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Noise Control

Short Film (Full Length) – 2008

PG
Parental Guidance

This Simmonds Brothers short film tells tells the story of Raumati South Kindergarten's beloved — but ill-fated — rooster. The early-rising hard-rocking cockerel's waking up of the neighbourhood sees complaints made to the council, and dog ranger Don Wolff is assigned to the case. The tragi-comic saga adds a surrealistic talking rooster twist to the Simmonds Bro's distinctive 'documation' style, which uses 2D animation and audio to portray real-life events. The 2001 shooting made national news, and Paul Holmes' and Carol Hirschfield's coverage features alongside local reaction.

In Kuala Lumpur no one gives a stuff: a chicken dies and you put it in a pot and curry the bugger! But yeah ... This is New Zealand.
– Reporter Gurunathan Krisnasamy on how the fracas would go down in Malaysia

Key Cast & Crew

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Phill Simmonds

Director, Writer, Animator

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Huia Lambie

Producer

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Gurunathan Krisnasamy

As: himself

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Joe Simmonds

As: Joe Rooster

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Ross McDermott

Sound

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Carol Hirschfeld

Subject

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Music

Music composed by Elan Mills, performed by the Volunteers.
Score arranged by Nic McGowan and Elan Mills
 

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