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This whimsical film starring New Zealand artist Michael Smither, animal wrangler Caroline Girdlestone, and cartoonist Burton Silver, documents Smither's quest to learn to fly. It is a documentary in the accepted sense but lyrical and full of surprises. Made by Wellington filmmaker Tony Hiles, edited by Jamie Selkirk (future Oscar winner for The Return of the King), and gorgeously shot on location at Farewell Spit and Wharariki Beach. Smither is well known for his idiosyncratic realist paintings, such as Rocks With Mountain.
How can this be a documentary? This was the question most asked of director Tony Hiles when this whimsical film was shown at film festivals in the late 1980s and early 90s. Viewers are now more used ...
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Television, 1990 (Excerpts)
A character attempts to fly in this kids' series
Television, 1988 (Full Length)
A doco on flying heroine Jean Batten
Television, 1975 (Full Length)
A dramatisation of Richard Pearse's life and first flight
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Qantas Media Awards 2009
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Brenda Leeuwenberg
Posted at 01.00PM - 28.06.2010
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