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This 'making of' film goes behind the scenes of New Zealand TV's first (and only) historical blockbuster: George Grey biopic The Governor. Presented by Ian Johnstone, it looks at the production's re-construction of 19th Century NZ and wrangling of large scale battle scenes; the footage is a fascinating snapshot of a nascent industry. It also examines Governor's place in 70s race politics and its revisionist ambitions. Key players are interviewed: Keith Aberdein, Don Selwyn, Tony Isaac, Corin Redgrave, Martyn Sanderson, and Casino Royale's Terence Cooper.
When, in the early 1980s it was announced the Governor-General would attend the Circa production of Greg McGee's Foreskin's Lament at the Wellington Opera House, the great but rabid defender of New Zealand morals, Patricia Bartlett, wrote ...
The Governor was touted as television history even before it had screened: "New Zealand's War and Peace" was how TV One's Head of Drama, Michael Scott-Smith described the concept in 1975. Boosterism for preview screenings reads ...
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Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
The fourth episode from the series
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
The first episode of the historical blockbuster
Television, 1975 (Full Length)
A documentary on the 1975 land rights march
Television, 1977 (Full Length Episode)
The fifth episode of the series
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Bob Barton - Director/Producer - The Making of the Governor' doco
Posted at 02.58AM - 13.01.2012
I had not seen this documentary for at least 30 years. My only copy was damaged, rendered unplayable. As the director/producer of the 'Making of the Governor' documentary, it brought back wonderful memories of both cast and crew members who sweated and slaved to pull The Governor' series together under great restriction of budget and the subversive political antics from the then Muldoon government. After the series was made, I purchased all the film sets and located them to Staglands Wildlife Park (Upper Hutt area) to form the village of 'Greyford' where amazingly it still stands 36 years later.