Crooked Earth (2001)

ALL 08/23/2001 (en) Drama 0 Min
  • Release
    08/23/2001
  • Production
    Communicado Productions, Pandora, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air
  • Rotten tomato
    62%
  • Original title
    Crooked Earth
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

  1. Sam Pillsbury

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Chris Plummer

    Editor

  4. Robin Scholes

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Temuera Morrison

    Will Bastion

  2. Jaime Passier-Armstrong

    Ripeka Bastion

  3. Lawrence Makoare

    Kahu Bastion

  4. Quinton Hita

    Api

  5. Nancy Brunning

    Marama

  6. Mark Nua

    Iosefa

  7. Sydney Jackson

    Pettigrew

  8. George Henare

    Tipene

  9. Calvin Tuteao

    Sergeant Ropiha

  10. Stan Wolfgramm

    Timo

  11. Sela Apera

    Huiarangi

  12. William Davis

    Gus

  13. Eliza Bidois

    Grace

  14. Mabel Wharekawa

    Aunty Margaret

  15. Patrick Wilson

    Government Minister of Forestry

  16. Ross Duncan

    Jim Ferguson

  17. Anaru Grant

    Army Major

  18. Arthur Ranford

    Hardware Store Owner

  19. Jason Nathan

    Puru

  20. Lionel Waaka

    Hako

  21. Slade Leef

    Big SOB

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 21 , Crews : 29

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Crooked Earth (2001) 0 Min

ALL 08/23/2001 (en)
Drama
  • Release 08/23/2001
  • Production
    Communicado Productions, Pandora, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air
  • Original title Crooked Earth
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

  1. Sam Pillsbury

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Chris Plummer

    Editor

  4. Robin Scholes

    Producer