Runaway Revisited
1994 Short film
- Documentary
- Arts/Culture
- Educational
- NZ History
This documentary takes a close look at Runaway, one of only two New Zealand feature films released in the 1960s. Alongside many excerpts from the movie, there are interviews with writer/director John O'Shea, co-writer John Graham and the cast. Presenter Jo Dalton explains that the main character in this moody outcast tale represented New Zealand's uncertain place in the world during the 1960s. Runaway was filmed across the motu from Hokianga mudflats to the Southern Alps. Cinematographer Tony Williams captured images of Franz Josef Glacier from a Cessna, by "flying straight at a wall of ice".
Key Cast & Crew
JR
John Reynolds
Director
JD
Jo Dalton
Presenter
Related images
The poster for Runaway.
Courtesy of Pacific Films
John O'Shea directs a scene from Runaway on the Franz Josef Glacier. At left are O'Shea and actor Deirdre McCarron, while at right Tony Williams holds the camera. Behind them (left to right) are sound recordist Ron Skelley, camera assistant Michael Seresin, and actor Barry Crump.
Original image courtesy of Pacific Films, as seen on the cover of John O'Shea's book Don't Let it Get You: Memories - Documents (Victoria University Press, 1999)
On location in Auckland for Runaway, February 1964: Tony Williams (at right) prepares to film actor Doraine Green, while Michael Seresin checks the focus.
Photo courtesy of Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (Pacific Films Photo Collection)
Filming Runaway in the Hokianga mangroves: Colin Broadley and Serbian actor Nadja Regin. Tony Williams is behind the camera.
Photo courtesy of Pacific Films
