The Hollow Men (2008)
The 'stolen' insider emails that informed Nicky Hager's best-selling account of National's 2005 election campaign return in Alister Barry's (Someone Else's Country) new film - just in time to caution us against campaigning politicians in 2008. Addressing each other like schoolboy Machiavellis, party leader Don Brash and his advisors spelled out how they'd copy the big boys in Australia and the US in order to win the votes of people who'd never support the kind of policies such men are widely presumed to represent. The dividing and conquering began at Orewa.
Director: Alister Barry
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Nick Blake as Narrator (voice) |
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Donald Brash as Self |
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John Key as Self |
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Bill English as Self |
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Vaughan Slinn as Bryan Sinclair (voice) |
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Julie Thorns as Diane Foreman (voice) |
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Sam Snedden as Matthew Hooton (voice) |
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Bruce Phillips as Peter Keenan (voice) |
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Russell Campbell as Don Brash (voice) |
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Mick Rose as Murray McCully (voice) |
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Matthew Chamberlain as Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice) |
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Phil Peleton as Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader |
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John Bach as Michael Bassett (voice) |
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Cohen Holloway as John Ansell (voice) |
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Abi King-Jones as Anita Ferguson (voice) |
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Rachel Weaver as Women's Focus Group Leader |
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Chris Brooks as Doorman |
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Melanie McLuskie as Restaurant Waitress |
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Danika Morris-Brown as Banquet Waitress |
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Rob Jerram as Rollscreen Man |
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Simon Haren as Newspaper Deliverer |
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Ray Heenan as NZ First Leaflet Deliverer |
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Patrick Keenan as Exclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer |
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David Grant as Diner |
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Russell Campbell as Diner |
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Mandy Hager as Train Passenger |
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Paul Ashby as Autocue Operator |
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Julia Hager as Pedestrian |
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Elsie Jolliffe as Pedestrian |
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Wang-Sook Lee as Focus Group Member |
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Bonnie Warssold as Focus Group Member |
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Kathy Dudding as Focus Group Member |
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Ana Blake-Kelly as Focus Group Member |
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Rebecca Pohlmann as Focus Group Member |
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Sarah Stevenson as Focus Group Member |
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Margaret Smith as Focus Group Member |
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Lin Murphy as Focus Group Member |
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Danny McManamon as Focus Group Member |
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Nick Bond as Focus Group Member |
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Samantha Woodhouse as Focus Group Member |
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Freddy Fullmer as Focus Group Member |
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Olive Margaret Smith as Focus Group Member |
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Samantha Woodward as Focus Group Member |
| Editing | Abi King-Jones | Editor |
| Sound | Shane Loader | Sound |
| Camera | Alister Barry | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jason Tennent | Graphic Designer |
| Directing | Alister Barry | Director |
| Visual Effects | Caleb Carr | Visual Effects |
| Sound | Abi King-Jones | Sound |
| Writing | Nicky Hager | Script Consultant |
| Editing | Shane Loader | Color Grading |
| Sound | Errol Wright | Sound |
| Camera | Dave Holley | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Russell Campbell | Script Consultant |
| Production | Mark Derby | Production Manager |
| Sound | David Long | Music |
| Production | Sophie Cherry | Production Manager |
| Camera | Shane Loader | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Errol Wright | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Abi King-Jones | Script Consultant |
| Camera | Theo Biteveen | Additional Photography |
| Visual Effects | Caleb Carr | Animation |
| Production | Alister Barry | Producer |
| Sound | Deane Cronin | Sound |
| Camera | Abi King-Jones | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Dave Holley | Sound |
| Camera | Mairi Gunn | Additional Photography |
| Writing | Nicky Hager | Original Concept |
| Sound | Alister Barry | Sound |
| Writing | Alister Barry | Writer |
| Camera | Deane Cronin | Additional Photography |
| Sound | Theo Biteveen | Sound |
| Sound | Mairi Gunn | Sound |
| Sound | Phil Burton | Sound Mixer |
| Writing | Nicky Hager | Original Story |
