| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 102 min.) |
| Contents |
Special features: audio commentary (director) -- cast biographies and interviews -- The making of Once were warriors -- music videos -- photo gallery -- Thunderbox (E Tipu E Rea), a short film by Lee Tamahori |
| Summary |
The story of Beth Heke, whose husband Jake spends most of his time at the pub, often proving his masculinity with his fists ... and regularly exploding into rages that leave terrible scars on Beth and their family |
| Notes |
"IFS3370WW" |
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First released as a motion picture in 1994, by Communicado Limited. Package design and summary c2009, Icon Film Distribution |
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Censorship rating: MA, moderate violence, coarse language, adult themes |
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Also distributed by Icon Film Distribution |
| Cast |
Rena Owen, Temuera Morrison, Mamaengaroa Kerr-Bell |
| Notes |
DVD region 4 ; PAL encoding ; Dolby digital 5.1 ; anamorphic widescreen |
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In English and Maori ; captions: English for the hearing impaired |
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AFI Best Foreign Film Award, 1995 |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Maori (New Zealand people) -- Drama.
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Family violence -- New Zealand -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Brown, Riwia.
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Morrison, Temuera.
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Scholes, Robin.
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Tamahori, Lee.
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Kerr-Bell, Mamaengaroa.
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Owen, Rena, 1962-
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Duff, Alan, 1950-
Once were warriors.
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