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Queen Street

Television (Full Length) – 1980

Three friends (one of them played by Goodbye Pork Pie star Kelly Johnson) cruise inner-city Auckland in a 1946 Ford pickup, as they cope with the changing dynamic of their friendship and the encroaching demands of the adult world. In the tradition of American Graffiti, this short film captures the hope promised by a night on the town and a reality that struggles to meet expectations — punctuated by hoons, officious cops and dodgy tow truck operators. Queen Street is a snapshot of Kiwi car and street culture in the pre-boyracer era, and of a downtown that has changed markedly since 1981 when the film screened on television.

Key Cast & Crew

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Sarah Peirse

As: Kathy

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Stewart Main

Editor, Producer, Writer

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Kelly Johnson

As: Scott

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Martin Blythe

Director, Writer

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Shona Hearn

Writer, Second Assistant Director

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Russ Bailey

As: 'Baddie' Tow Trucker

See all 21 credits

Produced by

Apex Films

Acknowledgements

Made with assistance from NZBC and QEII Arts Council of New Zealand.

Music

Music by Citizen Band.
Closing track Queen Street by Justin Time.

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