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 Smash Palace
 That's Fairly Interesting - Series One, Episode 13
 Magic Kiwis - Howard Morrison
 Numero Bruno
 Blerta Revisited
 The Life of Ian

Synopsis

This fast-paced trip through Bruno Lawrence’s first 50 years combines interviews, clips from his many film and TV roles, and priceless material from the vaults (early acting parts, Edmund Hillary presenting Bruno with a Feltex). Bruno talks about favourite roles, the challenges of breaking into the US after hit Smash Palace, and the music-based film he long hoped to direct. LA Times critic Sheila Benson raves about both Bruno and Sam Neill. The Bruno interviews conducted for this doco would later win an extended airing in biographical doco Numero Bruno.

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 Robin Scholes

Robin Scholes
Director, Producer

 Roger Price

Roger Price
Producer

 Grant Douglas

Grant Douglas
Camera

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 Patrick TePou

Patrick TePou | website

Posted at 12.34PM - 10.02.2011

Magic Kiwis was broadcast on TV ONE on Fridays at 8.00pm in 1990 and Saturdays at 7.00pm in 1991.

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Related Titles (6)

 Numero Bruno

Numero Bruno

Television, 2000 (Full Length)

Extended documentary on Bruno

 That's Fairly Interesting - Series One, Episode 13

That's Fairly Interesting - Series One, Episode 13

Television, 1987 (Full Length Episode)

Another show from Neil Roberts/Communicado

 Smash Palace

Smash Palace

Film, 1981 (Trailer and Excerpts)

More from Bruno's breakthrough role

 The Life of Ian

The Life of Ian

Television, 2007 (Full Length)

Features interviews with Ian Mune

 Blerta Revisited

Blerta Revisited

Film, 2001 (Full Length)

Compendium of Blerta material

 Magic Kiwis - Howard Morrison

Magic Kiwis - Howard Morrison

Television, 1990 (Full Length Episode)

Also from this series

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 The Bruno Lawrence Collection

The Bruno Lawrence Collection

Curated by NZ On Screen Team
Added 10 February 2011

Quotes

I was part of that movement in the 60s that sat back, sat up and said ‘hang on, hang on a minute, why are we all leaving, why the hell do we have to leave these shores to fulfill ourselves? We can do things here’.  

– Bruno Lawrence