Onfilm
December 2(1) 34-35
Bollinger, H “Wild Wellington Weather Right for
Film Mr Wrong” (1984) The Greymouth Evening Star
4 August 1.
Breslin, R “Fill’er up and Check the Stiff
in the Back Seat” (1986) Daily News 2 May 5
Calder, P “NZ Films in Festival” (1985)
The New Zealand Herald 6 July section 2 p4
Campbell, G “Mr Wrong” (1988) Listener
17 December 17
“
Cannes Buyers Snap NZ Films” nd np (GP archives)
Chetwin, S “Mr Wrong Duo Take Matters into Own
Hands” (1985) The Evening Post 14 September np
Clark, H “Right On With Mr Wrong” (1985)
Auckland Star 27 July B4
Clark, H “Mr Wrong Turns Out So Right” (1985)
Auckland Star 26 October B4
Clarke- Reynolds, M “Mr Wrong” (1985) Salient
October p11
Coke, M “Getting it Right with Mr Wrong” (1984)
Evening Post 1 September 13
Coke, M “Low Budget High Profile” (1986)
Onfilm June 17-18
Coughlan, K “Right Movie Needs a Rich Hero” (1985)
Life Times nd np GP’s own archive
Cowan, S “Let the Jaffas Roll” (1985) [Cania?]
24 July 10
Crist, J “Dark of the Night is a Dandy Little
Thriller” (1986) Television Preview-New York
5 May np
“
The Critics Rave” (1986) Details [?47] GP’s
own archive
“
Dark of the Night” (1986) Downtown Magazine 7
May 28-A
Dart, W “Film” (1985) Rip it Up September
n98 42
“
Determined Film Maker” (1986) Daily Telegraph
15 March 1
Dieckmann, K “Cinemascoop” (1986) NYTalk
3:26 May np GP’s own archive
Dunphy, L “Back on the Boards” (1990) More
August n86 32-34
Ellis, M “Gaylene Preston – Coaster of
Tenacity Making a Name in Film World” nd. np.
(GP archives)
England, J “Right on Mr Wrong” (1986) The
Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune Weekender 15 March
17.
“
Fear and Herstory” (1985) Dominion 20 August
6
Festival Focus “Mr Wrong For Ms Right!” (1985)
The Business of Film in Cannes 14 May 30
“
Film Clips-Dark of the Night” (1986) Aquarian
Arts Weekly 29 April 28A
“
Film Reviews- Mr Wrong” (1985) Variety 24 April
np
Gelmis, J “A Haunted Car Driven With Vengeance” (1986)
Newsday May 2 Weekend 5
Goodman, W “Film: ‘Dark,’ Blue Jaguar
With a Ghost” (1986) The New York Times 2 May
np
Gosden, B “Mr Wrong 1984” [Film Festival
?] (GP archives)
Gosden, B “Premiere Cinema” (1985) [Film
Festival ?] np (GP archives)
Gosden, B “Mr Wrong” (1985) Wellington
Film Festival – Embassy Theatre 20 July (GP archives)
Gosden, B “Mr Wrong” (1985) Auckland Film
Festival Programme 25 July
Granger, S [“Beware of used cars that look too
good to be true… ?1986] WMCA, WICC Connecticut
Broadcasting Co
Green, P and Cole, J “Women’s Film, Television & Video
forum reports a speech by Gaylene Preston” (1988)
Broadsheet September n 161 p 34- 38
Hall, S “Strokes and Art Attacks - The Making
of Mr Wrong” (1985) Broadsheet September 132
51-53
Hardy, A “Tales of Ordinary Goodness” (1989)
Illusions November 14-21
Hoffman, J “Girls Just Want To Have Fun” (1986)
Village Voice 6 May 68
“
Hot Friday, Hanlon Top Finalists” (1986) The
Evening Post 8 May 20
Hughes, L “Mr Wrong – Reviewed” (1985)
Agenda September 9 np
“
In Pursuit of Excellence” The Daily Telegraph
15 March 5
Irvine, B “Mr Wrong Gets it Right” (1986)
The Press 10 March 14
“
It’s All Going Right For Mr Wrong” (1986)
[The Evening Post ?] 30 January np (GP archives)
“
Kiwi Flicks” – Kiwi Films’ School
Tour (1987) Tearaway April 11
“
Kiwi Spine Chiller” nd. np. (GP archives)
Knowles, M “Movie Guide” (1986) The Evening
Post 14 February np (GP archives)
Leslie, S “Women Strong on NZ Thrillers” (1988)
The Evening Post 22 June np (GP archives)
“
Living Goes to the Movies- Ninth Festival Hits Town” (1985)
The Christchurch Star 23 July np
Maiberger, E, Montaug, H and Richheimer,
J “The
Critics Rave” (1986) ‘Details’ Magazine-
Movies May p47
Martin, H “Driving Irony” (1985) Listener
19 October 40
Martin H and Edwards, S New Zealand Film
1912-1996 (1997) Auckland, Oxford University
Press 118
McDonnell, B “Viewing a Great Year for the British” (1987)
North and South December 171-173
McLean, J “Mucking about with Movies” (1985)
Dazzle October/ November n2 5-6
Mr Wrong Scrapbook (GP archives)
May, S “Genre Bending” (1985) OnFilm 24
April 8; and cover image
“
Mr Wrong” (1990) A Season of New Zealand Films
2 December 20
“
Mr Wrong – [Film Festival]” (1985) Wellington
City July 48
Murphy, R “Peelings From the Big Apple” (1986)
Onfilm April 3 59
“
New Zealand Contingent- Cannes Festival” (1985)
Variety 1 May 379
“
New Zealand Films at Cannes” (1985) Variety nd
p384 (GP archives)
Nicolaidi, M “76 Views and Two Festivals” Wellington
City Magazine (1985) December 70-71
Nicolaidi, M “Slaps On the Back” (1985)
Wellington City Magazine September 50-51
Nicolaidi, M “Gaylene Scores Big With Her Mr
Wrong” (1985) Evening Post 14 September np (GP
archives)
O’Shea, J “Her Film Puts Fear into Focus” (1985)
Auckland Star Magazine 3 July Section B1, 16
Outlook (1985) Dominion 20 August (Newspapers
in Education reprint GP’s own archive)
Parker, J “Critics Choice” (1985) Metro
July 183
Parker, J “Two from America; Two from New Zealand.
Both Good. Mr Wrong” (1985) Metro 1 October 38
Peterson, G “Mr Wrong on Right Track” (1985)
Dominion 4
“
Phantom of the Movies” (1986) Daily News 7 May
51
“
Review” (1986) Playboy April p19
“
Quatre Femmes, Quatre Pays” (1986) La Presse
7 Juin np
Sayle, J “Innocence and Fear: Feminine Fear & Masculine
Menace in Mr Wrong” (1989) Illusions 12 22-24
Seton, J “Meg and the Space Invaders – Mr
Wrong as a Feminist Thriller” (1989) Illusions
12 22-24 * check, since has same ref as above
Seton, J Reading Against the Grain; A Feminist
Analysis of Four New Zealand Films (1986)
np Wellington
Shaw, V “Treasures at Festival” (1985)
Auckland Star 29 June np
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life
and Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992)
MA Thesis University of Auckland
Stitt, G “Mr Wrong” (1985) More October
165
Stockdill, R “Former Colenso Student Fought Against
Odds to Make Thriller” nd np (GP archives).
Taylor, C “[The Annual International Film Festival
?- no title]” (1985) Cha Cha 24 June
Theobald, G “Quirky Thriller – Mr Wrong” (1985)
PSA Journal October 72:9 13
Tremewan, P “ Kiwi Flicks- Classroom Resource” (1987)
The Dominion 9 June 12
Tsoulis, A “Mr Wrong” (1985) Broadsheet
September p51 (GP archives)
Vincendeau, G “Women as Auter-E-S: Notes From
Creteil” (1986) Screen- Incorporating Screen
Education May/ August Vol 27, n3-4, p159
Warner, K “Movies on March in ‘Mark Time’ Month” (1985)
New Zealand Herald 1 November section 6 p3
Whelan, B “Live From Wellington- NZ’s Own
TV Awards” (1986) The Hawke’s Bay Herald-Tribune
11 June 36.
Williamson, L “Right For Mr Wrong” (1985)
Onfilm August 3-5
Winsten, A “She’s Victimized By Car and
Script” (1986) New York Post May 3 np GP’s
own archive
Zanker, R “Sagas, Dramas and Vignettes” (1988)
The Press 4 May 19 (Distribution)
Wolf, W [“If you see “Dark of the Night”…]
Gannett News Service (GP archives)
Mentioned
in Leonard Maltin
Screened in 93 territories
NZ: Preston*Laing
USA: Castle Hill Distribution
VHS: Endeavour/Roadshow
Seattle, Chicago, Munich and Melbourne Film
Festivals
Sold to North American distributors
Castle Hill and Quartet Films for commercial
release.
Fourteenth International Film
Festival, held at Embassy Theatre Wellington, July
1985, “5pm on the middle
Saturday”.
Mr Wrong screened at
the presentation of ‘A Season
of New Zealand Films’ (in cooperation
with the New Zealand Commission, the
New Zealand Film Archive,
and the New Zealand Consulate General
of Los Angeles).
Opened at the Academy
Theatre in Auckland on 25 October 1985.
Theatrical
releases in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Spain,
Finland and
India and a 50-city
release in Germany.
New Zealand Film
and Television Awards: 4 nominations including Best
Film – won
Best Female Performance.
2eme Prix
du Public Festival de Film de Femmes de Creteil 1986.
Dark
of the Night had its U.S. bow on May 2 1986 in New
York at the
Quad Cinemas
Greenwich Village
via
Castle Hill Prods, for an American
commercial release February.
Mr
Wrong screened on TV2 as a Sunday movie, December 1988.
Television
sales also made to the BBC and to East Germany.
Screened
at Film Fatale Glasshouse Cinema RMIT Melbourne 24
March 1988
Bagnall, D “Right Way to Film Mr Wrong - Women
Behind the Camera” (1984) The New
Zealand Herald 4 September section 2,
1
Bollinger, H “Local Scenes in Comedy Thriller” nd
np (GP archives)
Coke, M “Getting it Right With Mr Wrong” (1984)
The Evening Post 1 September
Coke, M “Mr Wrong- it all Began on the Mount” (1985)
The Evening Post 13 July
“
Determined Film Maker” (Photo, article on p5)
(1986) The Daily Telegraph 15 March 1
Dunn, L “ The Mr Right Myth Takes a Beating” (1985)
The Dominion 14 September
England, J “Carries Audience All the Way” (1986)
The Hawke’s Bay Herald- Tribune
Weekender 15 march 17.
“
Fancy Car Becomes Film Star” (1985) The Dominion
5 September 3
“
For a Good Dose of Suspense” (1985) The Evening
Post 11 October np.
“
HB Supports NZ Movie” (1986) The Daily Telegraph
18 March 2
King, P “Mr Wrong” (1984)
Agenda September 8-9
Koning, J “Mr Wrong Does Everything Right” The
Dominion nd. np (GP archives)
Koning, J “Mr Wrong Does it all Right” (1986)
4 February np (GP archives)
Lane, M “Maxi That Inspired Making of Mr Wrong” (1995)
Evening Post Autopost 11 August 3
“
Mr Wrong – Doing Right” nd np (GP archives)
“
Mr Wrong is All Right” (1985) Inner City News
30 July
“
Ms Right Stars in Mr Wrong” More nd 16
“
New Zealand, Film-makers Haven” (1986) The Press
8 March 6
“
Partnership is Making History” (1984) The New
Zealand Herald- Mainly Women 4 September
section 2, 1
“
Right Day For Mr Wrong” (1984) The Dominion 23
August 3
“
Right Movie Needs a Rich Hero” (1985) New Zealand
Times 22 September 12
Rogers, B “Mr Wrong Gets it Right” (1985)
New Zealand Women’s Weekly 16 September
14-15
“
Sunday Night Movie-Mr Wrong” (1988) New Zealand
Listener 17 December 87
“
The Success of Mr Wrong…” (GP archives)
Williamson, L “Right for Mr Wrong” (1985)
Onfilm August 2(5) 3-5
16mm colour Eastman negative
Film Archive Ref: F5452
director/producer:
GP
lighting cameraman: Leon Narbey
editor: Simon Reece
Gaylene Preston Productions/ TVNZ /Thames Television
UK
GP: “I was commissioned to make a film portrait
of Keri Hulme for an episode of a Thames TV series
Women Writers. I chose to let Keri define her own
picture.
As far as I can gather I think she was pushing an
idea at the Poms which was about New Zealand’s
identity as something other than an English country
garden in
the Pacific. A cheeky idea. Not mine. Hers. I agreed
enthusiastically of course.”
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life and
Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 91-94, discussion 95-114; and
bibliography 250
Thames TV U.K. Screened 11 a.m. one Sunday morning
on TV1. Screened in cinemas when selected by the
New Zealand
International Film Festival 1988
35mm Eastman Kodak colour
1/2” VHS
102mins
Film Archive Ref: F22164
director/
co-producer: GP
writer: Graeme Tetley
producer: Robin Laing
musical director: Jonathan Crayford
DOP: Leon Narbey
editor: Paul Sutorius
cast: Yvonne Lawley, Vanessa Rare,
Lee Mete-Kingi, Simon Barnett
Preston*Laing Productions
An old lady,
a would-be rock singer and a delinquent child – with
more in common than they realise. A comedy drama. From
an original idea by Graeme Tetley.
“
Backing Our Film Industry” (1990) The Dominion
9 October np
Baillie, R “Charming Ruby Deserves to be a Hit” (1990)
The Auckland Star 23 July
“
Benefit for the Older Women’s League of Illinois” (1995)
Silver Images Film Festival 19 May np
Binsley, J and Moore, L “Full- On Film Fortnight” (1990)
Auckland City Harbour News 12 July np
Bosch, R “Ruby and Rata” (1990) World Panorama
nd np (GP’s own archive
Botes, C “Beating the system” nd np The Dominion
(GP archives)
Botes, C “Ruby and Rata” (1990) The Dominion
17 July np
Botes, C “Kiwi Films Triumph at Festival” The
Dominion (GP archives)
Botes, C “Less Dogma and More Irony” (1990)
The Dominion 23 July 8
Botes, C “Mismatch Makes Fine Comedy” (1990)
The Dominion 1 October np
Byrnes, P “New Films- Ruby & Rata” (1990?)
SMH Metro 28 August np
Cairns, B and Martin, H Shadows On the Wall; A Study
of Seven New Zealand Feature Films (1994) Auckland,
Longman Paul 145-186
Calder, P “Gaylene Preston’s Wonderful World” (1990)
New Zealand Herald 27 September Section 2, 1
Calder, P “Ruby and Rata” (1990) New Zealand
Herald 28 September np (GP archives)
Carter, A “The Hard Ride” (1990) Listener
and TV Times 1 October 100
Connolly, K “Film Festival Fall- Out” (1991)
The Sunday Age 31 June
Drinnan, J “Eight-Year-Old Lee Wins Top NZ Film
Award” (1990) The Dominion 3 November 1
Dwyer, M “International Cinema for the Young” (1991)
The Irish Times 20 September
Fischer, P “Movie of the Month- Ruby and Rata” (1992)
Preview September 22
Fischer, P “Video of the Month- Ruby and Rata” (1992)
Video International 23 December 23
“
Frame Film Scoops Awards” (1990) The Evening Post
3 November 3
Gascoigne, D “ Good Times for Movies” (1990)
The Dominion Sunday Times 30 September 8
Gosden, B “Ruby and Rata” (1990) Wellington’s
19th Film Festival 51
Harris, L “Film-Maker Advocate of festival” nd
np (GP archives)
Hegan, C “Onfilm- The Year’s 10 Best” (1990)
Listener & TV Times 24 December 122
Hegan, C “Magic Kiwi” nd np Listener vol
128. n 2637
Horrocks, R “New Zealand Film Makers at the Auckland
City Art Gallery-Gaylene Preston” (1984) Auckland
City Art Gallery nd np (GP archives)
Ireland, K “Lives We Know About and Language We
Can Tune Into” (1991) Listener & TV Times 24
March 56
Jillett, N “Some Agony and Not Much Ecstasy- Film
Festival” (1991) The Age 25 June
“
Junior Film festival-Ruby and Rata” (1991) In Dublin
September/October np
Keith, S “Onfilm – Evenly Matched” (1990)
Listener & TV Times 25 June 106-107
“
Kiwi Film a Sellout” nd np (GP archives)
Knowles, M “Film Festival Offers a Heady 60 Titles” (1990)
Dominion Sunday Times 1 July np
Lang, R “NZ Film Awards 1990 – Angel Flies,
Ruby Shines” (1990) Onfilm November p1
LePetit, P “Hidden Charm of Nasty Rivals” (1992)
Sunday Telegraph 30 August 153
Martin H and Edwards, S New Zealand Film 1912-1996
(1997) Auckland, Oxford University Press 149
McLeod, M “Robin Lang: Passion for NZ Films” (1990)
New Idea 24 November 18-19
McDonnell, B “Film” (1991) North & South
p37 (GP archives)
McDonnell, B “Ruby And Rata” (1990) North & South
September 152- 153
“
Movies- Where’s Pick For The Month” (1992)
Where Magazine August/ September 55
“
New Feature Jokes About Serious Things” (1990)
NZ Film (Cannes Special Edition) n40 6-7
“
New Zealand Film Makers Embraced at Cannes” (1990)
Otago Daily Times 19 May 18
Nicolaidi, M “Locals Flock to ‘Ruby and Rata’ in
New Zealand” (1990) International 15 October np
“
N.Z. Critics Praise Preston’s Feature” (1991)
NZ Film February n42 p4-5
“
NZ Feature Films Draw Foreign Interest at Cannes” nd
np (GP archives)
“
NZ Film Charms Canadians” (1990) The Dominion 17
September np
“
NZ Film a Sell- Out” (1990) The Hawke’s Bay
Herald Tribune 15 September 3
“
NZ Feature Films Draw Foreign Interest at Cannes” nd
np (GP archives)
“
NZFC Sales Talk” (2001) Onfilm November 4.
Parker, J “Movies: New Zealanders on Film” nd
Metro 190
“
Penetrating the Prejudice” (1992) The Sydney Morning
Herald 27 August 36
Pryor, I “Back at the Drawing Board” (1990)
The Evening Post 2 August 18
“
Preston: I Film Sono la mia Vita” (1991) Giffoni
Film Festival 30 July 3
“
Ruby and Rata” nd np [?Andrew Urban] GP’s
own archive
“
Ruby and Rata” (1991) American Film Institute Los
Angeles International Film Festival nd np (GP archives)
“
Ruby and Rata” (1991) Cinemagic December 13
“
Ruby and Rata” (1991) The 2nd Junior Dublin Film
Festival 7-18 October 6
“
Ruby and Rata” (1991) In Dublin 26 September-9
October np
“
Ruby and Rata” nd np Movie Magazine (GP archives)
“
Ruby and Rata Among Screenings” (1990) The Press
7 August 27
“
Ruby & Rata” 38th Sydney Film Festival p49
(GP archives)
“
Ruby and Rata” (1992) Veronica 24 February 23
“
Ruby and Rata- Film Review” nd np Variety (GP archives)
“
Ruby and Rata Opens in Sydney” (1992) NZfilm October
n47 11
“
Ruby & Rata – Quotes from Australian reviews” (GP
archives)
“
Ruby e Rata” (1991) Giffoni Film Festival-Quotidiano
Festival 30 July 1-2
“
Second Junior Dublin Film Festival” (1991) Dublin
Event Guide 14 October (GP archives)
“
Serious Comedy Now in Post-Production” (1990) New
Zealand Film 39 February 3
Shepard, D Writing a Woman Film Maker’s Life and
Work: A Biofilmography of Gaylene Preston (1992) MA Thesis
University of Auckland 161-235 see also the bibliography
252-253
Shelton, L “Yanks Take R&R” (GP archives)
Smith, P “The Chocolate Fish Factor” (1990)
Onfilm June/ July v7(4) 8-9
Smith, P “Reel Issues” (1991) Pacific Way
May 38
Speden, G “Ruby and Rata Roots Firmly Planted in
HB” (1990) The Daily Telegraph 24 November np
“
Story of ‘Everyday Liars’” nd p12 (GP
archives)
Stratton, D “Festive Scenes From a Crowded House” (1991)
The Australian 21 June 10
Thomas, S “Lots of HB in Ruby” (1990) The
Hawke’s Bay Tribune 27 November 19
Urban, A “Ruby and Rata – Moving Pictures” (1990)
English Trade (refer to Shephard, 1992)
Voumard, S “Ruby and Rata Bares Soul of New Zealand” (1991)
The Age 21 June
Wakefield, P “Down Home Up Market” (1990)
Onfilm p16- 17 (GP archives)
Wakefield, P “Writing From Lessons” (1990)
Onfilm June/ July v7 n4 8-9
Wakefield, P “From Small to Big Screen” nd
np The Evening Post
Wakefield, P “Kiwi Comedy returns” (1990)
The Evening Post 27 September 14
Wakefield, P “Party Time for the Film Industry” (1990)
The Evening Post 1 November 15
Wakefield, P “Ruby and Rata Distinctive” (1990)
The Evening Post 17 July np
Walden, I “Women’s Films At The Festival;
A Review of The Sydney Film Festival” [1990?] Refractory
Girl ? 32-34
Williams, E “Eccentric and Charming” nd np
(GP archives)
Williamson, A “Ruby and Rata: Laing’s Lazarus” (1989)
Evening Post 30
“
Year of the Gun-Ruby and Rata” nd Where-Movies:
Where’s Pick of the Month 55 (GP archives)
NZ Theatric: Preston*Laing/Sue Thompson
Australia: REP
VHS: Kerridge Odeon Amalgamated Video; Endeavour/
Roadshow
New Zealand Film and Television Awards: Best Editing,
Best Film Score, Best Contribution to a Soundtrack,
Best Male Performance. Gaylene Preston also received
finalist
awards under the Director and Film categories.
Winner – 3d place – Popular Choice Best Feature
Sydney and Melbourne Festivals
Gold Medal Giffoni Children’s Film Festival Italy
Selected New Zealand, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto,
Montreal, London, Giffoni, Milan, Seattle, Haifa,
Munich, Honolulu,
Los Angeles and Palm Springs International Film Festivals
An American company, Filmstar, purchased Ruby and
Rata and acquired world sales rights to the film,
excluding
North America, Germany, Australia and New Zealand.
The NZFC continued to handle the film in North America.
The
film was sold together with five new features from
20th Century Fox, attracting worldwide attention.
Ruby and Rata opened at the top of the New Zealand
box office. On five screens, its first two weeks
grossed over $100, 000, making it New Zealand’s biggest
grossing theatrical release for two consecutive weeks.
Its Auckland figures increased during the second
week-a most unusual event. After six weeks, with
six prints,
the film’s box office gross exceeded $230, 000.
Andrews, D “Aussie Film Role for Actor After Gloss
Axe falls” (1990) Sunday Star 7 January C4
Baille, R “Charming Ruby Deserves to be a Hit” (1990)
Auckland Star 23 July np
Baille, R “Likeable and Beautiful Slice of Middle
life” (1990) Sunday Star 30 September np
Botes, C “Emotional Experiences” (1990) Onfilm
September 10
Braunias, S “Positive Thinking Pays Off” (1990)
The Dominion Sunday Times 29 April 10
Calder, P “NZ Movie Up There With the Best” (1990)
NZ Herald 27 September np
Calder, P “Gaylene Preston’s Wonderful World” (1990)
NZ Herald 27 September Section 2 1
Calder, P “N.Z. Critics Praise Preston’s
Feature” nd NZfilm 4-5
Calder, P “Matriarch in Starring Role” (1990)
NZ Herald 7 December np
Christian, D “Yvonne Lawley: A New challenge at
76” (1990) New Idea 20 October 23
“
Domestic Production Drought to End With ‘Brain
Dead’ (1988) Variety NZFC Special 14-20 December
62
Dunphy, L “Screen Sirens” (1990) More April
p46
Fischer, P “Ruby and Rata” (1992) Preview
September 22
Fischer, P “Ruby and rata” (1992) Video International
December 23
“
Gloss Star turns to Gem” (1989) Auckland Star 6
December np
Harris, L “Film Festival Aims for Diversity” nd
np (GP archives)
Harris, L “Making Movies is the Easy Part” nd
np (GP archives)
Keith, S “Performance- Acting the Right Age” (1990)
Listener & TV Times 25 June 106
Knight, K “Greymouth-Born Director’s Latest
Film Screens at Regent Theatre Tomorrow” nd np
(GP archives)
Knowles, M “Ruby and Rata Make an Unexcited Pair” (1990)
Dominion Sunday Times 7 October 18
Kukutai, T “”Dad’s Pride Uppermost
for Film Debutante” (1989) Auckland Star 1 November
Lang, R “Girls on Film” (1990) Onfilm September
v7 n6 11
Logan, C “Yvonne Lawley: Life Begins at 76” (1990)
Sunday Magazine 4 February 47
McDonnell, B “Ruby and Rata” nd North & South
152
“
Movie Star Making Her Dream a Reality” (1989) Gisborne
Herald 9 November 2
Parker, L “Those Love Scenes…Oh Dear” (1990)
New Zealand Woman’s Weekly 1 October 18-19
“
Ruby and Rata” (1990) Sunday 4 February 47
“
Serious Comedy Now in Post- Production” nd (GP
archives) p3
Thompson, A “Ruby and Rata Producer Battles Cultural
Insecurity” (1990) The Dominion 26 September 12
Wakefield, P “Doing No Wrong With Ruby” (1990)
The Evening Post 29 September 28
Williamson, A “Ruby and Rata: Laing’s Lazarus” (1989)
The Evening Post 13 May
16mm Eastman colour
50 mins
Film Archive Ref:*
director: GP
producer: Robin Laing
script: Sue McCauley
Meridian Film Productions in association with the Short
Film Fund for TVNZ. Part of an anthology series
produced by Robin Laing.Key References/ Reviews
16mm Eastman colour
200 minutes feature
version Pts 1 and 2 (100 mins x 2) TV series 4 x 50
telefeature 90 mins cut down
Film
Archive Ref: 22001
director/ associate producer: GP
producer: Robin Laing
writers: Graeme Tetley/GP
Preston*Laing Productions
in association with executive producer Dorothee Pinfold
The
extraordinary story of an ordinary woman, based on
the autobiography of Sonja Davies.
“
A Grand Inspiration for Tina” (GP archives)
“
A Woman’s Triumph Against the Odds” (1993)
Nelson Evening Mail 13 August 5
Ambler, C “Explosion and Three Fires in Capital” (1992)
Dominion 8 January np (GP archives)
“
Australians Flock To Sonja Davies Film” (1994)
New Zealand Herald 19 August np (GP archives)
Baillie, R “Plenty of Highlights for Annual festival” (1993)
Sunday Star 20 June np
Baillie, R “Full Life With Never a Dull Moment” (1993)
Sunday Star 22 August np
Barber, F “Australian Conveyed Right Spirit” (1993)
New Zealand Herald 2 October np
“
Battle with Tuberculosis and to Bring up a Child Begins” (1993)
The Ensign 8 October np
B.B “From Zoot Suits to Socialism” nd np
Communist Party Paper (GP archives)
“
Biggest Ever Film Festival” (1993) Otago Daily
Times, Campus Quarterly 16 July
Bollinger, N “Rabbiters and Roses” (1993)
City Voice 15 July np
“
Book of the Week” (1993) The Evening Post 8 October
np
Botes, C “Indecent Proposal Straight-From Mills
and Boon’s heart” (1993)The Dominion 21
June
Botes, C “Locally Made Movies Make Strong Impact
at Festival” (1993) The Dominion 26 July 9
Botes, C “Extremes of Achievement” (1993)
Onfilm August np
Botes, C “It’s Entertainment, Not the Meaning
of Life” (1993) The Dominion 6 September np
Botham, L “Davies’ Lively Story” (1993)
The Evening Post 9 October np
Bowron, J “A Night of Kiwi Culture” (1993)
Sunday Times 17 October np
Bowron, J “Saturated With Sonja” (1993)
Sunday Times 10 October np
Bowron, J “A Night of Kiwi Culture” (1993)
Sunday Times 17 October np
“
Bread & Roses” (GP archives)
“
Bread and Roses-Wellington 22nd Film festival” (1993)
The Evening Post 21 July np
“
Bread and Roses” (1994) The Age Entertainment
Guide 15 July np
“
Bread & Roses Cinema Nova” (1994) Inpress
Magazine 15 June 3
“
Bread and Roses Find Their Rightful Home”(1993)
Television New Zealand-Networks 30 September 6
“
Bread and Roses recreates 1940s NZ” (1993) The
Press 20 August np
Bunbury, S “Highlights of the Day-Film-Bread and
Roses” (1994) The Age 13 July
Calder, P “Film-Reviews” (1993) New Zealand
Herald 20 August np
“
Campaigner a Woman ‘Well Before Her Time’” (1993)
Gisborne Herald 9 October np
“
Channel Crossings” (1993) Sunday Star 3 October
9
“
Cigarette Smoker Set Off Gunpowder” (1993) Dominion
15 June np (GP archives)
Connolly, K “Dinosaurs Doomed to Distinction” (1993)
The Age 19 June np
Cooke, P and Gosden, B “Wellington 22nd Film Festival-Bread
and Roses selected” (1993) (GP archives)
Coughlan, K “Sharks Training as Politicians” (1993)
The Evening Post 19 July np
“
Courages Sonja’s Amazing Story Told” (1993)
Marlborough Express 30 September np
“
Courageous Tale Double Triumph” (1993) Howick
and Pakuranga Times
30 September
Crockett, M “The Dish” (1993) New Zealand
Listener 30 January 86
Crockett, M “The Dish” (1993) New Zealand
Listener 13 February 94
Cubey, M “Festival Reviews” (1993) City
Voice 22 July np
Cubey, M “Film Festival” (1993) City Voice
29 July np
“
Davies Devoted to Equality” (1993) The Daily
Post 9 October np
“
Davies’ Early Life Portrayed” (1993) Wairarapa
Times-Age 8 October np
“
Davies’ Life Portrayed in Bread and Roses” (1993)
2 October (GP archives)
“
Davies’ Story on Screen” (1993) The Daily
News 30 September np
“
Davies Swam Against the Tide of the Times” (1993)
Dannervirke Evening News 9 October np
“
Davies-the Survivor” (1993) Daily Telegraph 2
October 22
“
Director Defends Film’s Double Award” nd
np (GP archives)
Drinnan, J “Drama” (1993) (GP archives)
Ewart, W “Springing to Aid of Davies” (1992)
22 December np (GP archives)
“
Extraordinary Life Retold” (1993) Gisborne Herald
2 October np
“
Film and Television Awards” (GP archives)
“
Fighting Illness and Bureaucracy” (1993) 30 September
(GP archives)
“
Film Festival” (1993) Workers Voice July np
“
Film Shoot Recreates Hutt Nurses’ Past” (1993)
Hutt News 26 January 6
Finnegan, A “Wellington’s Movie Potential
Should be Boon for Economy” (1995) The Evening
Post 31 July 7
“
First Release-Bread and Roses” (1994) The Age
Entertainment Guide 15 July
Gosden, B “Bread and Roses” (1993) Wellington
Film Festival Programme July np
Graham, S “Strong Coverage for Suffrage Year” (1992)
20 November np (GP archives)
Hare, R “Sonja’s Red Shirt” (1993)
Dominion 26 October np
Houlahan, M “A Portrait From Life” (1993)
The Evening Post 10 July 13
Hutchinson, I “Woman’s Epic Lacks Punch” (1994)
Herald Sun 16 June 4
“
International Film Festival” (1993) Dunedin Star
Midweek 21 July np
Jillett, N “Splendid Picot Sets New Standards” nd
np (GP archives)
Jillett, N “Film-Bread and Roses” nd The
Age 17 June np (GP archives)
Kan, R “The Award for Better Actor Goes to…”(1994)
The Dominion 21 June 19-20
Kenrick, J “The Same Source of Inspiration as Old
Archimedes” (1994) Southern Cross 22 June 15
Knowles, M “Familiar Touchstones to the New Zealand
Way of Life” (1993) Sunday Times 29 August 27
Knowles, M “Film Festival a Dazzler” (1993)
Dominion/Sunday Times 4 July
Laing, R “Film Credit/Letters to the Editor” (1993)
August np
Lawrence, D “Film’s Triumph Reflected in
Sales” (1994) 20 June np (GP archives)
Leitch, L “Not a Suitable Role Model” (1992)
22 December np (GP archives)
“
Local Films ‘Impressive’” (1993)
Courier Mail 2 September np
“
Making ‘Dough’ From Bread and Roses” nd
np (GP archives)
Manning, D “Sonja’s Story” (1993)
Nelson Evening Mail 16 August 20
Mariner, A “Bowron’s Insults” (1993)
(GP archives) October
Martin H and Edwards, S New Zealand Film 1912-1996
(1997) Auckland, Oxford University Press 169
Mathews, P “The Next Picture Show: 22nd Wellington
Film Festival” (1993) Capital Times 7 July
“
Maverick Praises Creative Perigo” Sunday Star
20 August np
McArdle, M “Visual Beauty” (1994) Beat
Magazine 15 June 5
McRae, T “Soap Lures Current Affairs Star” (1993)
Sunday Star 17 January C11
McRae, T “NZ Series” (1994) Sunday Star-
Times 21 August D4
“
Mini- Series Boom” (1992) NZfilm October n47
13
“
Montana Sunday Theatre: Bread and Roses” (1993)
Listener 196 & 23 October 74, 66
Morris, M “High Praise for Colenso” (1993)
Daily Telegraph 17 September np
Morris, M “High Praise for Colenso” (1993)
Hawkes’-Bay Herald Tribune 18 September np
“
Moving Drama” (1993) Wanganui Chronicle 1 October
np
“
Nelson Farm Recreated for Series” (1993) The
Chronicle 15 January np
“
Novelty of Life on Film Remains” (1993) Herald
21 August np
“
Now is Obviously…” (1992) The Dominion
18 December np
“
NZ Bestsellers” (1993) The Evening Post 22 October
np
“
NZ Series:” (1994) Sunday Star Times 21 August
D3
“
One Woman’s Battle Against the Odds” (1993)
The Ensign np
Pearson, M “Bread & Roses” (1994) Evening
Standard 4 August 6
Peperrell, S “Exceptional Kiwi Drama” (1993)
Waikato Times 11 October np
Peters, G Bread & Roses: Commercial Television and “Everywoman” (1994)
MA Thesis University of Auckland
Petrovic, H (1993) “Convincing Backdrop to Unionist’s
Story” The Press 25 August np
Phillips, J “A Portrait of a Generation” (1993)
Sunday Times 3 October 31
“
Preston’s Mini- Series Near Completion” (1993)
NZfilm May n49 10
“
Prop Van Blast Being Investigated” (1993) The
Press 9 January np
Pryor, I “Bread and Roses NZ Masterpiece” (1993)
The Evening Post 15 September np
Shaw, B (1993) “Two Gets New Sports Show” Sunday
Star Times 10 October
Shelton, L “Territories That Bread and Roses Have
sold in…” (1994) Pinflicks Productions
25 March (GP archives)
Shipley, J “An Extraordinary Woman” (1992)
The Dominion 10 December np
Smith, C “17th Film Festival Offers Patrons a Wide
Choice” (1993?) Otago Daily Times 22 July np
“
Sonja Davies Film Launched” (1993) Nelson Evening
Mail 16 August np
“
Sonja’s Triumph Against the Odds” (1993)
Nelson Evening Mail 30 September 15
“
Sonja’s Story” (1993) Nelson Evening Mail
16 August np
“
Sonja’s Story Filmed” (1992) Hutt News
15 December np
“
Still Searching for the Right ‘Sonja’” (1992)
Hutt News 8 September np
“
The Courage of One Woman” (1993) Wairarapa Times-Age
1 October np
“
The Results-Television” (1994) (GP archives)
“
The True Story of a Remarkable Woman” (1993)
Northland Age Courier 1 October np
“
Treat for Movie Buffs” Central Leader nd 9 July
“
True Story of Courage, Triumph” (1993) Dannevirke
Evening News 2 October
“
TV Day by Day Highlights” (1993) Woman’s
Day 5 October 5
Veysey, A “Dry, Unpretentious Awards Ceremony” (1994)
The Evening Post 20 June 10
Vincent, C “Second Week of Festival Begins” [(1993?)]
Evening Standard 22 September np
Wakefield, P “A Violent Exception” The
Evening Post 15 July np
Wakefield, P “Film” (1993) The Evening
Post 22 September np
Wakefield, P “International Kiwi Hit will Premiere
at the Festival” (1993) The Evening Post 10 July
Weiniger, P “Double Bouquet for a Single ‘Rose’ Role” (1994)
The Age 21 June np
“
What’s On” (1993) New Idea 2 October 86-87
Witchel, D “Echoes of Empire” (1993) Listener
23 October 59
Wrathall, S “TV Licence Fee not Meant for Sonja
Davies’ Russia View” (1992) The Dominion
3 December np
Bread and Roses was made for Television New Zealand
and supported by the Suffrage Centennial Year
Trust, Beyond
Distribution and NZ On Air.
TV series (4 parts) on TVNZ’s prestigious Montana
Sunday Theatre, 1993, October (3, 10, 17, 24)- according
to the AGB-McNair people meter ratings it was the most
watched programme in its timeslots, attracting 16 percent
of the population over five years old, and most significantly,
almost a third of New Zealanders aged over 40.
Theatrical release New Zealand by Preston*Laing
and Australia by Nathalie Miller Sharmill Films
Worldwide TV sales: Beyond International
Bread and Roses world premiere at the Wellington
Film Festival, July, 1993. Also selected San
Francisco International
Film festival, screened at the Brisbane Film
Festival, Melbourne Film Festival and Vancouver
Film Festival
(1993). Third Most Popular Feature Melbourne.
VHS: Learning Media for Ministry of Education
Four awards New Zealand Film and Television
Awards 1994 including best actress, film and
television
(see Witchel
D “Applause Please” (1994) Listener 9 July
64 and ? Onfilm*)
Bread and Roses was sold to the following territories:
Peru, Puerto Rico, Indonesia, Canada, Panama,
Uruguay, Multa, Qatar, Israel, Taiwan, Africa,
Albania,
Belgium, Hungary, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland,
Portugal,
Romania, Spain, Czechoslovakia, Turkey, Yugoslavia,
Thailand.
“
A Triumph of NZ Cinema” (1993) Ashburton Guardian
(GP archives)
Barber, F “Australian Conveyed Right Spirit” (1993)
New Zealand Herald 2 October np
“
Battle With Tuberculosis and to Bring up a Child Begins” (1993)
The Ensign 8 October np
Bollinger, N “Rabbiters and Roses” (1993)
The City Voice 15 July np
Botes, C “Locally Made Movies Make strong Impact
at Festival” (1993) The Dominion 26 July 9
“
Bread and Roses” (GP archives)
Buchanan, R “Not Roses But Glory All the Way” (1994)
The Age 15 June 17
Calder, P “Bread and Roses” (1993) New
Zealand Herald 20 August np
Calder, P “Bread and Roses ‘About Us Now’ Says
Director” (1993) Nelson Evening Mail 24 August
1-2
Calder, P “Changing Our World” (1993) New
Zealand Herald 19 August section 2 1
“
Campaigner a Woman ‘Well Before Her Time’” (1993)
Gisborne Herald 9 October np
“
Commission Earmarks $1 Million For ‘Bread and Roses’ Drama” (1990)
The Hutt News 7 August 2
“
Courageous Sonja’s Amazing Story Told” (1993)
Marlborough Express 30 September np
“
Courageous Tale Double Triumph” (1993) Howick
and Pakuranga Times 30 September np
Craig, D “Preston and the Story of Davies’ Struggle” (1993)
Capital Times February v18 n36 1
“
Davies Devoted to equality” (1993) The Daily
Post 9 October
“
Davies’ early Life Portrayed” (1993) Wairarapa
Times- Age 8 October np
“
Davies’ Life Portrayed in Bread and roses” (1993)
[Greymouth local paper] 2 October np (GP archives)
“
Davies Story on Screen” (1993) The Daily News
30 September
“
Davies’ Swam Against the Tide of the Times” (1993)
Dannevirke Evening News 9 October
“
Davies – The Survivor” (1993) Daily Telegraph
2 October 22
“
Extraordinary Life Retold” (1993) Gisborne Herald
2 October
“
Fighting Illness and Bureaucracy” (1993) 30 September
(GP archives)
“
Film Man Faces Charges After Gunpowder Blast” (1993)
Dominion 14 January np GP’s own archive
“
Film Shoot Recreates Hutt Nurses’ Past” (1993)
Hutt News 26 January
Goulter, J “Sonja Davies’ Life for Mini-
Series” nd np (GP archives)
Houlahan, M “Australian Picot Feared Taking Prized
NZ Role” (1993) The Evening Post 3 September
3
Houlahan, M “From Gaylene Preston, With Love” (1993)
Waikato Times 2 October
Kenrick, J “The Same Source of Inspiration as Old
Archimedes” (1994) Southern Cross 22 June 15
Knowles, M “Familiar Touchstones to the New Zealand
way of Life” (1993) Sunday Times 29 August 27
“
Making ‘Dough’ From Bread and Roses” nd
np (GP archives)
McArdle, M “Visual Beauty” (1994) Beat
Magazine 15 June np
McChesney, M “Genevieve’s Excellent Bread
Role” (1993) New Idea 2 October 84- 85
Morris, D “Gunpowder Worker Smoking Before Blast” (1993)
Evening Post 8 January np GP’s archives
“
Moving Drama” (1993) Wanganui Chronicle 1 October
np
“
Nelson Farm Recreated for Series” (1993) The
Chronicle 15 January np
“
News & That’s Hollywood” (1993) The
Evening Post 27 September 9
New Zealand Herald Feature Service “Changing the
World” (1993) New Zealand Herald nd 11
“
Novelty of Life on Film Remains” (1993) The Herald
21 August np
“
Now is Obviously the Time…” (1992) Dominion
18 December np
O’Leary, E “Davies Praises Film of Her Life” (1993)
The Evening Post 16 June
“
One Woman’s Battle Against the Odds” (1993)
The Ensign 1 October np
[“Political Activist…”] (1993) Southern
News 9 February np
[“Preparing to Protest…”] (1993)
The Dominion 16 February 3
“
Project Delights Film- Maker” (1993) Daily Telegraph
22 September 13
“
Prop Van Blast being Investigated” (1993) Press
9 January np GP’s own archive
Pryor, I “Why ‘Bread’ Took Seven Years
to Rise” nd (GP archives) 3
Pryor, I “Roses All the Way” (1993) The
Dominion 4 September 9
Pryor, I “Bread and Roses NZ Masterpiece” (1993)
The Evening Post 15 September np
[“Role Model…”] (1992) The Dominion
16 November np
Rose, J “United They Stand” (1993) City
Voice 2 September
Smith, C “Big Screen Proves Irresistible” (1993?)
Otago Daily Times 31 July
“
Sonja’s Triumph Against the Odds” (1993)
Nelson Evening Mail 30 September 15
“
Springing To Aid of Davies” Dominion nd np GP’s
own archives
“
Still Searching for the Right ‘Sonja’” (1992)
The Hutt News 8 September np
Stirling, P “Pedestal Rebel” (1993) Listener
2-8 October 22- 24
“
The Courage of One Woman” (1993) Wairarapa Times-
Age 1 October np
[“The Ferret…”] (1994?) Metro nd
30 (GP archives)
“
The True Story of a Remarkable Woman” (1993)
Northland Age Courier 1 October
“
True Story of Courage, Triumph” (1993) Dannevirke
Evening News 2 October
“
TV License Fee Not Meant For Sonja Davies’ Russia
View” (1992) Dominion 3 December np
“
Upfront” (1993) New Zealand Listener 9 October
8
Walker, B “Director Strives to ‘De- Soap’ Davies
Movie” (1993?) Christchurch Star 8 August
Williamson, L “Ahead of Her Time” (1993)
Woman’s Day 26 January 52
35mm Eastman colour dolby stereo sound
1/2” video
95mins
Film Archive Ref: F24866
director/producer: GP
executive producer: Robin Laing
interviewer: Judith Fyfe
music: Jonathan Besser
editor: Paul Sutorius
DOP: Alun Bollinger
cast: Pamela Quill, Flo Small, Tui
Preston, Jean Andrews, Rita Graham, Neva Clarke McKenna,
Mabel Waititi
Gaylene Preston Productions in association
with New Zealand Film Commission and New Zealand On Air,
TV3
Airy, V “Film Director Shares Stories With Soroptimists” nd np
(GP archives)
Armatage, K “War Stories” (1995) Toronto International Film Festival;
Nourishment for A Modern Age Toronto 175
Armatage, K “War Stories” (1996) Sundance Film festival Brochure-Utah
18-28 January 61
Baillie, R “Professional French Style Shows” (1995) Sunday Star
Times 21 May np
Baillie, R “Facts Dominate Film festivals” (1995) Sunday Star Times
2 July B8
Banks, R nd “Poignancy in War Memories” (GP archives)
Barber, L, “A Reel Story of Cinematic Persistence” (1995) The Australian
1 December 10
Beattie, K “ ‘First Say and Last Cut’: A Conversation With
Gaylene Preston” (1996) New Zealand Journal of Media Studies 3:1 4-16
“ Books” (GP archives)
“ Brief-Film Chosen” (1996) Sunday Star Times 21 January np
Burns, J “Gaylene Preston: Finding the Extraordinary in the Ordinary” (1995)
New Zealand Monthly Review (June/July) 350 16-17
Calder, P “Women Soldiered On” (1995) New Zealand Herald 19 May
np
Cass, G “Poignancy, Nostalgia in War Tales From Home” (1995) Napier
Daily Telegraph 5 July np
Cessfold, C “Flo has Stars in her Eyes Over Hollywood” (1996) The
Evening Post 23 March 3
Clark, L “Stories of War From the Heart” (1996) Daily Telegraph
Mirror 22 February np
Cleveland, L “The Culture of Death-Where are the Songs” (1995)
New Zealand Books V5 n3 i19 August 1, 4
Conlan, P “War Stories” (1996) Movie Trader nd np
Dawson, L “On Film-War Stories” (1995) Next June 75
Dederer, C “Film Pick-The Stories of Those Who Were Left Behind” (U.S)
nd np (GP archives)
Dell’oso, A “Women of War Break the Silence” (1996) Sydney
Morning Herald 26 February np
Dixon, G “Television” (1996) The New Zealand Herald 24 April np
“ Film and Book” (1996) Daily Telegraph Mirror 22 February np
“ Film Honour” (1996) The Evening Post 20 January np
“ Film Picks” (1995) The Evening Post 3 August 7
“ Films in Brief” (1996) Vogue Australia February 65
“ Films Opening this Week: War Stories” (1996) 24-25 The Australian
February np
“ Films: War Stories Our Mothers never Told Us” (1995) Seattle Post-
What’s Happening 2 June 27
Finnegan, A “Cannes Film Festival-Preston’s War Stories has them
Weeping” (1995) The Evening Post 27 May 54
Fountain, Barabara “Ad Lib” (1996) The Independent Business Weekly
19 January 25.
“ Freetrade” (1996) Sydney Morning Herald-Metro Guide 23-29 February
np
“ From Weenie Roast to ‘War Stories’ to ‘More Crazy Tunes’ (1996)
14 June F14 (GP archives)
Fyfe, J War Stories (1995) Auckland, Penguin
Garner, H (1996) “War and Second Chances” The Independent February
68-71
“ Gaylene Preston-War Stories Our Mother’s Never Told Us” (1996)
22nd International Film Festival-Wurzburg 71
“ Gaylene Preston-War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) Venice
Film festival 192-195
Gezelius, K “Dokumentarflimmer” (1996) Gotenburg Film Festival
Brochure February np
Gurvich, V (1995) “Love in Time of Conflict” The Age Melbourne
16 June np
“ Grandmother’s Gift” (1996) Elle Magazine- Film insight March
np
Harris, P “Female Roles Out Window” (1995) The Age Melbourne 15
June 19
Halladay, M “Award-Winning Documentary Chronicles Women of World War
II” (1996) 11 August US (GP archives)
Hartl, J “Seven Women, Seven Stories add up to a Fine documentary” nd
np Seattle Times (GP archives)
Heenan, C “Women Tell Their War Stories at Film Festival” (1995)
Otago Daily Times 28 July np
Herrick, L “Awards Fix up Glitch” (1995) Sunday Times 4 June np
Hinson, H “Making Peace With the Past” (1996) The Washington Post
15 March np
Horton, R “New Zealand Women relate War Stories in Touching Documentary” (1996)
The Herald 11 August 2D
Houlahan, M “On the Home Front – Women Recall the War” (1995)
Evening Post 13 May 9-10
Howe, D “Openings-War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1996)
The Washington Post Weekend 15 March np
“ In Brief” (1995) Capital Times v20 n19 March 8
“ Inside New Zealand-Heroines’ War Tales Told” (1996) The Evening
Post TV Week 22 April 8
Jenkins, M “War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1996) Washington
City Paper 15 March np
Johnson, S “Through Women’s Eyes” (1995) Quote Unquote (June)
24 14-17
Directions, Series Thirteen (c1995) Neville Glasgow interview with Gaylene
Preston. Wellington, Radio New Zealand Replay Radio [sound recording]
Kitchin, P “About Town” (1995) The Evening Post 9 June np
“ Kiwi Films on Show at Festival” (1995) New Zealand News UK 8 November
np
“ Kiwi War Documentary in Cannes’ Spotlight” (1995) The Dominion
23 May np
Kuryla, M “Film Review-War Stories” (1996) The Hollywood Reporter
3 June 9, 12
Lavery, K “Incredibly Strange Film Festival” (1995) The Strip April
i20 33
LePetit, P “A Girl Worth Dying For” (1996) The Sunday Telegraph
25 February 153
“ Lest We Forget” (1995) New Zealand Defence Quarterly n11 26
“ Listening to War Stories” (1995) Screen-International at Cannes
24 June 12
Macklin, J “War Babies Tell Stirring stories” Canberra Times 8
March np
Mahy, B “War Secrets” (1995) Pavement (June/July) 11 16
Manning, D “War Stories Our Mothers Told Us” (1995) Nelson Mail
15 August np
Martin H and Edwards, S New Zealand Film 1912-1996 (1997) Auckland, Oxford
University Press 181
“ War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” Movienet http://www.movienet…
warstoriesourm.html
“ Movies” (1995) (U.S) nd np (GP archives)
Murphy, K nd “Toronto” 69-70 (GP archives)
“ Muted Welcome for ‘Rich, Stylish’ Kiwi Features” (1995)
OnFilm (GP archives)
Nechak, P “Movie Captures Personal Tragedies of World War II” nd
np (Seattle, US) (GP archives)
“ New Releases” nd np Film (GP archives)
Parker, D “Gibson Opens Seattle fest” (1995) The Hollywood Reporter
4 May np
Parker, J “Shocking Past Secrets Make it to the Big screen” (1995)
NZ Doctor 28 April 40
Preston, G “Director’s Statement” (1995) Prime Time May 16-17
Reid, N “War Stories” (1995) North & South June 134
Roberts, R “Carrying The Can” (1995) Northern Advocate 9 August
np (interview with Mabel Waititi, GP’s own archive)
Roberts, R “War Stories Weave Spell” (1995) Northern Advocate Whangarei
14 August np
Roach, V (1996) Daily Telegraph Mirror 23 February (GP archives)
Russo, L “Wives’ Tales” (1996) L.A Review 7 June 18
Saleken, C “WWII’s Forgotten Stories Brought to Life” (1996)
nd np (U.S) (GP archives)
Simmons, L “Guardians of an Absent Meaning” (1996) Illusions Winter
n25 26-29
Smith, J “War Stories Reveal Fascinating Secrets” (1996) The Kitsilano
News 14 August 12
Spletzer, A “War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) (U.S)
(GP archives)
Stack, P “’War’ Tales From Lives of Women” (1996) San
Francisco Chronicle 26 April D7
“ Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) The Business of Film-Cinefin
25 May 18
Stratton, D “War Stories” (1995) Variety #11 27 May 7
“ The 42nd Sydney Film Festival Audience Vote for Best Films-Results” (1995)
Sydney Film Festival (GP archives)
Thomas, K “New Zealand Women Tell Moving ‘Stories’ of War” (1996)
Los Angeles Times 7 June F6
Thomson, J “War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) Capital
Times 30 May 10
Tilly, B “Searching, Finding, Laughing… Emotive Survival” (1995)
City Voice 18 May 6
“ TV Best-Documentary-Shaoh and Tell” (1996) New Zealand Listener
20 April 63
“ V-Day for War Stories” nd np OnFilm (GP archives)
Vasil, A “Best Actress Winner Heads for Hollywood” (1995) The Dominion
26 June np
Vine, B “Film Reviews-War Stories” (1995) Real Groove May 28
Wakefield, P “Kiss of Life for Big-Screen Career” nd np (GP archives)
Wakefield, P “Top TVNZ Programming Position Goes Begging” nd np
(GP archives)
Wakefield, P “Response to War Doco Overwhelms TVNZ” (1995) The
Evening Post 1 February np
Wakefield, P “NYPD Blue Poised to Boost Audience” (1996) The Evening
Post 24 April np
Wakefield, P “Topless Women Takes Risks With Style” (1996) The
Evening Post April np
Walters, B “Women’s WWII Stories Could not Better Tellers” (1996)
San Francisco Examiner nd np (GP archives)
“ War and Peace-Lest We Forget” (1995) Sunday Star Times nd 3
“ War Stories” (1995) Metro May 128-129
“ War Stories” (1995) The 44th Melbourne International Film Festival
46
“ War Stories” (1995) 42nd Sydney Film Festival 9-24 June 54
“ War Stories” (1995) Toronto Film Festival 7-16 September 175
“ War Stories” -Australian Film Festival (GP archives)
“ War Stories” (1995) Herald Sun- Melbourne 15 June 52
“ War Stories” (1996) The 20th Hong Kong International Film Festival
March/April 143
“ War Stories” (1996) San Francisco Bay Times nd np
“ War Stories” (1996) San Francisco Weekly nd 7
“ War Stories” (1996) TNT Issue 635 nd 27
“ War Stories Film Scoops Best Picture Award” (1995) The Dominion
26 June 27
“ War Stories-Gaylene Preston” (1996) Wift Newsletter NSW-Women in
Film and Television February/March 1
“ War Stories Makes Mark at Cannes” (1995) The Evening Post 22 May
np
“ War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) Excerpted from K.
Armatage’s Toronto Film Festival programme notes
“ War Stories Our Mother’s Never Told Us” (1995) Seattle Film
Festival Brochure June 84
“ War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) North & South
May 21
“ War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) Tearaway May 18
“ War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1996) San Francisco Bay
Guardian 24 April 30
“ War Stories Our Mother’s Never Told Us” (1996) LA Weekly
7-13 June np
“ War Stories Our Mother’s Never Told Us: Women reveal Their Secrets
From the War” (1995) Home & Country: The Journal of New Zealand Country
Women’s Institutes May/ June 51
“ War Stories Rolls on” (1995) OnFilm October np
“ War Story Film Scoops Best Picture Award” (GP archives)
“ Washington Premiere” (1996) Washington Premiere (GP archives)
Wilton, M “What Did You Do In the War Mum?” (1995) New Zealand
Listener 20 May 47-48
Wilton, M “Film” (1996) New Zealand Listener 6 January 42
Willis, H “War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1996) The Reader-L.A
7 June 31
Willis, H “War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1996) L.A Reader
nd np
“ Winds of War” (1996) San Francisco Chronicle Pre Sunday nd np
Woodfield, S “Picks of the Week-War Stories” (1995) New Zealand’s
Woman’s Weekly 22 May 44
Cinema theatric: NZ Footprint; USA/Canada: First Run Features; Australia Ronin
Films
VHS: Gaylene Preston Productions (with study guide); Columbia Tristar Video
War Stories feature film had its world premiere on Anzac Day 1995. Opened in
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch on Friday 19 May 1995.
Best Film NZ Film and Television Awards 1995
2nd place, Best Documentary Melbourne Film Festival 1995
Most Popular Film and Best Documentary Sydney Film Festival 1995
Screened at Cannes Film Festival (Feature Documentary) 1995, invited to eight
international film festivals, including festivals in England, France, Germany,
United States (Seattle) and Italy (Venice Film Festival 1996) Toronto International
Film Festival
Selection: Sundance Film Festival (Utah), 1996; honoured with an American Film
Archive Charity premiere, in Los Angeles (February1996). The first time a New
Zealand film was selected for the event.
Released in the United States in March 1996
TV3 (New Zealand) marked the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World
War with the screening of War Stories (as two documentaries) with nine commercial
breaks adding 38 minutes.
Accinelli, L “On Safari With Flo” (1996) The New Zealand Herald
7 March Section 3 1
Adamson, J “Film Reveals the Women’s Wartime” nd (GP archives)
p11, 32
Airey, Y “Film Director Shares Stories With Soroptimists” nd np
GP’s own archive
Allen, L “Movie Pick-War Secrets” (1995) New Zealand Woman’s
Day 22 May 57
Barber, L “A Reel Story of Cinematic Persistence” (1995) The Australian
1 December 10
Blake-Kelly, A “A Woman’s War” (1995) City Voice 18 May 8
Botes, C “Preston Again Bridges the TV-Film Gap” (1995) The Dominion
19 May 16
Brown, R “War Stories” (1995) Southern Skies April 64
Chamberlain, J “War Story-The Significant Small Life of Neva Clarke
McKenna” nd North & South 107-113
Christian, D “Women Tell War Secrets” (1995) TV Guide 12 May 51-52
Crowley, J “Story That Just Had to be Told” (1995) Bay of Plenty
Times 3 August np
Dart, W “Stories From the Silent Front-Gaylene Preston on War Stories” (1995?)
Rip It Up May I213 40-41
Ferguson, L “There’s a Hidden Side to World War II…” (1995)
Sunday News 23 April 17
Fleming, D “I Lost Two Loves” (1995) New Zealand Woman’s
Weekly 15 May 38-39
Gullery, L “Personal Touch” (1995) Napier Courier 13 July np
Guyan, C “Love Story With a Tragic Ending” (1995) Sunday Star Times
30 April C3
Hooper, H “The Quiet war” (1995) The Strip May I21 45
Hope, D “War Stories” (1995) Salient 1 May I10 27
Houlahan, M “On the Home Front-women Recall the War” (1995) The
Evening Post 13 May np
Hubbard, A “Echoes of War” (1995) New Zealand Listener May 18-24
Johnson, S “Enduring Spirit” (1995) Quote/Unquote May 37
Johnson, S “Through Women’s Eyes-Gaylene Preston and War Stories” (1995)
Quote/Unquote June 14-17, 23
“ Mabel Waititi’s Drive to Survive” (1995) Sunday News 23 April
32
Mahy, B “War Secrets-Wellington Director Gaylene Preston Lifts the Lid
on What our Mother’s Got up to During the War” (1995) Pavement
June/July I11 16
Manchester, A “Passion and Prejudice Recalled” (1995) Crosslink
June 7
Masters, C “Bitter-Sweet Tales of War” (1994) The Herald 22 August
np
McKenna, K “Veterans of Love and War” (1996) Calender-Los Angeles
Times 2 June 22, 24
McMillan, N “Spellbound Audience Applauds ‘War Stories’” (1995)
Dunedin Star Midweek 2 August np
Milne, G “What Did You do in the War Granny?” (1995) The Evening
Post-Youth Focus May np
Phare, J “War Stories” (1995) The New Zealand Herald 10 May section
2 1
Polasschek, B “Women at War at Home” (1995) The Evening Post-Youth
Focus May np
Powell, C “Gaylene Salutes the Gals” (1994) New Zealand New Idea
11 October 24
Reece, L “War Bride’s Lonely Vigil” (1995) The Dominion 24
April 9
Roberts, R “Carrying the Can” (1995) Northern Advocate 9 August
np
“ Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) The Business of Film-At
Cannes 25 May 18
Swain, P “Still Playing With the Photos” (1995) The Dominion 24
April 9
“ The Perpetual Dawning of New Zealand Film” (1995) Planet Autumn
I16 68-69
Tsoulis, A “War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us” (1995) Broadsheet
Winter: 206 57-63
“ TV2 React to TV3’s Success” (1996) TV Guide 12 April 25
Walsh, R “Preston Brings Intimate Tales of War Years to Napier” (1995)
The Daily Telegraph 8 July 3
“ War Stories” (1995) Pavement April/ May I10 11
“ War Stories Film ‘Found’” (1995) The Hawke’s
Bay Herald-Tribune 10 July 3
“ War Stories Our Mums never Told Us” (1995) Kia Hiwa Ra May p1 and
p8
“ Wai Rongomai-Springboard to Cannes” (1995) Wairarapa News 17 may
15
Wakefield, P “NZ Hangs on as Kiwi Soars” (1995) Onfilm May p1,
2 and 19
“ What’s Hot?” (1995) Waikato Times 27 September np
Williams, S “What Did You do in the War, Mum?” (1996) The Australian
21 February 14
“ Women’s Stories Reveal Subjects Never Told Before” (1995)
NZfilm May I53 2-3
LTSA commercial for Christmas
Commissioned by Saatchi
and Saatchi
Best Campaign Gold Award
NZAXIS Awards
TV commercial
Beta SP
46 mins
Film Archive Ref: F28040
director/co-producer: GP
producer: John Harris
associate producer: Mark Derby
executive producer: Caterina de Nave
photography: Alun Bollinger
editor Simon Reece
music: Jonathan Crayford
Greenstone Pictures in association with Gaylene Preston Productions
Wellington and Dunedin, New Zealand International Film Festival
VHS: Greenstone Pictures
“ Work of Art” slot TVNZ
Publicity
Harris, L “Film-maker Advocate of Festival” (1996) Otago Daily
Times 10 August np GPs own archive
See also Bill Gosden, NZ Film Festival booklet
#PP Parallel Paths (1997)
LTSA television commercial
Commissioned by Saatchi & Saatchi, Wellington
Key References/ Reviews
New Zealand television.
Silver Mobius Outstanding Creativity for Direction – United States
*check Flying Fish website
glass laser disc
36mins
Film Archive Ref:*
Producer/director: GP
Projection for the Hawkes Bay Culture Trust: semi-permanent exhibition
The Hawkes Bay earthquake of 1931
remembered.
First public screening Hawkes Bay Museum Napier 3 February 1999
35mm Dolby stereo
73mins
Film Archive Ref: F47254
producer/director: Annie Goldson
co-producer and executive producer: GP
editor: John Gilbert
Occasional Productions in association
with Gaylene Preston Productions, New Zealand Film Commission
and New Zealand On Air
The true story of a death in Timor
and the power of a mother’s grief.
Adams, G “Cause Celebre” (1999) Metro May np (GP archives)
“ Brevities” (1999) North & South June np (GP archives)
Calder, P “Devoted to the Cause” (1999) New Zealand Herald 22 May
np (GP archives)
Dart, W “Punitive Damage” (1999) Ripitup 259 np (GP archives)
Fowler, J “Punitive Damage” (1999) Pavement 34 np (GP archives)
McLaughlin, V “Punitive Damage” (1999) Real Groove 71 np (GP archives)
“ Punitive Damage” [?Semaine de la Critique nd np] (GP archives)
Reid, N “Punitive Damage” (1999) North & South June np (GP
archives)
Vasil, A “Documentary Acclaim No Surprise” (1999) Dominion 21 May
np (GP archives)
White, M “The Hard Road” (1999) Listener 26
Wong, H “A Country Not His Own” (1999) Listener 22 May 43
“ World Premiere in International Competition” (1999) NZFilm 62 10
Theatric New Zealand (occasional)
VHS: Occasional ProductionsNew Zealand International Film Festival
Silver Medianet Award Munich Film Festival
Best Documentary 2d place Sydney Film Festival Awards including Best Film
Critics Week Locarno International Documentary Festival
Nominated for Best Film AFTA Awards 1999
72mins
Film Archive Ref: F24682
producer/co-director: GP
co-director: Anna Cottrell
Gaylene Preston Productions in association
with New Zealand on Air and TVNZ
A fly-on-the-wall behind the scenes look at the remarkably bumpy road to Te
Papa
New Zealand Film Festival
DVD
12mins
Film Archive Ref: 51737
Producer/director: GP
Projection for the Wellington City & Sea Museum: semi-permanent exhibition
72mins
Film Archive Ref: F51711
producer/director: GP
cinematographer: Alun Bollinger
editor: Simon Rece
music: Gillian Whitehead
Gaylene Preston ProductionsEmotional
journeys after a breast cancer diagnosis
Cardy, T “Cutting To The Chase” (2001) Evening Post 12 July 19-20Distribution
New Zealand International Film Festival (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch,
Dunedin, Palmerston North)
Keynote screening World Congress on Breast Cancer Vancouver 2002
New Zealand Media Peace Awards 2001, winner Premier Award
Nealon, S “Directed By: Gaylene Preston” (2001) New Zealand Woman’s
Weekly 15 October 22
71mins
Film Archive Ref: F55691
director/co-producer: Brita McVeigh
producer: GP
editor: im Whitehouse
Gaylene Preston Productions
The surprising tale of the underestimated
trolley dollyKey References/ Reviews
New Zealand International Film Festival, Sydney, Melbourne, Vancouver
VHS: Roadshow Entertainment
100mins
Film Archive Ref: No
writer/ director/producer: GP
producer: Robin Laing
Gaylene Preston Productions
in association with Huntaway Productions
Cast: Sam Neill, Rachael Blake
A chilling romance exploring the dangerous
deception of desire.
Andrew, K “Cashing In On Rings Success” [2002] Press nd np (GP
archives)
“ Critical Mass” (2003) Who 27 October 83 (Australian critic ratings)
Hatherley, F “Perfect Strangers” (2003) [Screen International]
12 August (email; GP archives)
Matthews, P “Vague As Fog and Looked For Like Mail” (2004) Listener
53
Paris, N “Perfect Strangers” (2004) Christchurch Star 8 February
np (GP archives)
Smith, N “Government Banks On Sam Neill Adventure” (2002) National
Business Review 12 July np (GP archives)
“ Vintage Bollinger” (2004) OnFilm February 12, 14
Wakefield, P “Film Fund Favouritism?” (2002) OnFilm July 1,3
Williams, E “High Seas, Deep Emotions” (2003) Weekend Australian
11-12 October R19
Melbourne, London, Montreal (in competition), Stockholm, Shanghai, Seattle,
Chicago, Creteil (in competition), Hof and Fantasporto (in competition)
festivals, fantasy film festival Brussels and Munich (in competition),
Vladivostok, Minneapolis, San Tropez
Best Actress Fantasporto and Vladivostok – Rachael Blake
Sold in over 40 territories including USA (First Look), UK, Aust/NZ (20th Century
Fox) Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Korea
“ Actor ‘Terrified’ by NZ Film” (2002) Otago Daily Times
26 June np (GP archives)
“ Actor To Work on West Coast Movie” (2001) Bay of Plenty Times 31
December np (GP archives)
Agnew, M “[Work Has Begun This Week…”] (2002) Press 8 June
np (GP archives)
“ Almost Ready To Roll” (2002) Greymouth Evening Star 26 June 1
Ansley, B “How the West Has Won” (2002) Listener 24 August 14-21
Barkham, P “Les Vins De Sam” (2002) Guardian Unlimited 14 April
np (GP archives)
“ Blake Meets Blake” (2002) News 15 August 1
Calder, P “ ‘Perfect’ Project; Neill Returns Home For Pic
as Kiwis Invade Fest” Variety – Cannes 17 May 12, 54
“ Canterbury In The Running For Seven Movies, TV Projects” unidentified
clipping (GP archives)
“ Coast Lives Up To Reputation” (2002) West Coast Times 11 July (GP
archives)
“ Coast Will Act As Movie Set” (2002) West Coast Messenger 29 May
np (GP archives)
Cook, M “Neill Lined Up For NZ Role” (2001) Otago Daily Times 13
September
Crawley, J “Extra, Read All About It!” (2002) News 19 August 2
“ Damp I Am” (2002) NZ Herald 29 June np (GP archives)
[“A Diary Spy…] (2002) Dominion Post 3 September np (GP archives)
“ District Benefits With Influx of Movie Cast” (2002) Greymouth Evening
Star 6 July 1
Fea, S “Sam Neill Stars In Kiwi Romance” (2002) Southland Times
3 June np (GP archives)
“ Film Idea Takes 20 Years” (2002) Nelson Mail 14 September np (GP
archives)
[Film in Production: Perfect Strangers”] (2002) On Film July 17
“ Film-maker Preston Comin Home” (2002) Greymouth Evening Star 25
May np (GP archives)
“ Film-maker’s Idea Germinated for 20 Years” (2002) Bay of
Plenty Times 28 August np (GP archives)
“ Film Stars Due In Punakaiki” (2002) Bay of Plenty Times 24 June
np (GP archives)
“ Film Stars Expected” (2002) NZ Herald 22 June np (GP archives)
Fisher, D “From Jurassics To Genetics” (2002) Sunday Star Times
7 July A5
George, S “Sam Neill’s Next Role Is Acting As Investor” (2002)
ScreenDaily.com 7 June http://www.screendaily.com/story.asp?storyid-8539&st-perfect-strangers&s-3
“ The Grill With Sam Neill” (2002) WHO 19 July 24
“ Greymouth Community To Benefit from Perfect Strangers” (2002) West
Coast Messenger 3 July 1
“ Greymouth To Feature On Film” (2002) Greymouth Evening Star 18
June 1
Higson, R “Sum of Sam” (2003) Weekend Australian August 16-17 R14-15
“ Hollywood To Packers Quay” (2002) Greymouth Evening Star 31 July
1
“ Home Job Scares Neill” (2002) Wairarapa Times Age 26 June np (GP
archives)
“ Kiwi Comeback Film ‘Terrifies’ Sam Neill” (2002) Evening
Post np (GP archives)
“ Kiwi Nostalgia” (2002) News 12 August 1
Knight, K “Home and Away” (2004) Sunday Star Times 11 January Sup.
4-5
Knight, K “The Perfect Stranger” Sunday Star Times 28 July F1 7
Linnell, A “He’s The Man” (2004) Citymix January 10-11
McCarroll, J “From Old Faces To Perfect Strangers” (2002) Sunday
Star Times 11 August np (GP archives)
McVeigh, J “Buller Expects Movie Windfall” (2002) Westport News
np (GP archives)
McVeigh, J “Coast Perfect Setting For Perfect Strangers” (2002)
News 26 June 1
McVeigh, J “Film Stars Due In Punakaiki” (2002) Westport News 21
June np (GP archives)
McVeigh, J “Movie Stars Due in Buller” (2002) News 14 June 2
McVeigh, J “Perfect Strangers Gets Rainy Baptism” (2002) News 10
July 1
McVeigh, J “Perfect Strangers Moves To Westport” (2002) The News
7 August 1
Madgwick, P “Coast Chosen For ‘Thriller’” (2002) Press
27 March 1
Madgwick, P “Thriller For Neill” (2002) Press 26 June np (GP archives)
Madgwick, P “West Coast” (2002) Press 22 June np (GP archives)
“ Marlborough Thriller Film 20 Years in Making” (2002) Oamaru Mail
np (GP archives)
“ Movie Confirmed” (2002) News 27 May np (GP archives)
“ Movie Stars For The Night” (2002) West Coast Messenger 7 August
1
“ Neill Jumps Into Wild Water On Coast” (2002) Nelson Mail 27 June
np (GP archives)
“ Neill Nervous About Film” (2002) Daily News 2 July np (GP archives)
“ Neill Nervous About NZ Film” (2002) Oamaru Mail 27 June np (GP
archives)
“ neill Shooting Movie On West Coast” (2002) Southland Times 26 June
np (GP archives)
“ Neill Signs On For Perfect Strangers” (2002) Moving Pictures – Cannes
16 May np (GP archives)
“ Neill To Begin Filming In NZ Thriller” (2002) Otago Daily Times
31 May np (GP archives)
“ Neill To Receive Doctorate” (?2002) ?Dominion nd np (GP archives)
“ Neill To Star” (2001) Waikato Times 29 December np (GP archives)
“ Neill To Star in Movie Filmed on West Coast” (2001) West Coast
Times 31 December np (GP archives)
“ Neill To Star in NZ Film” (2001) [New Plymouth paper] 29 December
“ Neill To Star in NZ Movie” (2002) Northern Advocate 2 January np
(GP archives)
“ Neill To Star in West Coast Film” (2002) Ashburton Guardian 3 January
np (GP archives)
Nicholson, T “Film Crew No Strangers to Marlborough Now” (2002)
Marlborough Express 27 August 3
Nicholson, T “Movie Idea Takes 20 Years To Germinate” (2002) Marlborough
Express 27 August 13
Nicholson, T “Star Shies Away From Talking About Film” (2002) Marlborough
Express 29 August 1
“ Nigel John Dermot (Sam) Neill” (2002) National Business Review
np (GP archives)
“ Nurse Ellen Makes Chips” (2002) News 14 August 1
“ NZ Film Role For Neill” (2001) Otago Daily Times 29 December np
(GP archives)
“ NZ Film Terrifies Neill” (2002) Waikato Times 26 June np (GP archives)
Packer, A “How We Met” (2004) Dominion Post 5 February D2
“ Pace Picks Up On Perfect Strangers” (2002) Greymouth Evening Star
20 June np (GP archives)
Patterson, K “Tapanui True” (2002) Sunday Star Times D2
“ Perfect Strangers Call It A Wrap” (2002) Greymouth Evening Star
16 August 1
“ Perfect Strangers In Pre-production On West Coast” (2002) West
Coast Messenger 5 June 12
“ Perfect Strangers Set To Shoot” (2002) OnFilm May 1
“ Perfect Weather” (2002) NZ Herald 13 July np (GP archives)
[“Production Focus”/ New Zealand In Production”] (2002) Screen
International 28 June 20
“ Rain On Cue” (2002) NZ Herald 13 July np (GP archives)
Ruscoe, K “Sam’s the Main Man in Kiwi Thriller” (2001) Dominion
29 December np (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill and Crew Head For Marlborough” (2002) Marlborough Express
14 August np (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill Happy To Be Back On The West Coast” (2002) Westport News
26 June np (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill Looks Forward To Coast Challenge” (2002) http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/index/0,1008,1247899a10,FF.html;
http://www.stuff.co.nz/inl/print/0,1103,1247899a10,FF.html (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill Scared By New Kiwi Movie” (2002) Timaru Herald 27 June
np (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill Stars in First Kiwi Movie For 10 Yrs” (2002) Marlborough
Express 27 June np (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill Set To Star in Perfect Strangers” (?2002) NZ Film nd
17 (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill To Star in Coast-based Thriller” (2001) Greymouth Evening
Star 31 December np (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill To Star in Coast Movie” nd np (GP archives)
“ Sam Neill To Star in West Coast Film” (2001) Southland Times 31
December np (GP archives)
“ Sam’s A Spidery Figure” (2002) Sunday News 24
“ Short Takes” (2002) Capital Times 19 June np (GP archives)
“ Stars Come Out For Buller Movie” (2002) Northern Advocate 24 June
np (GP archives)
“ Stars Coming Out To Play” (2002) Waikato Times 24 June np (GP archives)
“ Stars On Coast” (2002) West Coast Times 24 June np (GP archives)
“ Stars Perfect Strangers To Shivery Greymouth” (2002) Press np (GP
archives)
Thomas, K “Home Movie” (2002) Mountain Scene 1, 2
“ We Haven’t Had To Make Rain Yet, Say Film-makers” (2002)
Dominion Post 11 July np (GP archives)
“ West Coast Weather Perfect For Strangers” (2002) Northern Advocate
np (GP archives)
“ Westport Welcomes The Film Industry to The Northern Buller” (2002)
West Coast Messenger 14 August 20
“ Wet West Coast Greets Film Crew” (2002) Hawkes Bay Today 11 July
np (GP archives)
“ Work Begins On Kiwi Thriller” (2002) Dominion 6 June np (GP archives).
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