The Hollow Men
The Hollow Men

The Hollow Men

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2008
1h 36m
10.0(1 votes)
Documentary

Overview

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.

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Nick Blake

Narrator (voice)

Nick Blake
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Donald Brash

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John Key

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Bill English

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Vaughan Slinn

Bryan Sinclair (voice)

Vaughan Slinn
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Julie Thorns

Diane Foreman (voice)

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Sam Snedden

Matthew Hooton (voice)

Sam Snedden
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Bruce Phillips

Peter Keenan (voice)

Bruce Phillips
Crew

Russell Campbell

Don Brash (voice)

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Mick Rose

Murray McCully (voice)

Mick Rose
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Matthew Chamberlain

Richard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)

Matthew Chamberlain
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Phil Peleton

Crosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader

Phil Peleton
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John Bach

Michael Bassett (voice)

John Bach
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Cohen Holloway

John Ansell (voice)

Cohen Holloway
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Abi King-Jones

Anita Ferguson (voice)

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Rachel Weaver

Women's Focus Group Leader

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Chris Brooks

Doorman

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Melanie McLuskie

Restaurant Waitress

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Danika Morris-Brown

Banquet Waitress

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Rob Jerram

Rollscreen Man

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Simon Haren

Newspaper Deliverer

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Ray Heenan

NZ First Leaflet Deliverer

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Visual Effects

Patrick Keenan

Exclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer

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David Grant

Diner

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Russell Campbell

Diner

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Mandy Hager

Train Passenger

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Paul Ashby

Autocue Operator

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Julia Hager

Pedestrian

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Elsie Jolliffe

Pedestrian

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Wang-Sook Lee

Focus Group Member

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Bonnie Warssold

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Kathy Dudding

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Ana Blake-Kelly

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Rebecca Pohlmann

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Sarah Stevenson

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Margaret Smith

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Lin Murphy

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Danny McManamon

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Nick Bond

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Samantha Woodhouse

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Freddy Fullmer

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Olive Margaret Smith

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Samantha Woodward

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