Sleeping Dogs

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Sleeping Dogs is a 1977 New Zealand political thriller film that marked Roger Donaldson’s feature directorial debut and helped launch the modern New Zealand film industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Zealand film
film
political thriller film
authorOfSourceWork C. K. Stead NERFINISHED
basedOn Smith’s Dream NERFINISHED
certificateRating R16 (New Zealand) NERFINISHED
character Smith NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Geoffrey Simpson NERFINISHED
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin New Zealand
director Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED
distributor Hemdale Film Corporation NERFINISHED
editedBy Michael Horton NERFINISHED
featureDirectorialDebutOf Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED
featuresTheme authoritarian government
civil resistance
political unrest
filmingLocation Auckland NERFINISHED
Coromandel Peninsula NERFINISHED
New Zealand NERFINISHED
genre drama
political thriller
hasFormat feature film
hasPosterCaption Theatrical release poster
language English
musicBy Mathew Brown NERFINISHED
notableFor being one of the first New Zealand feature films of the modern era
helping launch the modern New Zealand film industry
portrays fictional coup in New Zealand
producer Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED
productionCompany Aardvark Films NERFINISHED
publicationYearOfSourceWork 1971
releaseDate 1977-10-06
releaseYear 1977
runtimeMinutes 107
screenwriter Ian Mune NERFINISHED
Roger Donaldson NERFINISHED
setInPeriod near future
starring Clyde Scott NERFINISHED
Don Selwyn NERFINISHED
Ian Mune NERFINISHED
Mervyn Drake NERFINISHED
Neville Purvis NERFINISHED
Sam Neill NERFINISHED
Warren Oates NERFINISHED

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Roger Donaldson notableWork Sleeping Dogs
Roger Donaldson directed Sleeping Dogs