| Description |
1 streaming video file (87 min.) : sound, color |
| Summary |
It's 1984, and Michael Jackson is king-even in Waihau Bay, New Zealand. Here we meet Boy, an 11-year-old who lives on a farm with his gran, a goat, and his younger brother, Rocky (who thinks he has magic powers). Shortly after Gran leaves for a week, Boy's father, Alamein, appears out of the blue. Having imagined a heroic version of his father during his absence, Boy comes face to face with the real version-an incompetent hoodlum who has returned to find a bag of money he buried years before. This is where the goat enters. Inspired by his Oscar-nominated short, Two Cars, One Night, Taika Waititi offers a charming. funny, and earnest coming-of-age story where everybody has some coming of age to do-particularly Alamein (affably played by Waititi himself). Never short on humor, Waititi's story is ultimately about three boys (one grown) reconciling fantasy with reality |
| Credits |
Directed by Taika Waititi |
| Cast |
James Rolleston, Te Aho Aho Eketone-Whitu, Taika Waititi, Moerangi Tihore, Cherilee Martin, RickyLee Waipuka-Russell |
| Notes |
Not rated |
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Description based on vendor-supplied metadata |
| Subject |
Fathers and sons -- New Zealand -- Drama
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Boys -- New Zealand -- Drama
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Boys.
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Fathers and sons.
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New Zealand.
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| Genre/Form |
Streaming video
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Comedy films.
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Coming-of-age films.
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Drama.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Comedy films.
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Coming-of-age films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Drama.
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Films comiques.
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Films de passage à l'âge adulte.
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Films de fiction.
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Théâtre.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Waititi, Taika, film director, screenwriter, actor
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Gardiner, Ainsley, film producer
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Curtis, Cliff, 1968- film producer.
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Michael, Emanuel, film producer
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Rolleston, James, actor
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Eketone-Whitu, Te Aho, actor
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Tihore, Moerangi, actor
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Martin, Cherilee, actor
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Waipuka-Russell, RickyLee, actor
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Whenua Films (Firm), production company.
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New Zealand Film Production Fund, production company.
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Unison Films (Firm), production company.
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New Zealand Film Commission, production company.
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NZ On Air, production company.
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Te Māngai Pāho, production company.
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