Forgotten Silver (1997)
Vielleicht haben Sie schon mal von der europäischen Pioniere des Kinos, von Jean Louis Lumire oder den Gebrüdern Skladanowksy gehört. Aber kennen Sie Colin McKenzie? Er ist sozusagen der "Lumire Neuseelands", ein fast vergessener Filmpionier, dessen Leben und Wirken sein Landsmann Peter Jackson in Forgotten Silver nachzeichnet. Seine liebevolle Nachahmung kleiner Details und die charmante Nachstellung anekdotenreicher Ereignisse machen seinen Film mehr zu einem inszenierten Spielfilm nach überlieferten Gegebenheiten, als zu einer Dokumentation.
Die Regisseur: Peter Jackson, Costa Botes.
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Jeffrey Thomas as Narrator (voice) |
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Peter Jackson as Self |
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Costa Botes as Self |
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Beatrice Ashton as Hannah McKenzie |
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Leonard Maltin as Self |
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Harvey Weinstein as Self |
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Sam Neill as Self |
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Johnny Morris as Self |
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John O'Shea as Self |
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Sarah McLeod as May Belle (uncredited) |
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Charlie McClellan as Soldier Firing Machine Gun in Gallipolli (uncredited) |
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Thomas Robins as Colin McKenzie (uncredited) |
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Richard Taylor as First Aviator (uncredited) |
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Davina Whitehouse as Self (uncredited) |
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Peter Corrigan as Stan the Man |
| Writing | Peter Jackson | Writer |
| Writing | Costa Botes | Writer |
| Directing | Peter Jackson | Director |
| Directing | Costa Botes | Director |
| Production | Peter Jackson | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Alun Bollinger | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jamie Selkirk | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Eric De Beus | Editor |
| Sound | Ken Saville | Sound |
| Production | Jan Haynes | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Scott Harens | Modeling |
| Sound | David Donaldson | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Wynter Blathwayt | Title Designer |
| Production | Caterina De Nave | Executive Producer |
| Camera | Nancy Schreiber | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Janet Roddick | Music |
| Visual Effects | Matt Aitken | Digital Effects Producer |
| Production | Nick Booth | Researcher |
| Directing | Fran Walsh | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Steve Roche | Music |
| Crew | Frank Wegerhoff | Digital Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Peter Hassall | Stunts |
| Editing | Michael Horton | Editor |
| Production | Sue Rogers | Producer |
| Crew | Pierre Vinet | Thanks |
| Crew | Gerry Vasbenter | Cinematography |
| Visual Effects | Chris Coad | Photo Retouching |