Thirty Years of South Pacific Pictures
From Marlin Bay to Westside — and so much more in between...
Sione's Wedding
The predecessor to Sione's 2
Tagata Pasifika - The Naked Samoans
Doco on theatre work from the Sione's creative team
bro'Town - Honky the Wonder Horse
A hit animated series from the Sione's crew
Ōtara Market
Presented by Sione writer Oscar Kightley
The Tattooist
A very different Samoan tale, also featuring David Fane
ASB Polyfest 2008
Naked Samoan Shimpal Lelisi directed this
Three Wise Cousins
Another Pacific-themed comedy
Hibiscus & Ruthless
Another Pacific-themed movie
In the five years since Sione's Wedding, the Duckrocker quartet have experienced marriage, children, Australians and the good lord. Then their minister reunites them on a quest to find Bolo (Dave Fane) — once their driver and conscience, now MIA. The sequel to the break-through PI-Kiwi hit reunites the original cast, and adds in a dodgy minister (Kirk Torrance) and a new director (Outrageous Fortune's Simon Bennett). On the burden of following Wedding, Stuff reviewer Steve Kilgallon adjudged: "seen on its own merits, it [Sione's 2] proves worth the wait".
We had this notion of pushing ourselves as writers and also pushing the actors by trying to come up with something different for everyone.– Co-writer Oscar Kightley, in a 13 January 2012 Auckland Now interview
Availability
Available to buy and rent from both NZ Film On Demand and South Pacific Pictures
Released in New Zealand cinemas on 19 January 2012
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Music
Music composed by Don McGlashan
Dawn Raid tracks selected by Don McGlashan and Brotha D
Soundtrack includes tracks by David Dallas, Savage, RIA, Home Brew, P-Money, J Boog and Head Like A Hole