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The Mighty Civic

Television, 1988

 The Mighty Civic

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 Synopsis

The Mighty Civic is a delirious and colourful celebration of Auckland's grandest old movie palace, made at a time when the building's future was under threat. The film uses a mixture of stylised sequences, archive footage and poetic narration together with interviews with "old timers" to evoke the spirit of the theatre in its heyday. Director Peter Wells' film galvanised public support, and ultimately the building was saved and refurbished to remain the crown jewel of Queen Street's cinema district.

 Credits

 Peter Wells
 James Wallace
 Kevin Hayward
 
 

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 Background

A Perspective by Costa Botes | 25.06.2009

As a published writer and poet with a strong interest in themes of the past and imagination, it was natural that Peter Wells would be attracted to the medium of film. His earliest works, of which ...

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