Crooked Earth

Crooked Earth (2001)

Released: 2001-08-23 Duration: N/A
Genres: Drama
Rating 6.2

Overview

Will Bastion returns home from the army after an absence of 20 years to bury his father, the former chief of thee Maori tribe, Ngati Kaipuku. The eldest son, he is reluctant to inherit his fathers role, so it is taken more willingly by his younger brother, Kahu. Kahu is the leader of a band of drug dealers and trouble-makers who ride horses through the middle of town, wrecking peoples gardens. Under the guise of refusal of a land settlement, Kahu makes a large marijuana deal with some murdering city folk. Will must choose between loyalty for his brother and his father, Maori tradition, and contemporary financial issues.

Production Companies

Communicado Productions
Pandora
New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Commission
NZ on Air
NZ on Air

Additional Info

Budget $0.00
Revenue $0.00
Original Language en
Popularity 1.905

Directed By

Sam Pillsbury

Crew

Director
Sam Pillsbury
Producer
Robin Scholes
Writer
Greg McGee
Special Effects Coordinator
Jason Durey
Executive Producer
Peter Beilby
Costume Designer
Gavin McLean
Original Music Composer
James Hall
Executive Producer
Henri Dorlet
Makeup Supervisor
Debra East
Sound Mixer
John Boswell
Sound Designer
John McKay
Executive Producer
Ernst Goldschmidt
Production Designer
Kai Hawkins
Script Consultant
John Dingwall
Special Effects Coordinator
Ken Durey
Visual Effects Supervisor
Peter McCully
Casting
Don Selwyn
Director of Photography
David Gribble
Stunt Coordinator
Augie Davis
Casting
Ruth Kaupua
Foley Artist
Lee Herrick
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Phil Heywood
Sound Mixer
Tony Johnson
Title Designer
Wynter Blathwayt

TOP CAST

Temuera Morrison
Temuera Morrison

Will Bastion

Jaime Passier-Armstrong
Jaime Passier-Armstrong

Ripeka Bastion

Lawrence Makoare
Lawrence Makoare

Kahu Bastion

Mark Nua
Mark Nua

Iosefa

Sydney Jackson
Sydney Jackson

Pettigrew

Calvin Tuteao
Calvin Tuteao

Sergeant Ropiha

Sela Apera
Sela Apera

Huiarangi

Mabel Wharekawa
Mabel Wharekawa

Aunty Margaret

Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson

Government Minister of Forestry

Ross Duncan
Ross Duncan

Jim Ferguson

Anaru Grant
Anaru Grant

Army Major

Arthur Ranford
Arthur Ranford

Hardware Store Owner

Slade Leef
Slade Leef

Big SOB

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