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The Last Tattoo
Film (Excerpts) – 1994
This 1994 'home front noir' is set in Wellington during World War ll, where the plots — a murdered marine, exploited working girls and gonorrhea — spread amidst the invasion of US soldiers stationed at Paekakariki. Kerry Fox (An Angel at My Table) is a public health nurse who becomes romantically linked with the American investigating officer (Tony Goldwyn from TV series Scandal and movie Ghost) while pursuing the STDs and the truth. They’re supported by Oscar-winning US veterans Rod Steiger and Robert Loggia. John Reid (Middle Age Spread) directs, from a script by Keith Aberdein (The Governor).
[Director John] Reid's recreation of the period has a gritty authenticity and avoids the jingoism of films like The Sands of Iwo Jima, and the perpetuation of romantic myth. In doing so, he shows a Kiwi past superbly rendered and memorably recalled.– Writer Sam Edwards on The Last Tattoo, in 1997 book New Zealand Film 1912 - 1996, page 178
Key Cast & Crew
See all 54 credits
Produced by
Plumb Productions
Source
Plumb Productions
Acknowledgements
Made with funding from the NZ Film Commission, in association with NZ On Air
Music
Closing credits song 'No Tomorrow' composed by John Charles, lyrics by Keith Aberdein, sung by Callie Blood
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