Lovelock (1992)
Jack Lovelock won New Zealand’s first Olympic athletics gold medal. He did so in spectacular fashion, winning the 1500 meters at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In front of Hitler and 110,000 spectators, the famous ‘Lovelock kick’ unfurled into NZ’s sporting and collective consciousness: from Timaru to Oxford, to Berlin triumph. Yet Lovelock was an enigmatic achiever. In this short film, the race — the supremely judged apex of a sporting career — is contrasted with his mysterious and tragic death, in front of a train on the New York subway in 1949.
Director: David Robertson
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Crispin Balfour as Jack Lovelock |
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Alistair Douglas as Bill Thomas |
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Andrew Couling as Glenn Cunningham |
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Peter Needham as First Official |
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Wolfgang Leonhardt as Angry Official |
| Directing | David Robertson | Director |
| Production | Bruce Sheridan | Producer |
| Writing | Stuart Hoar | Writer |
| Camera | Donald Duncan | Director of Photography |
| Art | Iain Aitken | Production Design |
| Sound | Wayne Laird | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Ken Sparks | Editor |
| Directing | Bruce Sheridan | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Clinton Phillips | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jessica Hobbs | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | John Flavell | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tim Cronin | Third Assistant Director |
| Art | Guy Richards | Art Direction |
| Art | Adriana Tuscia | Set Dresser |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrew Couling | Hair Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Heather Cotter | Assistant Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bryony Hurden | Makeup & Hair |
