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A Great Day to Go

Short Film (Full Length) – 1971

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Made by the National Film Unit for the NZ Water Safety Council, this film enlists shock to provoke punters to consider water safety. On a summer’s day a fisherman, surfer and boatie all reckon it's “a great day for it”. But thoughtlessness results in tragedy. Directed by the prolific Hugh Macdonald (This is New Zealand), the disjunct between the jaunty song on the soundtrack and sunken bodies onscreen anticipates the graphic horror of late 90s/early 2000s road safety ads (sharing kinship with 1971 bush safety PSA Such a Stupid Way to Die). Grant Tilly cameos as a radio DJ.

What a great day for a wave ...
– Hippy surfer

Key Cast & Crew

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Grant Tilly

As: Radio DJ

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Hugh Macdonald

Director, Writer

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Ron Bowie

Producer

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Tony Baker

Composer

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Catherine Isaac

Editor

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Geoff Shepherd

Sound

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