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Film / 2008
The Hollow Men
Directed by
Alister Barry
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 …
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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.
Cast
Nick BlakeNarrator (voice)
Donald BrashSelf
John KeySelf
Bill EnglishSelf
Vaughan SlinnBryan Sinclair (voice)
Julie ThornsDiane Foreman (voice)
Sam SneddenMatthew Hooton (voice)
Bruce PhillipsPeter Keenan (voice)
Russell CampbellDon Brash (voice)
Mick RoseMurray McCully (voice)
Matthew ChamberlainRichard Long (voice)/Roderick Deane (voice)
Phil PeletonCrosby/Textor (voice)/ Crosby/Textor Focus Group Leader
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John BachMichael Bassett (voice)
Cohen HollowayJohn Ansell (voice)
Abi King-JonesAnita Ferguson (voice)
Rachel WeaverWomen's Focus Group Leader
Chris BrooksDoorman
Melanie McLuskieRestaurant Waitress
Danika Morris-BrownBanquet Waitress
Rob JerramRollscreen Man
Simon HarenNewspaper Deliverer
Ray HeenanNZ First Leaflet Deliverer
Patrick KeenanExclusive Brethren Leaflet Deliverer
David GrantDiner
Mandy HagerTrain Passenger
Paul AshbyAutocue Operator
Julia HagerPedestrian
Elsie JolliffePedestrian
Wang-Sook LeeFocus Group Member
Bonnie WarssoldFocus Group Member
Kathy DuddingFocus Group Member
Ana Blake-KellyFocus Group Member
Rebecca PohlmannFocus Group Member
Sarah StevensonFocus Group Member
Margaret SmithFocus Group Member
Lin MurphyFocus Group Member
Danny McManamonFocus Group Member
Nick BondFocus Group Member
Samantha WoodhouseFocus Group Member
Freddy FullmerFocus Group Member
Olive Margaret SmithFocus Group Member
Samantha WoodwardFocus Group Member
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