Smith (Sam Neill), is devastated when his wife runs off with his best friend, Bullen (Ian Mune). He takes off to the Coromandel. Meanwhile, New Zealand is at war with itself and the government has enlisted an anti-terrorist force to viciously crack down on its opponents. Smith is framed as a revolutionary and arrested, but escapes. Bullen, now a guerrilla, hides him and tries to persuade the reluctant Smith to join the revolution. Directed by Roger Donaldson, Sleeping Dogs (1977) heralded the new wave of New Zealand feature films.
Sleeping Dogs heralded the new wave of New Zealand feature films in the late 1970s, and was a key factor in the establishment of the New Zealand Film Commission. It was also the first New Zealand film released in the US, and it launched ...
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"We did it boy! we did it! we're on our bloody way!". The first big international seller to come out of New Zealand, and what a way to start. A favorite film of mine, Sleeping Dogs gets more re-runs on my dvd player than any other New Zealand film.
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Posted at 04.25AM - 16.06.2009
best old movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!