CinemaOSMovie · 2008 · 1h 36m

The Hollow Men

The inside story of a National Party election campaign

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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.

Directed byAlister Barry

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 36m
Language
EN
Released
July 7, 2008
Studios
Vanguard Films

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The Hollow Men

The Hollow Men

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10 credited
Starring
Nick Blake

Nick Blake

Narrator (voice)

Donald Brash

Self

John Key

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Bill English

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Vaughan Slinn

Vaughan Slinn

Bryan Sinclair (voice)

Julie Thorns

Diane Foreman (voice)

Sam Snedden

Sam Snedden

Matthew Hooton (voice)

Bruce Phillips

Bruce Phillips

Peter Keenan (voice)

Russell Campbell

Don Brash (voice)

Mick Rose

Mick Rose

Murray McCully (voice)

Creative team
Directed by
Alister Barry
Written by
Alister Barry
Produced by
Alister Barry

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