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Home by Christmas marks Gaylene Preston's return to the hidden stories of ordinary Kiwis. Inspired by attempts to get her father Ed to reveal his WWll experiences, the movie mixes three strands: Ed (played by Goodbye Pork Pie's Tony Barry, in a Qantas award-winning peformance) retelling his story; recreations of Ed’s wartime OE; and life for the woman he left behind in Greymouth. The cast sees Preston’s own daughter Chelsie Preston Crayford playing her grandmother Tui, with Martin Henderson as young Ed. Director Preston describes it a "film memoir", rather than a docudrama.
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Tony Barry (Ed Preston) in movie Home by Christmas (2010).
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Chelsie Preston Crayford as her own real life grandmother Tui Preston, in 2010 movie Home by Christmas.
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Chelsie Preston Crayford playing her own grandmother Tui Preston, in 2010 movie Home by Christmas.
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William Ackroyd as Edward Junior, brother of Gaylene Preston, in Preston's 2010 film Home by Christmas.
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Ed Preston (Martin Henderson) and his partner Tui (Chelsie Preston Crayford) on the train home, in Home by Christmas.
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Ed (Martin Henderson) and Tui (Chelsie Preston Crayford) say farewell, before he leaves for World War ll: a scene from Home by Christmas.
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Hoppy (Byron Coll, left) and Ed Preston (Martin Henderson) at Maadi Camp outside Cairo, in 2010 movie Home by Christmas.
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Ed Preston (Tony Barry) recalls how he signed up to be a soldier, in Home by Christmas.
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Ed (Martin Henderson) returns from the war in Home by Christmas.
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Ed Preston (Martin Henderson) on the train, in movie Home by Christmas (2010).
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